projects
Political & moral development
Content and effects on social media
Influencers & celebrities
Instagram, content and effects related to values and politics
Environmental communication
Media and environmentalism in adolescence
Media and well-being
Social media and psychological well-being in adolescence
PhD Project
My PhD is part of the ERC MIMIc project of Prof Dr Laura Vandenbosch. The MIMIc project explores how young people mimic the lifestyles they encounter on their social media feed and in entertainment fiction, such as television series, and if they learn from the content they consume and interact with, including political content.
My PhD dissertation, entitled “Politics Undercover: Understanding the role of social media and entertainment fiction in the development of the political self in adolescents”, is situated at the intersection of communication science, psychology and political science.
The first aim of my PhD is to document through content analyses the political and moral messages in some media popular among adolescents: social media and TV series.
The second aim is to explore through a panel study the potential relationships between the political and moral messages that adolescents consume and interact with on these same media and diverse political outcomes relevant for adolescents.
Key words
Content analysis
Social media and entertainment fiction
Politics, morality and personal values
Influencers, celebrities and athletes
Political self
Interdisciplinary
Gender Yes, but not only… Mapping Women’s Network of Political and Politicized Identities in the Brexit Content
Environmental communication
A Panel Study of the Relationships Between Social Media Interactions and Adolescents’ Pro-Environmental Cognitions and Behaviours
(In French) An invited lecture on the MIMIc project and more broadly on media and adolescents’ well-being. ‘Growing up in a digital world: A project to understand the role of (social) media in the lives of adolescents’