This paper aims to uncover how the same news content differs between TV broadcasts and TikTok. The rise of social media has greatly impacted the who’s, how’s, and what’s of news consumption. TikTok...Show moreThis paper aims to uncover how the same news content differs between TV broadcasts and TikTok. The rise of social media has greatly impacted the who’s, how’s, and what’s of news consumption. TikTok targets a younger audience, requires shorter and snappier content, and necessitates newsrooms to make content more engaging. They cannot simply copy and paste the content they create for classic media onto TikTok, but they need to remediate this content, so it is more in line with social media logics. Through a comparative content analysis of the TV items and TikTok videos of the Dutch news outlets NOS and Hart van Nederland, this study sheds light on if, and if so, how, news outlets remediate their content to align with the logic of TikTok. By focussing on the use of sources and how this might differ between the two platforms, the study provides insights into what steps newsrooms take to fit in on social media. Our results show that there are significant differences between the use of sources in TV and TikTok items; TV uses more and especially elite sources while TikTok uses less sources and has more people under 18 as a source. And thus we argue that newsrooms make deliberate and informed changes to their content so it is more in line with the platform on which it is published.Show less
On June 23, 2016, a referendum in the UK made clear that the EU would lose a member for the first time since its birth in 1951. In a highly intense campaign during the months before the referendum,...Show moreOn June 23, 2016, a referendum in the UK made clear that the EU would lose a member for the first time since its birth in 1951. In a highly intense campaign during the months before the referendum, those in favor of Brexit faced off those that fought to maintain the status quo. Among the many issues debated, sovereignty emerged as heavily contested. This thesis attempts to shed some light on the competing concepts of sovereignty that were used by the two camps by analyzing the discourses of left- and right-wing newspapers in the UK. After performing a discourse analysis of 90 articles that these newspapers published during the runup to the referendum, this thesis concludes that right-wing newspapers view sovereignty as an indivisible, high-value concept that should be held by a national, democratically elected government. By contrast, left-wing newspapers view it as having various degrees, which makes them more willing to cede some of it, if this benefits the nation. Academically, the thesis draws on existing literature about sovereignty and the British understanding of it, expanding on this literature especially through the insights on the British left-wing newspapers’ discourse. Moreover, it seeks to stimulate public debate on sovereignty by drawing attention to these newspapers’ less absolute, more cooperative perspective of the concept.Show less
In 1625 an Anglo-Dutch fleet attacked the Spanish port of Cádiz. It was the main campaign of the 1624-1630 war between England and Spain. The event was widely recorded in different genres of...Show moreIn 1625 an Anglo-Dutch fleet attacked the Spanish port of Cádiz. It was the main campaign of the 1624-1630 war between England and Spain. The event was widely recorded in different genres of Spanish and English news. How did this news contribute to shaping images of the enemy around specific concepts, such as nation and religion? By addressing the construction of the other, the news also contributed to the formation of images of self-identity. While the Spanish news mainly appealed to the Catholic religion, the English news appealed to a sense of Englishness. The battle of Cádiz and the news produced around it opened a public discussion about the responsibility for it. The news reflected the political tensions within both states and these debates contributed to the definition of a public sphere of discussion.Show less
This thesis looks in to the flow of news reports that came in to the Dutch Republic, or were generated within it, in response to the events constituting to a part of the Thirty' years war. The...Show moreThis thesis looks in to the flow of news reports that came in to the Dutch Republic, or were generated within it, in response to the events constituting to a part of the Thirty' years war. The thesis concentrates on the period between 1618 and 1632. It investigates if anything can be said about the effects of the war on the public debate in the Republic. As sources are used: pamphlets, and the early dutch newspapers of the family van Hilten and Broer Janszoon.Show less
