Dr. T. (Tom) Van Hout
Position:
- Lecturer
- Journalism and new media
- Institutional communication
- Newsroom ethnography
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2099 |
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| E-Mail: | t.van.hout@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics, LUCL Journalistiek en Nieuwe Media |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex P.N. van Eyckhof 2 2311 BV Leiden Room number 1.01a |
| Personal Homepage: | leidenuniv.academia.edu/TomVanHout |
Research
My research is concerned with language and new(s) media. I use qualitative methodologies such as ethnography and discourse analysis to interrogate social theory with detailed empirical analyses of new(s) media practices.
Teaching activities
- New Media & Society (MA Journalistiek en Nieuwe Media)
- Medialandschap en -onderzoek (Praktijkstudie Journalistiek en Nieuwe Media)
- Tutorial: newsroom ethnography (MA Journalistiek en Nieuwe Media)
Curriculum Vitae
- 2009-2010 BOF Research Fellow, Ghent University College
- 2005-2009 PhD, Linguistics, Ghent University
Dissertation: Writing from sources: ethnographic insights into business news production
(defense: 10 March 2010) - 2001-2005: Research and teaching assistant, University of Antwerp
- 2004 Postacademic training course in Journalistic skills, University of Antwerp
- 1999-2001 MA Germanic Languages, University of Antwerp
- 1999-2001: Teacher Training Diploma, University of Antwerp
- 1997-1999: BA Germanic Languages, University of Antwerp
Key publications
- Van Hout, Tom, in press. Sourcing business news: a case study of public relations uptake, in: Franklin, B., Carlson, M. (Eds.), Journalists, Sources, and Credibility: New Perspectives. Routledge, London.
- Van Hout, Tom, Macgilchrist, Felicitas, 2010. Framing the news: an ethnographic view of financial newswriting. Text & Talk 30,2 147-169.
- Jacobs, Geert, Van Hout, Tom, 2009. Towards a process view of preformulation in press releases, in: Renkema, J. (Ed.), Discourse, of course. An overview of research in discourse studies. John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 239-251.
- Van Hout, Tom, Jacobs, Geert, 2008. News production theory and practice: fieldwork notes on power, interaction and agency. Pragmatics 18,1 59-84.
2011
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Hout, T., van & Van Praet, E. (2011)
Competence on display: crafting stories during newsroom editorial conferences. In: Pelsmaekers, K., Rollo, C., Van Hout, T., Heynderickx, P. (Eds.), Displaying Competence in Organizations: Discourse Perspectives, pp. 111-130. Houndsmills: Palgrave.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Hout, T., van & Pelsmaekers, K. & Rollo, C. & Heynderickx, P. (2011)
Discourse perspectives on competence in organizations. In: Pelsmaekers, K., Rollo, C., Van Hout, T., Heynderickx, P. (Eds.), Displaying Competence in Organizations. Discourse Perspectives, pp. 1-13. Houndsmills: Palgrave.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Pelsmaekers, K. & Rollo, C. & Hout, T., van & Heynderickx, P. (2011)
Displaying Competence in Organizations. Discourse Perspectives. Houndmills: Palgrave.
(Book (monograph)) -
Macgilchrist, F. & Hout, T., van (2011)
Ethnographic Discourse Analysis and Social Science. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 12 (1), pp. 1-51.
(Article) -
Hout, T., van (2011)
Sourcing business news: a case study of public relations uptake. In: Franklin, B. & Carlson, M. (Eds.), Journalists, Sources, and Credibility: New Perspectives, pp. 107-126. London: Routledge.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Jacobs, G. & Hout, T., van & Praet, E., Van (2011)
T.R. – Journal of Pragmatics. Journal of Pragmatics, 43
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine) -
Catenaccio, P. & Smedt, M., De & Garzone, G. & Jacobs, G. & Macgilchrist, F. & Lams, L. & Perrin, D. & Richardson, J. & Hout, T., van & Praet, E., Van (2011)
Towards a linguistics of news production. Journal of Pragmatics, 43 (7), pp. 1843-1852.
(Article) -
Hout, T., van & Pander Maat, H. & Preter, W., De (2011)
Writing from news sources: The case of Apple TV. Journal of Pragmatics, 43, pp. 1876-1889.
(Article)
2010
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Hout, T., van & Macgilchrist, F. (2010)
Framing the news: an ethnographic view of financial newswriting. Text & Talk, 30 (2), pp. 147-169.
(Article) -
Hout, T., van (2010)
Journalistieke schrijfprocessen observeren met Inputlog. Kwalon. Tijdschrift voor kwalitatief onderzoek in Nederland, 15 (3), pp. 30-34.
(Article) -
Hout, T., van (2010)
Writing from sources: ethnographic insights into business news production. Universiteit Gent, 189pp. Geert Jacobs & Luuk Van Waes.
(Dissertation)
2009
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Jacobs, G. & Hout, T., van (2009)
Towards a process view of preformulation in press releases. In: Renkema, Jan (Ed.), Discourse, of course. An overview of research in discourse studies, pp. 239-251. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2008
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Hout, T., van & Pander Maat, H. (2008)
Churnalism? journalistiek met 150 aanslagen per minuut. Tekst[blad], 14 (6), pp. 16-19.
(Article) -
Hout, T., van (2008)
Media en journalistiek in een vloeibare samenleving. Interview met mediasocioloog Mark Deuze. Tekst[blad], 14 (2), pp. 6-9.
(Article) -
Hout, T., van & Jacobs, G. (2008)
News production theory and practice: fieldwork notes on power, interaction and agency. Pragmatics: Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association, 18 (1), pp. 59-84.
(Article) -
Jacobs, G. & Pander Maat, H. & Hout, T., van (2008)
T.R. – Pragmatics: Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association. Pragmatics: Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association, 18
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
2007
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Hout, T., van (2007)
Analyzing journalistic discourse practices (and winking at CDA). In: Pelsmaekers, P. & Rollo, C. (Eds.), Economically Speaking. Essays in honour of Chris Braecke., pp. 325-337. Antwerpen: Garant.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
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