Echo: Media, Culture and Politics

ECHO is a research group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel @VUBrussel @scomvub. We study meaning across media, culture and politics. Tweets in EN & NL

[Echo: Media, Culture and Politics @echo_vub]

➡️Check out the special issue of the "Journal of Language and Politics" on Discourse Theory and the Turn to Practice @jlanpol Edited by Benjamin De Cleen, Nico Carpentier, Jason Glynos,  Jana
Goyvaerts, Max Grönegräs, and Yannis Stavrakakis

More info: https://t.co/Bhu3ugrkxw

[Théo Aiolfi @TheoAiolfi]

Here is a thread summarising the entire special issue on Discourse Theory and I cannot recommend enough to check it out!

The intro in particular is beautifully written and stimulating, charting ways forward that encourage us to move beyond ontology, language and populism.

[JLANPOL @jlanpol]

💻 | NEW BLOG POST

Gijs Lambrechts and Benjamin De Cleen tell us about their recent JLP article on Vlaams Belang's discourse about farmers:

https://t.co/hPKzSI7c6V

[Thomás Zicman de Barros @bolandeira]

I'm very happy with the arrival of Jana and Laura! Fantastic news for @populismPSA! @PolStudiesAssoc

[JLANPOL @jlanpol]

✨🚨 | NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 24(1)

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞
Lessons from the populist moment

by Benjamin De Cleen, Jason Glynos, Jana Goyvaerts & Yannis Stavrakakis

👉 https://t.co/NEi4gcGyaO

@BenjaminDeCleen

[Engage - UCLouvain @EngageUCLouvain]

⚠️Plus qu’un mois avant la fin de l’appel à communications pour le 6è Congrès DiscourseNet (DNC6), qui se tiendra du 7 au 10 juillet à l'@ULBruxelles, organisé par @ReSIC_ULB, en collaboration avec @engage_uslb. Deadline de soumission : 25 février 2025. https://t.co/YVkAyFPxGY

[Populism Specialist Group @populismPSA]

New and important publication for populism and discourse theory. It's the introductory article to the special issue entitled ''Discourse Theory and the Turn to Practice'', authored/edited by De Cleen, Glynos, Goyvaerts and Stavrakakis.
https://t.co/TtZfnYY4ic

[Jorge Ramos-González @jorgeramgon]

🚨 New Publication Alert!

Excited to share my latest article, now published in @jlanpol

In this paper, I delve into the ideological flexibility of populism, examining how George Sorel’s theory of myth influences the work of Laclau and Mouffe and shapes discourse theory.

[Echo: Media, Culture and Politics @echo_vub]

😍Another remarkable @FWOVlaanderen project by our researcher Valériane Mistiaen, presenting "Building consensus in European discourse about migration: Willingness to avoid disorder or to protect immigrants?" at #ECREA2024 @ECREA_eu in Ljubljana. 🍀

[Echo: Media, Culture and Politics @echo_vub]

❗️Omran Shroufi presents his work: "Cultural critique from the right: The German far-right podcast ‘von rechts gelesen’🎙️ at @ECREA_eu #ECREA2024

⚡️For more details on presentations at ECREA, check out our official website:

https://t.co/O0q7l034BU

[Echo: Media, Culture and Politics @echo_vub]

✨Happy Days✨ECHO had a remarkable presense at the 10th European Communication Conference #ECREA2024 @ECREA_eu from Sept 24th-27th in beautiful Ljubljana, Slovenia. This week, we’ll be showcasing some of our incredible researchers’ work. Stay tuned for updates! 😊

[Giorgos Venizelos @GiorgoVenizelos]

Reminder - Deadline Approaching - 18/10/2025.

The @populismPSA accepts abstracts for the annual @PolStudiesAssoc annual conference, in Birmingham.

👉 themes are open

We also have two joint panels on populism and:

👉 elitism
👉 gender

Info below

[Echo: Media, Culture and Politics @echo_vub]

🎞️Florian Stegen presenting his ongoing doctoral research at the 10th @ECREA_eu conference in Ljubljana last month, ‘A mixed-methodological mapping of the Hollywood (fan-)paratext in the digital age: Long live the Snyderverse’ 👏🎬

[Engage - UCLouvain @EngageUCLouvain]

#Discourse and the #imaginaries of past, present and future societies - 6th @DiscourseNet Congress to be held in Brussels on July 7-10. CfP at https://t.co/wG4iN9E4rg. Engage is thrilled to be part of the organizing committee - thanks @ReSIC_ULB for the collab.! @uclouvainslbxl

[ECREADMM @ecreadmm]

ECREA DMM new management team in all its glory ✨

Chair: @SN_Marino
V-Chair: @MaresiaSilvia
V-Chair: @Cigdem_Bozdag
Comm Officer: @ClaMinchilli
Comm Officer: @_robsharp (not pictured but with us at #ECREA2024 in spirit!)
YECREA rep: @MiriCascone

Greetings from Ljubljana!

[@[email protected] @koenleurs]

Thank you @yazanbadran @MaresiaSilvia @border_diaries and @kevinsmets for hosting me today at the @VUBrussel to give a @echo_vub research seminar

[INDEX: Institute for Documentation and Exchange @INDEX_Ukraine]

Sharing insights on war reporting experiences ⚪️

On 26 September, the INDEX Fellow Dr Johana Kotišová (@JohanaKotis) gave an open lecture at Mystetska Biblioteka, discussing emotional labour and epistemic injustice in conflict reporting.

Pictures: Rostyslav Kuzyk
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[ecrea_eu @ECREA_eu]

The @ECREA_eu #ECREA2024 #ECC10 conference is officially open #Ljubljana

[Echo: Media, Culture and Politics @echo_vub]

We love to see our @ReelBorders team present their brilliant work at #ECREA2024 @MaresiaSilvia 🎉

[ECREADMM @ecreadmm]

It is happening now📣 participants on our panel on Exile Journalism are discussing the role of socio-professional conditions of journalists and fixers in exile
#ECREA2024Ljubljana