Can you remember the last time the ground gave way beneath you? When you thought the ground was stable, but for some reason it wasn’t? Perhaps you encountered a pothole on the streets of Amsterdam, or you were renovating your house and broke through the floor. Perhaps there was a molehill in a park or …

So-called fake news and problematic information on social media assume an increasingly important roles in political debate. Focusing on the (early) run-up to and aftermath of the 2020 U.S. presidential elections, this study examines the extent of the problematic information in the most engaged-with content …

Research has showed that aligning brand messages with topical events is a success formula for evoking positive consumer responses, in which ad creativity (i.e., originality, meaningfulness, and craftsmanship) and timing (i.e., the time between the start of an event and the appearance of a Topical Advertising …

Social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have millions of users logging in every day, using these platforms for commu­ nication, entertainment, and news consumption. These platforms adopt rules that determine how users communicate and thereby limit and shape public discourse.2 Platforms …

Corporate reputation is becoming increasingly important for firms; social media platforms such as Twitter are used to convey their message. In this paper, corporate reputation will be assessed from a sustainability perspective. Using sentiment analysis, the top 100 brands of the Netherlands were scraped …

A long time ago, well before the COVID-19 pandemic, a sad, dark thing clawed its way into our social media feeds: depression memes. These memes, shared on social platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, 4chan, and TikTok, date back to as early as 2016, although it’s hard to tell precisely. What …

In dit innovatieonderzoek laat ik zien welke manieren van content aanbieden kan bijdragen aan het vergroten van het online bereik van het radioprogramma Bureau Buitenland. Bij het programma is er de behoefte om online meer zichtbaar te zijn en een grotere groep te bereiken dan de vaste lineaire luisteraars. …

De onderzoeksdoelstelling richt zich op het doel van het onderzoek. Deze luidt als volgt: “Inzicht verkrijgen in welke aspecten een rol spelen bij het creëren van online engagement binnen een vak gerelateerde community van mediaprofessionals, de doelgroep van Organisatie X, als input voor het opstellen …

Facebook en Twitter worden gebruikt door mensen om op de hoogte te blijven van de actualiteit. Het zijn sociale media platformen die worden gekenmerkt door hun nieuwswaarde. Merken proberen aan deze behoefte te voldoen door in te springen op actuele gebeurtenissen, zoals de Amerikaanse verkiezingsuitslag, …

This chapter investigates the deeply mediatized experience of place and space within the lived practice of events by studying two annual Dutch cultural events as cases: Oerol Festival (2017) and 3FM Serious Request (2017). Drawing on substantial datasets containing online and offline participant observations, …