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And now for something completely different: Ik mocht aantreden om het te hebben over ✨Male body positivity✨ als man met lichtgevende schedel 🌝 Zalige ervaring met Aurélie, Dr. Chelly Maes (she/her) & Manu Van Acker - give it a listen 👇 vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023…

New pub alert ! With Laura Vandenbosch , I studied how heterosexual adolescents' viewing of sex-positive content on 📺 can foster LGBTQ+ allyship over time 🏳️‍🌈(in Communication Research Sage Media & Comm) doi.org/10.1177/009365…

Ready for an exciting day at Developmental Social Neuroscience Lab UNC Psych & Neuro scientists retreat in Chapel Hill, North Carolina!

📣Our collaborative research on adolescents' remembering of TV narratives and sexuality development using a biographic resonance perspective was just published in Mass Communication & Society (Taylor & Francis) Ulrike Schwertberger, Diana Rieger (IfKW Munich), Laura Vandenbosch (@LeuvenMassComm) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Sexting doet bij veel ouders alarmbellen rinkelen. Is het echt zo gevaarlijk? Of biedt het (sommige) jongeren de nodige tools om zichzelf te ontwikkelen? Laura Vandenbosch en Chelly Maes ontsluieren het digitale doolhof van sexting op #SWAY: soc.kuleuven.be/sway/verhalen/… #kuleuven #DWW23

💡 Making the Good Better? Investigating the Long-term Associations Between Capitalization on Social Media and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction by Dr Edward Noon Dr. Chelly Maes (she/her) Kathrin Karsay  & Laura Vandenbosch (2/7)

📣 CFP: #ICA24 Pre-Conference on "Engaging Children and Adolescents Meaningfully in Media and Communications Research" (Co-Sponsored by ICA-CAM & ICA Global Communication and Social Change (GCSC)). Papers (500 word abstracts) due March 21. More information here: westernsydney.edu.au/young-and-resi…

📢 Exciting news! 🎉 Our latest publication on adolescents' preferences for mainstream and paraphilic pornography and sexual health outcomes over time is now available to read in Health Communication ! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Grateful to have welcomed this amazing group of body image and social media scholars in Leuven 🧠💡 @LeuvenMassComm Jessica Alleva Jasmine Fardouly Anne-Mette Hermans @chellymaes Lara Schreurs laure dedecker Kathleen Beullens Femke Konings IlseVranken Gaëlle Vanhoffelen

📢 Exciting Opportunity Alert! We're looking for a passionate PhD candidate to join me, Laura Vandenbosch, and Steven Eggermont at @LeuvenMassComm in this groundbreaking research on youth's pornography uses. Check out the application process here⬇️ kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…

Absolutely honored to receive the top published paper award! Huge thanks to ICA-CAM ! 🥳

Thanks for the interesting conversation Apenstaartjaren !

Happy to attend the 10th Appearance Matters Conference in Bristol 🇬🇧 together with Laura Vandenbosch and Dr. Chelly Maes (she/her)! After a wonderful first day filled with inspiring research, I am greatly looking forward to the upcoming days! #AM10

Excited to share we are starting a new project on pornography and youth at @LeuvenMassComm to empower youth in their online sexual socialization. Our latest pub underlines why this is much needed 👇Helene Laporte Dr. Chelly Maes (she/her) Steven Eggermont econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.102…

Seeking a motivated Ph.D. student to study digital media use among youth with visual impairment, focusing on body image and identity development! This PhD position is part of a larger project funded by the prestigious Horizon Europe Framework Programme. kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…

So happy to share that I started a new chapter at the Social Environments & Adolescence Lab !