Entrepreneurial Journalism is gaining in interest, first in the United States, but now also increasingly in Europe and in the Netherlands. This can be explained by a combination of factors. Firstly, reorganisations and substantial lay-offs in recent years at news publishers, especially of regional newspapers, …

This publication is a result of an international research project which took place from 2012-2014. Among the participators were four universities, number of service providers, NGOs and people with psychiatric and learning disabilities from Amersfoort and Maastricht in the Netherlands, Budapest in Hungary …

The exploration of the narrative nature of local memory websites in relation to empowerment theory produces new insights in the nested levels of analysis of both. Empowerment’s value orientation calls for a focus on strengths instead of weaknesses and, as such, requires specific language that accommodates …

Social media is becoming vitally important in today’s world. Big corporates and small companies both make use of it as part of their online marketing strategy (Ramachandran, 2014). It is a cheap, easy and it is a fast way to connect with customers, create dialogue and reach the mass. Consulting companies …

This book has been written for musicians who want to engage with audiences beyond the concert hall and other traditional venues. The study is equally worthwhile for conservatoires and music academies aiming to change the increasingly unrealistic goal of training young musicians solely for the stage. …

The main purpose of this report was to research how to increase art house ticket sales and visits by optimizing current marketing methods used to position independent films in the Netherlands. The perspective of the art film audience was taken during this research and their motivations to visit art houses …

On 26 January 1998, during a press conference in the White House, President Bill Clinton famously told the nation, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" (Clinton, 1998). Now, 15 years later, almost everyone can still recall those famous words. In this dissertation, the interaction …

In 'active welfare states', labour participation is regarded essential for being part of and contributing to society. In the striving for an increase in labour participation of people who were considered (partly) disabled for work, not 'disabilities', but 'abilities' are put centre stage in vocational …

Dit onderzoek richt zich op de werking van de methode Social Stories waarbij ik mij heb afgevraagd of deze methode bijdraagt aan afname van moeilijk verstaanbaar gedrag. De te onderzoeken groep bestaat in dit individugericht onderzoek uit één persoon, N. N is een jongen van 13 jaar oud, met een stoornis …

This thesis is on institutional communication, and focuses in particular on interactional processes between social workers and prospective adoptive parents in assessment procedures for adoptive parenthood. These assessments are conducted in the Netherlands by the Child Protection Board (hereafter CPB). …