@nicocarpentier.bsky.socialYesterday's research seminar on "Assembling Nature" at the Institute of Marketing and Communication Sciences, Corvinus University of Budapest. Another bodily visualization of entanglement ... Special thanks to Sabrina Pásztor making this possible. #CULCORC
@culcorc.bsky.social📚 Thank you to Shomaila Sadaf for joining the CULCORC Seminar Series!
From her journey from media practice to researching online othering, to positioning theory and her three connected articles, the seminar explored how prejudice and othering emerge in social media discourse.
@culcorc.bsky.social📚 Tomorrow at CULCORC!
Join us for “Positioning and Othering in Social Media Discourse” with Shomaila Sadaf (University of Jyväskylä).
📅 14 Oct | 14:00 (GMT+2)
📍 Room H508, Voršilská 1, Prague
@culcorc.bsky.social📚 CULCORC Seminar Series | Next week
On 14 October, Shomaila Sadaf (University of Jyväskylä) will discuss “Positioning and Othering in Social Media Discourse.”
📅 14 Oct | 14:00 (GMT+2)
📍 H508, Voršilská 1, Prague 1
@culcorc.bsky.social📚 Nico Carpentier will conduct a guest lecture at Corvinus University of Budapest on 12 October:
“Communicating the Past: How Does the Media Shape Collective Memory?”
📅 12 October | 12:00–13:00
📍 Corvinus University, Building E, 3.324
@nicocarpentier.bsky.socialIf you're in Budapest: On 12 October, I'm doing a guest lecture on "Communicating the past: How does the media shape the collective memory" at the Corvinus University. Special thanks again to the colleagues at the Dept. of Communication and Media Science, for putting this together. #culcorc
@culcorc.bsky.social🌱 Nico Carpentier joins the panel “Anthropocentrism and its role in environmental decay” at Corvinus University of Budapest.
📅 13 October | 16:00
📍 Building C, Room 4.426
Read more: www.uni-corvinus.hu/post/event/h...
@nicocarpentier.bsky.socialOn 13 October, at 4pm, I'll join a panel on "Anthropocentrism and its role in environmental decay", together with Julianna Faludi and Alexandra Köves, at the Corvinus University of Budapest. All welcome! Thanks to the Dept. of Comm. and Media Science (and in particular Sabrina Pásztor) #CULCORC
@culcorc.bsky.social📚 Looking back at "Communicating Narratives, Imaginaries and Epistemes of Hope", held in Prague on 7 September.
Two new reflections are now available:
🔹 IAMCR: iamcr.org/s-wg/cjd/202...
🔹 ICSJ: iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/en/news/icsj...
@culcorc.bsky.social📚 CULCORC Seminar Series
“The Tensions of Democracy: Citizens, Media and Participation in the MeDeMAP European Study” with Giulia Ferri (IULM University).
📅 6 Nov | 🕛 12:00
📍 Room H508, Voršilská building, Prague
@nicocarpentier.bsky.socialThe CULCORC research centre has its newsletter out. If you are curious what we've been up to, please have a look at culcorc.fsv.cuni.cz/culcorc-news... #culcorc
@culcorc.bsky.social📰 The September 2026 CULCORC Newsletter is out!
A particularly full issue reflecting CULCORC’s high level of academic activity and continued engagement with broader society.
🔗 Read it: culcorc.fsv.cuni.cz/culcorc-news...
@culcorc.bsky.social📚 Two weeks to go!
On October 14, Shomaila Sadaf (University of Jyväskylä) will present the next CULCORC seminar series, titled "Positioning and Othering in Social Media Discourse."
📅 14 Oct | 🕑 14:00 GMT+2
📍 H508, Voršilská
@nicocarpentier.bsky.socialA pleasure to look back at the hope (pre)conference in Prague, earlier this month. Congrats again to Vaia Doudaki and her team ... More at iamcr.org/s-wg/cjd/202... #culcorc #iamcr #ecrea
@culcorc.bsky.social📚 New article by Jeffrey Wimmer in PR Magazin
“Vertrauen in den journalismus stärken?” draws on experiences from the #MeDeMAP project to explore how journalistic organisations can respond to distance, criticism and justified mistrust.
🔗 Read: prmagazin.de/wp-content/u...
@culcorc.bsky.social📢 Upcoming keynote
Nico Carpentier will deliver a keynote: "Critical Digital Studies: Acknowledging the Role of Digital Fetishism" at the 1st International Congress on Media and Communication at Yeni Yuzyil.
📅 23–24 November 2026
💻 Online
@culcorc.bsky.social📚️ New article in the European Journalism Observatory
“Your Bedroom as a Stage: Intimacy, Labour, and the #ThatGirl Trend”, by Uxía Sánchez Lorda. The article examines how bedrooms and homes become stages for audiovisual self-presentation.
🔗 To read it: cz.ejo-online.eu/8084/english...
@culcorc.bsky.social📚 New book review in Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media.
Martin Bubanović reviews "Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach" by Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer
@culcorc.bsky.social📚 #CULCORC Seminar Series
On 14 October, Shomaila Sadaf (University of Jyväskylä) will present “Positioning and Othering in Social Media Discourse”, based on her doctoral research into identity, relationships and positioning in YouTube comment sections.
🕑 14:00 (GMT+2)
📍 H508, Voršilská, Prague
@culcorc.bsky.social📚 Looking back at ECREA 2026!
From 9 to 11 September, CULCORC researchers took part in the conference with seven contributions spanning peace, democracy, ecology, community media, identity, environmental journalism and more-than-human communication.