Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap - Volume 47, Issue 2, 2019

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Representations of disability on primetime television in Flanders This paper examines primetime television representations of disability in Flanders. The aim of the study was to analyse in which identities (RQ 1) and in which roles (RQ 2) characters with disabilities are represented on television. By means of a quantitative content analysis in a constructed week (January-February 2016), 115 primetime television programs and 2.414 t Read More

Too hot to handle: conflicts as performative communication systems, a Luhmannian perspective In this article we argue that conflicts evolve as self-referential and performative communications. Instead of the conventional actor centric approach, we propose a perspective in which we follow conflicts in themselves. Inspired by Niklas Luhmann’s social system theory, we argue that conflicts function as heated and parasitic com Read More

Blaming others during an incident inquiry. An analysis of ‘blame games’ in the aftermath of crisesn the aftermath of crises, organizations try to restore a negative impact on their reputation. One of the strategies coined by Benoit (1997) consists of shifting blame towards others who were involved in the same crisis or disaster and minimizing one’s own perceived role in a crisis. Based on a report by the Dutch Safety Board, Read More

Mother of three children, or first and foremost politician? A quantitative content analysis of the representation of female political candidates in the Flemish press This study compares the presence and portrayal of female and male political candidates in news articles that report on newly announced candidatures during times of election. We used a quantitative content analysis to study 390 news articles about two federal ( Read More

[Arjaan Pellis, Martijn Duineveld, Jasper de Vries & Ad Kil Too hot to handle: conflicts as performative communication systems, a Luhmannian perspective In this article we argue that conflicts evolve as self-referential and performative communications. Instead of the conventional actor centric approach, we propose a perspective in which we follow conflicts in themselves. Inspired by Niklas Luhmann’s social system theor Read More