Publications
Social media as an exit strategy? The role of attitudes of discontent in explaining non-electoral political participation among Belgian young adults University of Antwerp
Feelings of dissatisfaction with the political status quo are believed to mobilize citizens into non-institutional political action, such as protest. Still, little is known about whether and how political participation through social media provide an alternative voicing route for discontented citizens. Guided by grievance theory, this article assesses how both electoral exit behaviour (e.g., abstaining) and attitudes of political discontent ...
The consistency of projected online destination images University of Antwerp
Purpose In the context of integrated promotion, it is essential to promote destination images consistently across multiple digital channels. This study aims to examine the consistency of online destination images projected through the official tourism websites and the Instagram accounts of five main destinations in Southeast Asia. Design/methodology/approach Previous studies have used correspondence analyses to measure the relationship between ...
Research brief University of Antwerp
Despite indications that password sharing is prevalent among early adolescents, limited empirical research has sought to understand why young teenagers share their passwords with others. This exploratory study aims to address this research gap by investigating early adolescents’ perceptions of the motivations and consequences of sharing passwords with friends. In February and March 2020, we conducted nine focus groups with 51 participants (n = ...
Mindful sharenting University of Antwerp
Background: Sharenting, parents’ sharing of personal information about children on social media is becoming increasingly controversial. Its potential risks have drawn some parents to engage in mindful sharenting: parents’ application of strategies to reduce the potentially negative effects of sharenting, as they are aware of the impact sharenting can have on the child’s privacy. Objective: This study aims to investigate parents’ motives for ...
Non-consensual dissemination of sexual images University of Antwerp KU Leuven
Digital technology provides young people with many new opportunities. However, these opportunities concurred with the development of new offences. A well-studied offence is non-consensual dissemination of sexual images (NCDSI), which can be described as the distribution of explicit photos and videos without the awareness and/or permission of the person pictured. According to previous research, adolescents and emerging adults are most often ...
Are investors willing to use zoom for entrepreneurs’ pitch presentations? University of Antwerp
The COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in business communication. As face-to-face communication was no longer possible, many businesses shifted to Zoom because of its ease of use and user-friendly functionality. One unique context in which users were forced to transition to fully online communication was entrepreneurs’ pitch presentations. This study aims to explore whether users intend to continue to use Zoom for these important investment ...
The translucent family University of Antwerp
While adolescents are intense users of social network sites (SNS), parents also increasingly use these sites for professional and family-related communication. When using SNS, some parents engage in sharenting, the online sharing of personal information related to their children, and possibly also themselves and their role as parent. Through sharenting, parents also shape their children's digital narrative. However, adolescents’ online ...
An intimate relation University of Antwerp
Adolescence is characterized by fundamental transitions in identity development, autonomy, intimacy, sexuality, and achievement. In these developments, self-disclosure and privacy play an important role. Young people develop their own sense of privacy, which plays an important part in the transitions that adolescents experience, not only in their identity and growing autonomy from their parents, but also in reaching a level of intimacy with ...