Ruben Vandenplas
Biographic Data
| ID | 1617558 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruben Vandenplas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruben |
| FAMILY NAME | Vandenplas |
| SIGNATURE | VANDENPLAS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4950-7465 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Coping with Covid
Dealing With Dissonance
Despite being central to the media repertoire approach, operationalizations of interrelations of media repertoire components often remain limited to proportions of use, or the personal relevance of repertoire components. This paper seeks to contribute to our understanding of these interrelations by focusing specifically on one particular operationalization: the (in)compatibility of parts of the repertoire. Recent discussions in newspaper headline…
Windows to the World
News media act as a window to the world. This window is now believed to be shrinking due to developments in digital media such as algorithmic personalization which restricts people to echo chambers in turn affecting citizens’ views on society. It is an example of the moral panics surrounding digital media and obfuscating underlying social dynamics at play. This article seeks to address this issue by looking at news use through the lens of news re…
Media as the great emancipators? Exploring relations between media repertoires and cultural participation in Flanders
Media convergence has afforded users an increasing amount of options regarding the media they consume, available at the click of a button. This has led some to clamor about the potential for media to bridge previously existing inequalities and decrease social stratification not just in media use, but in other realms of society as well. Skeptics have argued that while the convergence of media has given users more options in their own media reperto…
Tuning Out the News. A Cross-Media Perspective on News Avoidance Practices of Young News Users in Flanders During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic sent tremors throughout the news landscape. While the onset of the pandemic appeared to significantly increase news hunger, soon after, studies reported an uptick in what they termed "coronablocking": the conscious avoidance of coronavirus related news. Younger age groups in particular appeared more likely to engage in coronablocking. This article seeks to contribute to extant research by providing a textured account of h…
Tuning Out the News. A Cross-Media Perspective on News Avoidance Practices of Young News Users in Flanders During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic sent tremors throughout the news landscape. While the onset of the pandemic appeared to significantly increase news hunger, soon after, studies reported an uptick in what they termed "coronablocking": the conscious avoidance of coronavirus related news. Younger age groups in particular appeared more likely to engage in coronablocking. This article seeks to contribute to extant research by providing a textured account of h…
Coping with Covid
Media as the great emancipators? Exploring relations between media repertoires and cultural participation in Flanders
Media convergence has afforded users an increasing amount of options regarding the media they consume, available at the click of a button. This has led some to clamor about the potential for media to bridge previously existing inequalities and decrease social stratification not just in media use, but in other realms of society as well. Skeptics have argued that while the convergence of media has given users more options in their own media reperto…
Tuning Out the News. A Cross-Media Perspective on News Avoidance Practices of Young News Users in Flanders During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic sent tremors throughout the news landscape. While the onset of the pandemic appeared to significantly increase news hunger, soon after, studies reported an uptick in what they termed "coronablocking": the conscious avoidance of coronavirus related news. Younger age groups in particular appeared more likely to engage in coronablocking. This article seeks to contribute to extant research by providing a textured account of h…
Windows to the World
News media act as a window to the world. This window is now believed to be shrinking due to developments in digital media such as algorithmic personalization which restricts people to echo chambers in turn affecting citizens’ views on society. It is an example of the moral panics surrounding digital media and obfuscating underlying social dynamics at play. This article seeks to address this issue by looking at news use through the lens of news re…
Dealing With Dissonance
Despite being central to the media repertoire approach, operationalizations of interrelations of media repertoire components often remain limited to proportions of use, or the personal relevance of repertoire components. This paper seeks to contribute to our understanding of these interrelations by focusing specifically on one particular operationalization: the (in)compatibility of parts of the repertoire. Recent discussions in newspaper headline…
Coping with Covid
Political science (4 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Repertoire (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Casual (2 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (2 works) · Extant taxon (2 works)