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• Charlotte De Backer is Assistant Professor (docent) at the University of Antwerp, Dept. Communication Studies since October 2010. She is a member of MIOS (Media and ICT in Organizations and Society) and teaches courses on interpersonal communication...More

  Charlotte De Backer is Assistant Professor (docent) at the University of Antwerp, Dept. Communication Studies since October 2010. She is a member of MIOS (Media and ICT in Organizations and Society) and teaches courses on interpersonal communication, intercultural communication and business communication. Prior to her current position she worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Social, Behavioral and Economic Research at the University of California, Santa Barbara (with a grant from the Belgian American Education Foundation), and as a Lecturer at the University of Leicester, Dept. Media and Communication. Her doctoral dissertation and earlier work focused on verbal interpersonal communication (gossip) and media effect studies. Since 2010 she started to conduct research in the field of Food Studies. She was awarded a small grant by University of Antwerp, and funding by the Taiwanese Government to launch her research about media effects on eating habits, and aspires to continue her research career in this domain. Less

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