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Dr. Michel Walrave is an associate professor and head of the Department of Communication Studies of the University of Antwerp. He is responsible for the research group MIOS which conducts research on, amongst others, ICT uses of young people.
His field of expertise is situated in the area of societal implications of ICT in general, and ICT-use related risks in particular. He has conducted several research projects on e-youth (adolecents' ICT uses, self-disclosure in social network sites, cyberbullying), e-privacy and e-marketing (online marketing techniques, online privacy risks, policies and regulations) and e-working (implementation, advantages and inconvenients).
He teaches societal implications of ICT, marketing communications, e-marketing, governmental and social profit communication at the University of Antwerp and as a guest lecturer in several other universities.
He is co-supervisor of the research team of the Belgian Internet Rights Observatory, member of the Expert Commission on governmental communication of the Flemish Parliament and member of several European research networks.
Michel Walrave holds a master’s degree in Communication Studies, a master in Information Science and a PhD in Social Sciences.
More information:
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The MIOS-research team's projects and publications on cyberbullying are summarized in the following webpage >>
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International multidisciplinary conference e-Youth: balancing between opportunities & risks? organized in 2010 by UCSIA & MIOS >>
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