By Gabrielle Drinkwaard / IFA ACE The last few months, I have really enjoyed visiting museums. So, I wanted to tell you something about the importance of them, and why I think they are fun to visit. According to the Oxford dictionary, a museum is a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or …
By Maya Barakova / IFA ACE Knocking on wood, avoiding number 13, walking under a ladder, broken mirrors, and black cats – what seem to be random words are commonly known as superstitions. One way or another we have heard of these superstitions or have performed them on multiple occasions. The reason for that is …
Each year every big luxury fashion house organises big fashion shows to show their annual Spring/Summer, Autumn/Winter, Resort, and Prêt-à-Porter (ready to wear) collections. These shows are normally, and physically held during the fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan, and Paris. Due to Covid-19, these big brands had to organise their annual shows in …
Chaos and order have been issues that are highlighted throughout the times. Different civilisations made sense out of it in different ways. Chaos was often seen as the beginning of times, being portrayed as a god, or made sense out of through the actions of God(s). For example, the old-Egyptians made sense of the world …
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If there is one topic that is central to research on language use and communication, it is persuasive communication. Just look at the website of the VIOT2018 conference held in Groningen, Netherlands, from January 17-19, 2018. Patriotism, humor, typographic language intensification, framing, concrete details, interpersonal communication, narratives, photo-strips, perspective, likeness, frightening messages and threats; a …
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Always wanted to make a stylish entrance? For just a few pennies, you can hire a luxury car with a driver to show everyone that you made it. Or what about extra likes on Facebook? The perfect picture that we all long for is now available for sale. ‘Give me a fake friend too, please.’ …
Warda Neijjari, teacher of IBC-courses and researcher at Radboud University, shows why language has an influence in every aspect of life and, more importantly, that it is worth studying the role it plays. “You have an accent!” A phrase many would not take as a compliment. This is because it is used to state that …
The television program 3 op Reis takes viewers to a different destination at home or abroad every week. Nienke de la Rive Box hosts the travel program and flies full gas around the world. She takes us along for a peek behind the scenes. Nienke started her career at Het Klokhuis. For an item she …
When you’re a student, life is still pretty manageable: go to college (or not), study, sometimes do some sports, sleep and of course drink beer! However, there comes a time when you get your beautiful degree and you’re suddenly no longer a student; then what? We talk with alumni about their career after Communication Science. …
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Corona caused a lot of disruption in our lives: our social life, our work life and, most of all, our dating life. It has been a year since the beginning of the corona crisis. The question is: what has changed in our way of dating? Singles explain that COVID-19 has made dating harder and more …
