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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

In the same IFLA ILS newsletter, @andrewwong95.bsky.social and @leendhaenens.bsky.social launch the REMEDIS Evaluation toolkit: a set of adaptable tools designed for educators, practitioners, policy actors, and community organizations to refine their media literacy and digital skills interventions.

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

AI - its promise, its pitfalls and the big questions. Our AI Dialogues covered it all! A Big Thank you to our speakers, moderators & discussant for sharing your expertise with us 👏✨ Wondering what we talked about? We’re writing a book! Keep an eye on our profile for more updates 👀 #AIDialogues

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

📄A new article from our lab in SWAY (faculty magazine) highlights research from the COMMunity project examining regional differences in attitudes toward discrimination across Belgium. 🗺️Geographic visualizations illustrate which discrimination grounds are more widely accepted in different regions.

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Aanvaardbaarheid van discriminatie is afhankelijk van waar je woont | SWAY

Hoe wordt discriminatie op basis van ras, seksuele oriëntatie, leeftijd, religie, genderidentiteit, handicap en fysieke kenmerken ervaren en beoordeeld in België? Zijn er regionale verschillen tussen ...

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Call for Abstracts: Mediatization and Society: Truth, Trust, Technology Symposium! Interested in joining this interdisciplinary symposium, focusing on how automation, algorithmic culture, and AI systems transform media, communication, institutions, and everyday life? ➡️ en.uni-nke.hu/document/en-...

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Leen d’Haenens @leendhaenens.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

New evidence-based statement from EU Kids Online: Protection isn’t prohibition. Blanket bans undermine children’s rights & ignore the diversity among children #digitalrights @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social

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EU Kids Online @eukidsonline.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

A new report by our Czech colleagues (@irtis.bsky.social) shows that the impact of digital technologies on young people's wellbeing varies according to individual characteristics, online activities, and wellbeing. #SID2025 #children #online #wellbeing 📌 Full report: eprints.lse.ac.uk/127158/

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sercankiyak.bsky.social @sercankiyak.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

#Etmaal2025 is amazing! I presented my first poster (co-authored with @leendhaenens.bsky.social and my CELSA project colleagues) about the comparison of Flemish and Hungarian migration/refugee discourse in Parlement, news and social media in 2015 and 2022.

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GASPAR UGent @gasparugent.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🏆Proud team! 🏆Yesterday, our great colleague @elisestorme.bsky.social won the Frieda Saeys award for excellent research on media and gender at the @etmaal2025.bsky.social ! 📈📚 Find out more about Elise and her work here: www.ugent.be/ps/politieke...

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Leen d’Haenens @leendhaenens.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Excited to announce our OA Special Issue on ‘Evaluating and Enhancing Media Literacy and Digital Skills’ with evidence & scope reviews, effectiveness of interventions, reflections on tools & performance tests👇🏻

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Cato Waeterloos @catowaeterloos.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Our colleagues from the Communication Science Department at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social have been working hard the past few weeks to finalize the #Etmaal2025 program, and it is now live! Find it on our website, and don't forget to register in time: etmaal2025.org/programme/

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Etmaal2026 @etmaal2026.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

We encourage the #Etmaal2025 community to continue our engaging discussions in a space in line with our academic values. Therefore, we will gradually switch from X to BlueSky. Up until the conference, we will cross-post all information. During the conference, we will only use Bluesky (1/2)

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Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

In a hyper-connected world, are we truly free to disconnect? Our new open access issue explores the complexities of disconnection, showing how it can be both a voluntary act and a forced response to systemic problems. Issue: shortt.link/mac456bsky

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Disconnectivity in a Changing Media and Political Landscape

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