The Netherlands Research school for Media Studies (RMeS) is a national network of academic experts in media research. It is organized to advance knowledge on media and to educate young scholars, both PhD candidates and promising RMa students, in classical and cutting edge theories and methodologies in media studies, and to offer them an opportunity to start building a network.
16 April 2025 | Radboud University Nijmegen
The dissertation maps how representatives of Silicon Valley propagate this myth and how it affects their position in public debates. I approach platform companies (Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft) and prominent tech figures (e.g. Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Elon Musk) as cultural producers and political actors. To understand how these actors engage in practices of mythmaking, I use methods of discursive and historical analysis to examine the narratives, green rhetoric, visual identity and underlying ideology of tech-on-climate discourse.
13 February 2025 | University of Amsterdam
This Masterclass wishes to provide a space to discuss participatory research methods as an alternative to traditional research. Instead of viewing participants as “subjects” like in traditional research design, participatory research provides a less extractive way of conducting research: its dual purpose is to learn from collaborators while also providing opportunities for communities themselves to engage with the research topic.
5 March, 14:00-18:30 | University of Groningen
This symposium explores innovative and interdisciplinary research approaches to studying lived experiences in the fields of film and media studies. The event brings together international researchers working with both qualitative and quantitative methods of investigating experiences of film and other contemporary audiovisual media production and reception.
This dissertation investigates how children aged 8 to 12 develop digital literacies in ways that are personally meaningful to them. It highlights the role of different social contexts, such as the home, school and afterschool care, in these processes. Through longitudinal participant observations and interviews with children, parents and teachers, it explores how the use of digital media within different social contexts can contribute to the development of digital literacies.
Two-day workshopping conference for collaborative research experts and those who want to get into the game! Dates: April 7–8, 2025 Location: De Zalen van Zeven, Utrecht, The Netherlands Instructors: Dr. Karin van Es, Dr. Dennis Nguyen, Dr. Bart Kamphorst and Dr. Mirko Tobias Schäfer ECTS: 2 EC For: PhD candidates and enthusiastic research master students seeking to […]
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Call for Papers: Netherlands Media Studies Conference
/in RMeS News /by ChantalSave the date: 23 October 2025 | Utrecht
RMeS is inviting submissions to the first Netherlands Media Studies Conference. This one-day event will take place in Utrecht on Thursday 23 October 2025. It provides a space for media studies scholars and students to discuss their work and make connections with peers.