Upcoming Events
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.
Journal Article
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.
News
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.
News
“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.
Report
Johana Bazlerová: Czech Citizen Parliament on Media and Democracy (MeDeMAP research project)
Johana Bazlerová talks about the Citizens’ Parliament organized as a part of the MeDeMAP – Mapping Media for Future Democracies.
News Article
“This Is How Democracy Should Work”: Participants on the First Citizens’ Assembly on Media and Democracy in Czechia by Klára Odstrčilová
Klára Odstrčilová discusses the Czech Citizen Parliament, organized as a part of the MeDeMAP project.
Screening
Nico Carpentier: “The shifting political center, democracy, and the foundations of journalism: how to survive in today’s polarized political landscape?”
Watch Nico Carpentier’s presentation on the new political realities that challenge the foundations of journalism.
Journal Article
University students’ perspectives and (re-)imaginations of inclusive classroom practices. An inclusive and collaborative approach to inclusive education
This study examines how students at a Dutch research university perceive, interpret, and (re-)imagine inclusive classroom practices.
Screening
Screening of AGON at the Tallinn University
Screening of the film at the Media Conference 2026: Journalism, Freedom, Data, Privacy. Held at the Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia (26 March 2026).
Publication
(Post-)Digital Transformation of Rupture: The Czech Media Landscape and Its Threats
An article empirically focusing on threats to the media landscape from the perspectives of regulatory institutions, news media organizations, and citizens, theoretically grounded in a discursive-material framework.