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Amsterdam School of Communication Research / ASCoR ASCoR

A. (Alexandra) Schwinges

PhD Candidate
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
CW : Corporate Communication
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
  • Postbus 15791
    1001 NG Amsterdam
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  • Profile

    Alexandra Schwinges is an Assistant Professor in the programme group Corporate Communication of the Department of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam. She is affiliated with the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR). 


     

  • Research

    Expertise and research fields

    • Corporate communication
    • Journalistic role theory
    • Organisational legitimacy and public interest
    • Strategic communication and lobbying
    • Visual representation of protest

    Research methods

    • Quantitative and qualitative content analysis
    • (reconstruction) Interview
    • Mixed-methods case study
    • Survey
    • Experimental research design
  • Publications

    2024

    • Schwinges, A. (2024). Navigating Ideals and Realities: On Using Reconstruction Interviews to Study Journalistic Roles. Journalism Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2024.2305165
    • Schwinges, A., Lock, I., van der Meer, G. L. A., & Vliegenthart, R. (2024). Stepping on toes? Role dynamics between journalists and lobbyists regarding big tech’s accountability agenda. The International Journal of Press/Politics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161224124240
    • Schwinges, A., van der Meer, T. G. L. A., Lock, I., & Vliegenthart, R. (2024). The watchdog role in the age of Big Tech - how news media in the United States and Germany hold Big Tech corporations accountable. Information, Communication & Society, 27(6), 1073-1094. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2023.2234972 [details]

    2022

    2021

    2024

    • Balan, V., Dumitrica, D., & Schwinges, A. (2024). The visual construction of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests: The protest paradigm & Instagram.. Abstract from Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2024, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
    • Balan, V., Dumitrica, D., & Schwinges, A. (2024). The visual construction of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests: The protest paradigm & Instagram. Abstract from ECREA European Communication Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
    • Mpadanes, M., & Schwinges, A. (2024). Introducing "corporate Environmental Efficacy" Beliefs: A Stakeholder Centric Perspective on Strategic Sustainability Communication. Abstract from ECREA European Communication Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
    • Schwinges, A., & Lock, I. J. (2024). Davids gegen Big Tech. „Networked Accountability“ im Laendervergleich. Abstract from 69. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für
      Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Berlin, Germany.
    • Schwinges, A., Wald, R., Zhang, D., & Resendez Gómez, V. D. C. (2024). Big Tech Discourse on Reddit – Implications for Corporate Legitimacy. Abstract from ECREA European Communication Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
    • Schwinges, A., van der Meer, G. L. A., Lock, I., & Vliegenthart, R. (2024). Are the media biting hard enough? A cross-national study of public watchdog role expectations and performance evaluations in the era of Big Tech. Abstract from ECREA Journalism 2024, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
    • Schwinges, A., van der Meer, G. L. A., Lock, I., & Vliegenthart, R. (2024). Biting Hard Enough? Public Perceptions of the Watchdog Role in the Big Tech Era. Abstract from Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2024, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    2023

    • Schwinges, A., Lock, I. J., van der Meer, G. L. A., & Vliegenthart, R. (2023). The Information Oligopoly of Big Tech: How Journalists and Public Affairs Practitioners perceive their Role towards Big Tech’s Accountability. Abstract from ICA PRD PhD Student Workshop 2023.
    • Schwinges, A., Lock, I. J., van der Meer, G. L. A., & Vliegenthart, R. (2023). The Information Oligopoly of Big Tech: How Journalists and Public Affairs Practitioners perceive their Role towards Big Tech’s Accountability. Paper presented at Political Communication Graduate Student Preconference, Toronto, Canada.
    • Schwinges, A., Lock, I. J., van der Meer, G. L. A., & Vliegenthart, R. (2023). The information oligopoly of big tech: Exploring the Perceptions and Relationship between Journalists and Public Affairs Practitioners towards Big Tech’s Accountability. Paper presented at 24th Annual Conference of the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA), Prague, Czech Republic.
    • Schwinges, A., van der Meer, G. L. A., Lock, I. J., & Vliegenthart, R. (2023). (Re-)constructing big tech: A tandem approach to the role of media and public affairs. Abstract from Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Enschede.

    2022

    • Schwinges, A. (2022). Wachhund oder Schoßhund: Die Rolle der Medienberichterstattung im Bezug auf die Einflussnahme auf die Gesellschaft und Rechenschaftslegung von „Big Tech“. Abstract from 67. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für
      Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft.
    • Schwinges, A. (2022). Watchdog journalism in the age of big tech: How News Media in the United States and Germany hold Big Tech Corporations Accountable. Paper presented at ICA Journalism Studies Division Graduate Student Colloquium, Paris, France.
    • Schwinges, A., & Schuck, A. R. T. (2022). A social identity perspective on promoting energy conservation: Communicating collective behavior change and collective guilt. Abstract from Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap.
    • Schwinges, A., & Schuck, A. R. T. (2022). The effects of normative trends and collective guilt on energy conservation: A social identity perspective. Paper presented at the 72nd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26-30 May 2022, Paris, France.
    • Schwinges, A., Lock, I. J., van der Meer, G. L. A., & Vliegenthart, R. (2022). Wie Big Tech-Unternehmen ihre Legitimität über das „Öffentlichen Interesse“ konstruieren: Eine qualitative Framing-Analyse im Vergleich deutscher und US-amerikanischer Nachrichten. Abstract from 28. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Public Relations und Organisationskommunikation der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft e.V., Bamberg, Germany.

    2021

    • Dumitrica, D., & Schwinges, A. (2021). Agents of change, agents of contention: Visual representations of protest in news magazine covers. Paper presented at ICA 2021 Preconference: Visions of Change: Communication for Social and Environmental Justice.
    • Dumitrica, D., & Schwinges, A. (2021). Raised arms and closed fists: Representing protest in news magazine covers. Abstract from IAMCR 2022.
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