Report
ICSJ Brings Czech Citizen Parliament Insights to the European Parliament
Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism reports on the two seminars organised as a part of the MeDeMAP project in which several CULCORC members are involved.
CULCORC Seminar Series
Seminar On The Czech Citizen Parliament: Analysing Media Change, Participation and Democracy
In this event, the Czech Citizen Parliament was examined as an illustrative case, through which the broader dynamics of contemporary democratic practices can be explored.
Book Chapter
Theorizing a multidimensional model for analyzing data fetishism: Reconciling Marxist and Freudian approaches to the ‘split’
In this chapter Andrea Miconi and Nico Carpentier deploy the notion of data fetishism to capture and unpack the centralising of computer-processed/generated large-scale data and its societal privileging over knowledge.
Book Chapter
Gradual Disappearance of the Old. Apocalypse in Eastern European Landscapes
In this paper, Štěpán Šanda examines the representations of Eastern European landscapes in local video games with post-apocalyptic settings. The paper paper considers the post-apocalyptic games S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Metro 2033 and DayZ made and set in Eastern Europe.
Journal Article
Doing Good or Looking Good? Multinational Corporations’ Social Media Discourses on Forcibly Displaced People
This study examines how five leading multinational corporations (Google, McKinsey & Company, Airbnb, Starbucks and IKEA) represent forcibly displaced people in their Twitter and YouTube communication (2015–2022). Using Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis, the authors examined their YouTube videos, tweets and embedded organic content.
Report
DESIRE reports on MeDeMAP seminar ‘Mapping Media for Future Democracies’
DESIRE, one of CULCORC’s partners from Brussels, reports on the MeDeMAP event titled Mapping Media for Future Democracies held on the 13th of January 2026. In addition to a debate on journalism and democracy, the event featured an interactive workshop on the MeDeMAP map.
Report
Faculty of Social Sciences reports on MeDeMAP project roundtables at the European Parliament
Faculty of Social Sciences (Charles University, Prague) reports on two dissemination events titled ‘Regulating Media for Future Democracies: Political and People’s Voice’ and ‘Mapping Media for Future Democracies’, held in Brussels on the 13th of January 2026.
News Article
Nico Carpentier destaca a importância do ensaio audiovisual
Safira Campos writes about audiovisual essays as tools for production and circulation of academic knowledge based on considerations of Nico Carpentier and Štěpán Šanda. ‘AGON: Constructions of Democracy’ is taken as an example of just such work.
News Article
Přemýšlet se zvukem a obrazem. Audiovizuální eseje představují odlišný druh vědecké práce
Štěpán Šanda discusses the use of audiovisual/film essays in academia. The film essay ‘AGON: Constructions of Democracy‘, features as one of the examples.
MeDeMAP Events
Mapping Media for Future Democracies
The event will include a debate on journalism and democracy, featuring perspectives from journalists, civil society organisations, and academics, as well as an interactive workshop on the MeDeMAP map.