Projects
Research in the field of media policy (Sabbatical). University of Antwerp
Constructing the moral and political (ir)responsibilities towards Syrian and Afghan refugees. A sociological discourse analysis on how Belgian media, the public, civil society and policy have responded to refugee demands. University of Antwerp
The "Child Effect" in Media Research: how children affect media adoption, media use and media rules in the family. KU Leuven
Research on the "child-impact" in the broad media in particular examine how children's media-adoption, media usage and media rules affect in the family.
Can social media literacy contribute to adolescents' mental well-being? Developing a conceptual framework for the socialization of social media literacy and its role in mitigating adversarial social media effects KU Leuven
The current society increasingly highlights the importance for adolescents to use social media in a media literate way. That is because of widespread public concerns on adolescents’ avid use of social media platforms. Social media are also often considered harmful for adolescents’ well-being, even though research investigating this has largely produced inconsistent results. Yet, scholars and policy makers alike have put social media literacy ...
Adolescents’ processing of and response to incidentally encountered social media content – Differentiating between polarizing and depolarizing incidental social media exposure effects KU Leuven
Social media platforms have been argued to facilitate polarization processes, as they allow people to cocoon themselves with like-minded messages, thereby creating echo chambers in which exposure to attitude-incongruent information is minimal and existing attitudes tend to be reinforced. At the same time, however, the abundance of news and user-generated content on social media makes it increasingly likely that individuals incidentally ...
Targeting the endothelium to treat arterial media calcification: investigation of endothelial cell contribution to arterial media calcification and preclinical evaluation of restoring NO bioavailability to halt this lethal disorder. University of Antwerp
From Food Media to Food Literacy: Investigating the potential of using food media to increase food literacy among young adults (18-25). University of Antwerp
Towards a taxonomy of (in)susceptible media users: The different roles of adolescent peer communication in media effects. KU Leuven
Average effects sizes in studies on the influence of media in large, heterogeneous samples are rather small, suggesting some individuals may be more susceptible to media effects than others. Yet, scholars have difficulty identifying well-defined groups of individuals who are consistently more susceptible to media effects. This raises the question whether traditional moderation analyses, focusing on a priori-derived risk factors, are ...
When and how do (social) media contribute to late adolescents’ professional choice trajectory? Development of the MAP model as a conceptual framework to identify the role of (social) media in professional choices. KU Leuven
The current PhD focuses on job portrayals in TV series and on social, and the effects of such portrayals on late adolescents. More precisely, the first aim was to explore adolescents’ own experiences with career-related portrayals in TV series and social media and how such experiences differ according to both media outlets. Via a qualitative focus group study, adolescents’ reception of career-related messages, the cultivation of important ...