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Anita van Hoof is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Science at VU University Amsterdam. Anita studied Communication Science and obtained her PhD in 2000 at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. Her research focuses on journalism and the impact of news on public opinion. Current research topics are the relation between sources and journalists in the production process of news, participatory journalism and the impact of political news on public opinion during election campaigns. She has published in major communication journals as – amongst others – the Journal of Communication, the Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, the European Journal of Communication. With other collegueas from the department (prof. dr. Jan Kleinnijenhuis, dr. Wouter van Atteveldt, dr. Dirk Oegema) they published a series of books for the general public on the impact of news on the vote decision (i.e. ‘De puinhopen van paars’, ‘Nederland Vijfstromenland).

Research

  • Journalism and the role of news sources
  • News patterns in written and audio-visual news
  • Participatory journalism
  • News effects
  • News dynamics
  • Content analysis

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Academic qualification

PhD, Kranten met karakter. Identiteit van kranten vanuit kwaliteitsperspectief [trans. Newspapers with character. Identity of newspapers from quality perspective], Faculty of Social Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands - Nijmegen

1 Aug 19921 Aug 1997

Award Date: 6 Apr 2000

Master, Communication Science, Radboud University Nijmegen

1 Sept 19881 Jul 1992

Award Date: 1 Jul 1992

Keywords

  • HE Transportation and Communications
  • journalism
  • news effects
  • news sources
  • participatory journalism
  • content analysis
  • NE Print media

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