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Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject: A Posthuman Approach
Author: Richard Lewis June 2021 264pp. ISBN Paperback: 9781800641822 Richard S. Lewis, who received his PhD at the VUB in 2020, just published his PhD thesis.
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The epistemic injustice in conflict reporting: Reporters and ‘fixers’ covering Ukraine, Israel, and Palestine
Johana Kotišová This paper investigates the epistemic injustice in conflict reporting, where foreign parachute reporters collaborate with local producers and ‘fixers.’ Drawing from existing research on ‘fixers’ and other media professionals covering conflict zones and the philosophy of...
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The Impact of Advertisers on Media and Journalism in Transitional Democracies: The Case of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Jiyan Faris, Pieter Maeseele & Kevin Smets Although previous research focused on how governments use advertising to control news media, this study expands the literature on media capture not only by examining how state actors and dominant political parties control the advertising se...
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The Power of Political Style: Comparing Populist Media, From Fox News to The Young Turks, From Cable to YouTube, From Right to Left
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This research seminar offers insights into why Fox News—conservative America’s number one news source—has been commercially successful and politically effective.
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Transphobic Truth Markets: Comparing Trans-hostile Discourses in British Trans-exclusionary Radical Feminist and US Right-wing Movements
Briar Dickey British “Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist” (TERF) discourse has often been contextualised in fringe radical feminist thought, but its similarities to and alliances with right-wing trans-exclusionary movements in the US are notable (McClean, 2020).
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Valériane Mistiaen
Valériane Mistiaen is a FWO post-doc researcher at VUB-Vrije Universiteit Brussel. She holds a PhD in Information and Communication (ULB-Université libre de Bruxelles) and in Communication and Media Studies (VUB).
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VUB & EhB co-creation lab at the Summer Assembly with Joke Bauwens
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Together with colleagues from EhB, prof. dr. Bauwens will be hosting a co-creation lab at this year's Summer Assembly. This co-creation lab aims to stimulate, nurture, and collect young people’s images of the future for culture in Brussels.
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VUB Interview with Rein Demunter on The Social Importance of Inclusive LGBTQAI+ Advertising
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ECHO member Rein Demunter talks to VUB about the social importance of inclusive LGBTQAI+ advertising, in the light of the annual pride celebrations.
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