Introduction: The aim was to obtain the best available knowledge on stroke survivors' experiences of rehabilitation. The increase in demands for accountability in health care and acknowledgement of the importance of client participation in health decisions calls for systematic ways of integrating this …

Het lectoraat Media & Entertainment (nu Media Business) heeft in opdracht van P60 en de branchevereniging VNPF een tweeledig onderzoek verricht. Daarbij was het doel enerzijds een aansprekende casus te presenteren bij de masterclass op de Noorderslag/Eurosonic conferentie en anderzijds heeft het lectoraat …

In opdracht van de gemeente Leiden is het onderzoek een zoektocht naar een effectievere en efficiëntere invulling van de communicatiemiddelenmix. Deze wordt ingezet om de wijkbewoners in Leiden Noord te informeren over de werkzaamheden in het kader van het WOP Noord (Wijkontwikkelingsplan Leiden Noord). De …

News media in The Netherlands show great variety in the extent and ways, in which they realize media accountability online in terms of actor transparency, product transparency and feedback opportunities online. It is suggested that even those news rooms that seem to adhere to transparency and public …

In this paper I describe the ways in which the communication discipline can make a hidden crisis transparent. For this purpose I examine the concept of crisis entrepreneurship from a communication point of view. Using discourse analysis, I analyse the discursive practices of crisis entrepreneurs in the …

In recent decades the trend of public accountability, transparency and governance has become a priority in many public sectors, but in de media sector and the public broadcasting sector in particular there have only very recently been attempts to address the public in terms of accountability and responsivenes …

In this paper I describe the ways in which the communication discipline can make a hidden crisis transparent. For this purpose I examine the concept of crisis entrepreneurship from a communication point of view. Using discourse analysis, I analyse the discursive practices of crisis entrepreneurs in the …

In de laatste decennia kunnen we internationaal een trend waarnemen tot vergroting van de autonomie van scholen, gepaard gaand aan decentralisatie. Scholen krijgen meer beleidsruimte, moeten meer eigen keuzes maken en moeten verantwoording afleggen over behaalde resultaten (accountability). Schoolleiders …

Collaborative learning in a culturally diverse secondary vocational education. By K. Tielman (Fontys), P. den Brok (ESoE), S. Bolhuis (Fontys) and R. van de Sande (Fontys) This contribution discusses a descriptive study on the experiences of students and teachers in secondary vocational education regarding …

Established in 1993, Transparency International (TI) defines itself as “the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption, that brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world”. Its …