VU Communication Science

The Department of Communication Science at @VUamsterdam is a leading research institute, producing cutting-edge research in a wide range of domains

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

Tomorrow! Don't miss our @MarikenVelden presenting her research with @MauritsMeijers at the EMMA in Den Haag, 16:45 - more info: https://t.co/JqEiPbktO3

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

We are very happy to have you at our department
@dougaparry ! Welcome 🙌

[Doug Parry @dougaparry]

📢 From 1st-year student to Senior Lecturer, it’s been an amazing 14 years @StellenboschUni, but now it's time for a new chapter. 🎓

I'm excited to be joining @communicationVU at @VUamsterdam as an Assistant Professor of Media Psychology this November! 🇳🇱

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

PhD position on Simulation & Virtual Field Experiments open at our department!

[Sílvia Majó-Vázquez @silviamajo]

We are hiring! One great fully-funded #PhD position at @communicationVU on Simulation & Virtual Field Experiments for Democratic Citizenship
Reach out to me for more information! #polcom
https://t.co/JclnPqdmGW

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

Workshop by @GPillaiReshmi on Knowledge Management in Newsrooms (K-min): deadline sept 30th! https://t.co/3rDnTCd3jc
Submissions on knowledge management ideas or solutions in newsroom tasks, and/or ethical considerations associated with such techniques are welcome!

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

While one half of the Department of Communication Science is in Goldcoast, Australia to attend #ica24, the other half is in Nijmegen at the European Communication Science Event (#esce24)!

Check out the list of talks and workshops by our colleagues: 👇

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

☀️The 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association starts in Gold Coast, Australia today! ☀️

The Department of Communication Science is present with 14 talks across a variety of division. Check out the schedule: 👇

#ica24 #communicationscience

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

Congratulations, @MattisNicolas! Fantastic!

[Nicolas Mattis @MattisNicolas]

I am delighted to share that I will be joining @UvA_ASCoR and the @AIMediaDem_Lab as a PostDoc in October to work with Claes and team on GenAI and mis-/disinformation among other things ✨ Now on to some fantastic days at #ica24

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

Apply here: https://t.co/bAQMWe0VhU

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

👉 COME WORK WITH US!

We are searching for an Assistant Professor of Media Psychology! You can still apply until *15-06-2024*!

https://t.co/bAQMWe0VhU

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

✅fluency in Dutch and English; and the ability to teach in Dutch and English at the C1 level or equivalent, or the willingness to acquire this level in the first two years
✅experience with (and preferably success in) applying for external funding

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

Our colleagues are at the Conference of the Society of Cognitive Film Studies. @CynthiaCabanas talks about the effect of information density in serial tv, Gaya Yona presents on the experience of narrative complexity, Tess Lankhuizen on the effect of cinematography on empathy.

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

@AndreKrouwel, Nick Martin (UvA) and Roan Buma published an essay in Beleid & Maatschappij about the restructuring of the Dutch party system and the left-conservative gap. You can read it open access (in Dutch) here: https://t.co/Un07pnp0HS

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

New publication by our colleague @bertous on what explains citizens' opposition to state-sponsored LGBTQ+ symbols! Out now in Research & Politics

[Alberto López @bertous]

New paper:

Why, as Western European countries grow more tolerant of LGBTQ+ rights, do we see an increase in attacks on LGBTQ+ flags?

In my paper, I explain and provide evidence of hostility against state-sponsored symbolism in 🇪🇸:
https://t.co/rwQxjseo6G

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

Our colleagues are presenting today at the symposium Media to Inspire at Radboud University. Guila Scapin will show the results of her study on foregrounding and empathy, Katalin Balint is presenting her project on fictional narratives and self-disclosure. https://t.co/jqG736hAyt

[BI Department of Communication and Culture @bi_dcc]

New Research: Inequalities in Privacy Cynicism: An Intersectional Analysis of Agency Constraints, by Christian Pieter Hoffmann (@cphoffmann), Christoph Lutz (@lutzid) and Giulia Ranzini (@giuliaranzini).

Open Access: https://t.co/nB21vUcizu

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

Our @CamielBeukeboom just presented research on ways in which ChatGPT-generated texts show gender stereotypes. With @MasurPhil and Eva Moen. #etmaal2024

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

Tess Lankhuizen, our finishing PhD, just presented her innovative study at #etmaal2024 on the effect of audio-visual formal features in cinema on viewers' empathy with characters. With @KE_Balint @EllyKonijn

[VU Communication Science @communicationVU]

Gaia Yona, our starting phd student, presents her first study showing that higher preference for narrative complexity positively correlates with tolerance of ambiguity and negatively correlates with conservative ideology and conservative vote. #etmaal2024