Teaching
I am teaching five courses at Leiden University during 2024-2025. Please sign up for courses on the University website. If you have any specific questions about course topics, feel free to message me, and I will respond as soon as possible.
Semester: I
Offered: 2024
Digital content creators use increasingly sophisticated techniques, including unintended uses of generative AI tools, to disseminate misinformation, the goal of which is to erode trust in institutions by making it harder for people to distinguish lies from truth. One goal of this course is to examine how education programmes can be designed to effectively cultivate students’ civic and information literacy at different levels of schooling by analysing case studies and policy documents.
Semester: I
Offered: 2024
As data journalism became ever more popular during the second decade of the 21st century, it slowly moved away from its DIY origins. Instead, data journalism started professionalizing within established newsrooms and other legacy media walls. Nevertheless, the crises of fake news and misinformation impacting the legitimacy of mainstream media have brought new impetus to grassroots groups that create fact-checking initiatives assisting journalists in fighting against misinformation.
Semester: I
Offered: 2024
This course (partly lecture, partly practical) deals with the ways in which journalism is researched. Journalism Studies is a rapidly developing international discipline that adapts theories and methods from related fields such as psychology, sociology and anthropology.
Semester: I
Offered: 2025
Introducing new technologies inside the newsrooms creates new professional cultures, organizational structures, and business models. Although there has been a recent uptick in the literature that addresses innovation in journalism, the speed with which new technologies develop has left journalists and media scholars playing catch-up. In this course, we will pay attention to different areas of news production, from how journalists gather and analyze data to how they distribute new information using evolving digital platforms and news assistants.
Semester: II
Offered: 2025
This course will be your guide to understanding the complex relationship between media and communication in today's society. We'll explore how media shapes our understanding of the world, from traditional news outlets to the ever-evolving social media landscape.
All Courses
Instructed Courses (* Course coordinator)
Leiden University
13. Media and Communication Theory*.
12. Methods and Theories of Journalism Studies (5580MVMT1Y)*.
11. Investigative Data Journalism (5180MDJY)*. [Course Evaluation]
10. Innovations in Journalism (5214VJN25)*. [Course Evaluation]
9. Journalism and Media Education in a Post-Truth World (5180MD06H). [Course Evaluation]
8. Bachelor Thesis + Capita Selecta (6493BACSY).
University of Amsterdam
7. Master Thesis – Political Communication (77644S001Y).
6. Political Communication & Journalism (774222001Y). [Course Evaluation]
5. Analysing Digital Culture (118121002Y). [Course Evaluation]
4. Research Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis Media and Information (118219040Y). [Course Evaluation]
3. Data Journalism (118212026Y)*. [Course Evaluation]
2. Doing Media Studies 2 (118121006Y).
Universidad del Desarrollo
1. Teorías de la Comunicación (DIG315).
Guest Lectures
Leiden University
4. Media and Communication Theory (110317), Astrid Vandendaele.
3. Onderzoeksvoorbereiding (6492OVH), Jasmijn Rana.
Universidad Diego Portales
2. Proyectos Periodísticos Digitales (PER9362), Pablo Cádiz.
University of Amsterdam
1. Current Themes in Media Studies (118121016Y), Guillén Torres.
Courses Assisted - Teaching Assistant
Universidad del Desarrollo
8. Teorías de la Comunicación (PCI126), Daniel Aguirre.
7. Teorías de la Comunicación (PCI126), Lais Vita.
Universidad de Chile
6. Comunicación e Identidad (ICEI11), José Miguel Labrín.
5. Taller de Periodismo de Investigación (PER82), Prof. María Olivia Mönckeberg.
4. Taller de Periodismo de Investigación (PER82), Pascale Bonnefoy.
3. El Proceso de la Investigación (ICEI61), Andrea Valdivia.
2. Epistemología de la Comunicación (ICEI51), José Miguel Labrín.
1. Clásicos de la Comunicación (ICEI40), Claudio Salinas.
Winter/Summer Schools
2. The OSINTER Census – DMI Winter School and Data Sprint 2024, with Daria Delavar, Deniz Dirisu, and Guillén Torres. [Link]
1. Mapping Mobs - Technological affordances, metrics, and digital violence against journalists – DMI Winter School and Data Sprint 2022, with Marloes Geboers. [Link]
Student Supervision
Masters Theses
15. Sanne Kiggen. (2024). Swipe Up for News: Assessing Sources in the Remediation Process from TV to TikTok, Leiden University.
14. Layal Faour. (2024). How News Workers Develop Strategies Based on Their Understanding of TikTok’s Algorithm? Leiden University.
13. Sarah van Duijn. (2024). #Trending News on TikTok: How Content and Topics Impact Audience Engagement, Leiden University.
12. Bente Jaeger. (2024). Not in It for the Long Run: The Impact of Immersive Journalism on News Avoidance Behaviour, Leiden University.
11. Nina Kievits. (2023). Wie trekt er aan het langste eind? De invloed van audience metrics op de redactionele autonomie van journalisten op een landelijke nieuwsredactie, Leiden University.
10. Maartje van der Woude. (2023). Confidentiality in a world of open data: How OSINT journalists safeguard privacy, Leiden University.
9. Alissa de Koning. (2023). Audience Metrics in Local Journalism: A qualitative research on appropriating audience metrics in the news production process of local news media in South Holland, Leiden University.
8. Aline Spantig. (2022). Between global journalism and local activism: Foreign correspondents’ professional identities in times of social unrest, University of Amsterdam.
7. Daniel Díaz Mayorga. (2022). Independent Latino journalists and community building: Fighting hate speech and disinformation across borders, University of Amsterdam.
6. Doruntina Baftiu. (2022). Twitter and new journalistic professionalism: Building online personas for political journalists, University of Amsterdam.
5. Michael Sivolap. (2022). Is 360-degree Video the Next Big Thing in Journalism? An Experiment Measuring Information Recall and Emotional Involvement, University of Amsterdam.
4. Conor O'Doherty. (2020). To trace the race: How drag is constructed online via speech codes in RuPaul's Drag Race subreddits, University of Amsterdam.
3. Iskra Ramirez. (2020). Digital Activism in Venezuela: Citizen-generated journalism in a repressive context, University of Amsterdam.
2. Nick Hunsicker. (2020). Data bodies in danger: An exploration of state violence on Grindr in Chechnya, University of Amsterdam.
1. Maria do Carmo Fernandes Pinto Corrêa da Silva. (2020). Mediating Terrorism: How is media infrastructure changing in the age of terror? University of Amsterdam.
Bachelor Theses
11. Veronie Rouschop. (2021). Gamified From Home: The Effect of Gamification on Organisational Belonging When Working Remotely. Leiden University.
10. Kira Nijland. (2021). The Digital Promise: Belonging and Radicalisation Online. Leiden University.
9. Aniek van der Zanden. (2021). Cyberbullying on social networks sites: How does online harassment affect teenager’s presentation of self? Leiden University.
8. Anne van Egmond. (2021). Selling the feminine body: Gender advertisements through the years. Leiden University.
7. Jeroen Lindhout. (2021). Remote work surveillance: Issues of privacy, identity, and autonomy in the post-pandemic world. Leiden University.
6. Amber Kouwen. (2020). ‘Eating Only One Color of Food for 24 Hours!’: Analysis on YouTube’s child safety policies and recommendation algorithm concerning family vloggers, University of Amsterdam.
5. Nikky Post. (2020). Building online trust: The role of technological affordances in online review platforms, University of Amsterdam.
4. Irem Ergül. (2020). The Girl Next Door: Portrayal of “authenticity” by Instagram influencers in the construction of an Online persona, University of Amsterdam.
3. Janine de Bart. (2020). Transforming YouTube: How transgender content creators make sense of the uncertainty of YouTube’s infrastructure, University of Amsterdam.
2. Ilaya Los. (2020). Does content monetization lead to inauthenticity online? An investigation into YouTube’s algorithm and online authenticity, University of Amsterdam.
1. Choy Travers. (2020). Podcasts and New Media Gurus: A qualitative content analysis of authenticity across six different podcasts. University of Amsterdam.