Cultural Globalization and Arts Journalism: The International Orientation of Arts and Culture Coverage in Dutch, French, German, and U.S. Newspapers, 1955 to 2005
- S. Janssen, G. Kuipers, M. Verboord
- Political Science
- 1 October 2008
This article charts key developments and cross-national variations in the coverage of foreign culture (i.e., classical and popular music, dance, film, literature, theater, television, and visual…
Comparing cultural classification: high and popular arts in European and U.S. elite newspapers, 1955-2005
- S. Janssen, M. Verboord, G. Kuipers
- Sociology
- 2011
This article seeks to elucidate over time changes and cross-national variations in the status of art forms through a comprehensive content analysis of the coverage given to arts and culture in elite…
Coping with uncertainty, abundance and strife: decision-making processes of Dutch acquisition editors in the global market for translations
- T. Franssen, G. Kuipers
- Business
- 1 February 2013
Cultural Globalization as the Emergence of a Transnational Cultural Field: Transnational Television and National Media Landscapes in Four European Countries
- G. Kuipers
- Sociology
- 1 May 2011
This article analyzes cultural globalization as the emergence of a transnational cultural field, integrating Bourdieusian field theory with globalization theory. Drawing on interview materials and…
The politics of humour in the public sphere: Cartoons, power and modernity in the first transnational humour scandal
- G. Kuipers
- Sociology
- 1 February 2011
This article analyses the Danish ‘cartoon crisis’ as a transnational ‘humour scandal’. While most studies conceptualize this crisis as a controversy about free speech or international relations, this…
The social construction of digital danger: debating, defusing and inflating the moral dangers of online humor and pornography in the Netherlands and the United States
- G. Kuipers
- SociologyNew Media & Society
- 1 June 2006
The comparisons between the four cases show the influence of ‘national cultures’ on the transnational internet, as well as the mechanisms involved in the social construction of online dangers; they show how these concerns can be defused and normalized aswell as inflated and dramatized into moral panic.
Television and taste hierarchy: the case of Dutch television comedy
- G. Kuipers
- Sociology
- 1 May 2006
How are hierarchical relationships between taste cultures possible in a fragmented, popular and accessible medium like television? This article explores this question by looking at relationships…
"Where Was King Kong When We Needed Him?" Public Discourse, Digital Disaster Jokes, and the Functions of Laughter after 9/11
- G. Kuipers
- Art
- 1 March 2005
When I arrived in the United States on September 12, 2002, exactly one year and one day after the attack on the World Trade Center, to study American humor, many people told me that I had come too…
The cosmopolitan tribe of television buyers: Professional ethos, personal taste and cosmopolitan capital in transnational cultural mediation
- G. Kuipers
- Sociology
- 1 October 2012
This article analyses the professional ethos and practices of television buyers in France, Italy, Poland and the Netherlands. During interviews and ethnographic observations, the professional ethos…
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