Media Matters: Towards New Safeguards for Their Democratic Functions

17.01.2026

Englisch

9783032113269

Springer International Publishing

Research for Policy

Nein

Erik Schrijvers, Alyt Damstra, Lana Askari, Koen Hoogendoorn, Catrien Bijleveld

188

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Erik Schrijvers (Ph.D.) is a lecturer (professor) of crisis management at TheNetherlands Institute for Public Safety (NIPV). He is also amember of the supervisory Board of Den, knowledge institute for culture and digital transformation. Until recently, he worked as a senior researcher and project coordinator at The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. His research there focused on the intersection of digital technology, culture and policy. Alyt Damstra (Ph.D.) is a senior research fellow at The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy, and a professor of knowledge and strategic policy advise at the Political Science Department of the University of Amsterdam. Her main research interests include media content and effects, both on public opinion and political decision-making, and the role of knowledge in public administration. Lana Askari (Ph.D.) is a research fellow at The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy and Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. A visual anthropologist by training, she previously worked at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and AEF Consultancy before joining the Scientific Council. Her academic work focuses on migration, future imagination and planning, uncertainty, youth and ethnographic documentary filmmaking. Koen Hoogendoorn (M.A.) is a junior research fellow at The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. He contributed to projects on media and democracy and published a working paper on the efficacy of media literacy policy. Holding an M.A. in Conflict Studies and Human Rights (cum laude) and a double bachelor’s degree in Law and History from Utrecht University, Hoogendoorn’s research reflects a deep curiosity about human interactions and their implications for public policy. Catrien Bijleveld (Ph.D.) is a senior researcher at The Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement and a professor of Research Methods in Empirical Legal Studies. Additionally, she is a professor of Global Justice at Liverpool University’s Faculty of Law within the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology and a member of The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. Her main research interests are in the areas of criminal careers, experimental evaluation, intergenerational continuity in (sex) offending and crime victimization. She is the author of several textbooks as well as of edited books.

Open Access, media, democracy, platforms, public debate, journalism

JBCT - Medienwissenschaften JPQB - Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung JPHF - Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen / Wahlrecht

235 mm

15.5 cm