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Amsterdam School of Communication Research

• Veni grants for two ASCoR members

  20 July 2018

  The Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) awarded dr. G.L.A. (Toni) van der Meer and dr. M. (Mark) Boukes with a veni grant, allowing them to further develop their personal research agendas.

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• Young people mainly post moderate alcohol content on social media

  19 July 2018

  Why and how often do adolescents talk about alcohol on Facebook and Instagram? UvA researchers published the results of research on this question in the Journal of Medical Internet Research and Cyberpsychology. They ...

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• Veni grant awarded to 27 UvA and AMC-UvA researchers

  16 July 2018

  The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni grants worth up to €250,000 to 27 UvA and AMC-UvA researchers who recently obtained their doctorate. The grants give promising young ...

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• New ASCoR Director

  11 June 2018

  As of September 1, 2018 prof. dr. Rens Vliegenthart will be the new ASCoR Director. He'll succeed prof. dr. Jochen Peter whose five-year term as ASCoR director will end on August 31, 2018.

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• Peter Neijens Fellow ICA

  31 May 2018

  At the conference in Prague, Peter Neijens has been named a Fellow of the International Communication Association.

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• Persuasive Communication researchers awarded at ICA 2018

  31 May 2018

  The Persuasive Communication group won several awards at ICA 2018 in Prague.

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• RPA Communication announces research projects for 2018

  1 May 2018

  The Digital Communication Methods Lab, an initiative of the RPA Communication, is supporting a series of innovative research projects focused on substantive and methodological development for communication science ...

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• Various awards at the KCHC 2018 for Persuasive Communication researchers

  19 Apr 2018

  The Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (KCHC) in Lexington was a great success for the Persuasive Communication group of ASCoR.

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• Bert Bakker and Claes de Vreese receive NWO Investment Grant to start a Mobile Lab

  13 Mar 2018

  Bert Bakker and Claes de Vreese together with Gijs Schumacher and Frans Oort (both UvA) have received an NWO Investment Grant to open a Mobile Lab.

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• Julia van Weert wins 2018 Lewis Donohew Outstanding Scholar in Health Communication Award

  22 Feb 2018

  Professor Julia van Weert will be awarded the Lewis Donohew Outstanding Health Communication Scholar Award during the 2018 Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (KCHC). The award was established in Dr. ...

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• Stefan Bernritter received NeFCA Dissertation Award 2016

  16 Feb 2018

  At last week’s Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap in Ghent, Stefan Bernritter received the NeFCA Dissertation Award for his dissertation “Examining Consumers’ Online Brand Endorsements on Social Media”. The award ...

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• Controlling the Electoral Marketplace

  22 Dec 2017

  This book studies how established political parties react to the far left and far right parties that have surged in many democracies worldwide.

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• Patti Valkenburg again among the top 1% percent communication scholars worldwide

  5 Dec 2017

  Patti Valkenburg has been listed again among the top one percent of authors contributing to the leading journals in communication science. This list of authors appeared in the November 2017 issue of Communication ...

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• Eva van Reijmersdal received an Aspasia premium

  16 Nov 2017

  Eva van Reijmersdal received an Aspasia premium from the National Dutch Science Foundation NWO of 200.000 euro for a five-year research project.

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• Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, February 8-9, 2018: call for abstracts

  2 Nov 2017

  The next edition of the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap ('24 hours of Communication Sciences') will be hosted by Ghent University on February 8-9, 2018. Etmaal welcomes proposals on a wide scope of topics that ...

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• UvA launches massive open online course (MOOC) on media ethics and policy

  19 Sept 2017

  Does our changing media landscape necessitate new codes of conduct for media professionals? This is the central question of Media Ethics and Governance, a massive open online course (MOOC) that the University of ...

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• Early Career Award for Eline Smit

  31 Aug 2017

  This summer, Dr. Eline Smit received the prestigious Early Career Award from the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS).

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• Minh Hao Nguyen wins travel grant as part of 'Lustrumbeurs'

  28 Aug 2017

  Minh Hao Nguyen, PhD candidate from the Amsterdam School of Communication Research received a travel grant of € 3.000 as part of the UvA365 ‘Lustrumbeurs’.

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• Rens Vliegenthart and Claire Segijn win ASCoR Baschwitz Awards 2016

  7 July 2017

  ASCoR researchers awarded on June 29th, 2017

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• In memoriam Denis McQuail (1935 – 2017)

  28 June 2017

  We received the news that Denis McQuail passed away.

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• 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence

  27 June 2017

  Article wins award for excellence

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• Learning to live with social media

  8 June 2017

  Social media and other kinds of media have positive and negative effects on children and adolescents. ‘We need to help youth learn how to make media a part of their life – but not their entire life.’ This is one of ...

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• Successful ICA 2017 for the Persuasive Communication group

  31 May 2017

  The Persuasive Communication group won several awards at ICA 2017 in San Diego.

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• Computing adherence to medications with AdhereR:

  9 May 2017

  Electronic healthcare data are now used routinely to estimate whether patients take their medications as their doctor prescribes, as treatment effectiveness relies on patients’ adherence to medication. Yet, ...

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• Claes de Vreese benoemd tot voorzitter van SWR

  18 Apr 2017

  Claes de Vreese is onlangs benoemd tot Voorzitter van Sociaal-Wetenschappelijke Raad (SWR).

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• Bert Bakker receives two year Marie Curie Global Fellowship

  9 Feb 2017

  Bert Bakker receives two year Marie Curie Global Fellowship Bert has received a Marie Curie Global Fellowship for his project "Politics isn't Cool, it's Hot! How emotions influence citizens' political attitudes".

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• Thirteen researchers to visit UvA with Marie Curie Fellowship

  7 Feb 2017

  Thirteen promising researchers have received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship to conduct research at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The projects focus, among other things, on the formation of ...

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• Anne Roos Smink wins AAA Doctoral Dissertation Grant 2017

  6 Feb 2017

  Anne Roos Smink won the 'Doctoral Dissertation Grant 2017’ from the American Academy of Advertising. With this award, her PhD project will receive funding from the AAA. The PhD project focuses on Augmented Reality ...

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• First ASCoR director Jan van Cuilenburg passes away

  2 Nov 2016

  Sadly we received the news of the passing away of Jan J. van Cuilenburg. Jan is one of the founding fathers and the first director of The Amsterdam School of Communication Research ASCoR.

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• Claes de Vreese member of KNAW

  20 Sept 2016

  Claes de Vreese has been appointed member of the Royal Dutch Association of Science (KNAW)

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• B. Bakker conducts laboratory study as part of the Lowlands Science program

  15 Aug 2016

  European citizens are anxious about the number of refugees entering their country and global warming; angry about the power of the bureaucrats in Europe; and sad about the quality of politicians or how immigrants are ...

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• S. Bernritter and S. Boerman receive Best Paper Award at ICORIA 2016

  1 Aug 2016

  The paper ‘How Modality and Explicitness of Disclosures of Sponsored Branded Online Video Content Affect Consumers’ Online Brand Engagement’ that is co-authored by Stefan Bernritter, Somaiya Tabibi, and Sophie ...

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• Mark Boukes and Rens Vliegenthart receive ICA Award

  29 June 2016

  Mark Boukes and Rens Vliegenthart were awarded the ICA Journalism Studies Division Top Faculty Paper Award (1st Place) for their paper “A general pattern of newsworthiness?: Analyzing news factors in tabloid, ...

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• Successful ICA 2016 for the Youth & Media Entertainment group

  24 June 2016

  At the ICA conference 2016 in Fukuoka Annemarie van Oosten, Jochen Peter and Laura Vandenbosch received a top paper award in the Children, Adolescents and Media division. In the same division, Winneke van der ...

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• Eva van Reijmersdal receives top paper award at annual ICA

  22 June 2016

  Together with former ASCoR members Sanne Opree and Moniek Buijzen, Eva van Reijmersdal received a top paper award at the annual conference in Fukuoka, Japan. They won the ward in the Children, Adolescents, and Media ...

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• Successful ICA 2016 for the Political Communication & Journalism group

  16 June 2016

  At the annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) in Fukuoka, Japan, Tom Powell received the award for ‘Beste Student Paper’ in the Visual Communication Division.

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• Various Top Student Paper awards at the ICA 2016 for Corporate Communication researchers

  16 June 2016

  The annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) in Fukuoka was a great success for our Corporate Communication group.

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• Verena Wottrich wins Top Student Paper Award at ICA 2016 in Japan

  16 June 2016

  ASCoR PhD Candidate Verena Wottrich won the Top Student Award of the Communication and Technology (CAT) division for her paper ‘The Role of Customization, Brand Trust, and Privacy Concerns in Advergaming’ at this ...

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• Nadine Bol wins the inaugural Annie Lang Dissertation Award at the ICA in Japan 2016

  13 June 2016

  By combining theories from communication science, cognitive aging, life-span psychology and education science, this dissertation aimed to provide insight into (1) the effects of illustrations and videos on older ...

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• Career Achievement Award for University Professor Patti Valkenburg

  13 June 2016

  On Saturday, 11 June, Prof. Patti Valkenburg, University Professor of Media, Youth and Society at the University of Amsterdam was honoured with the 2016 Steven H. Chaffee Career Achievement Award.

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