Marleen te Walvaart

Dr. Marleen te Walvaart is an Assistant Professor in Media Industries at Utrecht University's Faculty of Humanities. She teaches in the Cultural Sciences (CIW) and Media and Culture Studies (MCW) bachelor's programs.

• Research focuses on audience engagement in television production
• Current member of MI3 research initiative
• Lead researcher in Re-Frame project (2021-2025) studying AI's role in journalistic practices

Her work explores how digital tools like Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Computer Vision (CV) impact media production, particularly in current-affairs television and public service media.

Publications from 2017-2021 show consistent focus on:

• Television production processes
• Audience participation mechanisms
• Digital transformation in media
• Public service media policy implementation
• Social inequality representation

She collaborates with institutions including:

• University of Antwerp (where she completed her PhD)
• Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (NISV)
• Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS)
• Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA)