Hedwig De Smaele
Biographic Data
| ID | 4909517 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hedwig De Smaele |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hedwig |
| FAMILY NAME | De Smaele |
| SIGNATURE | DE SMAELE H |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4894-5161 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Ethics as the backbone of the professional identity of Belgian journalism interns
This study analyzes the perceptions of professional ethics expressed by Belgian – both Francophone and Flemish – journalism students after their first internships. 13 focus groups including 59 students from 7 universities were organized. These young journalists detailed how ethics play a central role in the development of their professional identity, during their first professional experience. Results show that both Flemish and French-speaking jo…
Strategic Comrades? Russian and Chinese Media Representations of Nato
This article analyses perceptions of NATO in Chinese and Russian press narratives. China and Russia are often mentioned together as they share a common (geo)political position toward a perceived hegemonic West of which NATO is an evident part. We analysed frames constructing NATO at the time of the Warsaw NATO summit in 2016 as well as the underlying sources. Both countries frame NATO foremost as an aggressive organisation stuck in Cold War confr…
Visual Gatekeeping – Selection of News Photographs at a Flemish Newspaper
As ethnographic studies of the visual gatekeeping process at newsrooms are scarce and the increasingly digitised news era demands for reconsideration, this article focuses on the results of a qualitative study at the photo news desk of a Flemish newspaper in Belgium. Our aim has been to provide an update and a broadening of previous studies on visual gatekeeping processes, and the findings are based on observations, in-depth interviews and recons…
Freelancing in Flemish News Media and Entrepreneurial Skills as Pivotal Elements in Job Satisfaction
This article is concerned with a segment of journalists often neglected or marginalized in journalism research: freelance journalists. The most recent large-scale survey among professional journalists in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, shows that one in five journalists is a freelancer. Only half of this group is satisfied with their job against 93 per cent of contractually employed journalists. Seen from this perspective, Flanders …
Values Underlying the Information Culture in Communist and Post-Communist Russia (1917−1999)
In this article the concept of information culture—understood as the dominant handling of information, shared by a dominant proportion of journalists, the public, authorities and other actors within a societal environment at a given time and place—is explored in the context of Communist and early post-Communist Russia (1917−1999). Three value pairs underlying the attitude towards information are explored: individualism and collectivism (the relat…
World of media. Yearbook of Russian media and journalism studies 2012
The Yearbook of Russian media and journalism studies has been published since 2009. “It represents an annual review of original research in the field of media and journalism studies conducted by Ru
‘In the name of democracy’
The Post-Soviet Russian Media. Conflicting signals
Mass media and the information climate in Russia
This article explores Russian ‘information culture’, asking how information is shared and used in Russia. While the focus is on contemporary Russia, changes and continuities since the Soviet period are also discussed. In the Soviet Union, information was considered a privilege rather than a right while secrecy determined the general information climate. In post-Soviet Russia, the right to information is legally guaranteed, censorship is forbidden…
The Inflow of American Television Fiction on European Broadcasting Channels Revisited
Empirical research in the 1970s and 1980s revealed the dominant position of American fiction on European television, in consequence of which the term `Dallasification of television content' was launched. By the end of the 1990s the situation had not changed drastically. The results of our programme analysis from 1997, in which the origin of films and series on 36 public and commercial channels from six European countries was traced, confirmed (1)…
The Applicability of Western Media Models on the Russian Media System
For decades the (western) media world could be divided along the simple dichotomy of western vs communist media systems. When the communist world collapsed, the corresponding media model was declared history as well. At first sight, it was fully replaced by the western model in the same way as the society was reorganized according to western principles. On a closer look, however, western influence seems to be restricted primarily to the market ar…
The Inflow of American Television Fiction on European Broadcasting Channels Revisited
Empirical research in the 1970s and 1980s revealed the dominant position of American fiction on European television, in consequence of which the term `Dallasification of television content' was launched. By the end of the 1990s the situation had not changed drastically. The results of our programme analysis from 1997, in which the origin of films and series on 36 public and commercial channels from six European countries was traced, confirmed (1)…
World of media. Yearbook of Russian media and journalism studies 2012
The Yearbook of Russian media and journalism studies has been published since 2009. “It represents an annual review of original research in the field of media and journalism studies conducted by Ru
Visual Gatekeeping – Selection of News Photographs at a Flemish Newspaper
As ethnographic studies of the visual gatekeeping process at newsrooms are scarce and the increasingly digitised news era demands for reconsideration, this article focuses on the results of a qualitative study at the photo news desk of a Flemish newspaper in Belgium. Our aim has been to provide an update and a broadening of previous studies on visual gatekeeping processes, and the findings are based on observations, in-depth interviews and recons…
Mass media and the information climate in Russia
This article explores Russian ‘information culture’, asking how information is shared and used in Russia. While the focus is on contemporary Russia, changes and continuities since the Soviet period are also discussed. In the Soviet Union, information was considered a privilege rather than a right while secrecy determined the general information climate. In post-Soviet Russia, the right to information is legally guaranteed, censorship is forbidden…
Strategic Comrades? Russian and Chinese Media Representations of Nato
This article analyses perceptions of NATO in Chinese and Russian press narratives. China and Russia are often mentioned together as they share a common (geo)political position toward a perceived hegemonic West of which NATO is an evident part. We analysed frames constructing NATO at the time of the Warsaw NATO summit in 2016 as well as the underlying sources. Both countries frame NATO foremost as an aggressive organisation stuck in Cold War confr…
The Applicability of Western Media Models on the Russian Media System
For decades the (western) media world could be divided along the simple dichotomy of western vs communist media systems. When the communist world collapsed, the corresponding media model was declared history as well. At first sight, it was fully replaced by the western model in the same way as the society was reorganized according to western principles. On a closer look, however, western influence seems to be restricted primarily to the market ar…
Freelancing in Flemish News Media and Entrepreneurial Skills as Pivotal Elements in Job Satisfaction
This article is concerned with a segment of journalists often neglected or marginalized in journalism research: freelance journalists. The most recent large-scale survey among professional journalists in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, shows that one in five journalists is a freelancer. Only half of this group is satisfied with their job against 93 per cent of contractually employed journalists. Seen from this perspective, Flanders …
The Applicability of Western Media Models on the Russian Media System
For decades the (western) media world could be divided along the simple dichotomy of western vs communist media systems. When the communist world collapsed, the corresponding media model was declared history as well. At first sight, it was fully replaced by the western model in the same way as the society was reorganized according to western principles. On a closer look, however, western influence seems to be restricted primarily to the market ar…
The Inflow of American Television Fiction on European Broadcasting Channels Revisited
Empirical research in the 1970s and 1980s revealed the dominant position of American fiction on European television, in consequence of which the term `Dallasification of television content' was launched. By the end of the 1990s the situation had not changed drastically. The results of our programme analysis from 1997, in which the origin of films and series on 36 public and commercial channels from six European countries was traced, confirmed (1)…
Mass media and the information climate in Russia
This article explores Russian ‘information culture’, asking how information is shared and used in Russia. While the focus is on contemporary Russia, changes and continuities since the Soviet period are also discussed. In the Soviet Union, information was considered a privilege rather than a right while secrecy determined the general information climate. In post-Soviet Russia, the right to information is legally guaranteed, censorship is forbidden…
The Post-Soviet Russian Media. Conflicting signals
‘In the name of democracy’
World of media. Yearbook of Russian media and journalism studies 2012
The Yearbook of Russian media and journalism studies has been published since 2009. “It represents an annual review of original research in the field of media and journalism studies conducted by Ru
Values Underlying the Information Culture in Communist and Post-Communist Russia (1917−1999)
In this article the concept of information culture—understood as the dominant handling of information, shared by a dominant proportion of journalists, the public, authorities and other actors within a societal environment at a given time and place—is explored in the context of Communist and early post-Communist Russia (1917−1999). Three value pairs underlying the attitude towards information are explored: individualism and collectivism (the relat…
Freelancing in Flemish News Media and Entrepreneurial Skills as Pivotal Elements in Job Satisfaction
This article is concerned with a segment of journalists often neglected or marginalized in journalism research: freelance journalists. The most recent large-scale survey among professional journalists in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, shows that one in five journalists is a freelancer. Only half of this group is satisfied with their job against 93 per cent of contractually employed journalists. Seen from this perspective, Flanders …
Visual Gatekeeping – Selection of News Photographs at a Flemish Newspaper
As ethnographic studies of the visual gatekeeping process at newsrooms are scarce and the increasingly digitised news era demands for reconsideration, this article focuses on the results of a qualitative study at the photo news desk of a Flemish newspaper in Belgium. Our aim has been to provide an update and a broadening of previous studies on visual gatekeeping processes, and the findings are based on observations, in-depth interviews and recons…
Strategic Comrades? Russian and Chinese Media Representations of Nato
This article analyses perceptions of NATO in Chinese and Russian press narratives. China and Russia are often mentioned together as they share a common (geo)political position toward a perceived hegemonic West of which NATO is an evident part. We analysed frames constructing NATO at the time of the Warsaw NATO summit in 2016 as well as the underlying sources. Both countries frame NATO foremost as an aggressive organisation stuck in Cold War confr…
Ethics as the backbone of the professional identity of Belgian journalism interns
This study analyzes the perceptions of professional ethics expressed by Belgian – both Francophone and Flemish – journalism students after their first internships. 13 focus groups including 59 students from 7 universities were organized. These young journalists detailed how ethics play a central role in the development of their professional identity, during their first professional experience. Results show that both Flemish and French-speaking jo…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Media studies (7 works) · Journalism (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Media Studies and Communication (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works)