Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Mon, 06 May 2024 03:34:11 +0200 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:02:00 +0100 KNAW Early Career Award for Donya Alinejad https://www.uu.nl/en/news/knaw-early-career-award-for-donya-alinejad Mediawetenschapper Donya Alinejad is dit jaar ontvanger van een KNAW Early Career Award. 111581 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:02:00 +0100 Nieuws Empowered citizens can learn what fake news is https://www.uu.nl/en/news/empowered-citizens-can-learn-what-fake-news-is How can people distinguish news from fake news, for example when it comes to Covid-19? The website stopcoronafakenews.com should help. 110850 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws NWO Spinoza Prize awarded to media scholar José van Dijck https://www.uu.nl/en/news/nwo-spinoza-prize-awarded-to-media-scholar-jose-van-dijck José van Dijck is University Professor of Media and Digital Society and is a top player in the international field of media studies. 109300 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:49:00 +0200 Nieuws Online threats to mayors investigated by Utrecht Data School https://www.uu.nl/en/news/online-threats-to-mayors-investigated-by-utrecht-data-school Mayors in the Netherlands are facing a growing number of threats, aggression and violence. 100226 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:44:00 +0200 Nieuws Dreigen via social media © iStockphoto.com/asiandelight "It is in times of uncertainty that quality journalism has a role to play" https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/it-is-in-times-of-uncertainty-that-quality-journalism-has-a-role-to-play Following the outbreak of corona UNESCO called for a worldwide translation of their handbook "Journalism, 'Fake News' and Disinformation". 99425 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:12:00 +0200 Nieuws UNESCO-Handboek Journalistiek, nepnieuws en desinformatie in Nederlandse vertaling Advertiser boycott Facebook: The great responsibility of social media platforms https://www.uu.nl/en/news/advertiser-boycott-facebook-the-great-responsibility-of-social-media-platforms According to media scientists José van Dijck and Anna Marieke Weerdmeester, social pressure is increasing. 97798 Fri, 03 Jul 2020 14:18:00 +0200 Nieuws Boycot Facebook © iStockphoto.com Trump is Twitter's biggest star https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/trump-is-twitters-biggest-star José van Dijck was interviewed by de Volkskrant and NOS.nl about Trump's behavior on Twitter and its consequences. 96890 Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:28:00 +0200 Nieuws President Donald Trump © iStockphoto.com Funding for research on trust in experts involved in social and political decision-making https://www.uu.nl/en/news/funding-for-research-on-trust-in-experts-involved-in-social-and-political-decision-making The research is part of a larger European research project called 'Policy, Expertise, and Trust in Action (PEriTiA)'. 84257 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:23:00 +0200 Nieuws Prof. dr. Jose van Dijck. Foto: Ed van Rijswijk Online media should provide more insight into their algorithms for combating fake news https://www.uu.nl/en/news/online-media-should-provide-more-insight-into-their-algorithms-for-combating-fake-news An expert group with Professor Madeleine de Cock Buning advises politicians, schools and the media in a European report on disinformation. 59175 Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:34:00 +0100 Nieuws