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Researcher

Gaëlle Ouvrein

  • Research Expertise  (University of Antwerp):My research focusses on online celebrity bashing. This is a specific type of cyberbullying, in which celebrities become the victim of negative online behavior. I analyse this phenomenon with a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. During my PhD, I used focus groups, interviews, content analyses, surveys and SEM Models. During my post-doc I mostly work with experimental research in which adolescents are exposed to celebrity bashing and then also receive the chance to write online comments themselves.
  • Keywords  (University of Antwerp):CELEBRITY BASHING, ONLINE COMMENTING, CYBERBULLYING, SOCIAL MEDIA, Political and social sciences
  • Disciplines  (Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre):Display technology, Antennas and propagation, Automation and control systems, Analogue, RF and mixed signal integrated circuits, Neuromorphic computing, Audio and speech processing, Environmental safety and health of nanotechnology, Battery technology, Biomaterials, Ceramic matrix composites, Hybrid composites, Computational materials science, Metals and alloy materials, Polymer processing, Nanomaterials, Functional materials, Biomedical image processing, Biochemical engineering, Biofluid mechanics, Cell, tissue and organ engineering, Arithmetic and logic structures, Automation, feedback control and robotics, Bio-informatics, Analogue and digital signal processing, Engineering instrumentation, Environmental health and safety, Biostatistics, Care for disabled, Bioethics
  • Disciplines  (University of Antwerp):Social psychology, Communication sciences, Media studies, Other media and communications
  • Research techniques  (University of Antwerp):Methods: focus groups, in-depth interviews, qualitative and quantitative content analysis, surveys, experiments, measures of heart rate and skin conductance Analyses: SPSS, SEM models, NVivo
  • Users of research expertise  (University of Antwerp):The results of my research are relevant for scholars and practitioners who aim to reduce negative online behaviors. Scholars can use the findings as a basis for future research, in order to further explore this phenomenon. Practitioners can use the results to learn how to deal with online celebrity bashing and other related behaviors, such as cyberbullying.