In recent years, the study of the use of possessive complements instead of prepositional ones in the adverbial domain, as in encima mío/a vs. encima de mí ‘above me’, has ...read more
This project explores online harassment in Flemish journalism from an intersectional perspective. Studies have shown that online harassment is a gendered issue. Female journalists are disproportionally confronted with name-calling, verbal ...read more
Studies have shown that product or service failures, such as a damaged parcel delivery or a delayed flight, are becoming more and more frequent (CCMC, 2020). As a result, customers ...read more
The project aims to explore further the notion of Linguistic Citizenship as a means of understanding and promoting more participation and capturing the experiences, interests and concerns of the disadvantaged ...read more
The project investigates aspects of multilingualism on Facebook, in particular code selection/code switching by language users of Iranian descent in a Belgium. The focus is three-fold: (i) the distributional ...read more
The aim of this PhD project is to explore the language of tourism within the specific context of computer-mediated communication (CMC). Research will be based on various case studies. ...read more
The aim of the project was to design and develop an interactive app to facilitate the communication between service providers of Kind & Gezin (Child & Family), the organization that ...read more
Drawing on a transdisciplinary partnership between communication sciences, sociolinguistics, medical science and sociology, Health, Media & Society looks at how the news media cover elderly-related health issues. Applying a holistic ...read more
This project aims to illustrate what happens to fashion communication in the digital era, investigating fashion magazines in five different countries (France, Italy, Portugal Netherlands, United Kingdom). It analyses the ...read more