The invention of mass broadcasting allowed people all around the globe to experience different cultures, languages, and worldviews, without the need for travel. More recently, due to the development of the internet and especially the popularisation of social media, we are now also able to directly interact, …

Previous research largely supports the notion that mediated contact and engagement with minority characters can improve viewers’ real-life minority attitudes. However, it is unclear to what extent different forms of media engagement such as parasocial friendship and wishful identification are linked …

Dit boek bevat een selectie van wijsheden van de ruim honderd deelnemers aan het luisterexperiment van onderzoeksgroep Creative Media for Social Change tijdens de Kennisparade van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (2024). Onder begeleiding van Esther Kamara en Tamara Witschge omvatte het experiment luisteroefeningen, …

Energy policies are vital tools used by countries to regulate economic and social development as well as guar antee national security. To address the problems of fragmented policy objectives, conflicting tools, and over lapping initiatives, the internal logic and evolutionary trends of energy policies …