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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The department for Communication Sciences (SCOM) consists of three research units: - Centre for Media Sociology (CeMeSo) - Studies on Media Information and Telecommunication (SMIT) - Centre for Marketing Communication Research (MACO) Those research centres are covering five different, but interrelated research angles:
- Media sociology (CeMeSo);
- Persuasion and Communication (MACO);
- Media- and multimedia policy (SMIT);
- Culture and Communication (SMIT, CeMeSo);
- Politics and Communication (CeMeSo, SMIT, MACO).
Keywords
- Information Technologies
- Communication Policy
- Science Communication
- New Media
- Cultural theory and policy
- Research On Media Effects
- Ethnicity
- Privacy
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Profiles
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Geoffrey Aerts
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Communication Sciences - postdoctoral researcher
- Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology - postdoctoral researcher
- Basic (bio-) Medical Sciences
- Business technology and Operations - postdoctoral researcher
Person: Researcher
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Adelaida Afilipoaie
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology - postdoctoral researcher
- Communication Sciences - postdoctoral researcher
Person: Researcher
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Fatima Zahid Ali
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- ECHO: Media, Culture & Politics Research Group - Scientific employee
- Communication Sciences - Scientific employee
- Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences and Solvay Business School
Person: Researcher, PhD
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Silvia Almenara Niebla
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- ECHO: Media, Culture & Politics Research Group - postdoctoral researcher
- Communication Sciences - postdoctoral researcher
- Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities
Person: Researcher
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ANI440: Quantitative and qualitative research on the representation of children in the Belgian media and its ethical implications
Bauwens, J. R. (Administrative Promotor)
1/12/25 → 30/09/26
Project: Fundamental
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OZR4437: International Joint Research Group WAVEG
Meyer, T. (Administrative Promotor)
12/11/25 → 11/11/28
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1319: On the Social Roots of Metaphysical Dispositions among Mathematicians
Pouliart, S. (Mandate) & Van Kerkhove, B. (Administrative Promotor)
1/11/25 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1329: Hybrid far-right environmentalism. Analyzing how the environmental discourses of far-right parties in Belgium and the Netherlands emerge through interactions between ideology, socio-political context, and media and audience uptake
Lambrechts, G. (Mandate) & De Cleen, B. (Administrative Promotor)
1/11/25 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamental
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AIIFUND157: Sector Wide AV 2025
Raats, T. (Administrative Promotor)
15/10/25 → 15/06/26
Project: Fundamental
Research output
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« Les partis comme le Vlaams Belang sont les plus grands défenseurs des droits des femmes » : une étude diachronique des discours de genre du Vlaams Belang
Gustin, A. & De Cleen, B., 2025, L'extrême droite en Belgique. p. 119-132Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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A Bourdieusian theory on communicating an opinion about AI governance
Binst, B., Bircan, T. & Smets, A., Jun 2025, In: AI & Society. 40, 5, p. 3431-3473 43 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Cross-Country Analysis of Electoral Advertising on Meta and Google during the EU 2024 Elections: Compliance, Transparency, and Targeting
Meyer, T., 23 Sept 2025, EDMO: European Digital Media Observatory. 47 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Adapting Porter’s five forces model to digital streaming platforms: A framework for the audiovisual ecosystem
Karahan, O., Ranaivoson, H. & Canedo, D., 27 Jun 2025, In: Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 68, p. 143-158 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Administratieve lasten en AI- gestuurde chatbots: Hoe beïnvloedt de integratie van AI-gestuurde chatbots in de publieke dienstverlening de administratieve lasten voor burgers?
Translated title of the contribution :Administrative burdens and AI-driven chatbots: How does the integration of AI-driven chatbots into public service delivery affects the administrative burden for citizens? Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
Activities
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Visiting scholar - fieldwork [Turkey]
Badran, Y. (Participant)
4 Apr 2025 → 16 Jun 2025Activity: Other › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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How do mainstream social democratic forces respond to the rise and consolidation of the far right as well as the radicalization of the mainstream right across Europe?
Shroufi, O. (Consultant) & De Cleen, B. (Consultant)
18 Feb 2025Activity: Consultancy
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Speerpuntclusters Vlaanderen (External organisation)
Van den Broeck, W. (Chair)
2025 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
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Mitigating disinformation in Belgium and Luxembourg: Where are we now, where are we going?
Meyer, T. (Organiser), Van Hove, F. B. (Organiser) & Tjahja, N. (Organiser)
8 Apr 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Research stay, City University of New York
Smets, K. (Participant)
Nov 2025 → Dec 2025Activity: Other › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
Datasets
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Piecing the puzzle of VoD offerings: Audiovisual content in catalogues of eight US and local services in Flanders (2022)
Iordache, C. (Creator), Raats, T. (Creator), Pakvis, M. (Creator) & Asmar, A. (Creator), Zenodo, Mar 2025
Dataset
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ySKILLS three-wave survey
Machackova, H. (Creator), Jaron Bedrosova, M. (Creator), Muzik, M. (Creator), Zlamal, R. (Creator), Fikrlova, J. (Creator), Literova, A. (Creator), Dufkova, E. (Creator), Smahel, D. (Creator), Boomgaarden, H. (Creator), Song, H. (Creator), Tolochko, P. (Creator), d'Haenen, L. (Creator), Joris, W. (Creator), Kalmus, V. (Creator), Tikerperi, M.-L. (Creator), Opermann, S. (Creator), Napp, M. (Creator), Soidla, I. (Creator), Uibos, A. (Creator), Soo, K. (Creator), Salmela-Aro, K. (Creator), Jarvinen, J. (Creator), Mannerström, R. (Creator), Sevilla, E. (Creator), Waechter, N. (Creator), Brando, C. (Creator), Kadera, S. (Creator), Mascheroni, G. (Creator), Cino, D. (Creator), Lombi, L. (Creator), van Deursen, A. (Creator), van Laar, E. (Creator), Pyzalski, J. (Creator), Walter, N. (Creator), Iwanicka, A. (Creator), Ponte, C. (Creator), Batista, S. (Creator), Baptista, R. (Creator), Schneider, L. (Creator) & Helsper, E. (Creator), Mendeley Data, 2024
Dataset
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Overview of data hubs for a test walkshop in Brussels in September 2021
van Zeeland, I. (Creator), Zenodo, Mar 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14726775, https://zenodo.org/records/14726775
Dataset