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Researcher
Sofie Van Bauwel
- Keywords:portrayal, gender, television, youth, digital media, representation
- Disciplines:Gender and media, Digital media, Cultural media, Media audience research
Affiliations
- Department of Communication Sciences (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2025 - Department of Communication Sciences (Department)
Responsible
From1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2025 - Department of Communication Sciences (Department)
Member
From1 Sep 1998 → Today
Projects
1 - 10 of 14
- Cyber-Feminism in China: A Qualitative Study of Social Media of Chinese Women’s PracticesFrom1 Oct 2025 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Embracing sociocultural diversity? A study into identity politics, identity-based curating, and promotional practices at European International Film FestivalsFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Weaving Memories: A Project for TransformationFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- A rhetorical study of mediatized debates on mental health: towards a critical mental health literacy.From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- SEXUAL AND GENDER DIVERSITY IN PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA: PSMs at the interface between media production and normative discourses on LGBT+ representationFrom1 Nov 2022 → 31 Oct 2025Funding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- The Belgian Silvering Screen: A multi-method research project on ageist discourses and representations in Belgian cinema (1945-2022)From1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- “Shifting sexualities” – A qualitative study into the relationship between online pornography and sexual norms of Flemish young adults with diverse sexual identities.From1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Digital innovation for man and societyFrom1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - research organisations
- Moral orderings in talk about online sexual reputations: A qualitative study into digital youth cultures' struggles for a 'good' online reputation related to sexual, gendered, ethnic and religious identity intersections in FlandersFrom1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Sexual diversity on the small screen: A qualitative research into the representation of and public debate about LGBTs in Flemish television fiction seriesFrom1 Jan 2015 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
Publications
1 - 10 of 130
- Editorial: Gendered cultures in platform economies : entertainment, expertise and online selfhood(2025)Published in: MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONISSN: 2183-2439Volume: 13
- How do you feel about it? An exploration of the importance of emotions and feelings in the study of gendered digital media(2025)Pages: 141 - 152
- Affective learning : the role of affect in understanding representations of sexuality in postfeminist television series(2024)Published in: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION GAZETTEISSN: 1748-0493Issue: 5Volume: 86Pages: 437 - 451
- The future of gender and gender equality online : a scenario analysis of imaginaries on gender and social media platforms(2024)Published in: CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATIONISSN: 1899-5101Issue: 1Volume: 17Pages: 103 - 124
- Gendered ageism in Hollywood romantic comedies : a quantitative content analysis of ageing femininities in Hollywood romantic comedies 2000-2021(2023)Pages: 123 - 124
- Uncovering the hidden bias : a study on ageism in Hollywood's portrayal of ageing femininities in romantic comedies (2000-2021)(2023)Published in: DIGEST. JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY AND GENDER STUDIESISSN: 2593-0281Issue: 1Volume: 10Pages: 19 - 34
- Growing pains : the representation of older characters in children content(2023)Pages: 1 - 6
- Revealing gendered ageism in popular culture : a quantitative content analysis of ageing femininities in Hollywood romantic comedies (2000-2021)(2023)Pages: 20 - 20
- Ageing masculinitity in fiction : on the representation of ageing masculinities in popular television fiction(2023)Pages: 186 - 197
- Trans persons on trans representations in popular media culture : a reception study(2022)Published in: DIGEST - JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY AND GENDER STUDIESISSN: 2593-0281Issue: 1Volume: 9Pages: 75 - 88