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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Jul 18

We introduce this theoretical framework to understand how disadvantaged citizens are compelled to continually improve their digital skills and capacities to meet the demands of the digital welfare state. We then show how low‐literate Dutch citizens experience this regime in their everyday lives.

Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Jul 18

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...

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Jul 15

Plaatselijke stortbui hier!

yichen1001.bsky.social @yichen1001.bsky.social · Jul 11

Excited to share our new pub in New Media & Society, co-authored with my supervisors @qfzhu.bsky.social @mjbroersma.bsky.social 🎉🎉

We explore how social norms are formed and guide prosocial behaviors within location-based meso-spaces.

Link👉: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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University of Groningen - Faculty of Arts @facultyofartsug.bsky.social · Jul 4

🥳 More good news! The Digital Literacy Coalition (DLC), committed to increasing digital skills in Groningen & North Drenthe, receives substantial financial support from Nij Begun! @rug.nl @mjbroersma.bsky.social
Learn more about the project 👇 www.rug.nl/let/onze-fac...

Flinke financiële steun Nij Begun voor project digicoaches Groningen en Noord-Drenthe

In alle gemeenten in Groningen en Noord-Drenthe komt er ruimte om mensen met een afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt op te leiden tot digicoach. Het initiatief...

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · May 14

Are you doing a PhD in Journalism Studies? Would you like to get feedback on your work from experienced scholars in the field? Then join us for the 6th Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium in Groningen on April 8th, 2026! Deadline for abstracts is 6 June 2025. For the full CfP, check: edu.nl/nfd7h

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · May 6

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"

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · May 5

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

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Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · Mar 19

On 8 April I'll give a talk w/ @sggroningen.bsky.social on journalism's role in a fractured world. I will start the evening exploring the challenges posed by digital media actors that amplify existing divisions in democratic societies in the content they produce sggroningen.nl/index.php/nl... (1/3)

Journalism in a Fractured World

What role does journalism play in building a democratic society?

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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · Mar 17

Wat betekent GenAI voor het nieuwsgebruik en de nieuwswijsheid van kinderen en jongeren? @mjbroersma.bsky.social, Bart Verheij en ik hebben plek voor een PhD die zich wil verdiepen in dit onderwerp. De vacature vind je hier: lnkd.in/e73GCi4E, deadline sollicitaties 3 april. Meer weten? DM me gerust!

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Mar 7

How does the rise of AI affect how young people are using news?

We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️

Application deadline: April 3

www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

Vacatures bij de RUG

www.rug.nl

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Mar 4

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

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Mar 1

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....

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Feb 18

And more articles to come from Denise's excellent research project for which she did longitudinal participant observations at afterschool care locations and primary schools! This research is part of the @unigroningen.bsky.social Digital Inclusion Lab. More info here: digital-inclusion.nl

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Feb 18

In "Playful citizens", we study children’s news-related practices and subsequent acts of lived citizenship at school and in informal contexts. We argue that such practices are an effective tool for civic education, supporting children to develop news routines www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Playful Citizens: How Children Develop and Integrate News-Related Practices in Their Daily Lives

This paper studies children’s (aged 8–12) news-related practices and subsequent acts of lived citizenship in formal and informal social contexts. While children in this age group are increasingly e...

www.tandfonline.com

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Feb 18

In one study we we coin the concept “digital risky play” and conceptualize this type of digital play. We identify four categories of risk-managing tactics children employ, namely technological, physical, social, and emotional tactics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Playfully building resilience: Dutch children’s risk-managing tactics in digital risky play

In this paper, we coin the concept “digital risky play” and conceptualize this type of digital play. By means of a taxonomy of tactics that children develop and employ through digital risky play, w...

www.tandfonline.com

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Feb 18

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...

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Feb 17

What if “things fall apart” and “the centre cannot hold”? In "Will the Center Hold? Relocating Journalism in the Digital", @seldridge.com and I discuss (with a nod to Yeats & Didion) how to understand if journalism will continue to hold a central space in society www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Will the Center Hold? Relocating Journalism in the Digital

PDF | In this epilog, we present two approaches to navigating digital journalism studies and its uncertainfuture. We bring two perspectives into... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...

www.researchgate.net

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Feb 17

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

Qinfeng Zhu, PhD @qfzhu.bsky.social · Feb 10

Studying internet censorship in China designed to disconnect individuals from connective actions, Kun He, @seldridge.com & @mjbroersma.bsky.social show how citizens navigate threats through innovative conenction tactics, while elites use enforced disconnection to evade public scrutiny

Tactics of Disconnection: How Netizens Navigate China’s Censorship System | Article | Media and Communication

Kun He, Scott A. Eldridge II, Marcel Broersma

www.cogitatiopress.com

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Feb 5

Denise's proefschrift is onderdeel van het NWO project "Informed citizenship for all" (www.nwo.nl/en/projects/...), uitgevoerd binnen het Digital Inclusion Lab van de @unigroningen.bsky.social digital-inclusion.nl

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Feb 5

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...

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Feb 5

"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

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wimelving.bsky.social @wimelving.bsky.social · Jan 24

Oratie Yael de Haan RUG met laudatio van @mjbroersma.bsky.social

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Jan 18

We're delighted that @laurenfklein.bsky.social will do a keynote lecture on "The Line Graph and the Slave Ship: Rethinking the Origins of Modern Data Visualization" at the RMeS winterschool. It takes place on Wednesday Jan. 29, 15.30-17.00h. Three days left to sign up! www.rmes.nl/public-keyno...

Public Keynote RMeS Winter School: Professor Lauren Klein (Emory University) - Research school for Media Studies (RMeS)

29 January 2025 | Maastricht University “The Line Graph and the Slave Ship” returns to the eighteenth-century origins of modern data visualization in order excavate the meaning—and power—of visualizin...

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Jan 18

On 29 and 30 January, the annual RMeS winter school will take place. This time at @maastrichtu.bsky.social on "Data justice in media studies: interdisciplinary and digital approaches". www.rmes.nl/rmes-winter-...

RMeS Winter School & Graduate Symposium 2024-25 - Research school for Media Studies (RMeS)

29 & 30 January 2025 | Maastricht University Confirmed keynote speaker: Professor Lauren Klein (Emory University) The RMeS winter school offers PhD candidates the opportunity to present their current ...

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Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Jan 18

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

Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social · Jan 18

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

Scott A. Eldridge II @seldridge.com · Dec 18

Great to see this latest issue of @cogitatiomac.bsky.social out - both because it was edited by my @unigroningen.bsky.social colleagues Cigdem Bozdag and Qinfeng Zhu, but also because I was able to work again with Kun He and @mjbroersma.bsky.social to write about 'Tactics of Disconnection' in China.

Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social · Dec 18

In a hyper-connected world, are we truly free to disconnect?

Our new open access issue explores the complexities of disconnection, showing how it can be both a voluntary act and a forced response to systemic problems.

Issue: shortt.link/mac456bsky

Disconnectivity in a Changing Media and Political Landscape

Thematic Issue, Vol 12 (2024)

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Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social · Dec 18

In a hyper-connected world, are we truly free to disconnect?

Our new open access issue explores the complexities of disconnection, showing how it can be both a voluntary act and a forced response to systemic problems.

Issue: shortt.link/mac456bsky

Disconnectivity in a Changing Media and Political Landscape

Thematic Issue, Vol 12 (2024)

shortt.link

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