Biography
Bartosz G. Zerebecki is a junior lecturer and a PhD candidate in the Department of Media and Communication. He teaches courses on social science research design, quantitative methods in media and communication, and supervises Bachelor thesis projects.
His dissertation examines the role of TV shows in promoting positive diversity attitudes towards ethnic and sexual minorities through different methodologies. Using semi-structured interviews, he studied how the youth chooses entertainment TV content and what characters they relate to. Subsequently, Bartosz designed a quantitative content analysis codebook to evaluate minority representation on TV. The third study introduced the Character Recognizability Scale, which measures the sense of similarity with characters from social minorities and majorities alike. Afterward, using structural equation modeling, he showed that different types of recognizability predict other media engagement measurements and prejudice reduction towards LGBTQ people. The final studies will employ a random intercept cross-lagged panel model to examine whether exposure to minority characters and engagement with them through recognizability causes diversity attitudes improvement over time.
Besides, Bartosz published empirical research about marketization in Poland, preadolescent technology use, and LGBTQ gaming, and theoretical works on media effects.
His work appeared in journals such as Sociology Compass, Psychology of Popular Media, Journal of Homosexuality, Mass Communication and Society, and Simulation and Gaming.
Bartosz holds a BA in Post-Colonial Studies from Brown University and earned an MSc in the research master program Sociology of Culture, Media and Arts from Erasmus School of History Culture and Communication.
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
- zerebecki@eshcc.eur.nl
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Work
- Bartosz Zerebecki, Suzanna Opree & Joep Hofhuis (2024) - Mediated contact with LGBTQ characters: Associations between recognizability, parasocial friendship, wishful identification, and LGBTQ prejudice. - Communication Studies - doi: 10.1080/10510974.2024.2390703
- Bartosz G. Żerebecki, Suzanna J. Opree, Joep Hofhuis & Susanne Janssen (2024) - Beyond Perceived Similarity: Development and Validation of the Character Recognizability Scale (CRS) - Mass Communication and Society, 27 (5), 1220-1251 - doi: 10.1080/15205436.2024.2366224 - [link]
- Bartosz G. Żerebecki, Suzanna J. Opree, Joep Hofhuis & Susanne Janssen (2024) - Recognizing the Similarities and Appreciating the Differences?: Content Choices and Perceived (Dis)similarity With TV Show Characters Among Youth - Psychology of Popular Media, 13 (2), 210-218 - doi: 10.1037/ppm0000465 - [link]
- B. G. Żerebecki, S. J. Opree, J. Hofhuis & S. Janssen (2024) - Successful Minority Representations on TV Count: A Quantitative Content Analysis Approach - Journal of Homosexuality, 71 (7), 1703-1726 - doi: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2191287 - [link]
- Alba Clément, Bartosz G. Żerebecki & Suzanna J. Opree (2023) - Striking the Right Pose Successful Representations of Transgender Women of Color - Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap, 51 (4), 365-386 - doi: 10.5117/tCW2023.4.002.CLEM - [link]
- Bartosz G. Żerebecki & Suzanna J. Opree (2022) - The direct and indirect effects of social technology use on children's life satisfaction - International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 34, 1-10 - doi: 10.1016/j.ijcci.2022.100538 - [link]
- Julia Kneer, Yubo Zhang, Bartosz Grzegorz Żerebecki & Tim Wulf (2022) - Same Gaming: An Exploration of Relationships Between Gender Traits, Sexual Orientation, Motivations, and Enjoyment of Playing Video Games - Simulation and Gaming, 53 (5), 423-445 - doi: 10.1177/10468781221113030 - [link]
- Bartosz G. Żerebecki, Esther van der Vliet & Julia Kneer (2022) - I Want to Be You(r Friend): An Investigation of the Effects of Gendered Personality Traits on Engagement with Different Modern Family Characters - Journalism and Media, 3 (2), 362-381 - doi: 10.3390/journalmedia3020026 - [link]
- Bartosz G. Żerebecki, Suzanna J. Opree, Joep Hofhuis & Susanne Janssen (2021) - Can TV shows promote acceptance of sexual and ethnic minorities? A literature review of television effects on diversity attitudes - Sociology Compass, 15 (8), 1-16 - doi: 10.1111/soc4.12906 - [link]
- Bartosz Zerebecki, Suzanna Opree, Joep Hofhuis & Susanne Janssen (2021) - What attracts Polish youth viewers to entertainment TV shows?: Exploring (dis)similarity with characters, onscreen diversity, and the possibility for stereotype change.
- Bartosz Zerebecki, Anne-Marie van Prooijen & Yijing Wang (2024) - Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - Julia Kneer, Bartosz Zerebecki & D Pietschmann (2024) - Frontiers in Psychology (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - BG (Bartosz) Zerebecki & SJ (Suzanna) Opree (2021) - The Direct and Indirect Effects of Social ICT Use on the Life Satisfaction among Polish Preadolescents (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Bartosz Zerebecki (2021) - Etmaal Van de Communicatiewetenschap (Participant)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic
Introduction to Social Science Research
- Year Level
- BA-1, Pre-master, Pre-master, Pre-master, Pre-master
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM1002
Quantitative Methods in Media and Comm.
- Level
- BA-2
- Year Level
- BA-2
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM2005
Media and Consumer Culture
- Year Level
- BA-2, BA-3
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM2054