🎙️ New podcast! Nico Carpentier is the guest of the first episode of the KIM Podcast – Communication & Media Days, produced by students of the Communication and Media programme at the University of Split. 👉 Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4SF... #CULCORC #democracy

💭 What does hope make possible? Ahead of the Communicating Narratives, Imaginaries and Epistemes of Hope conference, we're sharing visuals inspired by organiser Vaia Doudaki's reflections on hope as a communicative and political force. 🔗 iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/en/research/...

📚 Now online! Read "Assemblages of Trust: A Discursive-Material Analysis of Czech Citizens’ Perceptions of Media and Democracy" by Karolína Šimková & Jeffrey Wimmer, in the #MeDeMAP Special Issue of ESSACHESS. 📄 essachess.com/3/index.php/... #CULCORC

🎬 AGON: Constructions of Democracy has been selected for the official programme of Posibl. Festival 2026 (10–14 Aug, Buenos Aires). A film essay exploring democracy, intercultural dialogue, and political struggle through research, fiction & dance. 🔗 culcorc.fsv.cuni.cz/construction... #CULCORC

🎥 CFP reminder! Submissions remain open for the new peer-reviewed Audio/Visual Section of Mediální studia / Media Studies. 🎬 Audiovisual, film, video & sound essays welcome. 📅 Deadline: 15 Sept. 2026 lnkd.in/e97ps3ZR #CFP #CULCORC

✍️ CULCORC members Elisabeth Ulrika Wennerström and Štěpán Šanda joined the Academic Writers Retreat at Jönköping University, Sweden. Through workshops, writing, and feedback from Annette Hill & Joke Hermes, they advanced their research and writing. #CULCORC

📢 New publication! The Journal of Latin American Communication Research features an interview with Nico Carpentier on academic cooperation, international research networks, and democratic knowledge production. 📖 Read the full interview here: journal.pubalaic.org/index.php/jl... #CULCORC

📢 Join our seminar! The Tensions of Democracy: Citizens, Media and Participation in the MeDeMAP European Study 🎤 Giulia Ferri (IULM University) 📅 6 Nov 2026 | 🕛 12–14h 📍 Charles University, Prague #MeDeMAP #Democracy #CULCORC

📢 CFP: Mediální studia / Media Studies invites submissions for its new peer-reviewed A/V Section. We welcome audiovisual, film, video & sound essays. 📅 Deadline: 15 Sept 2026. 🔗 A/V Section: lnkd.in/e97ps3ZR 🔗 Submission Guidelines: lnkd.in/echma74u #CFP #MediaStudies #CULCORC

Looking back at #IAMCR2026! We continue sharing presentations by colleagues. 📄 Sadia Zamir explored media discourses on democracy in Pakistan, Maedbh Pierce analysed queer identities and media narratives, and Vaia Doudaki contributed research on media and democracy #CULCORC #MediaStudies

📖 New interview with Nico Carpentier after “Communication And Media Days 2026” in Split. He reflects on democracy, participation, media, arts-based research, and why "resistance always brings hope". Read it here: www.unist.hr/komunikolog-... #CULCORC

📚 New special issue of ESSACHESS published: Citizens' Perceptions of Media and Democracy across Europe. Congratulations to all contributors, including Karolína Šimková & Jeffrey Wimmer for their #MeDeMAP article. 🔗 essachess.com/3/index.php/... #CULCORC

As #IAMCR2026 concluded yesterday, we close our conference coverage by highlighting Karolína Šimková's contributions: presenting her research on media education in Czechia and serving as chair of two MPS panels and convenor of the MPS Business Meeting👏 #CULCORC #IAMCR

🎓 Another #MeDeMAP presentation at #IAMCR2026! Vaia Doudaki, Nico Carpentier & Miloš Hroch (Charles University) presented research on democratic constructions in the Czech Citizen Parliament on Media and Democracy 👉The panel was organised and chaired by Vaia Doudaki. #CULCORC #IAMCR #democracy

🎓 At #IAMCR2026, Mazlum Kemal Dağdelen (Charles University) presented research on Turkish Cypriot children's magazines and childhood securitisation, while also serving as panel chair, discussant, and convenor. Congratulations, Kemal, on a multifaceted participation at IAMCR 2026! #CULCORC #IAMCR

📢 Save the date! On 14 October 2026, CULCORC will host Shomaila Sadaf (University of Jyväskylä) for a seminar on "Positioning and Othering in Social Media Discourse" 📅 14 Oct 2026 | 14:00–16:00 📍 📍 Room H508 (5th floor), Voršilská building Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic #CULCORC

🌍 Great discussions this morning at #IAMCR2026 in Galway! The panel "Participation, Knowledge and Communication: An Intersection of Transformative Forces", convened by Nico Carpentier, brought together scholars to discuss participation, democracy and media 🔗 iamcr.org/galway2026 #CULCORC #MeDeMAP

📰 Following the MeDeMAP discussion at Communication and Media Days 2026 in Split, an interview with Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer has been published in Slobodna Dalmacija 📖 Read it here: slobodnadalmacija.hr/vijesti/hrva... 📸Nikola Brboleža #CULCORC #MeDeMAP #Democracy #MediaStudies

🎓 Congratulations to Gizem Canalp on the successful defence of her PhD: "Echoes of Home: Turkish Cypriot IDPs and their Understandings of Home in the Context of Ruins" We wish you much success in the final stage of your PhD! #CULCORC #PhD

🚨 Applications close tomorrow! Join the World Summer School Communication, Information Integrity, Social Justice and Democracy (21–23 Oct 2026). 🌍 Online 💻 Free participation 🎓 For MA & PhD students ⏳ Deadline: 12 June 2026 📥 Apply now: lnkd.in/dSM8azd8 #IAMCR #CommunicationResearch #CULCORC

⏳ Last call! Applications for the World Summer School Communication, Information Integrity, Social Justice and Democracy close this Friday (12 June). 🌍 Online | 21–23 Oct 2026 🎓 For MA & PhD students Free participation 📥 Apply: lnkd.in/dSM8azd8 #IAMCR #CommunicationResearch #Democracy #CULCORC

🎬 Another screening of AGON: Constructions of Democracy took place last week at Communication and Media Days 2026 in Split. A big thank you to Viktorija Car and the University of Split team for hosting the event, and to everyone who joined us #CULCORC #MeDeMAP #AGON #Democracy

📚 Last week in Split, Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer took part in another MeDeMAP roundtable on Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach 📸 Photos: Laura Galić #CULCORC #MeDeMAP #Democracy #MediaResearch

📢 Join us this week at Communication and Media Days 2026 in Split! 🎬 AGON: Constructions of Democracy 🗓️ 5 June | 16:00 📚 Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach 🗓️ 5 June | 17:00 📍 MedILS, Split, Croatia 🔗 Programme: kim.unist.hr/conferences/... #CULCORC #MeDeMAP #Democracy

🌍 MA and PhD students: applications are open for the World Summer School “Communication, Information Integrity, Social Justice and Democracy”! 📅 21–23 Oct 2026 (online) 💻 Free participation 📝 Apply by 12 June 2026 📥 Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Eny... #IAMCR #MediaStudies #CULCORC #Democracy

🌍 Academic exchange and critical dialogue across borders Elisabeth Wennerström recently completed a study visit at Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg 👉The visit allowed for important conversations about communication and climate justice #CULCORC #CommunicationResearch #ClimateJustice #MediaStudies

📢 The programme for Communication and Media Days Split 2026 is online! Join us in Split for: 📑📽️ Seminar on Democracy and Media in Europe with Nico Carpentier & Jeffrey Wimmer, and for the Screening of AGON 🗓️ 5–6 June 2026 🔗 kim.unist.hr/conferences/... #CULCORC #MeDeMAP #Democracy #Media

🎥 New video from the SJTU–IAMCR Emerging Media Conference 2026 The video features highlights from Nico Carpentier’s keynote, “The Struggle over Participation: How to Rescue Participation and Empowerment from Emerging Media Practices and Critiques" 📺 www.instagram.com/reel/DYgCw-E... #CULCORC

🎬️ AGON: Constructions of Democracy will be screened during Communication and Media Days 2026 The screening takes place on Friday, 5 June 2026 at 16:00h as part of the conference The Role of Journalism in Endangered Democracy. 📍 MedILS, University of Split 🔗 kim.unist.hr/conferences/... #CULCORC

📚 “Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach” Discussion with Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer at Communication and Media Days 2026 Chaired by Viktorija Car, with responses by Antonija Čuvalo and Krešimir Krolo 🔗 kim.unist.hr/conferences/... #CULCORC #MeDeMAP #Democracy