dr. (Mijke) M Slot

Biography

Mijke Slot is assistant professor of Media and Communication at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Her research expertise lies in the impact of technology on user/producer relations, user engagement, serious games, and innovation in journalism.

In 2009, Mijke supported the Temporary Committee for the Innovation and Future of the Press to advise former Minister Plasterk of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science on how to deal with technological challenges provided to Dutch news media. Later, in collaboration with various stakeholders, she researched the innovative potential and practices of news companies and consumption practices of news consumers. She studied the changing news sector in Europe for the Institute of Prospective Technological Studies, and advised the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science on the future of Dutch news agencies, who were struggling with the decreasing value of their services due to digitization and online competition. Currently, Mijke is working on a research project about the digital relationship between journalists and their audiences, which is partly funded by the Dutch Journalism Fund (Stimuleringsfonds voor de Journalistiek).

Mijke studied Arts and Culture Studies (BA) and Media and Journalism (MA) at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She graduated Cum Laude on a study on the performance of Dutch game developers in the international game industry. After her graduation, she worked as a junior researcher for the NWO funded research project Cultural Classification Systems in Transition. In 2013 she defended her dissertation The extended media consumer at the faculty of Philosophy (Erasmus University Rotterdam). In her dissertation she explored changes in the relationship between media audiences and media producers online. She explored the impact of technologies on specific user activities in more depth during an externally financed research project on the motivations of teenagers to engage in creative activities.  

Mijke’s work is published in international journals (Journal of Children and Media, The International Journal of Web Based Communities, Observatorio, Telematics & Informatics, Journalism), she has been author and editor of several publications on journalism in a changing landscape and in 2009 she won the Best Young Researcher Award at the COST Conference The Good, The Bad and The Challenging, in Copenhagen. In 2015, Mijke was awarded the teaching prize of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Together with her colleague Prof. dr. Jeroen Jansz, Mijke developed a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) on Serious Games, which was launched in 2016.

Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication

Assistant professor | Department of Media and Communication
Email
slot@eshcc.eur.nl
Room
M8-31
Location
Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam

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Work

  • Mijke Slot (2018) - Introvert incumbents and extravert start-ups: An exploration of the dialectics of innovation in the Dutch journalism field
  • Jeroen Jansz & Mijke Slot (2016) - Let the games begin! A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on serious gaming
  • Tonny Krijnen, Mijke Slot & DR Novak (2013) - Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap (print) (Journal)
  • Mijke Slot (2011) - De relatie tussen sociale media en openbare ruimte
  • Mijke Slot (2011) - Nieuwe/sociale media en journalistiek
  • Mijke Slot & F Munniks de Jongh Luchsinger (2011) - To read or not to read. Een onderzoek naar nieuwsconsumptie in Nederland

NRO

Start date approval
March 2023
End date approval
February 2026
Place
DEN HAAG
Description
Klankbordgroep leraren

NWO

Start date approval
October 2023
End date approval
May 2024
Place
DEN HAAG
Description
Beoordelaar Veni commissie

Honours Programme

Level
BA-2
Year Level
BA-2
Year
2023
Course Code
CM2100

Master Class

Year Level
MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
Year
2023
Course Code
CM4500

Master Thesis

Year Level
MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
Year
2023
Course Code
CM5000

Social Media Use

Year Level
MA, MA-1
Year
2023
Course Code
CM4353

Journalistiek & Publiek

Level
MA
Year Level
MA
Year
2023
Course Code
CM4404

Com. Technologies and their Impacts

Level
BA-1
Year Level
BA-1
Year
2023
Course Code
CM1007

News regarding dr. (Mijke) M Slot

Trust in journalism? Mijke Slot a guest on Vroeg! and EditieNL

Dr. Mijke Slot on Vroeg! and EditieNL to talk about trust in journalism and the opportunities of positive news.
Girl reading newspaper

"We must protect the freedom of the press and politicians must set a good example"

On World Press Freedom Day, we talk to Dr. Mijke Slot, who researches the role of technology in journalism.

Episode 4: The audience dilemma (part 1); Everybody is the audience

In the fourth episode of Mijke Slot’s research podcast she discusses the importance of news organisations to engage their audience for news.
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