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Global media flows: a qualitative review of research methods in audiovisual flow studies Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Recent developments in the online distribution and consumption of audio-visual content have brought relevant changes to the transnational flow of content. Thus, the need for a theoretical and methodological rejuvenation of flows research has been signalled. The aim of the present study is to analyse the different flow studies throughout time, following a series of parameters such as research question, methodology and scale of study. This article ...
At the End, the Creditors Win. Pre-Insolvency Proceedings in France, Belgium and the Netherlands (1807-c. 1910) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In nineteenth-century France, Belgium and the Netherlands, laws imposing pre-insolvency proceedings had different goals. In a first stage, from around 1810 until about 1860, continuity of businesses in distress was not a policy consideration. Rather, legislators purported to give the creditors early control over the insolvent’s estate, which was most often liquidated. Debtor-in-possession features were mostly conceived of as a temporary ...
Between feminism and unionism : the struggle for socio-economic dignity of working-class women in pre- and post-uprising Tunisia Ghent University
Manning circuits of value: Lebanese professionals and expatriate world-city formation in Beirut Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Advanced producer services firms and the highly skilled labour they employ are important indicators for world-city formation, as their activities allegedly grant cities the capabilities to exert command and control over global accumulation processes. To ‘stress test’ this central assumption of global city theory, we apply Burawoy’s extended case method to probe world-city formation in Beirut, Lebanon. Observing a tendency in the literature to ...
Do labour rights matter for export? A qualitative comparative analysis of pineapple trade to the EU Ghent University
Formatting reality: on reality television as a genre, a meta-genre and a larger tendency in contemporary television culture Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This chapter deals with the development of reality television as a genre, a meta-genre and a larger tendency within the field of television and television studies. Focusing upon a conceptualization of reality television, the chapter also relates to a discussion on reality television as a global/local format.
The Nielsen company Ghent University
Chapter on the American media giant Nielsen, with references to the political economy of audience research.
Formatting reality: on reality television as a genre, a meta-genre and a larger tendency in contemporary television culture Ghent University
This chapter deals with the development of reality television as a genre, a meta-genre and a larger tendency within the field of television and television studies. Focusing upon a conceptualization of reality television, the chapter also relates to a discussion on reality television as a global/local format.
The urban transformation of Beirut: an investigation into the movement of capital Ghent University
In this dissertation, I set out to answer two main questions: why does circulating capital become fixed in BeirutU+2019s built environment, and how does this happen? Through conducting interviews with real estate developers, residents, architects, public officials, bankers and other relevant agents, through site surveys, the consultation of land and commercial registry records, real estate brochures and other primary material, I reconstruct the ...