Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap - Volume 39, Issue 3, 2011

Dit nummer van het Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap bevat zes artikelen van communicatiewetenschappers uit Vlaanderen en Nederland.In het eerste artikel ‘Krantenberichtgeving over het rookverbod in de horeca: een inhoudsanalyse’ tonen Gera Nagelhout, Bas van den Putte, Hein de Vries en Marc Willemsen aan dat de krantenberichtgeving meer gericht is op de economische aspecten en het verzet dan Read More

Newspaper coverage about the smoking ban in the hospitality industry: A content analysis. Newspaper coverage about the smoking ban in the hospitality industry: A content analysis. In the Netherlands relatively few people support the hospitality industry smoking ban. Possibly this is due to the way the media covered the smoking ban. A content analysis of 1,041 articles in six Dutch newspapers showed that when there were Read More

Flemish teenagers’ techno-subsystem: choices in the use of communication technologies Flemish teenagers’ techno-subsystem: choices in the use of communication technologies Nowadays teenagers are confronted with a variety of technologies to accommodate their interpersonal communication. In this article, we focus on the communication technology choices of a representative sample of 1725 Flemish teenager Read More

Do you wash your hands after using the bathroom? Two studies about communicating the injunctive and descriptive norm, and practicing informational and normative social influence in order to promote handwashing behavior. Do you wash your hands after using the bathroom? Two studies about communicating the injunctive and descriptive norm, and practicing informational and normative social influence in order t Read More

Journalism in Flanders: correspondence between practice, education and research Journalism in Flanders: correspondence between practice, education and research As journalism practice has changed over the last decade, so have the journalism curricula and the research field. While the news business was undergoing dramatic changes as a result of the digital revolution, Flanders witnessed a boom in journalism curricula Read More

The influence of idealised media images on the self-image of young girls: The positive moderating role of media awareness The influence of idealised media images on the self-image of young girls: The positive moderating role of media awareness This study examines the influence of idealised (extremely attractive) models appearing in beauty advertisements on the self-image of 10-13 year-old girls and investigates th Read More

Subjectivity as language use in newspapers and news weblogs Subjectivity as language use in newspapers and news weblogs The most important difference between newspaper and news weblog texts is their subjectivity representation. By means of a linguistic content analysis differences were established between newspapers and news weblogs. In a detailed analysis of specific grammatical and stylistic characteristics at senten Read More