NEWS FILTER
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UPCOMING | Seminar on Positioning and Othering in Social Media Discourse by Shomaila Sadaf
A seminar on how individuals locate themselves and others with the moral and social frameworks during online discussions with Shomaila Sadaf (University of Jyväskylä).
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UPCOMING | Conference: Communicating Narratives, Imaginaries and Epistemes of Hope
The conference on hope as a communicative force in media, culture, and public discourse. Abstract submissions open until the 10th of May 2026.
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Interview with Intellect: Nico Carpentier discusses discourse, ideology, participation, democracy, and more
Nico Carpentier discusses his reasons for becoming an academic, his books and publications, and answers many questions about his past and ongoing research.
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UPCOMING | Screening of ‘AGON: Constructions of Democracy’ at the University of Split in Croatia
Screening of the film as a part of the CFP: Conference – ‘The Role of Journalism in Endangered Democracy’ at the Communication and Media Department, University of Split, Split, Croatia (5-6 June 2026).
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Screening of ‘AGON: Constructions of Democracy’ at the Corvinus University of Budapest
Screening of the film as part of the Institute Research Seminar at the Institute of Marketing and Communication Sciences, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary (23 April 2026).
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Constructing childhood in the Russian-Ukrainian War: UNICEF’s Instagram representations of children
In this article, David Ongenaert and Marie Flügge examine how UNICEF represents children affected by the Russian–Ukrainian war on Instagram from 2022 to 2023.
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Nico Carpentier: ensaio cinematográfico discute os desafios da democracia
Safira Campos and Pedro Pinto de Oliveira discuss audiovisual essays as tools for combining scientific theory and artistic expression to address political issues.’AGON: Constructions of Democracy’ is taken as an example of just such work.
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Constructing the discursive frontiers: A discourse-theoretical analysis of the Blue Homeland doctrine in a TRT documentary
In this study, Mazlum Kemal Dagdelen uses discourse-theoretical analysis to examine how Turkey’s maritime borders are discursively constructed in the Mavi Vatan [Blue Homeland] doctrine.
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First TV broadcast of ‘AGON: Constructions of Democracy’
TV broadcast of AGON on the Öppna Kanalen Stockholm. The film essay was broadcast on the 11th and the 12th of April.
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“Democracy and media in Europe: A discursive-material approach” nominated for the Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award
Book by Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer is one of five nominees for the 9th edition of the The Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award.