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PROF. DR. JOKE BAUWENS
Senior researcher
Jo(ke) Bauwens is an associated professor and senior researcher in Media & Communication Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. In 2003 she obtained a PhD in social sciences on the topic 'television consumption and citizenship'. As an associated professor at the VUB she currently teaches a course on media sociology. She has done both qualitative and quantitative audience research on the meaning and prominence of television in Western late modern society. Her research interest is mainly focused on what role the media can play in the realization of cultural citizenship and democratic participation. In this context she also collaborated in several projects of news analysis financed by the Flemish Public Service (VRT). Currently she is doing research on the democratic potentials of e-culture. At the RITS (School for Film, Television and Theatre, Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel) she has taught a course on media and society.
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	User Studies


	Stakeholderbevraging VRT, Iedereen Leest!, TIRO


	Introduction: Ready for use? An old medium in new times (2011) Second Life, Second Morality? (2011) Special Issue 'Television in a digital era - Usage and policy issues' (2011) The mediatized world of the author: a Simmelian approach to literary weblogs (2011) The promises of IDTV: between push marketing and consumer needs (2011) Tussen plicht en plezier. Verslag van een onderzoek naar de effecten van de campagne ‘Voor nu en nog heel lang' (2011) Artist meets audience. Kunst als ontmoeten in het tijdperk van het interactieve internet. (2010) Artist meets audience: understanding the social meaning of art on the Internet (2010) Second Life, Second Morality? (2010) ... [Another 26 publications]