Projects
Tenure track professorship in New media studies Ghent University
A tenure track appointment grants one the privilege of focusing primarily on research for a period of 5 years, with a limited teaching load.
Climate change, news media and democratic debate: an investigation into frame sponsorship and media representation University of Antwerp
How political news affects and is affected by citizens in the social media age. Theoretical challenges and empirical opportunities University of Antwerp
Journalism of Connectivity. How Social Media affect Journalism Practice, News Coverage and Public Participation in the Netherlands and Flanders Vrije Universiteit Brussel
a) how do political, sports and local reporters from newspapers and public and commercial broadcasters integrate social media in their daily news gathering routines and how does this impact professional identity;
b) how do journalists and news organizations ...
News media and multiple nation-building in post-war Flanders (1945-1960) Ghent University
This project investigates the role of news media in Flemish and Belgian nation-building processes in post-war Flanders (1945-1960). Through policy analysis, content analysis and critical discourse analysis of the press, radio and filmed news, the project contributes to nation-building studies (an interdisciplinary research field) in post-war Flanders (history) and the role of news media herein (communication sciences).
Enzymatic reactions in NADES as new green media: activity and substrate/product solvation effects. University of Antwerp
Copyright and news media: the impact of copyright on free and independent (online) news media Ghent University
The central research objective is to investigate what the impact is of copyright on the freedom and independence of online news media. The research centers on two different types of countries: first, European continental countries with a tradition of "authors' rights" (Belgium and Germany); and second, countries with a tradition of "copyrights" (the UK and the US).
Collaboration in the media: the impact of interthinking and distributive cognition on news and media production processes. Ghent University
The central research questions of the research project are: which components (including interthinking) play salient roles in the distributed cognition of media production work and how are these components organized in interaction? The project analyses segments of 200 hours of audio-recorded media production meetings in which (i) media products were planned, (ii) drafts were discussed, and (iii) updates and revisions were made.
(De)constructing health news: a transdisciplinary investigation into news media coverage of elderly-related issues. Ghent University
Drawing on a transdisciplinary partnership between communication sciences, sociolinguistics, medical science and sociology, this project investigates the impact of the changing mediascape on the news coverage of health issues with a focus on elderly-related issues. Applying a holistic approach, we look at different stakeholders: the pharmaceutical industry, policy-making bodies, news media, special-interest groups and the general public.