- Publications
- Working papers
- Deliverables
- Media texts and blog posts
- Videos and podcasts
- Conference presentations
- Panels and debates
- Talks and lectures
Publications
Democracy and Media in Europe
A Discursive-Material Approach
Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach is a theoretical reflection on the intersection of democracy and media, through a constructionist lens.
Working papers
Deliverables
Media texts and blog posts
Czech citizens formulate nine resolutions for pluralist and inclusive media representations
by Vaia Doudaki
Support community media and improve conditions for journalists. Czech Citizens’ Parliament adopted the first resolutions
by Miloš Hroch
Czech citizens deliberated about how to strengthen the multiple voices of media audiences
by Miloš Hroch
The Czech Citizens‘ Parliament on Media and Democracy will start in Prague on 15 March
by Miloš Hroch
Komunitní média v Česku chybí, sociální sítě je nenahrazují
by Kateřina Straková (with Nico Carpentier)
The State of Community Media in the Czech Republic
by Karolína Šimková
Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act: Good in theory, but in practice?
by Jeffrey Wimmer
Premature conclusions? What (we think) we know about European democracy and media
by Kirill Filimonov
Videos and podcasts
De Facto Podcast with Nico Carpentier
In this episode of the De Facto Podcast, Alice Němcová Tejkalová talks with Nico Carpentier from the Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism about the recently published book Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach.
MeDeMAP Podcast – Nico Carpentier
In this episode of the MeDeMAP Podcast, host Ana Oliveira speaks with Nico Carpentier, an extraordinary professor at Charles University and leader of Work Package Two, on theoretical embedding. They discuss the importance of theory in understanding media and democracy, emphasising the fluidity of these concepts, the struggles they entail, and their interconnectedness. Nico highlights how theory can make hidden societal processes visible, explores the evolving relationship between media and democracy in Europe, and reflects on the implications for research and practice within the MeDeMAP project.
MeDeMAP Podcast — Nico Carpentier
In this episode of the MeDeMAP Podcast, host Ana Oliveira speaks with Nico Carpentier, an extraordinary professor at Charles University and leader of Work Package Two, on theoretical embedding. They discuss the importance of theory in understanding media and democracy, emphasising the fluidity of these concepts, the struggles they entail, and their interconnectedness. Nico highlights how theory can make hidden societal processes visible, explores the evolving relationship between media and democracy in Europe, and reflects on the implications for research and practice within the MeDeMAP project.
Conference presentations
Invited Keynote
The Democratic Roles of European Media: Threats and Struggles
Media Studies and Perspectives 5 Conference
CARPENTIER, NICO (2025) The democratic roles of European media: Threats and struggles, Media Studies and Perspectives 5 conference, Wrocław University, Wrocław, Poland (12-13 May 2025), invited keynote.
DOUDAKI, VAIA; CARPENTIER, NICO; FILIMONOV, KIRILL (2025) “Conditions of possibility for democratic media in Europe: A theoretically informed rereading of empirical literature”, DGPUK2025, Berlin, Germany (19-21 March 2025).
ŠIMKOVÁ, KAROLÍNA; WIMMER, JEFFREY (2025) “A horde of elephants in the room: Perceived threats to Czech media landscape”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
DOUDAKI, VAIA (2025) “Techno-pessimistic and techno-optimistic visions of surveillance and resistance in Europe”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
CARPENTIER, NICO; MICONI, ANDREA (2025) “Imaginings of the Future of Conflict and Communication Technologies: From Armed to Democratic Conflict”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
HROCH, MILOS (2025) “Futures of algorithms and choices: Structuration of algorithmic imaginaries and digital platforms in Europe”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
DOUDAKI, VAIA; CARPENTIER, NICO (2025) “Conditions of possibility for democratic media in Europe”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
CARPENTIER, NICO (2025) “Political struggles over media’s democratic roles: A discursive-material approach”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
WIMMER, JEFFREY (2025) “Decentralisation, disclosure and collectiveness: Discursive-material characteristics of Mastodon as a current example of a counter-hegemonic platform”, ReMeD Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (10-11 February 2025).
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “Imaginings of the Future of Conflict and Communication, Technologies: A Map of Six Anxiety- and Hope-Driven Scenarios”, ECREA Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia (24-27 September 2024).
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “PARifying Citizen Parliaments –The Reconciliation of Two Participatory Models”, Mapping Media for Future Democracies – MeDeMap, Fourth Plenary Meeting, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (18 – 20 September 2024).
HROCH, MILOŠ (2024) “Czech Citizen Parliament Participant Recruitment Strategies”, Mapping Media for Future Democracies – MeDeMap, Fourth Plenary Meeting, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (18 – 20 September 2024).
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “Democratic Hybridities: A Model to Emphasize Struggles of Democracy and Media”, Mapping Media for Future Democracies – MeDeMap, Fourth Plenary Meeting, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (18 – 20 September 2024).
DOUDAKI, VAIA (2024) “Conditions of possibility for democratic media”, Mapping Media for Future Democracies – MeDeMap, Fourth Plenary Meeting, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (18 – 20 September 2024).
WIMMER, JEFFREY (2024) “Countering the threat of the colonization of the public sphere: The case of Mastodon as a set of small-scale counter-hegemonic discursive and material practices”, Mapping Media for Future Democracies – MeDeMap, Fourth Plenary Meeting, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (18 – 20 September 2024).
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “Democratic hybridities: A Model to Emphasize Struggles of Democracy and Media”, 7th Conference on Communication, Culture and Media Studies (CCCMS), Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (28 – 29 August 2024), invited keynote.
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “Imaginings of the Future of Conflict and Communication Technologies: From Armed to Democratic Conflict”, IAMCR conference, Christchurch, New Zealand (30 June – 4 July 2024).
DOUDAKI, VAIA (2024) “Imagining futures of un/democratic surveillance and resistance in Europe through collaborative scenario building”, IAMCR conference, Christchurch, New Zealand (30 June – 4 July 2024)
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “The Struggle over Participation: How to Rescue Participation from the Online Media Practices and Critiques”, Communication as Co-Creation IAMCR preconference, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia (27 June 2024), invited keynote.
CARPENTIER, NICO (2024) “The Contingency of Media’s Democratic Roles: A Discursive-Material Perspective”, ICA conference, Gold Coast, Australia (20-24 June 2024).
Panels and debates
Book Launch
Democracy and Media in Europe
A conversation on democracy and media in Europe took place in Nicosia, Cyprus, hosted at Rüstem’s Bookshop. The event brought together Nico Carpentier, Aysu Arsoy, Hakan Karahasan, and Mine Yücel for an engaging exchange on media and democratic practices.
10th MCAP-BNU International Media Conference 2025
TTIS-VII- Global Approaches to Media and Democracy
Discussion centred on the book Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach by Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer.
Book Seminar
“Democracy and the media at a crossroads: what are the goals, and who is in charge?”
05 February 2025
Nico Carpentier (Charles University) with Mari-Liis Jakobson (Tallinn University, Associate Professor of Political Sociology), Piret Ehin (University of Tartu, Professor of Comparative Politics). Chaired by Andres Jõesaar (Tallinn University, Associate Professor of Media Policy).
Archive: PDF
IMWK Research Talk
“Democracy and media in Europe”
31 January 2025 @ 10am
Nico Carpentier (Charles University), Anne Grüne (Uni Erfurt), Tanja Thomas (Uni Tübingen) and Jeffrey Wimmer will discuss the new book, Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach, by Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer.
Archive: https://archive.ph/Up0Xt
Webinar on Democracy and Media
IAMCR Webinar Series
Democracy and media: Reflections from around the world. A roundtable discussion
In this webinar, four communication and media studies scholars will reflect on the intersection of democracy and media using the recently published book “Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach”(*), authored by Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer, as a source of inspiration. https://iamcr.org/webinars/democracy-media
Talks and lectures
Open Lecture
The integration of artistic and academic approaches in communication studies: A case for arts-based research
Wrocław University, Wrocław, Poland
14 May 2025
Archive: https://archive.ph/W0WkE
Book Launch and Online Seminar
Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach
Organised by Faculty of Communication of Yeditepe University