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Dr. Ike Picone is Associate Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, where he currently acts as head of the student council committee and teaches on the subjects of journalism and democracy, journalism practice and journalism trends and technologies, mainly in the MsC in Journalism and Media in Europe.
He heads the research unit on News: Uses, Strategies & Engagements of research group imec-SMIT (Studies on Media, Innovation and Technology). The thread within his research is the study of news use practices within the broad field of journalism studies. He is particularly interested in disruptions on the crossroad of journalism, technological innovations and democracy. He is the Chairholder of the Roularta Research Chair in Personalisation, Trust and Sustainable Media and leads the research on media participation in the Flemish Knowledge Centre on Cultural and Media Participation. He is part of the international team working on the yearly Digital News Report of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, for which his teams launched the website Nieuwsgebruik.be. He is the co-promotor of the European Digital Media Observatory-Belux.
His expertise has been acknowledged amongst others through his membership of the Flemish Council for Journalism and the temporary expert group on Fake News of former Belgian Minister of Digital Agenda Alexander De Croo (2019). He is a coordinating member of the EDMO BeLux hub that will help fight disinformation in Belgium and Luxembourg as part of the European Digital Media Observatory local hubs network.
Expertise
- Ike Picone is since April 2006 researcher at the SMIT. His research focuses on user activity in a digital and social media environment. He specializes in qualitative user research, especially semi-experimental digital ethnography, with links to Living Labs, Proxy Technology Assessment and methods like in-depth/diary/expert/laddering interviews and focus groups. http://www.ikepicone.be
- Since December 2010, Ike Picone is Senior Researcher at the IBBT-SMIT-VUB research group. In this function he is responsible for project acquisition, coordination within research projects, counseling junior researchers and valorisation. smit.vub.ac.be
- Since Octobre 2015, Ike Picone acted as Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences and Staff Member at imec-SMIT.
External positions
Member of the Advisory Board of the Project Datafied News Media – Datafied Publics? Transforming Journalism and Publics in the age of datafication, Roskilde University
2 Jun 2020 → 30 Oct 2022Member of the Advisory Board of the Rhetoric ICON project, KU Leuven
10 Oct 2019 → 10 Oct 2021Member of the Board, En-GAJE - Ensemble-Group d'Aide aux Journalistes Exilés
1 Jan 2019 → …Member of the Advisory Board, BRUZZ
4 Jun 2018 → …Member of the Expert Group on Fake News installed by Minister of Digital Agenda Alexander De Croo, Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister
27 Mar 2018 → 18 Jul 2018Member of the Scientific Committee, Helsingin Sanomat Foundation
22 Mar 2018 → …Member of the Advisory Board of Burgekabinet Media, Kabinet van de Minister van Media Sven Gatz
23 Jan 2018 → 21 Apr 2018Member, Raad voor de Journalistiek
1 Jan 2015 → …Fingerprint
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EUAR116: ReMed : RESILIENT MEDIA FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Meyer, T., Picone, I. & Terzis, G.
1/03/23 → 28/02/26
Project: Applied
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OZR4110: EDMO Belux : Belgium-Luxembourg Research Hub on digital Media and Disinformation (OZR EU BONUS)
1/03/23 → 28/02/27
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1133: Broadcasting the Culture War - Audience Engagement in YouTube’s Alternative Community
Picone, I., Ballon, P. & Jurg, D. H. M.
1/11/22 → 31/10/26
Project: Fundamental
Research output
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Coping with Covid: exploring reconfigurations of Flemish news repertoires in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Vandenplas, R. & Picone, I., 24 Mar 2023, In: Poetics. p. 1-13 13 p., 101770.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
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Does the audience welcome an audience-oriented journalism?
Truyens, P. & Picone, I., 12 Apr 2023, In: Journalism. p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Waarheid (waarheden) voorbij factchecking: de ontkrachting van misinformatie levert haar eigen wetenschappelijke beloning op.
Willaert, T., Picone, I. & Van Raemdonck, N., 23 May 2023, Een vraag naar waarheid. Bauwens, Ginis, Meyer, Van Kerkhove & Verstrynge (eds.). VUBPRESS, p. 154-160 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Vulgarizing › peer-review
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Mobilized, negotiated and balanced: Chinese school vloggers’ platform engagements and layered identity construction on Bilibili
Wang, X. & Picone, I., 12 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Youth Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Operationalising Hybrid Newsroom Ethnography: Observing Amidst a Pandemic
Hendrickx, J. & Picone, I., 17 Apr 2022, In: Journalism Practice.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
File3 Citations (Scopus)19 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
Activities
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ECREA 2022 9th European Communication Conference
Daniël Hans Marinus Jurg (Participant), Sarah Vis (Participant) & Ike Picone (Supervisor)
22 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Presentatie studie onpartijdigheid van de VRT
Tim Raats (Speaker), Ike Picone (Speaker), Steve Paulussen (Speaker) & Peter Van Aelst (Speaker)
25 Feb 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a public lecture/debate
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Inzichten uit het Digital News Report 2021
Ruben Vandenplas (Speaker) & Ike Picone (Speaker)
29 Sep 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a public lecture/debate
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Tuning out the news. A cross-media perspective on the news avoidance practices of younger users in Flanders during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ruben Vandenplas (Speaker), Pauljan Truyens (Speaker), Sarah Vis (Speaker) & Ike Picone (Speaker)
22 Sep 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Facts to Act workshop on Toxic online Communication
Nathalie Van Raemdonck (Speaker), Daniël Hans Marinus Jurg (Speaker) & Ike Picone (Speaker)
29 Oct 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
Press/Media
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Onpartijdigheidsonderzoek: Keuzes VRT NWS in lijn met andere media.
Tim Raats, Ike Picone, Steve Paulussen & Peter Van Aelst
22/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Een algoritme voor de democratie
Pieter Ballon, Ike Picone & Christophe Busch
12/01/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Al is de waarheid nog zo snel, de leugen achterhaalt haar wel
21/12/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Is er nog een toekomst voor onafhankelijke media?
19/12/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Thesis
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De auteurswetgeving in de digitale online omgeving: een onderzoek naar de rol van technische voorzieningen in de veranderde relatie tussen auteur, muziekindustrie en gebruiker aan de hand van de casestudie Test-Aankoop tegenover IFPI
Author: Picone, I., Pauwels, C. & Loisen, J., 2004Supervisor: Pauwels, C. (Promotor) & Loisen, J. (Jury)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Iedereen journalist? Het raadplegen, delen, beoordelen en beargumenteren van gebruikersgegenereerd nieuws. Een digitale experimentele etnogragie naar evoluerende praktijken inzake nieuws bij Vlaamse nieuwsgebruikers.
Author: Picone, I. & Pauwels, C., 7 Dec 2010Supervisor: Pauwels, C. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Provinding social CRM on Twitter as an e-retailer: What can the Lomographic Society do to optimise their Twitter account?
Author: Steemers, D. R., Bleyen, V., Picone, I. & Braet, O., Aug 2014Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Watching the Watchdogs: Legislative Framework Defining The Work of Citizen Journalists as The Fifth Estate in the European Union
Author: Habánová, K., Picone, I. & Verstrynge, K., Aug 2014Student thesis: Master's Thesis