Projects
Satire across borders: production, content, and audiences of pan-Arab news satire Vrije Universiteit Brussel
diffused in many countries and contexts. This project aims to deepen,
and expand, the burgeoning scholarship on news satire by looking at
the transnational processes that underlie the production, content and
consumption of pan-Arab news satire. The inherently transnational
nature of pan-Arab news satire in its production and
consumption—as it ...
Safeguarding news content on online platforms: Platform regulation from a freedom of expression perspective KU Leuven
Online platforms’ content moderation practices are increasingly determining the accessibility and findability of news content. This “platformization” of news has a profound impact on online media freedom, media pluralism, and editorial independence. Recently, two regulatory approaches towards online platforms’ duties concerning news content, have started to emerge: (i) duties to protect news content against content moderation practices (e.g. ...
Sometimes fake news is more real than real news. A study of television news satire as an alternative form of journalism and a resource of public engagement. University of Antwerp
Reconstructing the news story: gatekeeping, news values and framing in an era of journalist change KU Leuven
Framing has become one of the most popular concepts in the study of news coverage. However, the process of frame-building (Scheufele, 1999), i.e. what factors influence how the news is being framed, has been treated shabbily for a long time (Borah, 2011). Among frame-building studies, the role of journalists and newsrooms remains rather unexplored. This study attempts to bridge the framing tradition with the field of news production. ...
Women in the Wave: A content and visual analysis of the representation of female characters in Yugoslav New Cinema and Black Wave Cinema. University of Antwerp
High-performant non-oriented electrical steels with a silicon content beyond today's limits : new materials for an electrified future. Ghent University
Every year, billions of euros worth of electrical energy are wasted world-wide, due to the suboptimal properties of the materials used
as magnetic components in power electronics (electric machines such as transformers, motors or generators). The magnetic material
that is most often used for this purpose is an iron-silicon electrical steel grade with about 3 wt.% silicon content. It has been known
since long that increasing ...
Visual and actual content of the new theme viewer 'soil explorer' of the panel of the Database Subsoil Flanders for the purpose of an educationaly unlocking the Belgian soil map and soil data Ghent University
The aim of this study is to visually build (with photos of soil profiles and associated typical landscapes) of the soil types of the (digitized) soil map to allow non-specialist and specialist users get to understand the composition and structure Flemish soil. In addition, profile descriptions with any analysis, to match the photos or soil types of soil map, inserted into the LNEbodemdatabank.
The influence of identification on use and interpretation of television news among Flemish persons of Moroccan and Turkish origin. KU Leuven
News diversity: a Longitudinal and Comparative Perspective KU Leuven
You are holding a manuscript that has been written within the Steunpunt Media (2012-2016), a policy instrument and knowledge centre that was set up to monitor the pluriformity of the Flemish news media landscape, initiated by the former Flemish Minister of Media Ingrid Lieten. The starting point of our research is the notion that content diversity, by itself, ought to be protected within a democratic society (Lieten, 2011; Napoli, ...