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Personal profile
Research profile
Malene Charlotte Larsen, PhD, and is an Associate Professor in social media studies. Since the mid-2000s, she has researched digital youth culture and young people's use of social media. She leads the research group Digital Media in Everyday Life.
In recent years, Malene's research has focused on young people's use of Snapchat, algorithms in everyday life, the relationship between social media design elements and the well-being of children and youth as well as young people's sustainable comsumption i digital everyday life. Methodologically, she works with digital ethnography and nexus analysis.
Latest book is 'Social Media Across Everyday Contexts: Digital Childhood and Youth in the Nordics' from 2024.
Teaching profile
Since 2005, Malene Charlotte Larsen has taught and supervised students from first semester to thesis level in the programs Communication and Digital Media (formerly Humanities Informatics), Communication, Information Science, Interactive Digital Media, Media Studies, Information Technology, and Sociology at Aalborg University. She has also taught students at other Danish and international universities as a guest lecturer.
Her primary teaching areas include social media, digital media and digital culture, internet use, interpersonal communication, media sociology, and discourse analysis, as well as methodological courses such as qualitative methods, research ethics, digital methods, internet-mediated mixed methods research, and digital ethnography.
Administrative profile
Malene Charlotte Larsen is a member of the Study Board for Communication and Digital Media and faculty member of AAU Practice Committee.
PhD Supervision
Currently, Malene is (co) PhD supervisor for two Phd students focusing on strategic use of social medie and social media, sustainability and food waste.
Keywords
- Media Research
- Communication and Informatics
- Web 2.0
- Social Software
- Social Media
- Social networking
- Social networking sites
- Discourse analysis
- Mediated Discourse Analyis
- Nexus Analysis
- Culture and Media theory
- Discourse and Society
- Business, Culture and Communication
- Sociology and Social Conditions
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Collaborations from the last five years
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SoMeWell: SoMeWell: Sammenhængen mellem sociale mediers designgreb og børn og unges trivsel
Larsen, M. C. (PI)
02/09/2024 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research
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Enhancing Social, Mental, and Physical Well-Being in a Digital Age
Larsen, M. C. (PI), van Berkel, N. (PI), Weber, D. (CoI), Hansen, N. B. (CoI) & Sørensen, M. J. (CoI)
17/05/2024 → …
Project: Research
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Mixing up platform-generated feedback with relations: Teens’ affective attunement to social media notifications
Larsen, M. C. (PI) & Kofoed, J. (PI)
01/10/2021 → 31/10/2031
Project: Research
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Intimacy, social media and youth
Larsen, M. C. (Project Participant) & Kofoed, J. (Project Participant)
01/01/2013 → …
Project: Research
Research output
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Digital etnografi: At undersøge det digitale hverdagsliv
Larsen, M. C., 2025, (In preparation) Samfundslitteratur. 200 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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»Er de to sammen lige nu?« Snap Map kan skabe ufrivillig overvågning
Larsen, M. C., 15 Sept 2024, In: videnskab.dk.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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Anonym sladder på nettet er andet end bare ondskab
Larsen, M. C. (Performer), 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication
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Domestication of Sustainability Apps: Exploring Consumer Engagement, Motivations, Ideologies, and the Role of Datafication in Everyday Practices
Krogager, S. G. S., Larsen, M. C., Andersen, T. F., Vistisen, P. & Simonsen, T. M., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference without publisher/journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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Girl Culture, Unspectacular Resistance and Social Media – A Study of How Adolescent Girls Undo Emphasized Femininity through Shitposting
Krogh, S. C., Jensen, S. Q. & Larsen, M. C., 20 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Youth Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Pris for bedste speciale på uddannelsen Humanistisk Informatik, Aalborg Universitet
Larsen, M. C. (Recipient), 31 Aug 2006
Prize: Other prizes
Activities
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Modern Friendship in a Digital Age
Larsen, M. C. (Participant)
17 Sept 2024Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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Inviteret ekspert, Center for sociale medier, tech og demokrati, Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen, Kulturministeriet
Larsen, M. C. (Consultant)
14 Aug 2024Activity: Public/private sector consultancy and other employment › Public Sector Consultancy
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Independent Research Fund Denmark (External organisation)
Larsen, M. C. (Member)
1 Jun 2023 → 1 Nov 2023Activity: Memberships › Membership of review committee
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Afslutningsseminar i bobleprojektet, Unges bæredygtige forbrug i en digital hverdag med Center for Ungdomsforskning
Krogager, S. G. S. (Participant), Larsen, M. C. (Participant), Leer, J. (Participant), Jensen, M. T. (Participant) & Sørensen, N. U. (Participant)
12 Dec 2022Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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Fundingseminar, Unges bæredygtige forbrug i en digital hverdag
Krogager, S. G. S. (Participant), Leer, J. (Participant), Jensen, M. T. (Participant) & Larsen, M. C. (Participant)
5 Dec 2022 → 6 Dec 2022Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
Press/Media
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Digital tommeltot har forandret måden vi tænker og forstår verden på
23/04/2025 → 26/04/2025
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Velkommen til 'hjertet af internettet': Stigende brug af Reddit blandt unge
15/04/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Mere end halvdelen af 9-14-årige har fået skældud over skærmtid
26/03/2025 → 29/03/2025
16 items of Media coverage
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20-årig fik en idé, som har fået plejehjemsbeboere til at græde af glæde
09/02/2025
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media