Debate Envisioning New Relationships between the Media and Democracy
Round table organised by CICANT debates the democratic roles of the media in the 21st century
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
The Research Centre in Applied Communication, Culture and New Technologies (CICANT) is organising the roundtable “Imagining new relations between the media and democracy”, a meeting that revisits a central question for contemporary society: how can the media support — or compromise — democracy?
Based on the book "Democracy and Media in Europe: A discursive-material approach", authored by professors Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer, the event invites us to critically reflect on the democratic roles of the media, at a time when anti-democratic discourses are increasingly present in global contexts.
The debate seeks to avoid defeatist attitudes, instead emphasising the strengths of European democracy and the contributions that the media can (and should) provide for its renewal.
