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R.W. (Rhianne) Hoek PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher & Lecturer
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
CW : Youth & Media Entertainment
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
  • Room number: C10.03
Postal address
  • Postbus 15791
    1001 NG Amsterdam
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  • Profile

    I am a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer interested in how we can use technology and/or AI to encourage adolescents/young adults to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle. Furthermore, I am interested in studying the effects of social media influencers and using innovative research methodologies. I am proficient in conducting field experiments, surveys and content analyses, frequentist as well as Bayesian analyses, and using both direct and indirect measures. I enjoy teaching, especially individual supervision and statistical and practical courses. Supervising students and helping them grow into good researchers gives me positive energy. 

    Expertise & research fields

    • Children & adolescents
    • Sustainability
    • Social media influencers
  • Research

    Research methods

    • Experiments
    • Surveys
    • Content analysis
    • Focus groups

    Current research projects

    • Human Factor in New Technologies: In this project I study how we can use  technology and/or AI to encourage adolescents/young adults to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle.
    • On the Road to Sustainability: This project focuses on how social media influencers communicate about sustainability on social media such as Instagram and what the effects are of this type of communication.
    • Youth & Sustainability: In this project I work together with adolescents to get a better understanding about the way they think, come in contact with, and interact with the topic of sustainability.
  • Teaching

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  • Publications

    2024

    • Hoek, R. W., & Ong, R. E. (2024). Een #maatjemeer of #maatjeminder: De effecten van body size en leeftijd in #bodypositivity-Instagramcontent op de lichaamstevredenheid van vrouwen. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap, 52, 203-231. https://doi.org/10.5117/tCW2024.2.004.hoEK [details]

    2022

    • Hoek, R. W., Rozendaal, E., van Schie, H. T., & Buijzen, M. (2022). Inhibitory control moderates the relation between advertising literacy activation and advertising susceptibility. Media Psychology, 25(1). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2020.1856685

    2021

    • Buijzen, M., Anschütz, D., de Leeuw, R. N. H., Bleize, D. N. M., Sadza, A. J. C., de Droog, S. M., Rozendaal, E., & Dutch Young Consumers Network (2021). Behind the policy frontline in the Netherlands during the Corona crisis. Journal of Children and Media, 15(1), 49-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2020.1858899 [details]
    • Hoek, R. W., Rozendaal, E., van Schie, H. T., & Buijzen, M. (2021). Development and testing of the advertising literacy activation task: an indirect measurement instrument for children aged 7-13 years old. Media Psychology, 24, 814-846. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2020.1817090

    2020

    • Hoek, R. W., Rozendaal, E., van Schie, H. T., van Reijmersdal, E. A., & Buijzen, M. (2020). Testing the Effectiveness of a Disclosure in Activating Children’s Advertising Literacy in the Context of Embedded Advertising in Vlogs. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 451. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00451 [details]

    2023

    • Möller, A. M., Hoek, R. W., Helwegen, B., & Thijs, G. (2023). On the road to sustainability: Themes and strategies used by Dutch greenfluencers on Instagram and their relation with user activity. Abstract from Etmaal Communicatiewetenschap 2023, Enschede, Netherlands.
    • Möller, A. M., Hoek, R. W., Helwegen, B., & Thijs, G. (2023). On the road to sustainability: Themes and strategies used by Dutch greenfluencers on Instagram and their relation with user activity. Paper presented at 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
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