Jaap Kooijman

@jaapkooijman.bsky.social

Associate professor Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Academic director ASCA (Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis), author of Fabricating the Absolute Fake and De muziekfabriek, co-editor of The Richard Dyer Reader. www.absolutefake.com

In 2008 was Hyves bijna overgenomen door MTV, die ook TMF in handen had. Zou zeer interessant geweest zijn als Hyves en de TMF ID waren samengevoegd. Uiteindelijk werd Hyves door de Telegraaf Media Groep overgenomen (alinea uit mijn boek De muziekfabriek, over The Music Factory).

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🚨 PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 I am extremely excited that the First View of my new article "Strongmen, Populism, and Soccer: Comparing Silvio Berlusconi, Viktor Orbán, and Donald Trump" is now available. It was quite an ordeal to get it past reviewer 2, but I made it with help of special issue editors.

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I was reluctant to start watching The Shards, the adaptation by Ryan Murphy of Bret Easton Ellis' novel. The reviews were all quite negative. I actually quite like it; it really captures that nihilism of 1980s LA culture (like Less Than Zero did) and works quite well on the small screen.

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