Biography
Simone Driessen is an assistant professor in Media & Popular Culture in the Arts & Culture Department of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Before, she worked as a senior lecturer in the Media and Communication Department. As a researcher she is interested in topics at the intersection of media and popular culture. As a lecturer she is involved in several courses in the Arts & Culture program(s), and supervises theses.
In June 2017, Simone obtained her PhD from the Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture (ERMeCC). Her PhD-project examined the affordances of mainstream popular music in the everyday life of ageing audiences (e.g., exploring why fans remain fan of a band like boy band Backstreet Boys over time). In addition to researching why fans remain fans over time, Simone is currently examinig why fans discontinue their fandom (e.g. after a controversial moment or the cancellation of an artist).
Furthermore, Simone is involved as a researcher in two Horizon projects (Inspiring and Anchoring Trust in Science, and COALESCE, which works towards a European center on science communication) on science communication, particularly popular, digital science communication.
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
Assistant professor | Department of Arts and Culture Studies
- driessen@eshcc.eur.nl
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Work
- Adriana Amaral & Simone Driessen (2024) - FAN ENGAGEMENT, IDENTITIES, AND REPRESENTATION IN POP CULTURE - Brazilian Creative Industries Journal, 4 (1), 2-12 - doi: 10.25112/bcij.v4i1.3676
- Ana Barbosa Mendes, Charlotte Bruns, Dana Mahr & Simone Driessen (2024) - Understanding methodological innovation in participatory research: insights from participatory EU-funded projects - Journal of Science Communication, 23 (6) - doi: 10.22323/2.23060803 - [link]
- Simone Driessen, Bethan Jones & Benjamin Litherland (2024) - From fan citizenship to ‘fanspiracies’: Politics and participatory cultures in times of crisis? - Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 30 (1), 304-312 - doi: 10.1177/13548565241236005
- Simone Driessen (2023) - The participatory politics and play of canceling an idol: Exploring how fans negotiate their fandom of a canceled ‘fave’ - Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 30 (1), 395-409 - doi: 10.1177/13548565231199983 - [link]
- Simone Driessen & Annelot Prins (2023) - Rooting for the anti-hero: how fans turned Taylor Swift’s short relationship with Matty Healy into a political statement - [link]
- Simone Driessen (2022) - Campaign Problems: How Fans React to Taylor Swift’s Controversial Political Awakening - American Behavioral Scientist, 66 (8), 1060-1074 - doi: 10.1177/00027642211042295 - [link]
- Simone Driessen (2022) - Look what you made them do:: understanding fans’ affective responses to Taylor Swift’s political coming-out - Celebrity Studies, 13 (1), 1-4 - doi: 10.1080/19392397.2021.2023851
- Qian Huang, Simone Driessen & Daniel Trottier (2022) - When Pop and Politics Collide: A Transcultural Perspective on Contested Practices in Pop Idol Fandoms in China and The West - International Journal of Communication, 16, 1-19 - [link]
- Simone Driessen (2020) - Irritainment & unfluencers: waarom we anderen afkeuren voor ons plezier - Unknown - [link]
- Simone Driessen (2020) - ‘CANCEL CULTURE’ OM MENSEN TERECHT TE WIJZEN: 'GECANCELDE' PERSOON MOET UITLEG GEVEN - Unknown - [link]
- Simone Driessen (2 november 2023) - Dit is waarom we willen weten wat bekende mensen vinden van zaken als de oorlog tussen Israël en Hamas
- Simone Driessen (30 september 2023) - Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner and the shifting dynamics of the celebrity divorce industrial complex
- Simone Driessen (28 september 2023) - Dus jij dacht dat niemand hier nog naar luisterde?
- Simone Driessen (28 september 2023) - Gecanceld als artiest? Dit gebeurt er dan op de Nederlandse radio
- Simone Driessen (27 september 2023) - #SpeakUpNow: “I want Taylor Swift to do better”: Reflecting on a reactionary moment in a fandom
- Simone Driessen (18 september 2023) - Russel Brand’s controverse: waarom blijven zijn fans hem geloven?
- Simone Driessen (26 juli 2023) - Kritiek op 'anti-mannenfilm' Barbie legt volgens mediawetenschapper vinger op zere plek: 'Kan juist les zijn voor maatschappij'
- Simone Driessen (7 juli 2023) - Wel of niet naar Rammstein?
- Simone Driessen (1 juli 2023) - De aantrekkingskracht van Rammstein. Mika (16) uit Assen: 'Als fan wil je backstage'
- Simone Driessen (25 juni 2023) - 'Wat toen kon, kan nu niet meer'
- Charlotte Bruns, Simone Driessen & Jason Pridmore (2024) - Science speaks pop: leveraging popular culture for effective science communication (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Simone Driessen (2022) - Insights into music fandom across the life course (Speaker)
Activiteit: Invited talk › Academic - Simone Driessen (2022) - De relatie tussen fan en idool (Speaker)
Activiteit: Invited talk › Popular - Simone Driessen (2022) - Cancel Culture, how to deal with it? (Speaker)
Activiteit: Invited talk › Professional - SMR (Simone) Driessen (2022) - Why are fans loyal anyway? (Speaker)
Activiteit: Invited talk › Professional - SMR (Simone) Driessen (2021) - Cancel culture (Speaker)
Activiteit: Invited talk › Professional - Simone Driessen (2020) - 'Good Fan, Bad Fan?' On politics, appropriateness, and toxicity (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Simone Driessen (2018) - De Grote Roddelshow - Dit was 2018! (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Popular - Simone Driessen (2018) - Our fascination with Flawed Celebrities (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Popular - Simone Driessen (2017) - Waarom je levenslang fan kunt zijn van de Backstreet Boys (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Popular
- Simone Driessen (2018) - ICA top paper award Popular Communication Division
- Simone Driessen (2014) - DAME: Dean’s Award for Multidisciplinary Excellence
Internship
- Year Level
- BA-2, BA-2
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CC2020
Cultural & Media Studies
- Year Level
- BA-2, BA-2, BA-3, BA-3
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CC2051
Master Thesis
- Level
- MA
- Year Level
- MA
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CC4050
Arts, Culture and Media
- Year Level
- BA-1, BA-1
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CC1021
