Projects
(Risk) Information Selection in a Choice-Filled Media Environment: A Cross-Topical Investigation into Content Elements That Attract Attention KU Leuven
The project will conduct basic research on how people seek and process information in a changing information environment, for example risk information regarding health. What are people likely to believe and how do they select their information sources? The aim is to conduct experiments on information seeking and processing, using the same basic research design on exemplary topics in the field of health communication or political ...
Capital Market Effects of Information Dissemination on Social Media. University of Antwerp
Social media as information sources for professional recruitment and selection: The consequences of HR managers' and job applicants' interfacing practices. KU Leuven
Modeling media pluralism risks for an egalitarian information society. KU Leuven
SBO Diamond: Diversity and information media: new tools for a multifaceted public debate Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Diversity and Information Media: New Tools for a Multifaceted Public Debate KU Leuven
The goal of this project is to develop, substantiate, operationalize and implement the concept of responsive diversity.
A customized intervention approach to the formation of social media literacy KU Leuven
A Customized Intervention Approach to the Formation of Social Media Literacy KU Leuven
Both society and the scholarly community have called for more insight into how to equip adolescents with social media literacy, i.e., cognitive and affective skills that minimize risks and maximize opportunities from social media use. Media literacy is typically developed through formal interventions in which educators instruct adolescents on how to understand and evaluate media messages. However, the few existing social media literacy ...
Examining the Role of Peer Communication in How Commercial Content on Social Media Affects Adolescents’ Identity Formation and Consumer Socialization Ghent University
Adolescents (aged 12 to 18) nowadays spend a lot of time checking their social media accounts, such as Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest. On these accounts, they flaunt the most positive facets of their lives and interact with their friends, acquaintances and even with strangers. These activities on social media are intertwined with commercial activities such as sponsored electronic worth-of-mouth (eWOM). Research on how these commercial ...