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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Members of the European Parliament, national parliamentarians, European Commission officials, and policy actors will discuss the intersection of media regulation and democratic governance.