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New Publication: Affective Dynamics in #MyBodyMyChoice Memetic Performances on TikTok
A new article by Margreth Lünenborg and Annabella Backes has been published as part of the special issue “Public Emotions and the Affective Forces of Social Activism” of the journal Javnost – The Public .
Jul 07, 2025
How about 41 hours of journalism studies a month?
A new position for student employees is to be filled at Prof. Margreth Lünenborg's department from October.
Jun 24, 2025
Media practitioners from RUMS and dpa as guests
In May, Christoph Zeiher, head of news at dpa, and RUMS founder Marc-Stefan Andres will be attending seminars of the journalism department.
May 07, 2025
How contradiction can be explored in the discourse around Rammstein
The journal Publizistik has published another article on the theorization and research of media practices of contradiction in networked public spheres.
Apr 23, 2025
Elfriede Fürsich visiting seminar on journalism and migration
On April 29, the professor from the University of Pittsburgh will speak at IfPuK about concepts of media representation and its limits.
Apr 23, 2025
Conference on affective mobilization
From 21 to 23 May, the CRC Affective Societies is organizing the conference “Mobilizing Affect - Affective Mobilization” in collaboration with a research project at TU Dresden.
Apr 16, 2025
DGPuK prize for work on practices of contradiction
Tanja Thomas, Margreth Lünenborg, Dagmar Hoffmann, Susanne Eichner and Susanne Kinnebrock won the third prize for outstanding communication science papers at the DGPuK annual conference.
Apr 08, 2025
Publication: How the boundary between activism and journalism is negotiated
In the newly published SCM paper, Wolfgang Reißmann, Margreth Lünenborg and Miriam Siemon use the boundary work approach to examine the discursive practice of feminist border crossers.
Mar 31, 2025
Call for Papers on Media and Emotions
The editorial team of the upcoming anthology is asking for submissions.
Dec 10, 2024
Also for students: Work contract for automated collection of TikTok data
The department for Journalism Studies is now awarding a contract for automated data collection and coding of TikTok data.
Oct 22, 2024
New article on #FrauenSagenNein published in Feminist Media Studies
Pauline H. Zahn and Margreth Lünenborg have published a journal article on gender-critical alliances in the debate on the Self-Determination Act on Twitter/X.
Sep 23, 2024
Interview on emotions in reporting on migration
An interview with Prof. Margreth Lünenborg has been published in the magazine Drehscheibe of the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.
Sep 18, 2024
How to explore practices of contradiction
A new article on the theorization and research of media practices of contradiction in networked public spheres has been published in the journal Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft.
Jul 03, 2024
Methods workshop on researching Activists’ Affective and Networking Practices on Social Media
On July 4-5, researchers of the collaborative research center “Affective Societies” will hold a multidisciplinary methods workshop titled "Understanding Mobilization on Social Media: Methodological Approaches to Activists' Affective and Networking Practices".
Jun 14, 2024
Portrayals of the Shero: New Journal Article on the representation of Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel published
Ana-Nzinga Weiß’ critical discourse analysis on female superheroes has been published in the Journal of Gender Studies
May 31, 2024
#FrauenSagenNein: New working paper on gender-critical alliances published
Pauline Zahn and Margreth Lünenborg have examined affective networking in the collective protest against the Self-Determination Act on Twitter in a new working paper.
May 07, 2024
Margreth Lünenborg becomes member of Academia Europaea
The pan-european academy of sciences "Academia Europaea" has appointed Prof. Lünenborg as a new member. She will be part of the section "Film, Media and Visual Studies".
Apr 22, 2024
“Infrastructures of Feeling: Digital Mediation, Captivation, Ambivalence” ─ Guest Lecture by Prof. Dr. Rebecca Coleman
On May 2, Prof. Dr. Rebecca Coleman from the University of Bristol will give a lecture at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Apr 18, 2024
Ana Makhashvili, Annabella Backes, and Margreth Lünenborg present “Beyond arguments? Affect-theoretical concepts of public spheres using the example of (anti-)feminist discourses“
On March 15, 2024, Ana Makhashvili, Annabella Backes and Margreth Lünenborg from the D02 project of the CRC “ Affective Socities “ gave a lecture at the 69th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) “Visions for the ‘good life’: Media and Communication in Tomorrow's Society” at the University of Erfurt.
Mar 21, 2024
Ana Makhashvili presents “Hijacking Solidarity. Affective Networking of Far-Right Publics on Twitter”
On December 7, 2023, Ana Makhashvili from the CRC " Affective Societies " will give an online lecture on her recent publication " Hijacking Solidarity. Affective Networking of Far-Right Publics on Twitter " at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Dec 05, 2023
