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A Tale of Two Processes. The dynamic interplay between emotion and cognition when learning from texts. University of Antwerp

David Gijbels
Media, ICT and interpersonal relations in Organisations and Society (MIOS), EduBROn
This project aims to investigate how the integration of narratives in didactic texts can optimize the processing of the information through the dynamic interplay of emotional and cognitive processes and thereby lead to desired learning outcomes. The first objective of this project is to develop valid and reliable dynamic measures of emotional processes during the reading of texts, relying on a multi-method approach (combining self-reports and ...

Film, media and nation-building in Flanders. University of Antwerp

Gertjan Willems
Research Centre for Visual Poetics
This research project aims at investigating the relation between media and nation-building in Flanders. The project consists of two parts. First, the project focuses on film and nation-building in Flanders from 1945 until today. Through quantitative and qualitative textual film analyses, the project critically examines the cinematic representation of Flanders and Flemish identities. Second, the project places these findings in their broader ...

Event : Digital Fortress Europe (30-31 October 2019) Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Kevin Smets
Communication Sciences
The two-day conference “Digital Fortress Europe” intends to be a forum to reflect on the relations between media, migration, and technology. These relations demand our fullest attention because they touch on the essence of what migration means in societies that are undergoing democratic challenges. Research shows that media and technologies play a vital role for people who migrate, but that the same media and technologies serve to spread ...

How alternative are alternative media? A multilevel and multimethod investigation into the contribution of online news startups to media pluralism in Flanders. University of Antwerp

Pieter Maeseele
Media, policy and culture
In this current age of fake news and post-truth, traditional forms of journalism are under pressure. At the same time, online news startups are proliferating in today's digital media environment. These generally present themselves as alternatives to traditional, mainstream media and professional journalism. While past research has focused on content, production or interpretive strategies of the audience, there remains a gap in alternative media ...

Borders and Borderlands Revisited: A Visual and Mixed-method Study of Liminal Spaces and 'In Situ' Experiences University of Antwerp

Luc Pauwels
Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center (ViDi)
This research project investigates the varieties and dimensions of borders in selected border spaces by documenting the visual and multimodal manifestations of a diversity of borders (geopolitical and non-geopolitical), and through researching their impact on peoples' lives. It advocates and constructs an innovative mixed methodology for studying different aspects of semiotically-charged border spaces which allows to focus on both visual ...

Using Twitter as a public communication strategy: Can 140 characters reduce the Performance-Satisfaction Gap in the public sector? University of Antwerp

Koen Verhoest
Politics & Public Governance
Research project funded by the Flemish Research Fund: Customer satisfaction regarding public services is often only loosely coupled to changes in actual performance. This gap between satisfaction and performance may lead to misguided reforms and may erode trust in public services. Literature shows how the incapacity of customers to assess actual performance can be attributed to the bounded rationality of customers. We know less abouthow public ...

Determining the influence of information overload due to augmented and virtual reality on the situation awareness of duty officers using navigation simulators. University of Antwerp

Hilde Van den Bulck
Media, policy and culture
The project ambitions to chart how information overload caused by virtual and augmented reality influences the decision making process of duty officers during a navigational watch on bridge simulators. How information overload arises has to be researched first. In a traditional bridge setting, with wellknown instruments and settings, information overload may occur during difficult navigational circumstances. This information overload might not ...