ICA congres

Het 74ste ICA congres vond plaats in Gold Coast, Australië (20-24 juni 2025). Gezien de afstand organiseerden verschillende divisies een regionaal congres in Europa.

Zo vond het Regional Conference on Food & Communication plaats in Dijon, Frankrijk (23-25 mei 2024)

Volgend MIOS onderzoek werd gepresenteerd op het congres:

• Sizzling steaks and manly molds: Exploring the meaning of meat and masculinities in young men's lives - Elina Vrijsen, Sofie Van Bauwel, Alexander Dhoest and Charlotte De Backer
  

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Het 73e ICA congres vond plaats in Toronto, Canada (25-29 mei 2023). 

Volgend MIOS onderzoek werd gepresenteerd op het congres:

• Co-Designing Communication: A Design Thinking Approach Applied to Radon Health Communication - Sofie Apers, Heidi Vandebosch, Tanja Perko
  
  
• Ready to “Swipe” the Stereotype? A Social Identity Approach to Stereotype-(In)Consistent Representations of Green People on Instagram - Roos van Gogh
  
  
• Boosts for Walking: How Humorous Messages increase Brisk Walking among Cognitively Fatigued Individuals - Michelle Symons, Heidi Vandebosch, Karolien Poels
  
  
• Swaying the Public: Freedom of Choice and Two-Sided Messages Reduce Psychological Reactance and Increase Vaccination Intentions among Vaccine Hesitant Individuals - Toni Claessens, Simone Krouwer, Heidi Vandebosch, Karolien Poels
  

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Het 72e ICA congres vond plaats in Parijs, Frankrijk (26-30 mei 2022). 

Volgend MIOS onderzoek werd gepresenteerd op het congres:

• Do players seek meaning or stumble upon it? Exploring fans' (eudaimonic) motivations for upcoming games - Daniel Possler, Rowan Daneels, Nick Bowman
  
  
• Examining the relationship between perceived realism and enjoyment in historical video games - Alexander Vandewalle, Rowan Daneels, Emma Simons, Steven Malliet
  
  
• Ask the experts: Applying the Delphi method to determine risk factors and create an ecological model of online hate perpetration - Ina Weber, Heidi Vandebosch, Karolien Poels, Sara Pabian
  
  
• Bored to the ad? How boredom affects the evaluation of social media advertising - Jolien De Schepper, Karolien Poels, Heidi Vandebosch
  
  
• How do internal and contextual factors of native advertisements impact advertisers', publishers' and readers' outcomes? - Dorien Luyckx, Karolien Poels, Tim Smits
  
  
• Show me the sustainable path(s). Applying the Prototype Willingness Model to slow fashion consumption behavior - Roos van Gogh, Yani Bats, Michel Walrave, Karolien Poels
  
  
• If a message can make you laugh, can it also make you physically active? - Michelle Symons, Mohammad Hassan, Konrad Rudnicki, Karolien Poels, Heidi Vandebosch, Clara A. Cutello
  
  
• Santé! How digital commensality relates to diet quality and psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and why it cannot equal everyday offline commensality - Katrien Maldoy, Karolien Poels, Lauranna Teunissen, Isabelle Cuykx, Paulien Decorte, Sara Pabian, Kathleen Van Royen, Charlotte De Backer
  
  
• How is Free Online News a Paid Subscription Inhibitor? - Luc De Cleir, Karolien Poels, Steve Paulussen
  
  
• The Role of Multi-Platform News Consumption in Explaining Civic Participation During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Cato Waeterloos, Michel Walrave, Koen Ponnet 
  
  
• Radon Health Communication: A Systematic Review of Mass Media Campaigns to Increase Radon Testing and Remediation - Sofie Apers, Heidi Vandebosch, Tanja Perko

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Het 71e ICA congres was een virtuele editie vanwege de COVID-19-pandemie (27-31 mei 2021). 

Volgend MIOS onderzoek werd gepresenteerd op het congres:

• The instrumental use of media entertainment in coping strategies: understanding media entertainment selection during the COVID-19 lockdown - Anouk De Ridder, Rowan Daneels, Sara Pabian, Heidi Vandebosch
  
  
• The ‘Eudaimonic Experience’: A Scoping Review of the Concept in Digital Games Research - Rowan Daneels, Nicholas D. Bowman, Daniel Possler, Elisa D. Mekler
  
  
• Message reminders that encourage brisk walking by taking into account the dynamic factor of cognitive fatigue - Michelle Symons, Karolien Poels, Heidi Vandebosch
  
  
• Does social eating equal calorie-dense and unhealthy eating? A quantitative content analysis of Belgian television food advertising. - Katrien Maldoy, Charlotte De Backer, Chinouk Stappenbelt, Karolien Poels
  
  
• Do Food Media Operate as Barriers or Facilitators on Young Adults’ Food Literacy? - Lauranna Teunissen, Isabelle Cuykx, Paulien Decorte, Christophe Matthys, Heidi Vandebosch, Sara Pabian, Kathleen Van Royen, Charlotte De Backer
  
  
• The Magic is in the Mix: A Uses-and-Gratifications Approach to Multimedial Food Media Use - Isabelle Cuykx, Paulien Decorte, Lauranna Teunissen, Heidi Vandebosch, Hilde Van den Bulck, Sara Pabian, Kathleen Van Royen, Charlotte De Backer
  
  
• Fame as a COVID-19 Vaccine: An Experimental Study Into Audience’s Emotional Responses Towards Online Celebrity COVID-19 Testimonials - Gaëlle Ouvrein, Heidi Vandebosch, Charlotte De Backer
  
  
• Think Positive, Be Positive: Expressive Writing Changes Young People’s Emotional Reactions Towards a Stressful Event - Sofie Mariën, Karolien Poels, Heidi Vandebosch
  
  
• Meating Halfway: Exploring the Polarization Processes Between Meat Eaters and Veg*ns on a Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Level - Sara Pabian, Gaelle Ouvrein, Kathleen Van Royen, Karolien Poels, Heidi Vandebosch, Charlotte De Backer

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Het 70e ICA congres was een virtuele editie vanwege de COVID-19-pandemie (26-30 mei 2020). 

Volgend MIOS onderzoek werd gepresenteerd op het congres:

• Heartwarming Feelings when Gaming: Analyzing Elevating Content in Single Player Digital Games - Rowan Daneels, Steven Malliet, Heidi Vandebosch, Michel Walrave
  
  
• Taking it to the Next Level: Elevating Game Experiences among Adolescents - Rowan Daneels, Heidi Vandebosch, Michel Walrave
  
  
• “Take a breather - then back to reality”: Hedonic and Eudaimonic Entertainment Experiences of Humorous Human Interest Television - Anouk De Ridder, Alexander Dhoest, Heidi Vandebosch

Het 69e ICA congres vond plaats in Washington DC, VS (24-28 mei 2019). 

Volgend MIOS onderzoek werd gepresenteerd op het congres:

• When Taking Selfies Becomes Dangerous: Explaining Risky Selfies on Social Media among Adolescents - Shuang Chen, Lara Schreurs, Sara Pabian, Laura Vandenbosch
  
  
• Just for fun? Digital games’ potential for meaningful media experiences among adolescents - Rowan Daneels, Heidi Vandebosch, Michel Walrave
  
  
• A quantitative content analysis of topics, victims and coping strategies in online cybercrime news - Lies De Kimpe, Michel Walrave, Koen Ponnet
  
  
• Inducing eating pleasure through social cues: an opportunity to promote healthy eating among adolescents? - Katrien Maldoy
  
  
• Sharenting: Parental Adoration or Public Humiliation? A Focus Group Study on Adolescents’ Experiences with Sharenting against the Background of their own Impression Management - Gaëlle Ouvrein, Karen Verswijvel
  
  
• Consumer-to-consumer conflicts on brand fan pages on Facebook: How should the brand react? - Sara Pabian 
  
  
• The Role of Emotions in Advertising: A Call to Action - Karolien Poels, Siegfried Dewitte
  
  
• Celebrity bashing and empathy - intranasal oxytocin administration reduces the acceptance for online celebrity bashing - Konrad Rudnicki, Gaëlle Ouvrein, Charlotte De Backer
  
  
• “Mom, dad, stop being a sharent”: Adolescents’ protection behavior toward sharenting on Facebook - Karen Verswijvel, Michel Walrave, Kris Hardies, Wannes Heirman
  
  
• Sharenting, is it familiarizing or embarrassing? Understanding how adolescents think and feel about sharenting - Karen Verswijvel, Michel Walrave, Kris Hardies, Wannes Heirman

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Het 65e ICA congres vond plaats in Fukuoka, Japan (9-13 juni, 2016) .

Volgend MIOS onderzoek werden gepresenteerd op het congres:

• Adolescents’ Online Peer Support on Cyberbullying: A Thematic Analysis of Online Support Group Fora.  - Sara Bastiaensens, Katrien Van Cleemput, Heidi Vandebosch, Karolien Poels (UAntwerpen); Ann DeSmet & Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij (UGent)
  
  
• Nice or Naughty? Adolescents' Online Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior.  - Sara Erreygers, Heidi Vandebosch (UAntwerpen); Ivana Vranjes, Elfi Baillien, Hans De Witte (KULeuven)
  
  
• Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to Adolescents’ Acceptance of Online Friendship Requests Sent by Online Strangers - Wannes Heirman, Anne Vermeulen, Kris Hardies
  
  
• Information Processing Style Moderates the Effect of Input Device on Pre- and Postpurchase Product Evaluations - Suzanne Overmars, Karolien Poels
  
  
• Short-Term, Middle-Term, and Long-Term Effectiveness of Coping Strategies Among Adolescent Victims of Cyberbullying - Sara Pabian
  
  
• A Short-Term Longitudinal Investigation of the Role of Perceived Parental and Teacher Norms in Predicting Adolescents’ Cyberbullying Bystander Behavior - Sara Pabian 
  
  
• Exposure to Cyberbullying as a Bystander: An Investigation of Desensitization Effects Among Early Adolescents - Sara Pabian, Heidi Vandebosch, Katrien Van Cleemput, Sara Bastiaensens 
  
  
• Effects of Different Model Sizes in an Online Clothing Store on Self- and Product Evaluations - Karolien Poels, Suzanne Overmars, Shanice Engel
  
  
• Narrative Methods in Research and Interventions on Cyberbullying - Heidi Vandebosch
  
  
• The Effects of Personal and Socioeconomic Characteristics on the Sharing of Personal Information About School on Facebook - Ellen Van Gool,  Joris Van Ouytsel, Koen Ponnet, Michel Walrave
  
  
• Sexting: Adolescents' Perceptions of the Motives and Consequences of Engaging in the Behavior - Joris Van Ouytsel, Ellen Van Gool, Michel Walrave, Koen Ponnet
  
  
• Exploring Adolescents’ Views on Social Networking Sites’ Role Within Adolescent Romantic Relationships and Dating Experiences - Joris Van Ouytsel, Ellen Van Gool, Michel Walrave, Koen Ponnet 
  
  
• Prevalence and Characteristics of Online Slut-Shaming in Belgian Adolescent Girls - Kathleen Van Royen, Karolien Poels 
  
  
• “I Feel … #happy #annoyed”: Experiencing and Regulating Emotions on Social Media - Anne Vermeulen, Wannes Heirman 

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Het 64e ICA congres vond plaats in San Juan, Puerto Rico (21-25 mei, 2015).

Volgend MIOS onderzoek werd gepresenteerd op het congres:

• Sexual Harassment on Social Networking Sites: Exploring Adolescent Views - Kathleen Van Royen, Karolien Poels,  Heidi Vandebosch
  
  
• Dark Triad Personality Traits and Adolescent Cyber-Aggression - Sara Pabian, Charlotte De Backer, Heidi Vandebosch 
  
  
• Short-Term Longitudinal Relationships Between Adolescents' (Cyber)bullying Involvement and Social Anxiety - Sara Pabian & Heidi Vandebosch
  
  
• Children and Advertising on Social Network Games: A Structural Equation Model of Parental Media Mediation, Advertising Literacy, and Pester Intent - Ini Vanwesenbeeck, Michel Walrave, Koen Ponnet
  
  
• Older and Wiser? Privacy Concern and Protection of Facebook Users in the Life Stages of Adulthood - Evert Van den Broeck, Karolien Poels, Michel Walrave 
  
  
• Harmonizing Freedom and Protection: Adolescents’ Voices on Automatic Monitoring of Social Networking Sites - Kathleen Van Royen & Karolien Poels

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Het 63e ICA congres vond plaats in Seattle, USA (22-26 mei, 2014). 

Volgend MIOS onderzoek werd gepresenteerd op het congres:

• A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Serious Digital Games for Healthy Lifestyle Promotion - Ann DeSmet, Wendy Van Lippevelde, Dimitri Van Ryckeghem, Sofie Compernolle, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Geert Crombez, Sara Bastiaensens, Karolien Poels, Heidi Vandebosch
  
  
• For Your Eyes Only, or for the Crowd to See? Bystander Behaviour Towards SNS Harassment - Sara Bastiaensens, Heidi Vandebosch, Karolien Poels, Katrien Van Cleemput, Ann DeSmet, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
  
  
• Our Food Versus My Food: Investigating If and How Shared Food Practices During Childhood Relate to  Adult Prosocial Behavior Among Belgian and Taiwanese Students - Charlotte De Backer, Koen Ponnet 
  
  
• Children’s Attitudinal and Behavioral Response to Advergaming: Product Involvement, Brand Attitude, and Persuasion Knowledge - Ini Vanwesenbeeck, Michel Walrave, Koen Ponnet 
  
  
• Recall and Recognition of In-Game Advertising: The Impact of Game Control - Laura Herrewijn, Karolien Poels
  
  
• Developmental Trajectories of (Cyber)Bullying Perpetration and Social Intelligence During Early Adolescence - Sara Pabian, Heidi Vandebosch
  
  
• Self-Perceived Popularity, Perceived Peer Pressure, and Need for Popularity as Predictors of Adolescents' Use of the Mobile Phone for Making and Distributing Hurtful Pictures and Videos of Peers and Teachers - Mariek Vanden Abeele, Katrien Van Cleemput, Heidi Vandebosch 
  
  
• Student Social Media Responses Towards a University Crisis - Erik Snoeijers, Karolien Poels, Colombine Nicolay

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Het 62e ICA congres vond plaats in London, UK (17-21 juni, 2013). 

Volgend MIOS onderzoek werd gepresenteerd op het congres:

• ​How Product Representation Shapes Virtual Experiences and Repatronage Intention - Suzanne Overmars, Karolien Poels
• Under pressure to sext? Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour on Adolescents’ Sexting - Michel Walrave, Wannes Heirman
• Predicting Adolescents’ Disclosure of Personal Information in Exchange for Commercial Incentives: An Application of an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior - Michel Walrave, Wannes Heirman, Koen Ponnet
• Bystanders of Cyberbullying: Personal Characteristics and Contextual Factors That Determine 'Helping','Joining In', and 'Doing Nothing' - Katrien Van Cleemput, Sara Pabian, Heidi Vandebosch
• Determinants of Bystander Behaviour in Cyberbullying Incidents Amongst Adolescents - Sara Bastiaensens, Katrien Van Cleemput, Karolien Poels, Heidi Vandebosch (UAntwerp); Ann DeSmet, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij (UGhent).
• Who Bullies Who Online: A Social Network Analysis of Cyberbullying in a School Context - Denis Wegge, Heidi Vandebosch (UAntwerp); Steven Eggermont (KULeuven)
• Modeling Proximal Determinants of Cyberbullying Perpetration - Sara Pabian, Heidi Vandebosch

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