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MENA Independent Media: Negotiating the Logics of Media Development Programs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The political economy of post-2011 emerging independent media in the MENA region is intricately entangled with the growth in media development (or assistance) flows to the region following the Arab uprisings. This chapter will take stock of the growing literature examining these media development interventions and the complex relationships they have built with local media producers in the region. Building on recent fieldwork at the newsroom of ...
The Radical Right versus the Media: from Media Critique to Claims of (Mis)Representation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Criticizing mainstream media for their ‘lies’ or ‘fake news’ has become a common political practice on the radical right. Further empirical research is needed to better understand the intricacies of these attacks on media, in particular for the way they relate to criticism of the political system as a whole and to matters of political representation. How do radical right actors construct a sense of political misrepresentation through their ...
State-of-the-Art report on studies of literacy and learning in and through social media: on studies of literacy and learning in and through social media Ghent University
The developments in new media inspire debates about the future: some people praise the potential of new media, while others fear the current or pending crisis. This state-of-the-art report analyses how the influence of the new media developments on culture and education can be explored from the perspective of multiliteracies, digital rhetoric and virtual ethnography. Section 1 focuses on the concepts of literacy and culture approached from the ...
Digitisation, internationalisation and changing business models in local media markets: An analysis of commercial media’s perceptions on challenges ahead Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Most research on the changes affecting commercial media focuses on big markets and, except in some instances, fails to incorporate media managers’ views. By investigating perceptions of private media managers in two small markets, this article fills that void. It analyses how mainly legacy media managers view the impact of market and societal dynamics such as digitisation, internationalisation, and changing business models, and discusses the ...
The Malleability Narrative in Entertainment and Social Media: Explaining Pathways to Happiness in Media Content KU Leuven
Media effects research has documented the prevalence of different ideals in media content, and their effects on media users. We developed a framework for the representation of such ideals, and that may increase our understanding of the effects media have on users’ well-being. Drawing on cultural sociology, communication theory, and psychological literature, we introduce the malleability narrative of mediated ideals, described as “a collection of ...
Unraveling success stories in media: An exploration of their manifestations in popular (social) media and their effects on adolescent development KU Leuven
The prevailing belief in Western societies is that anyone can succeed given effort and hard work. Therefore, everyone should be able to reach the top and live a successful life. Such an emphasis on achievement seems to affect people's cognitions about success, especially those of adolescents. As adolescents are in the process of developing their identities, they often look to cultural beliefs and behaviors to know how to think and behave ...
Introduction: Community media's long march, Community media Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Picture-perfect lives on social media: a cross-national study on the role of media ideals in adolescent well-being KU Leuven
A number of studies have suggested that social media use may be negatively related to adolescents’ well-being. One explanation for this relation may lie in the internalization of various types of ideals displayed on social media; however, research supporting this reasoning is largely absent. The present survey study among 1,983 Austrian, Belgian, Spanish, and South Korean adolescents (aged 12-19, 49.7% girls) addressed this gap and found that ...
On Mood and Media: Disentangling the Relationship between Adolescents’ Affective Media Experiences and their Emotional Well-Being KU Leuven
This project introduces a model which explains positive and negative role of media use in depressive symptoms. In its process, the project will lead to a conceptualization of moderators in a theoretical structure which distinguishes levels of moderation. This project will therefore not only lead to a more advanced understanding of associations between media use and adolescent well-being, but will contribute to an improved conceptual model for ...