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Eva Grosemans @evagrosemans.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We explored a pathway model from gambling-like elements in and around video gaming to gambling in adolescents. Interacting with gambling-like elements in the first wave was predictive of gambling behavior at wave two, indirectly via gambling attitude and intention. doi.org/10.1080/1445...

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Taylor & Francis Research @tandfresearch.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

A new study of over 2,000 teens finds those who play games with gambling-like elements are more likely to go on to gamble with money a year later🎲 Increased interaction with things like opening loot boxes, upped the likelihood of real gambling⚠️ More⬇️ spr.ly/60167ikh0

Quote by Eva Grosemans reads: Adolescents, parents, and educators could be made aware of the risks associated with gambling-like elements through information campaigns.

Image of a boy playing an online game on a computer and celebrating a win.

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Wist je dat lid zijn van een sportclub samenhangt met vaker online gokken op sport? Dit komt vooral door wat jongeren denken dat hun peers doen (descriptieve normen), niet door wat ze denken dat peers goedkeuren (injunctieve normen). ⚽ www.mediapuntvlaanderen.be/onderzoekfic...

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Descriptieve normen spelen sleutelrol bij het online sportgokgedrag van jongeren

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

✈️ Greetings from the 2025 Joint Steering Committee in Santa Cruz! Reviewing progress ✅ Planning 2026 milestones✅ Strengthening collaboration ✅ All smiles from @leendhaenens.bsky.social & Alessandra Abruzzese with the Rector of UCB celebrating the #CReAproject! Next stop: San José de Chiquitos!

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

💡 How can we make AI literacy more inclusive? Our colleague Tania Azadia, who is co-developing an AI literacy scale with and for vulnerable youth, shared insights from the #PRODIGIProject at the #IFLA Global MIL Week webinar 🌍 ✨ Find our more about the project via 🔗 www.prodigiproject.eu

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Eva Grosemans @evagrosemans.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

New publication! Using a survey in Flemish young adults (N = 1,290), this study indicated that sports club membership is positively correlated with online sports betting frequency, a relation mediated by descriptive norms. Injunctive norms did not mediate this relationship. doi.org/10.1007/s108...

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We have a new doctor! 🎉 Last week, @ansdenolf.bsky.social successfully defended her PhD thesis, "Experiencing and Responding to Islamophobia in Belgium". We wish to congratulate dr. De Nolf on this important milestone in her career. Well done, Ans!

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

📚 Edited by @leendhaenens.bsky.social, @ansdenolf.bsky.social & @biekezaman.bsky.social, and authored by @kamilegrusauskaite.bsky.social, @sercankiyak.bsky.social,@kristofvrancken.bsky.social and @andrewwong95.bsky.social and many more! Our new book: AI: Rethink, Regulate, Reimagine is out now ✨

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Over the past two weeks, our lab had a lot to celebrate! We kicked off the new academic year with a team building day, reflecting on our goals, welcoming new team members, and working together in an escape room challenge. Of course, we couldn't resist capturing the moment with a team photo! 📸

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Lise-Lore Steeman @lise-loresteeman.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

What a wonderful way to start my three-month research stay at the Computational Communication Science Lab! 🗻🥾

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Ans De Nolf @ansdenolf.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Cheering on our colleges from @digisoc.bsky.social and @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social and presenting our brand new book (!!) at the International Conference for an Inclusive Digital Society 🪩✨

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

Publication alert! In this short paper, @alesabru.bsky.social introduces the #DataPortrait tool as part of the #VisionArte methodology. It can be used to begin creative workshops, inviting participants to depict aspects of their identity in a guided self-portrait🖍️ repository.ifla.org/rest/api/cor...

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Ales Abruzzese @alesabru.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Attending the #IAMCR2025 conference was an inspiring professional experience. I had the chance to share insights from youth in the Chiquitania region of Bolivia. We highlighted the urgency of addressing violence against women and children, and the environmental care that sustains rural families.

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Ales Abruzzese @alesabru.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Excited to be here in #IAMCR2025 in #Singapore to present the #VisionArte Methodology as part as my Phd Research within the Media Culture & Policy Lab KU Leuven and Proyecto CReA UCB. Eager to share art-based methods for CBAR. #TheHiveSingapour #IAMCRSINGAPORE #ABR #Phd

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Eva Grosemans @evagrosemans.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

New publication! We validated the Dutch version of the Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents (GADIS-A), a reliable and valid tool for assessing gaming disorder in adolescents. It was also linked to the increasingly blurring lines between gaming and gambling: psychologicabelgica.com/articles/10....

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Psychometric Validation of the Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents (GADIS-A) in Dutch Among Flemish Adolescents | Psychologica Belgica

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Ales Abruzzese @alesabru.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

It was a pleasure to take part in the #SummerSchool organized by the KU Leuven Digital Society Institute yesterday! A special thank you to Priscilla Van Even for the invitation to share some art-based methods with students from the Zhejiang university in China. #VisionArte #Digisoc #KuLeuven

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

It's conference season! While @matthiasdebondt.bsky.social and @lise-loresteeman.bsky.social presented their research @icahdq.bsky.social (ICA) in Denver, @evagrosemans.bsky.social took the stage in Malta to discuss her research at #DiGRA2025. Congrats to all (co-)authors on their interesting work!

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Eva Grosemans @evagrosemans.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I wrote a book chapter! "Empowering the Digital Citizen" provides an overview of digital & media literacy research in Flanders. Together with my @gameable.bsky.social colleagues, I wrote a chapter on gaming and gambling in Flemish adolescents. Find the book here: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Last week, our lab member Niels Bibert succesfully defended his dissertation, entitled “An Odd Game? Understanding Esports Betting Access, Drivers and Consumption.” Congratulations to Dr. Bibert and his supervisors prof. dr. @biekezaman.bsky.social and prof. dr. Rozane De Cock with this milestone!

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

In November 2024, members of our lab conducted a large-scale survey to better understand the phenomenon of sports betting among young adults. 🏅 In this infographic + blog, we share the key findings from 1,214 respondents aged 18 to 25 living in Flanders, Belgium. ⚽ soc.kuleuven.be/mintlab/blog...

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

At the end of May, @evagrosemans.bsky.social and Bruno Dupont, together with their @gameable.bsky.social colleague Lowie Bradt, were invited to a one-day conference on the Exploration of the mechanisms of gaming, organised by UMONS and Nationale Loterij 🎲

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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 · 16/05/2025

Meet the Researcher!🎙✨ @alesabru.bsky.social explores how dialogical tools, including graphic resources and sensory experiences, foster trust, mutual respect, and communication empowerment among youth in Bolivia. 🎥Watch the video to hear her insights about how art bridge academia and community

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS! Zhiyu Chen and @biekezaman.bsky.social are studying the longitudinal impact of monetization in videogames 🎮 Are you +18 and do you love to play videogames? Interested in taking part in one (or two) of our studies? Check out the link below: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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KU Leuven Digital Society Institute (DigiSoc) @digisoc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

👟 Our hybrid Digital Ethics course starts May 15! 📅 9 sessions on ethical tech, policy, design, decision making & more 📍 Online or in Leuven 🕕 18:00–21:30 CET 💸 €1600 (20% off for NGOs/individuals) 🔗 Info & register: lnkd.in/e34zzsKk #DigiSoc #DigitalEthics #KULeuven 📸Pexels Rostislav

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Last week, we hosted an interactive session exploring the unexpected intersections between art and science, blending academic depth with play and reflection—ending with warm drinks, light snacks, and great conversation. Thank you to our wonderful hosts @alesabru.bsky.social and Priscilla Van Even!

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

Last week, our very own Priscilla Van Even starred in the podcast "De Wetenschapscommunicator". 🎙️ Together with Julie Desmedt, she discussed her research on science and science communication, which is a critical reflection on science communication research and practice.

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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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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

📜New publication! Lise-Lore Steeman, David De Coninck and Leen d'Haenens published in Mass Communication and Society. 💡They explore how news consumption relates to perceived discrimination acceptability and how media trust, intergoup contact & discrimination experiences shape this. lnkd.in/euEk8dEr

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Eva Grosemans @evagrosemans.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

On today's agenda: a workshop on how to visualize your research findings, hosted by Studio Stift (www.studiostift.be)! (Already tried to visualize the @gameable.bsky.social research, still needs some practice) 🖍️

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Lise-Lore Steeman, David De Coninck and Leen d'Haenens have written an opinion piece in Knack on the role of the public broadcaster VRT in strengthening a tolerant society. Their arguments are based on the latest study of the research project COMMunity.

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Meet the Researcher! 🎙✨ @lise-loresteeman.bsky.social, PhD researcher at Media Culture & Policy Lab, explores the relationship between (news) media consumption and attitudes toward discrimination. 🎥Watch the video to hear her insights, motivations, and the significance of her research!

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Working on AI? Check out the AI dialogues, and grab your chance to contribute to policy recommendations! ⬇️

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Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Today, the @fsw-kuleuven.bsky.social Research Day is taking place! @leendhaenens.bsky.social introduced our brand new lab, while our member @sercankiyak.bsky.social presented his work on refugee and migrant discourse in Belgium and Hungary 🔍

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