Biography
**Simone Driessen is a senior lecturer in the Media and Communication Department of Erasmus University Rotterdam.** As a lecturer she is involved in several courses in the [IBCoM-bachelor programme][] (i.e. International & Global Communication, Communication as a Social Force, and Media Entertainment & Popular Culture). She also supervises theses for the Master Media Studies programs. In June 2017, Simone obtained her PhD from the Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture (ERMeCC). Her PhD-project focused on the affordances of mainstream popular music in the everyday life of ageing audiences. In several empirical cases, she studied how a particular generation explains and legitimises the consumption and appreciation of music from its recent past in different contexts, such as commercially based reunion events (e.g. of Dutch pop act Doe Maar) or the long-term fandom of boy bands (like the Backstreet Boys). 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). [IBCoM-bachelor programme]: http://www.eshcc.eur.nl/english/ibcom/
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
Assistant professor | Department of Arts and Culture Studies
- driessen@eshcc.eur.nl
- Room
- M7-07
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
More information
Work
- 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
- Simone Driessen (2022) - Campaign Problems: How Fans React to Taylor Swift’s Controversial Political Awakening - American Behavioral Scientist, 66 (8), 1-15 - doi: 10.1177/00027642211042295
- 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 (2020) - “I did something bad” – How fans give meaning to Taylor Swift’s political awakening
- Simone Driessen (2020) - Hoe Tiger King Joe Exotic een hit werd: 'Hij is de klassieke underdog' - Unknown - [link]
- Simone Driessen (2020) - Dertiger en diehard fan zijn: zit er dan een steekje los? - Unknown, 124-128 - [link]
- Simone Driessen (2020) - 'For the Greater Good?' Vigilantism in Online Pop Culture Fandoms - doi: 10.11647/OBP.0200.02
- Simone Driessen (2020) - Meidenbands, pop feminisme, en Wannabe
- Simone Driessen (2020) - Taylor Swift, political power, and the challenge of affect in popular music fandom - Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC), 32 - doi: 10.3983/twc.2020.1843 - [link]
- Simone Driessen (2019) - Altijd maar weer Queen op nummer één: waarom? - [link]
- Simone Driessen (2019) - Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun: was unleashing the Swifties the right way to get justice? - Unknown - [link]
- Simone Driessen (2019) - Voor ouders is er geen ontkomen aan: elk meisje wil Elsa zijn - NRC Handelsblad - [link]
- Simone Driessen (2019) - 'Look what you made me do': When affect becomes problematic in popular music fandom
- Simone Driessen (2019) - 'For the greater good': vigilantism in online pop culture fandoms
- Simone Driessen (2019) - The fandom strikes back: exploring vigilantism in popular culture fandoms
- Simone Driessen (2019) - Book Review: The Ambivalent Internet. Mischief, Oddity, and Antagonism Online - Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 25, 567-568 - doi: 10.1177/1354856519854203 - [link]
- Simone Driessen (2019) - Celebrating nostalgia or critiquing naivety: Reading pop music reunions through discourses of the fan life course - The Journal of Fandom Studies, 7 (2), 133-150 - doi: 10.1386/jfs.7.2.133_1 - [link]
- L Istvandy, S Baker, J (Jennifer M.) Collins, Simone Driessen & C Strong (2019) - Understanding popular music heritage practice through the lens of ‘Third Place’ - doi: 10.4337/9781786433916.00015 - [link]
- Simone Driessen (15 juni 2022) - De nacht van: de wondere wereld van fans
- Simone Driessen (31 mei 2022) - Waarom rechtszaak Johnny Depp zoveel kijkers trekt: 'Beter dan Netflix'
- Simone Driessen (17 mei 2022) - Cancel culture: wanneer verdien je een tweede kans?
- Simone Driessen (13 mei 2022) - Oprechte excuses, zelfinzicht of helemaal niks? Wat heeft een gecancelde persoon nodig om te kunnen terugkeren?
- Simone Driessen (13 mei 2022) - Van Kevin Spacey tot Johnny Depp: wat blijft er na ophef over van een carrière?
- Simone Driessen (29 april 2022) - DE ZAAK JOHNNY DEPP: VAN #METOO NAAR #JUSTICEFORJOHNNY?
- Simone Driessen (15 april 2022) - Deel ik mijn leed voor mezelf of voor de likes?
- Simone Driessen (8 april 2022) - Johnny de Mol blijft op tv: 'Zijn eigen platform helpt hem'
- Simone Driessen (15 maart 2022) - 'Als Lil Kleine hits blijft schrijven, komt hij overal mee weg'
- Simone Driessen (14 februari 2022) - Waar ligt de cancel grens?
- Simone Driessen (2022) - Insights into music fandom across the life course
- Simone Driessen (2022) - De relatie tussen fan en idool
- Simone Driessen (2022) - Cancel Culture, how to deal with it?
- SMR (Simone) Driessen (2022) - Why are fans loyal anyway?
- SMR (Simone) Driessen (2021) - Cancel culture
- Simone Driessen (2020) - 'Good Fan, Bad Fan?' On politics, appropriateness, and toxicity
- Simone Driessen (2018) - De Grote Roddelshow - Dit was 2018!
- Simone Driessen (2018) - Our fascination with Flawed Celebrities
- Simone Driessen (2017) - Waarom je levenslang fan kunt zijn van de Backstreet Boys
- Simone Driessen (2016) - The future of music
- Simone Driessen (2018) - ICA top paper award Popular Communication Division
- Simone Driessen (2014) - DAME: Dean’s Award for Multidisciplinary Excellence
Master Class
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- CM4500
Bachelor's Thesis
- Year Level
- Pre-master, Pre-master, BA-3, Pre-master
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- CC3000
Audience Engagement
- Level
- MA
- Year Level
- MA
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- CM4302
Culture Online
- Level
- MA
- Year Level
- MA
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- CM4354
Current Perspectives on Popular Culture
- Year Level
- BA-2, BA-3
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- CM2032
Communication as a Social Force
- Year Level
- Minor, BA-2
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- CM9006
Internship
- Level
- BA-2
- Year Level
- BA-2
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- CM3041
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