Academic work

PhD Thesis

Van Raemdonck, Nathalie (2025) What others afford: Sociotechnical shaping of normative processes on social media platforms. PhD Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, UHasselt.

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Journal Articles

Picone, I., Van Raemdonck, N., Peeters, H.,Van Aelst, P. & Opgenhaffen, M (in review) Coping with news doubt. Exploring user-driven tactics to deal with uncertainty about the news. The European Journal of Communication Research

Van Raemdonck, N., Picone,I. & Pierson, J. (2025) Affordances-in-Practice: How Social Norm Dynamics in the Climate Change Public are Shaped on Instagram and Twitter. Social Media + Society https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20563051251319066

Peeters, H. ; Van Raemdonck, N.; Van Nieuwenborgh, J.; Opgenhaffen, M.; Picone, I. & Van Aelst, P. (2025) ‘Did this really happen or not?’: Exploring News Doubt and its Antecedents. Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies

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Van Raemdonck, N. and Pierson, J. (2022) Conceptual framework for the mutual shaping of platform features, affordances and norms on social media. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap 50(4), 358-383

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Willaert, T.; Peeters, S.; Seijbel, J.& Van Raemdonck, N. (2022) Disinformation networks: A quali-quantitative investigation of antagonistic Dutch-speaking Telegram channels. First Monday, 27(5). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v27i5.12533

Van Raemdonck, N. & Pierson, J. (2021) “Taxonomy of Social Network Platform Affordances for Group Interactions,”  14th CMI International Conference – Critical ICT Infrastructures and Platforms (CMI), pp. 1-8,

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Van Raemdonck, N. (2012) “Vested Interest or Moral Indecisiveness? Explaining the EU’s Silence on the US Targeted Killing Policy in Pakistan” Istituto Affari Internazionali, Working Paper https://www.iai.it/it/pubblicazioni/c21/vested-interest-or-moral-indecisiveness

Book Chapter

Van Raemdonck, N. & Pierson, J. (2024) Contentious Content on Messaging Apps: Actualizing Social Affordances for Normative Processes on Telegram. In Dunn, H; Regnedda, M.; Robinson, L. and Ruiu, M. (Eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Everyday Digital Life. Palgrave McMillan

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Van Raemdonck, N. & Meyer, T. (2024) Why Disinformation is Here to Stay. A Socio-Technical Analysis of Disinformation as a Hybrid Threat. In L. Lonardo (Ed). Addressing Hybrid Threats: European Law and Policies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

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Van Raemdonck, N. (2019) The Echo Chamber of anti-vaccination conspiracies: mechanisms of radicalization on Facebook and Reddit. In Khashru, S. M. (Ed.) The Digital Age, Cyber Space, and Social Media: The Challenges of Security & Radicalization. Institute for Policy, Advocacy and Governance (IPAG) Knowledge Series

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Van Raemdonck, N. (2019) “What if… Europe created an international social/news platform?” from Gaub, F. (2020) “What if…? 14 futures for 2024” EUISS Chaillot Paper