Marcel Broersma
@mjbroersma.bsky.social
Prof of Media and Journalism Studies @unigroningen.bsky.social | director RMeS | coordinator UNL Digital Society | chair Digital Literacy Coalition | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcel-Broersma
Just two days before her excellent PhD defense, the next paper of Kim Smeenk's PhD project on personal journalism was published.
We show how displaying (happy) emotions has become a strategy to build report with audiences and to be considered more reliable
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We show how displaying (happy) emotions has become a strategy to build report with audiences and to be considered more reliable
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just two days before her excellent PhD defense, the next paper of Kim Smeenk's PhD project on personal journalism was published.
We show how displaying (happy) emotions has become a strategy to build report with audiences and to be considered more reliable
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We show how displaying (happy) emotions has become a strategy to build report with audiences and to be considered more reliable
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Devising DigiD: the performativity of sociotechnical imaginaries in national digital identity systems
First paper published from Maud Rebergen's PhD project on digital identification systems. With proud supervisors @riksmit.bsky.social and I.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
First paper published from Maud Rebergen's PhD project on digital identification systems. With proud supervisors @riksmit.bsky.social and I.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Devising DigiD: the performativity of sociotechnical imaginaries in national digital identity systems
First paper published from Maud Rebergen's PhD project on digital identification systems. With proud supervisors @riksmit.bsky.social and I.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
First paper published from Maud Rebergen's PhD project on digital identification systems. With proud supervisors @riksmit.bsky.social and I.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Now out (open access) from Alex Smit's PhD research:
Understanding digital citizenship in everyday life: tensions between digital inclusion policies and disadvantaged citizens’ experiences
w/ Alex Smit & @joelleswart.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding digital citizenship in everyday life: tensions between digital inclusion policies and disadvantaged citizens’ experiences
w/ Alex Smit & @joelleswart.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Now out (open access) from Alex Smit's PhD research:
Understanding digital citizenship in everyday life: tensions between digital inclusion policies and disadvantaged citizens’ experiences
w/ Alex Smit & @joelleswart.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding digital citizenship in everyday life: tensions between digital inclusion policies and disadvantaged citizens’ experiences
w/ Alex Smit & @joelleswart.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Just published with @joelleswart.bsky.social lead-author Alex Smit in @cogitatiosi.bsky.social:
The Regime of Self‐Optimization: Lived Experiences of Enforced Digital Inclusion by Low‐Literate Citizens www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
The Regime of Self‐Optimization: Lived Experiences of Enforced Digital Inclusion by Low‐Literate Citizens www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
July 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Just published with @joelleswart.bsky.social lead-author Alex Smit in @cogitatiosi.bsky.social:
The Regime of Self‐Optimization: Lived Experiences of Enforced Digital Inclusion by Low‐Literate Citizens www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
The Regime of Self‐Optimization: Lived Experiences of Enforced Digital Inclusion by Low‐Literate Citizens www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
How can we effectively, and fairly, approach collaborative & comparative journalism research projects?
In our next @rug.nl CMJS lunch lecture, @marenet.bsky.social discusses "The value (and challenges) of collaborative and comparative journalism research: a South African perspective"
In our next @rug.nl CMJS lunch lecture, @marenet.bsky.social discusses "The value (and challenges) of collaborative and comparative journalism research: a South African perspective"
May 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
How can we effectively, and fairly, approach collaborative & comparative journalism research projects?
In our next @rug.nl CMJS lunch lecture, @marenet.bsky.social discusses "The value (and challenges) of collaborative and comparative journalism research: a South African perspective"
In our next @rug.nl CMJS lunch lecture, @marenet.bsky.social discusses "The value (and challenges) of collaborative and comparative journalism research: a South African perspective"
Who is sharing the news?
1st paper published from Iris Baas' PhD study, w/ proud supervisors Tommaso Caselli, @marcestevedelvalle.bsky.social, & I. We show that ideological critique does not necessarily translate into alternative media consumption on Dutch Twitter
firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
1st paper published from Iris Baas' PhD study, w/ proud supervisors Tommaso Caselli, @marcestevedelvalle.bsky.social, & I. We show that ideological critique does not necessarily translate into alternative media consumption on Dutch Twitter
firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
May 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Who is sharing the news?
1st paper published from Iris Baas' PhD study, w/ proud supervisors Tommaso Caselli, @marcestevedelvalle.bsky.social, & I. We show that ideological critique does not necessarily translate into alternative media consumption on Dutch Twitter
firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
1st paper published from Iris Baas' PhD study, w/ proud supervisors Tommaso Caselli, @marcestevedelvalle.bsky.social, & I. We show that ideological critique does not necessarily translate into alternative media consumption on Dutch Twitter
firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
What would happen if we considered Silicon Valley as a locus of imperial machinations and as constituted by both imperialist and colonel encounters? j. Siguru Wahutu will discuss this in tomorrow's @unigroningen.bsky.social CMJS lunch lecture
March 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What would happen if we considered Silicon Valley as a locus of imperial machinations and as constituted by both imperialist and colonel encounters? j. Siguru Wahutu will discuss this in tomorrow's @unigroningen.bsky.social CMJS lunch lecture
Our paper on the discursive logics of online populism is now published in @Journal of Information Technology & Politics. With Kun He and @seldridge.com
You can read it here (open access) ⬇️:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
You can read it here (open access) ⬇️:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Our paper on the discursive logics of online populism is now published in @Journal of Information Technology & Politics. With Kun He and @seldridge.com
You can read it here (open access) ⬇️:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
You can read it here (open access) ⬇️:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Denise Mensonides did an excellent job defening her thesis "Navigating the digital playground: a child-centred study on the development of digital literacies". It's part of our NWO supported Informed Citizenship for All project. You can read Denise's work here: research.rug.nl/nl/publicati...
February 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Denise Mensonides did an excellent job defening her thesis "Navigating the digital playground: a child-centred study on the development of digital literacies". It's part of our NWO supported Informed Citizenship for All project. You can read Denise's work here: research.rug.nl/nl/publicati...
Which representations and (gameplay) activities in historical gaming spaces lend themselves well for extremist mobilization, and why? This Wednesday, Pieter van den Heede (@erasmusuniversity.bsky.social) will discuss this during our next CMJS lunch lecture @unigroningen.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Which representations and (gameplay) activities in historical gaming spaces lend themselves well for extremist mobilization, and why? This Wednesday, Pieter van den Heede (@erasmusuniversity.bsky.social) will discuss this during our next CMJS lunch lecture @unigroningen.bsky.social
Denise Mensonides verdedigt morgen haar proefschrift "Navigating the digital playground. A child-centred study on the development of digital literacies" aan @unigroningen.bsky.social Meer info over het onderzoek: www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...
February 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Denise Mensonides verdedigt morgen haar proefschrift "Navigating the digital playground. A child-centred study on the development of digital literacies" aan @unigroningen.bsky.social Meer info over het onderzoek: www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...
"Help, mijn kind wil op TikTok!" Mooi gesprek over mediaopvoeding gisteravond in Forum Groningen, georganiseerd door @unigroningen.bsky.social's Jantina Tammes School. Met interessante bijdrages van Peter Nikken, Mandy Oude Veldhuis-Talhout & Denise Mensonides olv Jetse Goris
February 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Help, mijn kind wil op TikTok!" Mooi gesprek over mediaopvoeding gisteravond in Forum Groningen, georganiseerd door @unigroningen.bsky.social's Jantina Tammes School. Met interessante bijdrages van Peter Nikken, Mandy Oude Veldhuis-Talhout & Denise Mensonides olv Jetse Goris
We offer a similar workshop grant for Research Master students who are members of RMeS, the Dutch Research School for Media Studies. It's a great opportunity to organize a workshop around your own research interests and build a network. See: rmes.nl
January 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We offer a similar workshop grant for Research Master students who are members of RMeS, the Dutch Research School for Media Studies. It's a great opportunity to organize a workshop around your own research interests and build a network. See: rmes.nl
Exciting opportunity for PhD students who are members of RMeS, the Dutch Research School for Media Studies! Apply for our workshop grant to organize a workshop around their own research and share their expertise with a new generation of scholars. More info: rmes.nl
January 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Exciting opportunity for PhD students who are members of RMeS, the Dutch Research School for Media Studies! Apply for our workshop grant to organize a workshop around their own research and share their expertise with a new generation of scholars. More info: rmes.nl
New paper out with Kun He & @seldridge.com in which we show how socially and culturally ingrained visual semiotic resources are used to demonstrate netizens’ affinities with ‘the people’ and dislikes of ‘the elite’ in online and bottom-up populism in China. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 18, 2024 at 10:21 AM
New paper out with Kun He & @seldridge.com in which we show how socially and culturally ingrained visual semiotic resources are used to demonstrate netizens’ affinities with ‘the people’ and dislikes of ‘the elite’ in online and bottom-up populism in China. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 14, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Personal journalism is on the rise, Kim Smeenk, Frank Harbers and I show in a new article. Mostly in quality newspapers, journalists are centering their own experiences, writing in the first person. It urges scholarship to rethink subjectivity and objectivity journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 14, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Personal journalism is on the rise, Kim Smeenk, Frank Harbers and I show in a new article. Mostly in quality newspapers, journalists are centering their own experiences, writing in the first person. It urges scholarship to rethink subjectivity and objectivity journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Vooral in de kwaliteitskranten @volkskrant.nl en @nrc.nl nam persoonlijke journalistiek toe, minder in AD en @telegraaf.nl (waarin het zelfs daalde). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 14, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Vooral in de kwaliteitskranten @volkskrant.nl en @nrc.nl nam persoonlijke journalistiek toe, minder in AD en @telegraaf.nl (waarin het zelfs daalde). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Persoonlijke journalistiek wordt steeds dominanter, laten Kim Smeenk, Frank Harbers en ik zien in een nieuw artikel. Tussen 1999 en 2019 steeg het aantal artikelen waarin journalisten in de Ik-vorm over hun ervaringen spraken van 5 tot 9,8 procent journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 14, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Persoonlijke journalistiek wordt steeds dominanter, laten Kim Smeenk, Frank Harbers en ik zien in een nieuw artikel. Tussen 1999 en 2019 steeg het aantal artikelen waarin journalisten in de Ik-vorm over hun ervaringen spraken van 5 tot 9,8 procent journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New paper with Kun He and @seldridge.com in
@cogitatiomac.bsky.social:
Tactics of Disconnection: How Netizens Navigate China’s Censorship System
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
@cogitatiomac.bsky.social:
Tactics of Disconnection: How Netizens Navigate China’s Censorship System
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
December 2, 2024 at 1:18 PM
New paper with Kun He and @seldridge.com in
@cogitatiomac.bsky.social:
Tactics of Disconnection: How Netizens Navigate China’s Censorship System
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
@cogitatiomac.bsky.social:
Tactics of Disconnection: How Netizens Navigate China’s Censorship System
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
Children of 8-12y employ many playful news-related practices. These allow for light-hearted explorations of news and create opportunities for acts of lived citizenship. However, conceptualizing news as serious hinders teachers' recognition of such practices.
November 26, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Children of 8-12y employ many playful news-related practices. These allow for light-hearted explorations of news and create opportunities for acts of lived citizenship. However, conceptualizing news as serious hinders teachers' recognition of such practices.