Olivier Driessens

Olivier Driessens

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Kopecka-Piech, K., & Bolin, G. (Eds.) (2023). Contemporary challenges in mediatisation research. London: Routledge. 200 pp.

    Driessens, Olivier, 1 Mar 2024, In: Communications - the European Journal of Communication Research. 49, 1, p. 172-174

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearchpeer-review

  3. 2022
  4. Published

    Mediated recognition: Identity, respect, and social justice in a changing media environment

    Driessens, Olivier & Uberg Nærland, T., 11 Nov 2022, In: Communications. 47, 4, p. 505-515

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  5. Published

    Not everything is changing: on the relative neglect and meanings of continuity in communication and social change research

    Driessens, Olivier, 18 Oct 2022, In: Communication Theory. 33, 1, p. 32-41

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. 2020
  7. Published

    Celebrity, Aspiration and Contemporary Youth: Education and Inequality in an Era of Austerity

    Driessens, Olivier, 2020, In: Journal of Education Policy. 36, 6, p. 865-866

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearch

  8. Published

    Practicing Media - Mediating Practice: Introduction

    Burchell, K., Driessens, Olivier & Mattoni, A., 2020, In: International Journal of Communication. 14, 2020, p. 2775–2788

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 2016
  10. Published

    Hepp, A., & Krotz, F.(Eds.).Mediatized worlds: Culture and society in a mediaage. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 332 pp.

    Driessens, Olivier, 25 Nov 2016, In: Communications. 41, 4

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  11. 2015
  12. Published

    On the epistemology and operationalisation of celebrity

    Driessens, Olivier, 3 Jul 2015, In: Celebrity Studies. 6, 3, p. 370-373 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Expanding celebrity studies’ research agenda: theoretical opportunities and methodological challenges in interviewing celebrities

    Driessens, Olivier, 3 Apr 2015, In: Celebrity Studies. 6, 2, p. 192-205 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 2014
  15. Published

    A celebritização da sociedade e da cultura: entendendo a dinâmica estrutural da cultura da celebridade

    Driessens, Olivier, 11 Dec 2014, In: C-Legenda - Revista do Programa de Pós-graduação em Cinema e Audiovisual. 31, p. 8

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Theorizing celebrity cultures: Thickenings of media cultures and the role of cultural (working) memory

    Driessens, Olivier, 2014, In: Communications. 39, 2, p. 109-127 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 2013
  18. Published

    The celebritization of society and culture: Understanding the structural dynamics of celebrity culture

    Driessens, Olivier, Nov 2013, In: International Journal of Cultural Studies. 16, 6, p. 641-657 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    'Do (not) go to vote!' Media provocation explained

    Driessens, Olivier, Oct 2013, In: European Journal of Communication. 28, 5, p. 556-569 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Celebrity capital: Redefining celebrity using field theory

    Driessens, Olivier, Sep 2013, In: Theory and Society. 42, 5, p. 543-560 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Being a celebrity in times of its democratisation: a case study from the Flemish region

    Driessens, Olivier, Jul 2013, In: Celebrity Studies. 4, 2, p. 249-253 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    The mediatization of deviant subcultures: an analysis of the media-related practices of graffiti writers and skaters

    Encheva, K., Driessens, Olivier & Verstraeten, H., 28 Jun 2013, In: MedieKultur. 29, 54

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 2012
  24. Published

    The X-factor of charity: A critical analysis of celebrities' involvement in the 2010 Flemish and Dutch Haiti relief shows

    Driessens, Olivier, Joye, S. & Biltereyst, D., Sep 2012, In: Media, Culture and Society. 34, 6, p. 709-725 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. 2010
  26. Published

    De Celebritysupermarkt

    Driessens, Olivier, 1 Dec 2010, In: Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap. 38, 4

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  27. Published

    Personalization according to politicians: A practice theoretical analysis of mediatization

    Driessens, Olivier, Raeymaeckers, K., Verstraeten, H. & Vandenbussche, S., Sep 2010, In: Communications. 35, 3, p. 309-326 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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