Ana Makhashvili M.A.

Journalism Studies
Institute for Media and Communication Studies
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Researcher
Doctoral researcher in the CRC project "Affective Societies" - B02
Room JK 33/231
14195 Berlin
Office hours
During winter term 2020/21:
Appointment by arrangement via e-mail
Vita
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Since October 2019 research associate in the project "Journalism and the Order of Emotions" of the CRC "Affective Societies", Freie Universität Berlin
Studies
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2016–2019 Media and Political Communication M.A., Freie Universität Berlin
Master thesis title: "Narratives of International Crisis in 280 Characters. A content analysis of Russian and British diplomatic Twitter accounts following the Novichok attack in Salisbury, UK in March 2018". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Juliana Raupp.
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2013–2016 Communication Studies and Sociology B.A., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
Scholarships
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2012–2016 DAAD-scholarship for graduates of German schools abroad
Memberships
International Communication Association (ICA)
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK)
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy
Summer term 2020
- Emotionen im Journalismus (with Dr. Débora Medeiros)
Research
- Since 2019/10: CRC Project "Affective Societies: Journalism and the Order of Emotions", Freie Universität Berlin
Research Topics
- Affect and Emotion
- Far-right Publics on Social Media
- Media and Migration
- Crisis Communication
Refereed Articles
- Makhashvili, A., Medeiros, D., & Lünenborg, M. (2022). Challenging Journalistic Authority in the Networked Affective Dynamics of #Chemnitz. Social Media + Society, 8(4), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221146185
- Medeiros, D., & Makhashvili, A. (2022). United in Grief? Emotional Communities around the Far-Right Terror Attack in Hanau on TV and Twitter. Media and Communication, 10(3), 39–49. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v10i3.5438
Lectures
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Medeiros, D., Makhashvili, A., & Lünenborg, M. (2022). Negotiating Journalism's Boundaries within the Networked Affective Publics Around the Far-Right Terror Attack in Hanau. ICA 2022: One World, One Network? 26–30 May, Paris.
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Makhashvili, A. (2022). Hijacking Solidarity: The Networked and Affective Dynamics of Far-Right Publics on Twitter. Media and Publics Conference. 29 April, Roskilde University.
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Makhashvili, A., & Lünenborg, M. (2021). Affective Publics on Twitter: Contesting Journalism’s Authority. ICA 2021: Engaging the Essential Work of Care: Communication, Connectedness, and Social Justice. 27–31 May, online.
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Makhashvili, A., & Lünenborg, M. (2021). #Chemnitz and its Polarized Affective Publics. DACH21: #Kommunikation #(R)Evolution: Zum Wandel der Kommunikation in der digitalen Gesellschaft. 7–9 April, online.
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Lünenborg, M., Medeiros, & D., Makhashvili, A. (2020). Journalismus herausgefordert: Konkurrierende Affektdramaturgien um #Chemnitz. Lecture Series “Mobility Affects”. 2 December, Freie Universität Berlin.
Other
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Algorithmic media and the becoming ir/rational of affect. A book review. SFB Affective Societies Blog, October 2021.
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with Medeiros, D.: The affective economy of anxiety or how the German far right capitalizes on Covid-19. SFB Affective Societies Blog, September 2020.