📚 CULCORC Seminar Series | Next week
On 14 October, Shomaila Sadaf (University of Jyväskylä) will discuss “Positioning and Othering in Social Media Discourse.”
đź“… 14 Oct | 14:00 (GMT+2)
📍 H508, Voršilská 1, Prague 1

📚 CULCORC Seminar Series | Next week
On 14 October, Shomaila Sadaf (University of Jyväskylä) will discuss “Positioning and Othering in Social Media Discourse.”
đź“… 14 Oct | 14:00 (GMT+2)
📍 H508, Voršilská 1, Prague 1
📚 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
If 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
🌱 Nico Carpentier joins the panel “Anthropocentrism and its role in environmental decay” at Corvinus University of Budapest.
đź“… 13 October | 16:00
📍 Building C, Room 4.426
Read more: www.uni-corvinus.hu/post/event/h...
On 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
📚 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 Seminar Series
“The Tensions of Democracy: Citizens, Media and Participation in the MeDeMAP European Study” with Giulia Ferri (IULM University).
đź“… 6 Nov | đź•› 12:00
📍 Room H508, Voršilská building, Prague
The 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
đź“° 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.
đź”— Read it: culcorc.fsv.cuni.cz/culcorc-news...
📚 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."
đź“… 14 Oct | đź•‘ 14:00 GMT+2
📍 H508, Voršilská
A 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
📚 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.
đź”— Read: prmagazin.de/wp-content/u...
📢 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
đź’» Online
📚️ New article in the European Journalism Observatory
“Your Bedroom as a Stage: Intimacy, Labour, and the #ThatGirl Trend”, by UxĂa Sánchez Lorda. The article examines how bedrooms and homes become stages for audiovisual self-presentation.
đź”— To read it: cz.ejo-online.eu/8084/english...
📚 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 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.
đź•‘ 14:00 (GMT+2)
📍 H508, Voršilská, Prague
📚 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.
📣 New review of AGON: Constructions of Democracy
Martin Bubanović reviews the academic film essay AGON, exploring democracy, space, intercultural dialogue and political struggle through theory, fiction and dance.
🎬 ojs.srce.hr/medijske-stu...
đź”— culcorc.fsv.cuni.cz/construction...
📣 International Academic Cooperation in Communication
The latest JLACR special issue on academic cooperation brings together 20+ contributions.
The special issue was presented online yesterday, with contributors from around the world.
▶️ youtube.com/live/nUDrARO...
Very happy I could join the wonderful celebration of the publication of the ALAIC Journal Issue on International Academic Cooperation. The recording of the discussion is here: www.youtube.com/live/nUDrARO... and the special issue is here: journal.pubalaic.org/index.php/jl... #IAMCR #CULCORC #SQRIDGE