Mark Boukes
@markboukes.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam. Research interests: Journalism, Media effects, and Public opinion.
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🆕 How diverse is Communication and Media Studies, really? Who gets to publish? Where is the author based? And what kinds of methods shape the field? That's what we studied in our newest publication: doi.org/10.1177/0093... Below, we highlight the main take-aways:
🆕 How diverse is Communication and Media Studies, really? Who gets to publish? Where is the author based? And what kinds of methods shape the field? That's what we studied in our newest publication: doi.org/10.1177/0093... Below, we highlight the main take-aways:
Zlatan on the Netherlands and manager Ronald Koeman: "This loss is on Koeman because I didn't recognize this Dutch team. And he lost with an identity that is not the Dutch identity. And that makes me angry. Lose with your identity, and try always with that. That's who you are." ⚽🔥📺🎙️ #WorldCup
Het mooiste vind ik altijd het verhaal dat Wim T. Schippers gevraagd voor de DWDD en hij een kwartier voor aanvang naar de redactie belde om te zeggen dat hij toch niet kwam. De redacteur was witheet: 'Dat kun je toch niet maken?' 'Hoezo niet?' Zei Wim T. 'Dat doen jullie bij mij toch ook altijd?'
Mark @markboukes.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social presenting the paper #ica26 38k respondents 34 countries Press freedom is a major contextual moderator of the relationships.
Ready for #ICA26! Looking forward to hear about the most recent research projects and to drink many coffees (with you perhaps?)!
🚨Don't forget to register🚨 🗓️ Thursday May 28th, 12:00-13:00 📍 Online
NeFCA Political Communication@nefcapolcom.bsky.social · 3mo ago✨ Next up in our PolCom Classics Series ✨ Prof. dr. @naylafawzi.bsky.social will talk to us about the relationship between populism and the media on May 28th! Join us online by registering through the QR code 👇
Oh my God... Stephen Colbert did an hour-long program on Michigan public access last night with sidekick Jack White and guest Jeff Daniels...
Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social · 2mo agoLove it: the night after he was kicked off of CBS for good, Stephen Colbert hosted a public access show in southeast Michigan.
Final sessions of this semester’s PolCom Classics are here 🎬 Join us for: 👉Apr 14 – Stuart Soroka: Negativity Bias 👉May 28 – Nayla Fawzi: Populist Media 👉Jun 24 – Sanne Kruikemeier: Artificial Intelligence Free to attend. Register via QR code - links sent after signup 🔗
Sterling K. Brown on why so many new seasons of TV consist of only 8-10 episodes 📺
Jūrgen Habermas, probably the most influential European intellectual of the past century, has passed away. The impact of his theory of the public sphere, of rational deliberation, and of communicative power can hardly be overstated. Rest in power. www.dw.com/en/celebrate...
Celebrated philosopher Jürgen Habermas dies aged 96
One of Germany's greatest postwar intellectuals, he continuously argued for a robust and inclusive democracy. His passing marks the end of an era.
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Trouw heeft een klacht ingediend over PVV'er Martin Bosma, tot voor kort voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer. www.trouw.nl/politiek/gee...
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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📖 Thrilled to see this issue out in print! The invited forum on ‘what is mass comm today’ is a must read! Thanks to all authors! 🙏 #commsky @markboukes.bsky.social @erikbucy.bsky.social @lanceholbert
JMCQ@jmcquarterly.bsky.social · 5mo agoJMCQ Vol. 103(1) is out: an Invited Forum on adapting mass communication research to fragmented media + sections on credibility & fact-checking, conspiracy & misinformation, media use & private spaces, and news avoidance. journals.sagepub.com/toc/jmqc/103/1 #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social
Does “mass communication” still exist — and if so, what should it mean today? In this Forum for @jmcquarterly.bsky.social, we reflect on that question: "The Necessary Evolution of Mass Communication Research in a Fragmenting Media Landscape." Open-access: doi.org/10.1177/1077...
De eigenaar van CBS is Paramount, dat weer in handen is van David Ellison, zoon van een tech-miljardair en zelf bondgenoot van Trump. Media ownership matters - nog meer in landen zonder redactiestatuut.
Jay Rosen@jayrosen.bsky.social · 6mo agoStephen Colbert taped a 'Late Show' interview with James Talarico, a candidate in the Democratic Senate primary in Texas, but then CBS lawyers intervened. Here's the interview on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.
'Democracy Dies in Darkness': Super Bowl commercial (2019)
YouTube video by Washington Post
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🚨 CPJ strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, arrests which mark a serious escalation of attacks on the press in the United States. Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
"How do class gaps compare to race and gender gaps? Strikingly, we find that the class gaps in tenure-track academia are as large as or larger than analogous race or gender gaps."
John Holbein@johnholbein1.bsky.social · 6mo agoIn academia, class background strongly shapes who advances and who stalls.
New pub! The more I investigated news media trust, the more confused I became. Therefore, we conducted this content analysis of 623 studies (1951–2025), showing that the media trust concept indeed differs a lot in terms of conceptualizations and operationalizations. Here: doi.org/10.1177/0093...
New pub! The more I investigated news media trust, the more confused I became. Therefore, we conducted this content analysis of 623 studies (1951–2025), showing that the media trust concept indeed differs a lot in terms of conceptualizations and operationalizations. Here: doi.org/10.1177/0093...
... and if you're looking for a Global venue for your work, consider submitting that work to Global Perspectives in Communication! We take 4K and 8K length manuscripts, and just about any paper that fits the ICA program would fit our editorial mission.
📣 It’s time for the first PolCom Classics of the year! We’re diving into agenda-setting with Amber E. Boydstun from UC Davis. 🗓 January 29, 17:00–18:00 CET, online (note the time change due to time differences) 📲 Register via the QR code or the link down below 👇 We hope to see you there! ✨
Meta (Facebook & Instagram) is now under Trump's control.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7mo agoTrump’s former Deputy NSA and wife of Republican Senator Dave McCormick.
