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Item Collaborative Governance and finances in the new flood safety standards for the Netherlands(2024-06-21)Due to climate change, the Netherlands will be more prone to floods. The amount of floods will increase making flood risk management an important topic in the Netherlands. With the change of repetition of these events, the flood safety standards are being revised by the Dutch Flood Protection Program (HWBP). In the revised plans it is stated that increased collaboration is essential to meet the new safety standards. The collaboration in these plans open up a gap to increase the quality of the public space as well. A big issue that comes with these possbilities is that the HWBP is only financially accountable for the actual dike reinforcement, other so-called linkage opportunities need to be financed by other actors. Literature agrees on the notion that collaboration is necessary to reach agreements on the linkage opportunities. However, little is written about how these processes take place and how the setting of collaboration enables decisions being made about financing linkage opportunities. This study therefore aims to provide knowledge on how collaborative processes influence the financing of linkage opportunities. By executing a single case study research, this study gives insight in the collaborative processes behind the Tiel-Waardenburg project. Key words: collaborative governance, flood-risk management, linkage opportunities, collaborative processes, public space.Item Using Value Frames to Decrease the Intention to Consume Red Meat and Increase the Intention to Consume Plant-Based Alternatives in Young Adults.(2025-06-19)Reducing red meat consumption benefits both health and the environment by lowering risks like cardiovascular disease and deforestation. This study explored how value orientations—biospheric, egocentric, altruistic, and hedonic—affect young adults’ intentions to consume red meat or plant-based alternatives, using the Value-Belief-Norm (VBN) framework. An online experiment (N = 161) tested whether video-based value framing could influence behavior. Participants viewed one of five videos (four value-framed, one control), and their beliefs, norms, and consumption intentions were measured. However, manipulation checks showed the videos failed to activate targeted values, likely contributing to nonsignificant results. Limitations included low emotional engagement, cognitive overload, and brief exposure. The findings suggest that short, passive interventions may be ineffective in shifting food choices. Future research should test more engaging and sustained messaging formats to better understand how values can drive dietary change.Item The Role of Prior AI Experience in Evaluating Human vs. LLM-Generated Rationales for Disaster Tweet Classification.(2025-06-20)The rapid growth of large language models (LLMs) has led to a phenomenon where various industries are using LLMs in workplaces. Rationales as reasonings behind AI-generated decisions play a critical role in building trust and transparency in human-AI collaboration. The current study aims to examine how does individual’s prior experience with AI influence their perceived reliability and consistency of rationales in a disaster-related context. 114 participants completed the survey online via Qualtrics, where they were presented with the tweets, classifications, and rationales. No significant interaction effect among prior AI experience, type of rationales, perceived reliability and consistency was found, suggesting people with different levels of prior AI experience do not evaluate the reliability and consistency of the rationales differently, regardless of the generators. An unexpected significance was that people with high prior AI experience evaluated the consistency of the rationales more positively than those with low prior AI experience.Item Common themes in stories: A content analysis of prosocial narratives regarding marginalized groups.(2025-01-06)This study examined content characteristics of prosocial narratives about marginalized groups. A content analysis was performed on a corpus of 32 stimuli, focussing on three different aspects: setting, character and event. Findings revealed that narratives often took place in an urban setting, happened in the past or present, and spanned over one or more days. Furthermore, narratives often contained a small cast of characters, usually adults who were mostly facing situational or relational challenges with a prevalence of power imbalance. A chi-square analysis revealed a relation between type and valence of event. This implied that one variable often influences another. These findings provide an overview of which content characteristics are commonly used to create narratives effective for evoking prosocial behaviour. However, the scope of this research was limited, given the small dataset and only contained text-based narratives. Future research should analyse a broader dataset with different types of narratives.Item Multinational Messaging: Examining Language Variation and Hofstede’s Power Distance in Posts on X.(2025-06-23)Business is becoming more digital and brands are now dependent on social platforms to promote the advertised goods or services. Business is becoming more international due to globalization as well. Therefore, it is crucial for businesses to understand their audiences and how to effectively communicate with different cultures. Communication depends on different cultural values described by Hofstede (2011), including the dimension Power Distance. This study aimed to investigate how Power Distance influences the social media presence of Mercedes-Benz USA India and how this presence affects the brand’s engagement. A corpus analysis examined posts by both accounts on X in the year 2024. Findings showed that posts showed a similar style in terms of linguistic elements. Additionally, Power Distance was not portrayed explicitly in posts. However, USA received significantly more engagement than India. Results suggest that businesses are choosing a more international standardized messaging style in order to remain globally competitive.
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