Prof of Media and Journalism Studies @unigroningen.bsky.social | director RMeS | coordinator UNL Digital Society | chair Digital Literacy Coalition | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcel-Broersmahttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3mfh7hb7zqs2oHoe deed de Nederlandse journalistiek verslag van het Nederlands militair optreden tijdens de oorlog in Afghanistan? We hebben een vacature voor een promovendus die onderzoek gaat doen naar "Journalistiek, Oorlog en Collectief Geheugen: Afghanistan, 2001-2021" https://werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/promovendus-in-journalistiek-oorlog-en-collectief-geheugen-afghanistan-2001-2021-1790/22 Feb 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfh7hb7zqs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3mec7y7ezds2vHow do rural journalists negotiate between the dominant rules of the field and their position within local communities? Paper w/ Tyler Nagel in @jmcquarterly.bsky.social on rural-specific reporting practices, a-typical business ideas & unconventional innovations https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1077699025140708607 Feb 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mec7y7ezds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3me74d74lhs2sHow do rural journalists negotiate between the dominant metropolitan-based rules of their field and their position within communities? Paper out w/ Tyler Nagel. For rural-specific reporting practices, a-typical business ideas, & unconventional innovations, see https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1077699025140708606 Feb 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3me74d74lhs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3m6i4xi6dnc2dJust two days before her excellent PhD defense, the next paper of Kim Smeenk's PhD project on personal journalism was published. We show how displaying (happy) emotions has become a strategy to build report with audiences and to be considered more reliable https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2025.258879025 Nov 2025 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6i4xi6dnc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3m6gv4o5at225Devising DigiD: the performativity of sociotechnical imaginaries in national digital identity systems First paper published from Maud Rebergen's PhD project on digital identification systems. With proud supervisors @riksmit.bsky.social and I. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2025.258835125 Nov 2025 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6gv4o5at225https://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3m3pkeaiiuk2zNow out (open access) from Alex Smit's PhD research: Understanding digital citizenship in everyday life: tensions between digital inclusion policies and disadvantaged citizens’ experiences w/ Alex Smit & @joelleswart.bsky.social https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2571396?src=21 Oct 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3pkeaiiuk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3lua5pig6x22kJust published with @joelleswart.bsky.social lead-author Alex Smit in @cogitatiosi.bsky.social: The Regime of Self‐Optimization: Lived Experiences of Enforced Digital Inclusion by Low‐Literate Citizens https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/1005218 Jul 2025 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lua5pig6x22khttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3ltxbyemsck2t14 Jul 2025 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltxbyemsck2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3ltxbvxdrlk2t14 Jul 2025 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltxbvxdrlk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3loibtnnrwc2zHow can we effectively, and fairly, approach collaborative & comparative journalism research projects? In our next @rug.nl CMJS lunch lecture, @marenet.bsky.social discusses "The value (and challenges) of collaborative and comparative journalism research: a South African perspective"06 May 2025 06:44 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3loibtnnrwc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3loh46g5d5s23Who is sharing the news? 1st paper published from Iris Baas' PhD study, w/ proud supervisors Tommaso Caselli, @marcestevedelvalle.bsky.social, & I. We show that ideological critique does not necessarily translate into alternative media consumption on Dutch Twitter https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1378905 May 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3loh46g5d5s23https://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3ljs5qbfe422jHow does the rise of AI affect how young people are using news? We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️ Application deadline: April 3 https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S000B74P&cat=phd07 Mar 2025 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljs5qbfe422jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3ljs5qbfe422jHow does the rise of AI affect how young people are using news? We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️ Application deadline: April 3 https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S000B74P&cat=phd07 Mar 2025 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljs5qbfe422jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3ljkm3maqxc2oWhat would happen if we considered Silicon Valley as a locus of imperial machinations and as constituted by both imperialist and colonel encounters? j. Siguru Wahutu will discuss this in tomorrow's @unigroningen.bsky.social CMJS lunch lecture04 Mar 2025 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkm3maqxc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3ljcrkcmd6c2oOur paper on the discursive logics of online populism is now published in @Journal of Information Technology & Politics. With Kun He and @seldridge.com You can read it here (open access) ⬇️: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19331681.2023.229051501 Mar 2025 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljcrkcmd6c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3lihfzyguzk2gDenise Mensonides did an excellent job defening her thesis "Navigating the digital playground: a child-centred study on the development of digital literacies". It's part of our NWO supported Informed Citizenship for All project. You can read Denise's work here: https://research.rug.nl/nl/publications/navigating-the-digital-playground-a-child-centred-study-on-the-de18 Feb 2025 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihfzyguzk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3lif74f4py22oWhat if “things fall apart” and “the centre cannot hold”? In "Will the Center Hold? Relocating Journalism in the Digital", @seldridge.com and I discuss (with a nod to Yeats & Didion) how to understand if journalism will continue to hold a central space in society https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385578776_Will_the_Center_Hold_Relocating_Journalism_in_the_Digital17 Feb 2025 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lif74f4py22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3lif67r7lfk2sWhich representations and (gameplay) activities in historical gaming spaces lend themselves well for extremist mobilization, and why? This Wednesday, Pieter van den Heede (@erasmusuniversity.bsky.social) will discuss this during our next CMJS lunch lecture @unigroningen.bsky.social17 Feb 2025 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lif67r7lfk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mjbroersma.bsky.social/post/3lhgrl26pus2d"Help, mijn kind wil op TikTok!" Mooi gesprek over mediaopvoeding gisteravond in Forum Groningen, georganiseerd door @unigroningen.bsky.social's Jantina Tammes School. Met interessante bijdrages van Peter Nikken, Mandy Oude Veldhuis-Talhout & Denise Mensonides olv Jetse Goris05 Feb 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:eahe263ejalqy6dtecntndrb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgrl26pus2d