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Social media as an exit strategy? The role of attitudes of discontent in explaining non-electoral political participation among Belgian young adults University of Antwerp
Feelings of dissatisfaction with the political status quo are believed to mobilize citizens into non-institutional political action, such as protest. Still, little is known about whether and how political participation through social media provide an alternative voicing route for discontented citizens. Guided by grievance theory, this article assesses how both electoral exit behaviour (e.g., abstaining) and attitudes of political discontent ...
Situational and personal determinants of adolescents' attitudes toward online celebrity bashing University of Antwerp
Celebrities regularly become the victims of online bashing and criticism by the audience, a phenomenon known as celebrity bashing. Part of the reason why audience members are so aggressive toward famous people is that they consider this an acceptable and even entertaining behavior. However, there is limited knowledge on how these acceptable attitudes are formed. Based on the general aggression model (GAM), this study tested the extent to which ...
He's a narcissistic, lying man-slore! An examination of descriptions of men on the gossip website The Dirty University of Antwerp
Within the realm of mating, one's reputation may advertise their worth or suitability as a potential mate, with gossip serving as a vehicle for sharing this reputational information. Here we examine how men's reputations are described via anonymous posts on the gossip website, The Dirty. Using a qualitative analysis, trained blind coders performed thematic analysis of 25 posts about men for each of the five most populous cities in Canada and the ...
The consistency of projected online destination images University of Antwerp
Purpose In the context of integrated promotion, it is essential to promote destination images consistently across multiple digital channels. This study aims to examine the consistency of online destination images projected through the official tourism websites and the Instagram accounts of five main destinations in Southeast Asia. Design/methodology/approach Previous studies have used correspondence analyses to measure the relationship between ...
"Missing ingredients University of Antwerp
Commensality, the act of sharing a meal or drink together, has been widely associated with psychological well-being in traditional in-person settings. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and its necessary physical distancing measures have prompted a shift toward digital commensality, where individuals gathered online to virtually share food and beverages. This study investigates the relationship between digital commensality and psychological ...
Individual differences in how desirable people think they are as a mate University of Antwerp
Mate value is an important concept in mate choice research although its operationalization and understanding are limited. Here, we reviewed and evaluated previously established conceptual and methodological approaches measuring mate value and presented original research using individual differences in how people view themselves as a face-valid proxy for mate value in long- and short-term contexts. In data from 41 nations (N = 3895, M-age = ...
Mindful sharenting University of Antwerp
Background: Sharenting, parents’ sharing of personal information about children on social media is becoming increasingly controversial. Its potential risks have drawn some parents to engage in mindful sharenting: parents’ application of strategies to reduce the potentially negative effects of sharenting, as they are aware of the impact sharenting can have on the child’s privacy. Objective: This study aims to investigate parents’ motives for ...
Three factors of the Intrasexual Competition Scale? University of Antwerp
In a multinational project (N = 3707), we factor analyzed a commonly used self-report measure of intrasexual competition and found a three-dimensional system. We called these factors envy (i.e., wanting what others have), jealousy (i.e., protecting what one has), and competitiveness (i.e., beliefs that one is better). To better understand these factors and test whether the solution is sensible, we examined sex differences and correlations with ...
Non-consensual dissemination of sexual images University of Antwerp KU Leuven
Digital technology provides young people with many new opportunities. However, these opportunities concurred with the development of new offences. A well-studied offence is non-consensual dissemination of sexual images (NCDSI), which can be described as the distribution of explicit photos and videos without the awareness and/or permission of the person pictured. According to previous research, adolescents and emerging adults are most often ...