Reports

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Labelling and rating are not new phenomena and have been used throughout different disciplines. Relating to the protection of minors, this has resulted in different classification systems for audiovisual products…

Based on an analysis of risk factors for social and digital exclusion, on a state- ‐of- ‐the- ‐art  overview  of existing IT- ‐based inclusion initiatives and on expert interviews, a…

In   this   research   report,   a   model   of   determinants   for   inclusion   strategies   for   vulnerable   groups   based  …

The purpose of this legal report of IBBT-ICRI KU Leuven is to provide an overview of the current regulatory framework with regards to media pluralism and minors. The first section focusses…

This article summarises the results of the EMSOC deliverable: ‘Mapping and in-depth analysis of corporate profiling techniques’ from IBBT-SMIT of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. It describes how Facebook, LinkedIn, Netlog, StumbleUpon and…

Social media evoke mixed feelings: some people praise the potential of new media, while others fear the current or pending crisis. The research group Culture & Education from the Ghent…

Social media have become increasingly popular because of the combination of both technological developments and social change. However, there are manifest differences in the ways people use social media as…

The aim of this deliverable was to identify a number of regulatory trends which may be of interest for the regulation of social media. General conclusions can be made on…

In a second report for the inclusion work package, CUO puts emphasis on risk factors and vulnerable groups for social and digital exclusion. The central question in this part of…

The state-of-the-art (SotA) report on IT-based inclusion initiatives shows that many policy plans are being set up on different policy levels as well as concrete initiatives by practitioners. Nevertheless, results…