Cees Jan Hamelink (born 14 September 1940) is a Dutch academic known for his work on communication, culture, and technology. He is emeritus professor of international communications and emeritus professor of media at the
University of Amsterdam; professor in management information and knowledge at the
University of Aruba
The University of Aruba (UA) is a public university located in Oranjestad, the capital city of Aruba, a small island country located in the southern Caribbean Sea. The university was established in 1988 as the University of the Netherlands Ant ...
; and professor of media, religion and culture at the
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
He was in a number of boards worldwide; chair of the Dutch League for Human Rights, chair of the
Jan van Eyck Academie, honorary president of the International Association for Media and Communication Research and chair of Amsterdam World Jazz City 2014.
Hamelink wrote over seventeen books on communication, culture and technology. Best sellers include "The Technology Gamble", "The Politics of World Communication" and "The Ethics of Cyberspace". He is considered to be the first scholar outside of the United States to use and conceptualize the notion of
information literacy
The Association of College & Research Libraries defines information literacy as a "set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued and the use of inform ...
in "An Alternative to News" (1976), a short text proposing a critical conception of literacy along the lines of Brazilian educator
Paulo Freire.
Additionally, he is a passionate jazz musician. As a bassist he played in a trio with
Louis van Dijk. Since 2008 he plays with
Tamara Hoekwater in the Bourgondisch Combo, performing in the
Netherlands and abroad. On 3 October 2014 they launched their CD ''I said yes'' in the Faculty Club of the
University of Amsterdam.
CD 'Ik zei Ja', 'September' Muziek Web
muziekweb.nl. Retrieved on 1 September 2021.
Publications
* Global Communication, London, 2014 (ISBN 9781849204248)
* Media and Conflict, Escalating Evil, 2011 (ISBN 1594516448)
* Regeert de leugen?: mediaplichtigheid aan leugen en bedrog, Amsterdam, 2004 (ISBN 9789053529485)
* Human Rights for Communicators, 2003 (ISBN 9781572735682)
* De leugen regeert: over leugen en bedrog in de informatiesamenleving, tekst inaugurele rede Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2002
* The Ethics of Cyberspace, Londen, 2000, vertaling van Digitaal fatsoen: mensenrechten in cyberspace uit 1999 (ISBN 9780761966685)
* Digitaal fatsoen: mensenrechten in cyberspace, Amsterdam, 1999
* The Politics of World Communication, 1994
* Internationale communicatie: arena van internationale conflicten, tekst inaugurele rede Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1984
* Informatie en macht: over de samenhang tussen de toegang tot informatie en de uitoefening van maatschappelijke macht, Baarn, 1984
* De computersamenleving, Baarn, 1980
* Derde wereld en culturele emancipatie, Baarn, 1978
* De mythe van de vrije informatie, Baarn, 1978
* Perspectives for public communication: a study of the churches' participation in public communication, proefschrift Universiteit van Amsterdam, Baarn, 1975
References
prof. dr. C. Hamelink
Curriculum Vitae prof. dr. C. Hamelink
Publications at the National Library of the Netherlands
* WorldCat
auteur: Hamelink, Cees J.
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1940 births
Living people
Communication scholars
Dutch jazz double-bassists
Dutch mass media scholars
Writers from Rotterdam
University of Amsterdam alumni
Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam
Academic staff of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
21st-century double-bassists
Musicians from Rotterdam