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Frederik Dhaenens
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2024
Gay as cute : unpacking cuteness in contemporary gay teen drama series
Frederik Dhaenens
Ben De Smet
A1
Journal Article
in
CRITICAL STUDIES IN TELEVISION
2024
Heteromasculinity and queer reappropriation in music streaming practices exploring homonegative curation by ordinary Spotify users
Ben De Smet
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
2024
Repackaged sob sisters and outsiders within : reading the female and minority journalists on The Bold Type and The Morning Show
Maxine De Wulf Helskens
Frederik Dhaenens
Sarah Van Leuven
A1
Journal Article
in
FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
2024
‘Fast-paced,' ‘snakey' and ‘commercial' : how American student audiences make sense of representations of journalism in fictional television series
Maxine De Wulf Helskens
Sarah Van Leuven
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNALISM
2024
2023
'Just kidding?' An exploratory audience study into the ways Flemish youth with a minoritized ethnic identity make sense of ethnic humor and the politics of offense
Anke Lion
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
HUMOR-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMOR RESEARCH
2023
'Timeless' rock masculinities : understanding the gendered dimension of an annual Belgian radio music poll
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
2023
Exploring representation of journalism and the free press myth in Flemish and international fictional movies and series
Maxine De Wulf Helskens
Sarah Van Leuven
Frederik Dhaenens
A2
Journal Article
in
THE IJPC JOURNAL
2023
Introducing the journalism knowledge gap : how American audiences make sense of representations of journalism in fictional television series
Maxine De Wulf Helskens
Sarah Van Leuven
Frederik Dhaenens
C3
Conference
2023
Repackaged sob sisters and outsiders within : reading the female and minority journalists on The Bold Type and The Morning Show
Maxine De Wulf Helskens
Frederik Dhaenens
Sarah Van Leuven
C1
Conference
2023
Streams of music and identity : gender and sexual identities on Spotify
Ben De Smet
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
Dissertation
2023
‘I’m just not gay-gay’ : exploring same-sex desire and sexual minority identity formation in SKAM and its Western European remakes
Frederik Dhaenens
Salma Mediavilla Aboulaoula
Anke Lion
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES
2023
2022
'Music makes the people come together' : Spotify as an intimate social media platform
Ben De Smet
Frederik Dhaenens
Bookchapter
in
Identities and intimacies on social media : transnational perspectives
2022
A tale of heroes and villains : the contrast between international and Flemish journalism fiction
Maxine De Wulf Helskens
Sarah Van Leuven
Frederik Dhaenens
C3
Conference
2022
Moderately queer programming at an established LGBTQ film festival : a case study of BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY
2022
Textual analysis : a practical introduction to studying texts in media and cultural studies
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
Bookchapter
in
Qualitative data analysis : key approaches
2022
Trans persons on trans representations in popular media culture : a reception study
Hanne Van Haelter
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
A2
Journal Article
in
DIGEST. JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY AND GENDER STUDIES
2022
Un/recognisable and dis/empowering images of disability : a collective textual analysis of media representations of intellectual disabilities
Susan Vertoont
Tina Goethals
Frederik Dhaenens
Patrick Schelfhout
Tess Van Deynse
Gabria Vermeir
Maud Ysebaert
A1
Journal Article
in
CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION
2022
2021
An uneasy return to the role of popular culture
Niall Brennan
Frederik Dhaenens
Tonny Krijnen
Editorial material
2021
Beyond petroleum : reimagining energy in contemporary fiction
Reuben Martens
Pieter Vermeulen
Daniël Biltereyst
Frederik Dhaenens
Dissertation
2021
Exploring the representation of sexual minority identity formation in SKAM and its Western European remakes
Frederik Dhaenens
C3
Conference
2021
Superheroines and superstereotypes? Queer postfeminism, intersectionality and female superheroes in Supergirl
Maxine De Wulf Helskens
Frederik Dhaenens
Sarah Van Leuven
A2
Journal Article
in
DIGEST. JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY AND GENDER STUDIES
2021
2020
Distinctively queer in the parish : performances of distinction and LGBTQ+ representations in Flemish prestige television fiction
Florian Vanlee
Sofie Van Bauwel
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES
2020
Indifference and queer television studies : distinguishing norms of existence and coexistence
Florian Vanlee
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
A1
Journal Article
in
CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION
2020
LGBT+ televisibility in Flanders : the presence of sexual and gender diversity in Flemish television fiction (2001-2016)
Florian Vanlee
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
A2
Journal Article
in
DIGEST. JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY AND GENDER STUDIES
2020
2019
Collectively analyzing popular television texts on disability : a case study on the television drama series ‘Tytgat Chocolat’
Susan Vertoont
Tina Goethals
Frederik Dhaenens
Patrick Schelfhout
Tess Van Deynse
Gabria Vermeir
Maud Ysebaert
C3
Conference
2019
Coming out as popular media practice : the politics of queer youth coming out on YouTube
Sander De Ridder
Frederik Dhaenens
A2
Journal Article
in
DIGEST. JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY AND GENDER STUDIES
2019
Editorial
Sander De Ridder
Frederik Dhaenens
Editorial material
2019
Queer locale/queerly local : exploring Flemish LGBT+ televisibility, localized identity politics and peripheral queer television scholarship
Florian Vanlee
Sofie Van Bauwel
Frederik Dhaenens
Dissertation
2019
Representing gender-based violence in teen series : young people’s discourses on the Spanish series Física o Química
Maria-Jose Masanet
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF YOUTH STUDIES
2019
Timeless masculinity : a qualitative inquiry into the gendered ideologies of an annual music poll radio program
Frederik Dhaenens
C3
Conference
2019
‘Press play for pride’ : the cultural logics of LGBTQ-themed playlists on Spotify
Frederik Dhaenens
Jean Burgess
A1
Journal Article
in
NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY
2019
2018
Audiences’ coping practices with intrusive interfaces : researching audiences in algorithmic, datafied, platform societies
Anne Mollen
Frederik Dhaenens
Bookchapter
in
The future of audiences
2018
Gendered ageing bodies in popular media culture
Iolanda Tortajada
Frederik Dhaenens
Cilia Willem
Editorial material
2018
How queer is 'pink' programming? On the representational politics of an identity-based film program at Film Fest Gent
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
SEXUALITIES
2018
Isn’t a gay archetype just a stereotype? How Flemish TV professionals produce LGBT(Q) characters and storylines.
Florian Vanlee
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
C3
Conference
2018
Pink programming across Europe : exploring identity politics at European LGBT film festivals
Frederik Dhaenens
A2
Journal Article
in
STUDIES IN EUROPEAN CINEMA
2018
Resistant masculinities in alternative R&B? Understanding Frank Ocean and The Weeknd’s Representations of Gender
Frederik Dhaenens
Sander De Ridder
Bookchapter
in
Gender, race, and class in media : a critical reader
2018
Sexual diversity on the small screen : mapping LGBT+ characters in Flemish television fiction (2001 – 2016)
Florian Vanlee
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
Book
2018
Understanding queer normality : LGBT plus representations in millennial flemish television fiction
Florian Vanlee
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
A1
Journal Article
in
TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA
2018
2017
(Un)covering masculinities in cover song videos
Frederik Dhaenens
Bookchapter
in
The Routledge companion to media fandom
2017
Historical, temporal and contemporary trends on gender and media
Núria Núria Araüna
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
Editorial material
2017
Pink programming across Europe: Exploring the Identity Politics at European LGBTQ Film Festivals
Frederik Dhaenens
C3
Conference
2017
Queer Like You and Me? Quantitative Research and Local Queer TV Studies
Florian Vanlee
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
C3
Conference
2017
Reading the boys of girls
Frederik Dhaenens
Bookchapter
in
Reading Lena Dunham’s girls : feminism, post feminism, authenticity and gendered performance in contemporary television
2017
Same-sex love in times of Dutroux : the articulation of homosexuality with child abuse in late 1990s’ Flemish print media
Florian Vanlee
Sofie Van Bauwel
Frederik Dhaenens
A2
Journal Article
in
CATALAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND CULTURAL STUDIES
2017
Sex in sitcoms : unravelling the discourses on sex in Friends
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
Bookchapter
in
The Routledge companion to media, sex and sexuality
2017
Televising Flemish LGBTQs : Mapping LGBTQ characters in Flemish television fiction
Florian Vanlee
Sofie Van Bauwel
Frederik Dhaenens
C3
Conference
2017
‘Queer’ Playlists on Spotify: Understanding the practice of curating LGBTQ-themed playlists on a music streaming service
Frederik Dhaenens
C3
Conference
2017
2016
Franky Reborn : discourses on the first transgender character in the Flemish soap Thuis
Florian Vanlee
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
C1
Conference
2016
Negotiating Masculinities in HBO’s Girls
Frederik Dhaenens
C3
Conference
2016
Old topics, old approaches? 'Reception' in television studies and music studies
Rafal Zaborowski
Frederik Dhaenens
A2
Journal Article
in
PARTICIPATIONS
2016
Queer cuttings on YouTube : re-editing soap operas as a form of fan-produced queer resistance
Frederik Dhaenens
Bookchapter
in
Gender and the media
2016
Reading gay music videos: an inquiry into the representation of sexual diversity in contemporary popular music videos
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
POPULAR MUSIC AND SOCIETY
2016
Schermen met seks(ualiteit) : het emancipatorische belang van televisierepresentaties van seks en seksualiteit voor het jonge kijkpubliek
Frederik Dhaenens
Elke Van Damme
Bookchapter
in
Media, democratie en identiteit : de rol van media in een democratische samenleving
2016
Sex in sitcoms : unravelling the discourses on sex in Friends
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
C3
Conference
2016
Urban Queers and Rural Hicks: Metronormativity and LGBTs as markers of late modernity in Flemish quality television fiction
Florian Vanlee
Sofie Van Bauwel
Frederik Dhaenens
C3
Conference
2016
2015
How queer is pink film programming? An inquiry into the representational politics of an identity-based film program at Film Fest Gent
Frederik Dhaenens
C3
Conference
2015
Opening the homemade television closet : a textual and contextual analysis of an early gay character in Flemish television fiction
Florian Vanlee
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
C3
Conference
2015
Resistant masculinities in alternative R&B? Understanding Frank Ocean and The Weeknd's representations of gender
Frederik Dhaenens
Sander De Ridder
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES
2015
The power of celebrities : past experiences, current status, and a friendly encounter as key components to transform young individuals in it gets better
Sandra Wagemakers
Frederik Dhaenens
A2
Journal Article
in
CELEBRITY STUDIES
2015
2014
Articulations of queer resistance on the small screen
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
CONTINUUM-JOURNAL OF MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES
2014
Fans who cut their soaps queer: a queer theoretical study into online fandom of gay television representation
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
Bookchapter
in
The Ashgate research companion to fan cultures
2014
2013
Queer gazing and the popular: a study on the representational strategies of queer representations in popular television fiction
Sofie Van Bauwel
Frederik Dhaenens
Daniël Biltereyst
Bookchapter
in
The international encyclopedia of media studies : content and representation
2013
Resistant masculinities in alternative R & B : understanding the gender politics of Frank Ocean, How to Dress Well and The Weekend
Frederik Dhaenens
Sander De Ridder
C3
Conference
2013
Teenage queerness: negotiating heteronormativity in the representation of gay teenagers in Glee
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF YOUTH STUDIES
2013
The fantastic queer: reading gay representations in Torchwood and True Blood as articulations of queer resistance
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION
2013
2012
Gay male domesticity on the small screen: queer representations of gay homemaking in six feet under and brothers & sisters
Frederik Dhaenens
A2
Journal Article
in
POPULAR COMMUNICATION
2012
Gays on the small screen: a queer theoretical study into articulations of queer resistance in contemporary television fiction
Frederik Dhaenens
Daniël Biltereyst
Sofie Van Bauwel
Dissertation
2012
Queer cuttings on YouTube: re-editing soap operas as a form of fan-produced queer resistance
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES
2012
Queer resistances in the adult animated sitcom
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
A1
Journal Article
in
TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA
2012
Reading gays on the small screen a reception study among flemish viewers of Queer resistance in contemporary television fiction
Frederik Dhaenens
A1
Journal Article
in
JAVNOST-THE PUBLIC
2012
The good, the bad or the queer: articulations of queer resistance in the wire
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
A1
Journal Article
in
SEXUALITIES
2012
2011
De heterowereld van de machoman
Fien Adriaens
Frederik Dhaenens
Newsarticle
2011
Gay representation, queer resistance, and the small screen : a reception study of gay representations among Flemish fans of contemporary television fiction
Frederik Dhaenens
Book
2011
Queer theory and change: towards a pragmatic approach to resistance and subversion in media research on gay and lesbian identities
Sander De Ridder
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
A2
Journal Article
in
OBSERVATORIO (OBS*)
2011
Smakeloze schoktelevisie? Nee hoor!
Sander De Ridder
Frederik Dhaenens
Newsarticle
2011
2010
Hollywood, resistance and transgressive queerness: re-reading Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), The Children’s Hour (1961) and Advise and Consent (1962)
Frederik Dhaenens
Daniël Biltereyst
Sofie Van Bauwel
Bookchapter
in
Gendered transformations : theory and practices on gender and media
2010
Wallowing in sex: the new sexual culture of 1970s American television
Frederik Dhaenens
Bookreview
2010
2009
Het discours van jongeren over gender en holebiseksualiteit: flexen, players en metroseksuelen
Alexis Dewaele
Johny Vincke
Nele Cox
Frederik Dhaenens
Report
2009
Het discours van jongeren over man-vrouw rolpatronen en holebiseksualiteit. Over Flexen, players en metroseksuelen
Alexis Dewaele
Johny Vincke
Nele Cox
Frederik Dhaenens
Book
2009
Queer cinema in Europe
Frederik Dhaenens
Bookreview
2009
Screening sex: Linda Williams, Screening sex, Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2008
Frederik Dhaenens
Bookreview
2009
2008
Screened Out. Playing Gay in Hollywood from Edison to Stonewall
Frederik Dhaenens
Bookreview
2008
Slashing the fiction of queer theory: slash fiction, queer reading, and transgressing the boundaries of screen studies, representations, and audiences
Frederik Dhaenens
Sofie Van Bauwel
Daniël Biltereyst
A2
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION INQUIRY
2008