M.A. Annabella Backes

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Journalism Studies

Institute for Media and Communication Studies

Department of Political and Social Sciences

Researcher

CRC 1171 "Affective Societies" - D02

Address

Habelschwerdter Allee 45
Room JK 33/231
14195 Berlin

Telephone

+49 30 838 50397

annabella.backes@fu-berlin.de

Office hours

Appointment by arrangement via e-mail

Vita

Since October 2023 research associate in the project "Contested Order of Emotions: (Anti-)Feminist Discourses on Social Media" of the CRC "Affective Societies", Freie Universität Berlin

Studies

2021–2023 Global Studies Program M.A., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Master thesis title: "Contested (In)Securities – Caught Between Capitalism, Cops, Crime and their Counterparts. A Critical Analysis of the Twitter Discourse Surrounding the Police Station at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Margreth Lünenborg

01/2022–06/2022 Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India
08/2021–12/2021 University of Pretoria, South Africa

2017–2021 Social and Cultural Anthropology B.A., Media and Communication Studies Minor, Freie Universität Berlin

Scholarships

2022 PROMOS Scholarship

Memberships

European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK)

Summer term 2024

Feminist and antifeminist discourse in (social) media (with Ana Makhashvili)

Research

Since 10/2023: Project "Contested Order of Emotions: (Anti-)Feminist Discourses on Social Media" of the CRC "Affective Societies", Freie Universität Berlin

Research Topics

Affect and Emotion
Gender Media Studies
Aging Studies

Refereed Articles

Adlung, S., & Backes, A. (2023). Representing Life and Death in Care Institutions: Between Invisible Victims and Suffering Old Women. Media and Communication, 11(1), 163–172. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i1.6056
Adlung, S., & Backes, A. (2021). (In)Visibilities of Ageing Bodies in Scientific Studies and the Media: An Analysis of the Intersectional Entanglements of Age, Gender and Disability. Medien und Altern, 18, 76–87. https://web.p.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=c9ce0040-d513-41cc-9444-01a679a9cade%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=151029852&db=asn

Book Chapters

Adlung, S., & Backes, A. (2023). „Die Schwächsten der Gesellschaft" – Repräsentationen hochaltriger Menschen im Corona-Risikodiskurs. In E. Grittmann, K. Müller, C. Peil, & J. Pinseler (Eds.), Medien und Ungleichheiten: (Trans-)nationale Perspektiven auf Geschlecht, Diversität und Identität (pp. 1–13).The German Communication Association. https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.86634

Lectures

Backes, A., Lünenborg, M., & Makhashvili, A. (2024, March 13–15). Jenseits von Argumenten? Affekttheoretische Konzepte von Öffentlichkeiten am Beispiel (anti-)feministischer Diskurse [Conference presentation]. 69th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK): "Visions for the 'good life'. Media and Communication in Tomorrow's Society“, University of Erfurt, Germany.
Adlung, S., & Backes, A. (2021, September 22–24). Neue (Un)Sichtbarkeit durch Covid-19? Eine intersektionale Untersuchung medialer Altersrepräsentationen. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Medien, Öffentlichkeit und Geschlecht: „Medien und Ungleichheiten: (Trans-)nationale Perspektiven auf Geschlecht, Diversität und Identität", Magdeburg, Germany.