Martine Van Selm
Biographic Data
| ID | 4929671 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martine Van Selm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martine |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Selm |
| SIGNATURE | VAN SELM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9188-4021 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Co-creating city brand identity: The case of Ghent
Purpose This study examines the co-creation process in place branding, focusing on Ghent. It evaluates how the DART framework – dialogue, access, risk-benefits and transparency – facilitates stakeholder engagement in developing a city's brand identity, aiming to understand stakeholders' perceptions and the effectiveness of co-creation. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach was used, involving interviews and policy document analysis. T…
Countering Age Bias in the Workplace: The Impact of Counter-Stereotypical Employer Communication
This study examines how counter-stereotypical employer communication can reduce prejudice against older workers. In an experiment with Dutch employers and hiring decision-makers ( n = 444), participants viewed a video message in which two employers shared positive experiences with workers aged 50 and above. Two message styles and a media literacy instruction were tested to assess how different ways of framing counter-stereotypical information inf…
Good Intentions Aside: Stereotype Threat in the Face of Media Strategies to Counter Age Bias
The current study shifts the focus of research on media’s role in facilitating and inhibiting self-stereotyping among the members of stigmatized groups. More specifically, this study proposes and tests a conceptual model explaining (un)intentional effects of a real-world anti-ageism social media campaign among stereotyped targets: Older workers. Drawing on an experiment among older Dutch adults ( N = 649), we test the effects of two message strat…
Justice Matters. News Framing Effects on Opinions about Pension Reform
As aging populations put pressure on pension systems worldwide, pension reforms have dominated the (political) agenda in many countries for years. The media are essential information providers on such hotly debated issues. By selecting and highlighting certain aspects of an issue and glossing over others, also known as framing, news media can propagate a particular interpretation of the issue to the public. This study therefore approaches pension…
In Search of the Older Worker: Framing Job Requirements in Recruitment Advertisements
Older workers face problems in the labor market due to dominant beliefs about their abilities: they are perceived as reliable, trustworthy, and loyal, but also as less adaptable, less motivated, and less capable compared to younger workers. The mixed beliefs about older workers resonate with the stereotype of older people in society according to the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) of being warm but less competent and are reflected in news and corp…
Reliable and unproductive? Stereotypes of older employees in corporate and news media
Older employees face a severe employability problem, partly because of dominant stereotypes about them. This study investigates stereotypes of older employees in corporate and news media. Drawing on the Stereotype Content Model, we content analysed newspaper coverage and corporate media of 50 large-scale Dutch organisations, published between 2006 and 2013. The data revealed that stereotypical portrayals of older employees are more common in news…
Between Accommodating and Activating: Framing Policy Reforms in Response to Workforce Aging across Europe
In the past decade, European governments have implemented activating policy reforms to maximize older workers' employment and employability, representing a paradigmatic change in approaches to work and retirement. This study isolates the factors that explain the relative success and failure of competitive frames that are either in favor of or against activating policies in European news coverage, by applying time-series analysis (ordinary least s…
Poles Apart: The Processing and Consequences of Mixed Media Stereotypes of Older Workers
This study uses the Stereotype Content Model to examine how mixed-media stereotypes about older workers affect the implicit activation and application of competence and warmth stereotypes among employees. By means of a 2 × 2 experiment, we show that a newspaper article portraying older workers in a stereotypical manner (i.e., high rather than low in warmth, low rather than high in competence) inhibits and evokes negative employability perceptions…
Age at Work: Explaining variation in frames of older employees in corporate and news media
Despite the fact that workforce aging is recognized as a key social and economic concern of developed countries, previous research has largely neglected the role of corporate and news media in the debate about this topic. Relying on a content analysis of five Dutch newspapers and the corporate media of 50 Dutch organizations (N = 1328), this study traces variation in frames of older workers’ employability. Results reveal that organizations in the…
A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies
Meanings of television in older adults' lives: An analysis of change and continuity in television viewing
Television viewing is an important leisure activity for older adults. The aim of the current study is to provide insight into the meanings of television in older adults' lives, by analysing change and continuity in their television viewing. A qualitative study was conducted that included in-depth interviews on television viewing among a diverse sample of Dutch people aged 65 years and older (N=86). The interview study shows that television has a …
Filling a missing link: The influence of portrayals of older characters in television commercials on the memory performance of older adults
The portrayal of older characters in television commercials has over time become more varied and positive. This study examines how different portrayals of older characters relate to self-stereotyping, a process through which older individuals apply their beliefs about older people in general to themselves and behave accordingly. The study thereby seeks to connect, as few have previously done, cultural studies and critiques of media portrayals wit…
Additional communication channels in Dutch television genres
This study examined the way in which television genres in the Netherlands make use of additional communication channels in terms of interactivity and genre modification and whether the availability of additional communication channels in genres corresponds to audience age. Expert interviews were held with representatives of Dutch broadcasting organizations and a secondary analysis of Audience Research data was conducted. It was found that compare…
Conducting Online Surveys
Older Adults’ Television Viewing from a Life-Span Perspective: Past Research and Future Challenges
This chapter overviews research on older adults television viewing and discusses the assumptions and empirical findings in terms of a life-span perspective. The life-span perspective emphasizes that gains and losses jointly occur in later life. Selection and compensation constitute two central strategies in gerontological models of how people adapt to gains and losses. With regard to television viewing, selection means that people can choose tele…
A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies
Reliable and unproductive? Stereotypes of older employees in corporate and news media
Older employees face a severe employability problem, partly because of dominant stereotypes about them. This study investigates stereotypes of older employees in corporate and news media. Drawing on the Stereotype Content Model, we content analysed newspaper coverage and corporate media of 50 large-scale Dutch organisations, published between 2006 and 2013. The data revealed that stereotypical portrayals of older employees are more common in news…
Filling a missing link: The influence of portrayals of older characters in television commercials on the memory performance of older adults
The portrayal of older characters in television commercials has over time become more varied and positive. This study examines how different portrayals of older characters relate to self-stereotyping, a process through which older individuals apply their beliefs about older people in general to themselves and behave accordingly. The study thereby seeks to connect, as few have previously done, cultural studies and critiques of media portrayals wit…
Meanings of television in older adults' lives: An analysis of change and continuity in television viewing
Television viewing is an important leisure activity for older adults. The aim of the current study is to provide insight into the meanings of television in older adults' lives, by analysing change and continuity in their television viewing. A qualitative study was conducted that included in-depth interviews on television viewing among a diverse sample of Dutch people aged 65 years and older (N=86). The interview study shows that television has a …
In Search of the Older Worker: Framing Job Requirements in Recruitment Advertisements
Older workers face problems in the labor market due to dominant beliefs about their abilities: they are perceived as reliable, trustworthy, and loyal, but also as less adaptable, less motivated, and less capable compared to younger workers. The mixed beliefs about older workers resonate with the stereotype of older people in society according to the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) of being warm but less competent and are reflected in news and corp…
Additional communication channels in Dutch television genres
This study examined the way in which television genres in the Netherlands make use of additional communication channels in terms of interactivity and genre modification and whether the availability of additional communication channels in genres corresponds to audience age. Expert interviews were held with representatives of Dutch broadcasting organizations and a secondary analysis of Audience Research data was conducted. It was found that compare…
Justice Matters. News Framing Effects on Opinions about Pension Reform
As aging populations put pressure on pension systems worldwide, pension reforms have dominated the (political) agenda in many countries for years. The media are essential information providers on such hotly debated issues. By selecting and highlighting certain aspects of an issue and glossing over others, also known as framing, news media can propagate a particular interpretation of the issue to the public. This study therefore approaches pension…
Age at Work: Explaining variation in frames of older employees in corporate and news media
Despite the fact that workforce aging is recognized as a key social and economic concern of developed countries, previous research has largely neglected the role of corporate and news media in the debate about this topic. Relying on a content analysis of five Dutch newspapers and the corporate media of 50 Dutch organizations (N = 1328), this study traces variation in frames of older workers’ employability. Results reveal that organizations in the…
Older Adults’ Television Viewing from a Life-Span Perspective: Past Research and Future Challenges
This chapter overviews research on older adults television viewing and discusses the assumptions and empirical findings in terms of a life-span perspective. The life-span perspective emphasizes that gains and losses jointly occur in later life. Selection and compensation constitute two central strategies in gerontological models of how people adapt to gains and losses. With regard to television viewing, selection means that people can choose tele…
Conducting Online Surveys
Older Adults’ Television Viewing from a Life-Span Perspective: Past Research and Future Challenges
This chapter overviews research on older adults television viewing and discusses the assumptions and empirical findings in terms of a life-span perspective. The life-span perspective emphasizes that gains and losses jointly occur in later life. Selection and compensation constitute two central strategies in gerontological models of how people adapt to gains and losses. With regard to television viewing, selection means that people can choose tele…
Additional communication channels in Dutch television genres
This study examined the way in which television genres in the Netherlands make use of additional communication channels in terms of interactivity and genre modification and whether the availability of additional communication channels in genres corresponds to audience age. Expert interviews were held with representatives of Dutch broadcasting organizations and a secondary analysis of Audience Research data was conducted. It was found that compare…
Filling a missing link: The influence of portrayals of older characters in television commercials on the memory performance of older adults
The portrayal of older characters in television commercials has over time become more varied and positive. This study examines how different portrayals of older characters relate to self-stereotyping, a process through which older individuals apply their beliefs about older people in general to themselves and behave accordingly. The study thereby seeks to connect, as few have previously done, cultural studies and critiques of media portrayals wit…
Meanings of television in older adults' lives: An analysis of change and continuity in television viewing
Television viewing is an important leisure activity for older adults. The aim of the current study is to provide insight into the meanings of television in older adults' lives, by analysing change and continuity in their television viewing. A qualitative study was conducted that included in-depth interviews on television viewing among a diverse sample of Dutch people aged 65 years and older (N=86). The interview study shows that television has a …
A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies
Age at Work: Explaining variation in frames of older employees in corporate and news media
Despite the fact that workforce aging is recognized as a key social and economic concern of developed countries, previous research has largely neglected the role of corporate and news media in the debate about this topic. Relying on a content analysis of five Dutch newspapers and the corporate media of 50 Dutch organizations (N = 1328), this study traces variation in frames of older workers’ employability. Results reveal that organizations in the…
Poles Apart: The Processing and Consequences of Mixed Media Stereotypes of Older Workers
This study uses the Stereotype Content Model to examine how mixed-media stereotypes about older workers affect the implicit activation and application of competence and warmth stereotypes among employees. By means of a 2 × 2 experiment, we show that a newspaper article portraying older workers in a stereotypical manner (i.e., high rather than low in warmth, low rather than high in competence) inhibits and evokes negative employability perceptions…
Between Accommodating and Activating: Framing Policy Reforms in Response to Workforce Aging across Europe
In the past decade, European governments have implemented activating policy reforms to maximize older workers' employment and employability, representing a paradigmatic change in approaches to work and retirement. This study isolates the factors that explain the relative success and failure of competitive frames that are either in favor of or against activating policies in European news coverage, by applying time-series analysis (ordinary least s…
Reliable and unproductive? Stereotypes of older employees in corporate and news media
Older employees face a severe employability problem, partly because of dominant stereotypes about them. This study investigates stereotypes of older employees in corporate and news media. Drawing on the Stereotype Content Model, we content analysed newspaper coverage and corporate media of 50 large-scale Dutch organisations, published between 2006 and 2013. The data revealed that stereotypical portrayals of older employees are more common in news…
In Search of the Older Worker: Framing Job Requirements in Recruitment Advertisements
Older workers face problems in the labor market due to dominant beliefs about their abilities: they are perceived as reliable, trustworthy, and loyal, but also as less adaptable, less motivated, and less capable compared to younger workers. The mixed beliefs about older workers resonate with the stereotype of older people in society according to the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) of being warm but less competent and are reflected in news and corp…
Justice Matters. News Framing Effects on Opinions about Pension Reform
As aging populations put pressure on pension systems worldwide, pension reforms have dominated the (political) agenda in many countries for years. The media are essential information providers on such hotly debated issues. By selecting and highlighting certain aspects of an issue and glossing over others, also known as framing, news media can propagate a particular interpretation of the issue to the public. This study therefore approaches pension…
Good Intentions Aside: Stereotype Threat in the Face of Media Strategies to Counter Age Bias
The current study shifts the focus of research on media’s role in facilitating and inhibiting self-stereotyping among the members of stigmatized groups. More specifically, this study proposes and tests a conceptual model explaining (un)intentional effects of a real-world anti-ageism social media campaign among stereotyped targets: Older workers. Drawing on an experiment among older Dutch adults ( N = 649), we test the effects of two message strat…
Countering Age Bias in the Workplace: The Impact of Counter-Stereotypical Employer Communication
This study examines how counter-stereotypical employer communication can reduce prejudice against older workers. In an experiment with Dutch employers and hiring decision-makers ( n = 444), participants viewed a video message in which two employers shared positive experiences with workers aged 50 and above. Two message styles and a media literacy instruction were tested to assess how different ways of framing counter-stereotypical information inf…
Co-creating city brand identity: The case of Ghent
Purpose This study examines the co-creation process in place branding, focusing on Ghent. It evaluates how the DART framework – dialogue, access, risk-benefits and transparency – facilitates stakeholder engagement in developing a city's brand identity, aiming to understand stakeholders' perceptions and the effectiveness of co-creation. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach was used, involving interviews and policy document analysis. T…
Psychology (9 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Employability (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Advertising (5 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Business (4 works)