Several concepts are available to indicate the type of society that evolves under the influence of the use of information and communication technology. The most popular concept is the information society. In this book that concept is used in combination with the concept network society to typify contemporary developed and modern societies marked by a high level of information exchange and use o...

In an interesting article Wieteke van Dijk and colleagues argue that societal developments and values influence the practice of medicine, and thus can result in both medicalisation and overdiagnosis. They provide a convincing argument that overdiagnosis emerges in a social context and that it has socially constructed implications. However, they fail to show that overdiagnosis per se is socially...

media can be a good representation of dominant ideologies in society. the analysis of such discourse can shed light on the mental and social structures of people in society. adopting van dijk’s (1995) layout of discourse ideology and his (2000) practical and general outline of ideological analysis, this study analyzes the iranian movie a separation, the winner of the 84th annual academy award f...

Van Dijk and colleagues present three cases to illustrate and discuss the relationship between medicalisation and overdiagnosis. In this commentary, I consider each of the case studies in turn, and in doing so emphasise two main points. The first is that it is not possible to assess whether overdiagnosis is occurring based solely on incidence rates: it is necessary also to have data about the b...

The role of self-evaluation and envy in schadenfreude Wilco W. van Dijk, Jaap W. Ouwerkerk, Richard H. Smith & Mina Cikara To cite this article: Wilco W. van Dijk, Jaap W. Ouwerkerk, Richard H. Smith & Mina Cikara (2015) The role of self-evaluation and envy in schadenfreude, European Review of Social Psychology, 26:1, 247-282 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2015.1111600

and Adrian Whiteman of the Forest Policy Service of FAO, together with Herman Savenije and Kees van Dijk . It summarises the experiences and lessons learned from two projects in Latin America. These projects produced assessments of the status, experiences and prospects for financing mechanisms in 19 Latin American countries. A synthesis of these results is available in: Dijk, Kees van, and Herm...

The research landscape examining situation models in discourse has been transformed considerably in the last 20 years. Van Dijk and Kintsch (1983) originally included the concept of a situation model to address issues that were problematic for earlier versions of their theory (Kintsch & van Dijk, 1978). Specifically, van Dijk and Kintsch (1983) argued that situation models were necessary to exp...

3150 Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery, but Not Calorie Restriction, Reduces Plasma Branched-Chain Amino Acids in Obese Women Independent of Weight Loss or the Presence of Type 2 Diabetes M.A. Lips, J.B. Van Klinken, V. van Harmelen, H.K. Dharuri, P.A.C. ’t Hoen, J.F.J. Laros, G.-J. van Ommen, I.M. Janssen, B. Van Ramshorst, B.A. Van Wagensveld, D.J. Swank, F. Van Dielen, A. Dane, A. Harms, R. V...

Title: The ideal of biopsychosocial chronic care: How to make it real? A qualitative study among Dutch stakeholders Authors: Anneke van Dijk-de Vries ([email protected]) Albine Moser ([email protected]) Vera-Christina Mertens ([email protected]) Jikke van der Linden ([email protected]) Trudy van der Weijden (trudy.vanderweijden@maastr...