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Overview

Michel Walrave is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and has made significant contributions to the field of social sciences, particularly focusing on intersections of technology, behavior, and communication.

The scholar's research outputs cover a variety of main topics, including:

  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Media, Gender, and Advertising
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

Michel Walrave's work primarily falls within the social sciences, with subfields emphasizing sociology and political science, gender studies, communication, clinical psychology, and information systems.

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Gender Studies
  • Communication
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Information Systems

Research articles authored by Michel Walrave include:

  • "Adoption of a Contact Tracing App for Containing COVID-19: A Health Belief Model Approach" (2020) published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • "Ready or Not for Contact Tracing? Investigating the Adoption Intention of COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Technology Using an Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology Model" (2020) published in Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking

Frequent co-authors contributing to Michel Walrave's research endeavors are:

  • Koen Ponnet
  • Joris Van Ouytsel
  • Cato Waeterloos
  • Wim Hardyns
  • Lies De Kimpe

The scholar's publications often appear in journals dedicated to human behavior, public health, and technology's influence, including:

  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • Behaviour and Information Technology
  • Journal of Children and Media

Best Publications

  • Cyberbullying: Predicting Victimisation and Perpetration

    Michel Rene Walrave;Wannes Heirman

  • Predicting adolescent perpetration in cyberbullying: an application of the theory of planned behavior.

    Wannes Heirman;Michel Walrave

  • Adoption of a Contact Tracing App for Containing COVID-19: A Health Belief Model Approach.

    Michel Walrave;Cato Waeterloos;Koen Ponnet

  • Sexting: adolescents’ perceptions of the applications used for, motives for, and consequences of sexting

    Joris Van Ouytsel;Ellen Van Gool;Michel Walrave;Koen Ponnet

  • Predicting Consumer Responses to a Chatbot on Facebook

    Brahim Zarouali;Evert Van den Broeck;Michel Walrave;Karolien Poels

  • Assessing Concerns and Issues about the Mediation of Technology in Cyberbullying

    Wannes Heirman;Michel Walrave

  • Brief report: The association between adolescents' characteristics and engagement in sexting

    Joris Van Ouytsel;Ellen Van Gool;Koen Ponnet;Koen Ponnet;Michel Walrave

  • Exploring the role of social networking sites within adolescent romantic relationships and dating experiences

    Joris Van Ouytsel;Ellen Van Gool;Michel Walrave;Koen Ponnet

  • Cyber Dating Abuse Victimization Among Secondary School Students From a Lifestyle-Routine Activities Theory Perspective.

    Joris Van Ouytsel;Koen Ponnet;Koen Ponnet;Michel Walrave

  • Under pressure to sext? Applying the theory of planned behaviour to adolescent sexting

    Michel Walrave;Wannes Heirman;Lara Hallam

  • The Association Between Adolescent Sexting, Psychosocial Difficulties, and Risk Behavior Integrative Review

    Joris Van Ouytsel;Michel Walrave;Koen Ponnet;Wannes Heirman

  • Connecting and protecting? Comparing predictors of self-disclosure and privacy settings use between adolescents and adults

    Michel Walrave;Ini Vanwesenbeeck;Wannes Heirman

  • Do you like cookies? Adolescents' skeptical processing of retargeted Facebook-ads and the moderating role of privacy concern and a textual debriefing

    Brahim Zarouali;Koen Ponnet;Michel Walrave;Karolien Poels

  • A qualitative study into parental mediation of adolescents' internet use

    Katrien Symons;Koen Ponnet;Michel Walrave;Wannes Heirman

  • Like or dislike? Adolescents’ responses to personalized social network site advertising

    Michel Walrave;Karolien Poels;Marjolijn L. Antheunis;Evert Van den Broeck

  • Adolescent sexting from a social learning perspective

    Joris Van Ouytsel;Koen Ponnet;Michel Walrave;Leen d'Haenens

  • Whether or not to engage in sexting

    Michel Walrave;Koen Ponnet;Joris Van Ouytsel;Ellen Van Gool

  • Ready or Not for Contact Tracing? Investigating the Adoption Intention of COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Technology Using an Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology Model

    Michel Walrave;Cato Waeterloos;Koen Ponnet;Koen Ponnet

  • Older and Wiser? Facebook Use, Privacy Concern, and Privacy Protection in the Life Stages of Emerging, Young, and Middle Adulthood:

    Evert Van den Broeck;Karolien Poels;Michel Walrave

  • Sharenting, is it a good or a bad thing? Understanding how adolescents think and feel about sharenting on social network sites

    Karen Verswijvel;Michel Walrave;Kris Hardies;Wannes Heirman

  • Children and advergames : the role of product involvement, prior brand attitude, persuasion knowledge and game attitude in purchase intentions and changing attitudes

    Ini Vanwesenbeeck;Michel Walrave;Koen Ponnet

Frequent Co-Authors

Koen Ponnet
Koen Ponnet Ghent University
Karolien Poels
Karolien Poels University of Antwerp
Jeffrey Temple
Jeffrey Temple The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Antonio Chirumbolo
Antonio Chirumbolo Sapienza University of Rome
Fiorenzo Laghi
Fiorenzo Laghi Sapienza University of Rome
Michelle Drouin
Michelle Drouin Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Bart Soenens
Bart Soenens Ghent University
Roberto Baiocco
Roberto Baiocco Sapienza University of Rome
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij Ghent University

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