Marcel Broersma
@mjbroersma.bsky.social
Prof of Media and Journalism Studies @unigroningen.bsky.social | director RMeS | coordinator UNL Digital Society | chair Digital Literacy Coalition | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcel-Broersma
Now out (open access) from Alex Smit's PhD research:
Understanding digital citizenship in everyday life: tensions between digital inclusion policies and disadvantaged citizens’ experiences
w/ Alex Smit & @joelleswart.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding digital citizenship in everyday life: tensions between digital inclusion policies and disadvantaged citizens’ experiences
w/ Alex Smit & @joelleswart.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Now out (open access) from Alex Smit's PhD research:
Understanding digital citizenship in everyday life: tensions between digital inclusion policies and disadvantaged citizens’ experiences
w/ Alex Smit & @joelleswart.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding digital citizenship in everyday life: tensions between digital inclusion policies and disadvantaged citizens’ experiences
w/ Alex Smit & @joelleswart.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Just published with @joelleswart.bsky.social lead-author Alex Smit in @cogitatiosi.bsky.social:
The Regime of Self‐Optimization: Lived Experiences of Enforced Digital Inclusion by Low‐Literate Citizens www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
The Regime of Self‐Optimization: Lived Experiences of Enforced Digital Inclusion by Low‐Literate Citizens www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
July 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Just published with @joelleswart.bsky.social lead-author Alex Smit in @cogitatiosi.bsky.social:
The Regime of Self‐Optimization: Lived Experiences of Enforced Digital Inclusion by Low‐Literate Citizens www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
The Regime of Self‐Optimization: Lived Experiences of Enforced Digital Inclusion by Low‐Literate Citizens www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
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Excited to share our new pub in New Media & Society, co-authored with my supervisors @qfzhu.bsky.social @mjbroersma.bsky.social 🎉🎉
We explore how social norms are formed and guide prosocial behaviors within location-based meso-spaces.
Link👉: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We explore how social norms are formed and guide prosocial behaviors within location-based meso-spaces.
Link👉: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Excited to share our new pub in New Media & Society, co-authored with my supervisors @qfzhu.bsky.social @mjbroersma.bsky.social 🎉🎉
We explore how social norms are formed and guide prosocial behaviors within location-based meso-spaces.
Link👉: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We explore how social norms are formed and guide prosocial behaviors within location-based meso-spaces.
Link👉: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🌟New pub led by @yichen1001.bsky.social on how social norms guide interaction in neighborhood groups on instant messaging platforms! If you're interested in meso spaces, online group dynamics or how IM groups function as civic infrastructure, check out our paper in NMS with @mjbroersma.bsky.social🔓👇
Excited to share our new pub in New Media & Society, co-authored with my supervisors @qfzhu.bsky.social @mjbroersma.bsky.social 🎉🎉
We explore how social norms are formed and guide prosocial behaviors within location-based meso-spaces.
Link👉: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We explore how social norms are formed and guide prosocial behaviors within location-based meso-spaces.
Link👉: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🌟New pub led by @yichen1001.bsky.social on how social norms guide interaction in neighborhood groups on instant messaging platforms! If you're interested in meso spaces, online group dynamics or how IM groups function as civic infrastructure, check out our paper in NMS with @mjbroersma.bsky.social🔓👇
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🥳 More good news! The Digital Literacy Coalition (DLC), committed to increasing digital skills in Groningen & North Drenthe, receives substantial financial support from Nij Begun! @rug.nl @mjbroersma.bsky.social
Learn more about the project 👇 www.rug.nl/let/onze-fac...
Learn more about the project 👇 www.rug.nl/let/onze-fac...
Flinke financiële steun Nij Begun voor project digicoaches Groningen en Noord-Drenthe
In alle gemeenten in Groningen en Noord-Drenthe komt er ruimte om mensen met een afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt op te leiden tot digicoach. Het initiatief...
www.rug.nl
July 4, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🥳 More good news! The Digital Literacy Coalition (DLC), committed to increasing digital skills in Groningen & North Drenthe, receives substantial financial support from Nij Begun! @rug.nl @mjbroersma.bsky.social
Learn more about the project 👇 www.rug.nl/let/onze-fac...
Learn more about the project 👇 www.rug.nl/let/onze-fac...
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Are you doing a PhD in Journalism Studies? Would you like to get feedback on your work from experienced scholars in the field? Then join us for the 6th Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium in Groningen on April 8th, 2026! Deadline for abstracts is 6 June 2025. For the full CfP, check: edu.nl/nfd7h
May 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Are you doing a PhD in Journalism Studies? Would you like to get feedback on your work from experienced scholars in the field? Then join us for the 6th Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium in Groningen on April 8th, 2026! Deadline for abstracts is 6 June 2025. For the full CfP, check: edu.nl/nfd7h
How can we effectively, and fairly, approach collaborative & comparative journalism research projects?
In our next @rug.nl CMJS lunch lecture, @marenet.bsky.social discusses "The value (and challenges) of collaborative and comparative journalism research: a South African perspective"
In our next @rug.nl CMJS lunch lecture, @marenet.bsky.social discusses "The value (and challenges) of collaborative and comparative journalism research: a South African perspective"
May 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
How can we effectively, and fairly, approach collaborative & comparative journalism research projects?
In our next @rug.nl CMJS lunch lecture, @marenet.bsky.social discusses "The value (and challenges) of collaborative and comparative journalism research: a South African perspective"
In our next @rug.nl CMJS lunch lecture, @marenet.bsky.social discusses "The value (and challenges) of collaborative and comparative journalism research: a South African perspective"
Who is sharing the news?
1st paper published from Iris Baas' PhD study, w/ proud supervisors Tommaso Caselli, @marcestevedelvalle.bsky.social, & I. We show that ideological critique does not necessarily translate into alternative media consumption on Dutch Twitter
firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
1st paper published from Iris Baas' PhD study, w/ proud supervisors Tommaso Caselli, @marcestevedelvalle.bsky.social, & I. We show that ideological critique does not necessarily translate into alternative media consumption on Dutch Twitter
firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
May 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Who is sharing the news?
1st paper published from Iris Baas' PhD study, w/ proud supervisors Tommaso Caselli, @marcestevedelvalle.bsky.social, & I. We show that ideological critique does not necessarily translate into alternative media consumption on Dutch Twitter
firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
1st paper published from Iris Baas' PhD study, w/ proud supervisors Tommaso Caselli, @marcestevedelvalle.bsky.social, & I. We show that ideological critique does not necessarily translate into alternative media consumption on Dutch Twitter
firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
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On 8 April I'll give a talk w/ @sggroningen.bsky.social on journalism's role in a fractured world. I will start the evening exploring the challenges posed by digital media actors that amplify existing divisions in democratic societies in the content they produce sggroningen.nl/index.php/nl... (1/3)
Journalism in a Fractured World
What role does journalism play in building a democratic society?
sggroningen.nl
March 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
On 8 April I'll give a talk w/ @sggroningen.bsky.social on journalism's role in a fractured world. I will start the evening exploring the challenges posed by digital media actors that amplify existing divisions in democratic societies in the content they produce sggroningen.nl/index.php/nl... (1/3)
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Wat betekent GenAI voor het nieuwsgebruik en de nieuwswijsheid van kinderen en jongeren? @mjbroersma.bsky.social, Bart Verheij en ik hebben plek voor een PhD die zich wil verdiepen in dit onderwerp. De vacature vind je hier: lnkd.in/e73GCi4E, deadline sollicitaties 3 april. Meer weten? DM me gerust!
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March 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wat betekent GenAI voor het nieuwsgebruik en de nieuwswijsheid van kinderen en jongeren? @mjbroersma.bsky.social, Bart Verheij en ik hebben plek voor een PhD die zich wil verdiepen in dit onderwerp. De vacature vind je hier: lnkd.in/e73GCi4E, deadline sollicitaties 3 april. Meer weten? DM me gerust!
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How does the rise of AI affect how young people are using news?
We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️
Application deadline: April 3
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️
Application deadline: April 3
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
Vacatures bij de RUG
www.rug.nl
March 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
How does the rise of AI affect how young people are using news?
We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️
Application deadline: April 3
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️
Application deadline: April 3
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
How does the rise of AI affect how young people are using news?
We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️
Application deadline: April 3
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️
Application deadline: April 3
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
Vacatures bij de RUG
www.rug.nl
March 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
How does the rise of AI affect how young people are using news?
We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️
Application deadline: April 3
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️
Application deadline: April 3
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
What would happen if we considered Silicon Valley as a locus of imperial machinations and as constituted by both imperialist and colonel encounters? j. Siguru Wahutu will discuss this in tomorrow's @unigroningen.bsky.social CMJS lunch lecture
March 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What would happen if we considered Silicon Valley as a locus of imperial machinations and as constituted by both imperialist and colonel encounters? j. Siguru Wahutu will discuss this in tomorrow's @unigroningen.bsky.social CMJS lunch lecture
Our paper on the discursive logics of online populism is now published in @Journal of Information Technology & Politics. With Kun He and @seldridge.com
You can read it here (open access) ⬇️:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
You can read it here (open access) ⬇️:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Our paper on the discursive logics of online populism is now published in @Journal of Information Technology & Politics. With Kun He and @seldridge.com
You can read it here (open access) ⬇️:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
You can read it here (open access) ⬇️:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Denise Mensonides did an excellent job defening her thesis "Navigating the digital playground: a child-centred study on the development of digital literacies". It's part of our NWO supported Informed Citizenship for All project. You can read Denise's work here: research.rug.nl/nl/publicati...
February 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Denise Mensonides did an excellent job defening her thesis "Navigating the digital playground: a child-centred study on the development of digital literacies". It's part of our NWO supported Informed Citizenship for All project. You can read Denise's work here: research.rug.nl/nl/publicati...
What if “things fall apart” and “the centre cannot hold”? In "Will the Center Hold? Relocating Journalism in the Digital", @seldridge.com and I discuss (with a nod to Yeats & Didion) how to understand if journalism will continue to hold a central space in society www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Will the Center Hold? Relocating Journalism in the Digital
PDF | In this epilog, we present two approaches to navigating digital journalism studies and its uncertainfuture. We bring two perspectives into... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...
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February 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What if “things fall apart” and “the centre cannot hold”? In "Will the Center Hold? Relocating Journalism in the Digital", @seldridge.com and I discuss (with a nod to Yeats & Didion) how to understand if journalism will continue to hold a central space in society www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Which representations and (gameplay) activities in historical gaming spaces lend themselves well for extremist mobilization, and why? This Wednesday, Pieter van den Heede (@erasmusuniversity.bsky.social) will discuss this during our next CMJS lunch lecture @unigroningen.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Which representations and (gameplay) activities in historical gaming spaces lend themselves well for extremist mobilization, and why? This Wednesday, Pieter van den Heede (@erasmusuniversity.bsky.social) will discuss this during our next CMJS lunch lecture @unigroningen.bsky.social
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Studying internet censorship in China designed to disconnect individuals from connective actions, Kun He, @seldridge.com & @mjbroersma.bsky.social show how citizens navigate threats through innovative conenction tactics, while elites use enforced disconnection to evade public scrutiny
Tactics of Disconnection: How Netizens Navigate China’s Censorship System | Article | Media and Communication
Kun He, Scott A. Eldridge II, Marcel Broersma
www.cogitatiopress.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Studying internet censorship in China designed to disconnect individuals from connective actions, Kun He, @seldridge.com & @mjbroersma.bsky.social show how citizens navigate threats through innovative conenction tactics, while elites use enforced disconnection to evade public scrutiny
"Help, mijn kind wil op TikTok!" Mooi gesprek over mediaopvoeding gisteravond in Forum Groningen, georganiseerd door @unigroningen.bsky.social's Jantina Tammes School. Met interessante bijdrages van Peter Nikken, Mandy Oude Veldhuis-Talhout & Denise Mensonides olv Jetse Goris
February 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Help, mijn kind wil op TikTok!" Mooi gesprek over mediaopvoeding gisteravond in Forum Groningen, georganiseerd door @unigroningen.bsky.social's Jantina Tammes School. Met interessante bijdrages van Peter Nikken, Mandy Oude Veldhuis-Talhout & Denise Mensonides olv Jetse Goris
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Oratie Yael de Haan RUG met laudatio van @mjbroersma.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Oratie Yael de Haan RUG met laudatio van @mjbroersma.bsky.social
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Thanks @sethclewis.bsky.social & Mark Coddington! You can find the full paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Playful Citizens: How Children Develop and Integrate News-Related Practices in Their Daily Lives
This paper studies children’s (aged 8–12) news-related practices and subsequent acts of lived citizenship in formal and informal social contexts. While children in this age group are increasingly e...
www.tandfonline.com
October 28, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Thanks @sethclewis.bsky.social & Mark Coddington! You can find the full paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Excellent summary today in RQ1 of our latest paper led by Denise Mensonides about the news-related practices of 8-12 year old children (w/ Anna Van Cauwenberge & Marcel Broersma): rq1.substack.com/p/what-audie...
What audiences really want: For journalists to connect with them as people
Plus: How newsrooms are using generative AI, what makes news seem authentic on social media, and how to bridge the divide between academics and journalists
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October 28, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Excellent summary today in RQ1 of our latest paper led by Denise Mensonides about the news-related practices of 8-12 year old children (w/ Anna Van Cauwenberge & Marcel Broersma): rq1.substack.com/p/what-audie...