I published over 20 academic articles in academic journals and wrote multiple book chapters and research reports (1233 citations, Google Scholar, 29/07/2023). Next to these publications, I also presented my work at numerous international conferences, for which I received two best paper awards.
Articles
Cauberghe, V., De Jans, S., Hudders, L., & Vanwesenbeeck, I. (2022). Children’s resilience during Covid-19 confinement. A child’s perspective-Which general and media coping strategies are useful? Journal of Community Psychology, 50(3), 1503–1520. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22729
Cauberghe, V., Vanwesenbeeck, I., De Jans, S., Hudders, L., & Ponnet, K. (2021). How adolescents use social media to cope with feelings of loneliness and anxiety during COVID-19 lockdown. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 24(4), 250–257. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2020.0478
De Jans, S., Vanwesenbeeck, I., Cauberghe, V., Hudders, L., Rozendaal, E., & van Reijmersdal, E. A. (2018). The Development and Testing of a Child-inspired Advertising Disclosure to Alert Children to Digital and Embedded Advertising. Journal of Advertising, 1–15. doi: 10.1080/00913367.2018.1463580
Holvoet, S., Vanwesenbeeck, I., Hudders, L., & Herrewijn, L. (2022). Predicting parental mediation of personalized advertising and online data collection practices targeting teenagers. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 66(2), 213–234. doi: 10.1080/08838151.2022.2051511
Hudders, L., & Vanwesenbeeck, I. (2020). Effects of disclosing influencer marketing in videos: An eye tracking study among children in early adolescence. Journal of Interactive Marketing, 49(1), 94–106.
Keller, P, Vanwesenbeeck, I., Hudders, L., & Decloedt, A. (2021). Horse owners’ attitudes towards and motivators for using complementary and alternative veterinary medicine. The Veterinary Record, 189(2), e303. doi: 10.1002/vetr.303
Keller, P., Vanwesenbeeck, I., & Decloedt, A. (2023). Surveying dog owners’ use and understanding of, and communication with veterinarians about, complementary and alternative veterinary medicine. The Veterinary Record, 192(11), e2343. doi: 10.1002/vetr.2343
Loose, F., Hudders, L., De Jans, S., & Vanwesenbeeck, I. (2023). A qualitative approach to unravel young children’s advertising literacy for YouTube advertising: in-depth interviews with children and their parents. Yearbook of Conrad Studies, 24(1), 74–94. doi: 10.1108/YC-04-2022-1507
Loose, F., Hudders, L., Vanwesenbeeck, I., & De Jans, S. (2023). Preschoolers and advertising: A systematic literature review and future research agenda on the effects of advertising on preschool children. Journal of Advertising, 52(3), 439–455. doi: 10.1080/00913367.2022.2043794
Mingolla, C., Hudders, L., Vanwesenbeeck, I., & Claerebout, E. (2019). Towards a biased mindset: An extended Theory of Planned Behaviour framework to predict farmers’ intention to adopt a sustainable mange control approach. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 169, 104695. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104695
Symons, K., Ponnet, K., Vanwesenbeeck, I., Walrave, M., & Van Ouytsel, J. (2020). Parent-Child Communication about Internet Use and Acceptance of Parental Authority. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 64(1), 1–19. doi: 10.1080/08838151.2019.1681870
Symons, K., Vanwesenbeeck, I., Walrave, M., Van Ouytsel, J., & Ponnet, K. (2019). Parents’ concerns over internet use, their engagement in interaction restrictions, and adolescents’ behavior on social networking sites. Youth & Society, 0044118X1983476. doi: 10.1177/0044118X19834769
Van den Abeele, E., Vanwesenbeeck, I., & Hudders, L. (2023). Child’s privacy versus mother’s fame: unravelling the biased decision-making process of momfluencers to portray their children online. Information, Communication & Society, 1–17. doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2023.2205484
Vanwesenbeeck, I., Ponnet, K., & Walrave, M. (2016). Go with the flow: How children’s persuasion knowledge is associated with their state of flow and emotions during advergame play. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 15(1), 38–47. doi: 10.1002/cb.1529
Vanwesenbeeck, I., Ponnet, K., & Walrave, M. (2017). Young adolescents’ advertising literacy and purchase intention in social network games: Influence of perspective taking and need for cognition. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 16(1), 23–33. doi: 10.1002/cb.1596
Vanwesenbeeck, I., Walrave, M., & Ponnet, K. (2017). Children and advergames: the role of product involvement, prior brand attitude, persuasion knowledge and game attitude in purchase intentions and changing attitudes. International Journal of Advertising, 36(4), 520-541.
Vanwesenbeeck, I., Walrave, M., & Ponnet, K. (2015). Jongeren en reclame in sociaalnetwerkgames. Tijdschrift Voor Communicatiewetenschap, 43(4). doi: 10.5117/2015.043.004.392
Vanwesenbeeck, I., Walrave, M., & Ponnet, K. (2016a). Reclamewijsheid van Vlaamse jongeren in een sociaalnetwerkgame: vergelijkende studie tussen billboardreclame en productgebruik. Kind & Adolescent, 37(1), 38–57. doi: 10.1007/s12453-015-0105-0
Vanwesenbeeck, I., Walrave, M., & Ponnet, K. (2016b). Young adolescents and advertising on social network games: A structural equation model of perceived parental media mediation, advertising literacy, and behavioral intention. Journal of Advertising, 45(2), 183–197. doi: 10.1080/00913367.2015.1123125
Walrave, M., Vanwesenbeeck, I., & Heirman, W. (2012). Connecting and protecting? Comparing predictors of self-disclosure and privacy settings use between adolescents and adults. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 6(1). doi: 10.5817/CP2012-1-3
Zarouali, B., Walrave, M., Poels, K., Ponnet, K., & Vanwesenbeeck, I. (2016). Online reclamewijsheid bij kinderen. Tijdschrift Voor Communicatiewetenschap, 44(1). doi: 10.5117/2016.044.001.003
Book chapters
Vanwesenbeeck, I., Opree, S. J., & Smits, T. (2017). Can disclosures aid children’s recognition of TV and website advertising? In V. Zabkar & M. Eisend (Eds.), Advances in advertising research VIII (pp. 45–57). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-18731-6_4
Vanwesenbeeck, I., Ponnet, K., Walrave, M., & Van Ouytsel, J. (2018). Parents’ role in adolescents’ sexting behaviour. In M. Walrave, J. Van Ouytsel, K. Ponnet, & J. R. Temple (Eds.), Sexting (pp. 63–80). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71882-8_5
Editorials
Aarts, N., Smeets, I., & Vanwesenbeeck, I. (2022). Wetenschapscommunicatie in de spotlights. Tijdschrift Voor Communicatiewetenschap, 50(3), 141–146. doi: 10.5117/TCW2022.3.001.AART
Book reviews
Vanwesenbeeck, I. (2020). Mascheroni, M., Ponte, C., & Jorge, A.(Eds.)(2018). Digital parenting–The challenges for families in the Digital Age. Göteborg: Nordicom. 239 pp.
Research positions
| 2021-ongoing | Assistant Professor, Department Communication and Cognition, Tilburg University, The Netherlands |
| 2021 | Assistant Professor (.15 FTE), Department Media & Business, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2018-2019 | Post-doctoral assistant, BOF Postdoctoral Fellowship Scholarship, Department Communication Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium |
| 2018 | Post-doctoral researcher (September 2018), Department Communication Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium |
| 2016-2018 | Project and valorisation coordinator VLAIO-SBO project AdLit, Department Communication Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium |
| 2011-2016 | PhD student, Research Fund – Flanders, Predoctoral Fellowship, Department Communication Studies, University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| 2010-2011 | Predoctoral researcher, Department Communication Studies, University of Antwerp, Belgium |