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Ending the day on a high note – after insightful presentations, meeting old and new research partners and leading inspiring discussions, even more fun awaits. #ECC2026 Conference party is here! ⭐

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Anastassia Zabrodskaja @azabrodskaja.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🏆 Congratulations to Nilou Davoudi, winner of the EJC Best Paper Award for #ECREA Young Scholars 2026! The award, established by the European Journal of Communication, is for a paper titled: "Bringing a child back to life": Digital remains, AI, and the mediatization of death on TikTok. #ECC2026

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🌍 At #ECC2026 in Brno, we held our #ICC Section Business Meeting 📈 The Section continues to grow 🙏 Thank you to our members, reviewers, colleagues, and everyone who makes this community vibrant. 💕 I’m grateful to have served as Co-Chair & Communication Officer. @ecreaeu.bsky.social #ECREA #ECREA2026

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Marcos Dias @marcospdias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The first panel of our Media, Cities and Space Section during the ECREA Conference is under way. Scott Rodgers presenting on localizing platform governance. Our Section will run a full day of panels tomorrow and our business meeting at 12:45pm @mediacity-ecrea.bsky.social @ecreaeu.bsky.social

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Kateryna Kasianenko @kkasianenko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Last night, @snurb.info and I were lucky to catch up with 10 out of 72 (!) authors of chapters in the Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics (2nd. ed) on the sidelines of #ECREA2026. It was really special to see all these wonderful and talented folks, some for the first time in person.

A large group of smiling people sitting down or standing up around a table in a local beer hall

A book cover of the second edition of the Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics. The cover depicts multiple emojis forming two speech bubble shapes, with orange as the background colour.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 10/09/2026

Really great session on news exposure and news avoidance at the #ECREA2026 / #ECC2026 conference this morning. Liveblog here:

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CULCORC | Culture and Communication Research Centre @culcorc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📣 CULCORC at #ECREA2026 Vaia Doudaki, Nico Carpentier & Miloš Hroch presented “Constructions of democracy in the Czech citizen parliament: Articulations and struggles,". 📍 Media in the CEE Between Autocratic Attacks and Democratic Resistance #CULCORC #Democracy

Vaia Doudaki, Nico Carpentier & Miloš Hroch presented “Constructions of democracy in the Czech citizen parliament: Articulations and struggles,".

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CULCORC | Culture and Communication Research Centre @culcorc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📣 #CULCORC at #ECREA2026 Karolina Simkova presented “The invisible rhizome,” exploring the characteristics, roles and challenges of community media in Czechia and their place in the wider media landscape. 📍 Grassroots Communication, Citizenship, and Community Governance in Times of Change

Karolina Simkova presented “The invisible rhizome,” exploring the characteristics, roles and challenges of community media in Czechia and their place in the wider media landscape.

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Anastassia Zabrodskaja @azabrodskaja.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

✈️When 13 BFM staff members leave #Tallinn for #ECC2026 in Brno… 😄Our director might be wondering where the staff went - but we’re happy to report they’re busy sharing research 📚, ideas 💡 and connections 🤝! #ECREA #ECREA2026 #AcademicConference #CommunicationResearch #BFM #TLU @ecreaeu.bsky.social

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bruna paroni @brupar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

first time at #ECREA! yesterday I presented a paper from my PhD project on Meta's policy reducing political content visibility. I explore the intersection of platform governance & asymmetrical political speech suppression on Instagram during the 2024 São Paulo elections🇧🇷 #ECC26 @ecreaeu.bsky.social

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Elske van den Hoogen @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Missed your chance yesterday? Or feeling lucky enough to go for another spin? The lucky wheel is making another appearance in a few minutes! Stop by the Atrium of the Faculty of Social Studies (Building A) under the stairs, test your luck, and win prizes. See you at the wheel! ✨

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In Brno for @ecreaeu.bsky.social #ecc26! Great panels and fantastic presentations so far. Looking forward to the rest of the conference (& presenting tomorrow at 9am ;))

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ooking for a session that challenges how we see and understand power? Join us today for an artistic session with Vladan Joler exploring counter-cartography as a way not only to make power visible, but to intervene in how reality itself is produced. 16:30–18:00, FSS | AVC

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Tanya Lokot @tanyalokot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Calling all ECREAns! The General Assembly will start at 18:15 in the FSS Aula, Faculty of Social Sciences. You can collect your voting cards from 15:45 today in front of the FSS Aula, Faculty of Social Sciences, Joštova 10, Brno.

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Excited to see Miglė Bareikytė and Kateryna Maikovska present our co-authored research on sabotage as resistance in Russia’s war on Ukraine #ecc2026 @ecreaeu.bsky.social

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Global Perspectives in Communication (GPC) @gpccomm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Now it’s time to get down to some ECREA business! From 12:15, the S/N/TWG business meetings will take place across the conference venues — check the programme for the exact room.

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We're at @ecreaeu.bsky.social all week in Brno and we've got So. Many. Board. Members presenting and engaging the conference, including Editor-in-Chief @bowmanspartan.bsky.social. Keep an eye out for our team, and *please do feel free* to ask about the journal! academic.oup.com/gpc/pages/ed...

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Editor-in-Chief Nick Bowman, PhD Syracuse University Editorial Board Nicole Allen Utah State University, United States Albert Anani-Bossman University

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Stefanie Sirén-Heikel @mssiren.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our morning run with chair Iveta Jansová (@ivetj.bsky.social) from Masaryk University @medjourmuni.bsky.social was a fantastic success and the perfect boost before another exciting day of conference activities. Thank you to all the enthusiastic runners who joined us!

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First day of #ECC2026 wrapped! Great stuff by Yanshu Wang, Gael de Haan, Juho Ruotsalainen, @linardsudris.bsky.social & @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social in Audiences & AI. Plus 🍦 #Brno

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

First #WHATIF presentation at #ECC2026 Many thanks for @maxvandrunen.bsky.social sharing the possibilities of using social simulations for evidence-based policymaking. 📖 Pre-print with more insights: osf.io/preprints/so... Great discussion with Communication Law & Policy colleagues!

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Anastassia Zabrodskaja @azabrodskaja.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🎤At #ECC2026, delighted to chair “Memory, Culture, and Transnational Cultural Practices” ✨ A fascinating discussion on memory, digital transnationalism, intercultural communication & diasporic communities. Grateful for the inspiring exchange 🤝 #ECREA #InterculturalCommunication @ecreaeu.bsky.social

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🎡 The lucky wheel is here! Come spin the wheel in the Atrium of the Faculty of Social Studies (Building A) and win ECREA-themed prizes! And guess what? 👀 You may get another chance tomorrow...

Don’t miss our special panel, Paths and Connections That Outline the Future for Media – Some International Perspectives (IAMCR), taking place today from 4:30 to 6:00 PM at FSS | AVC.

Michaela Šaradín Lebedíková @msaradinlebedikova.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Organized with YECREA, poster session provides a platform for students & early career researchers. Each presenter has been paired with a mentor who has provided feedback on their poster and, if desired, can also offer valuable career advice during (and after) the conference. 🧵

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Very proud to have chaired the panel The Impact of Technologies on Well-being which we put together with @davidsmahel.bsky.social at #ECC2026. The discussion brought together diverse perspectives on digital well-being, affect, social connectedness, loneliness, and sleep. 🧵 #ECREA #CommSci

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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

European Communication Conference (ECREA) has kicked off at Masaryk University Website ecrea2026brno.eu Programme & abstracts c-in.floq.live/event/ecc26/... Hashtag #ECC2026 @ecreaeu.bsky.social

ECC 2026 | 11th European Communication Conference | ECC 2026 - Paths Connections and Future

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Today, join us for Global dialogues and communication for peace, a session organized by the Latin American Association of Communication Researchers (ALAIC), a key regional forum connecting communication researchers across Latin America and fostering international collaboration. K2 | 343 14:15–15:45

Felix M. Simon @felixsimon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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While I cannot be at @ecreaeu.bsky.social this year to co-present, please check out our AI work presented by great colleagues @richardfletcher.bsky.social, @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social and @waqasejaz.bsky.social.

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How does democratic erosion become possible? Frank Esser's keynote "The Price of Democracy: How Digital Platforms Make Illiberalism Cheap" presents a framework explaining how digital platforms, media fragmentation, and algorithmic curation reduce the costs of illiberal politics.

Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 07/09/2026

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And that’s the morning sessions at the DigiWorld #ECREA2026 pre-conference on social media and political campaigning blogged:

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Alena Kluknavska @alenakluknavska.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Day 2 of #ECC2026 #ECREA2026 Conferencing! We kicked off the Keynote lectures with amazing Lenka Waschková Císařová from @medjourmuni.bsky.social One idea that particularly resonates with me: peripherality is an analytical resource, not a disadvantage. @ecreaeu.bsky.social

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Journalism may be changing, but power remains central. "Exemplary Journalistic Actors: What Can the Core Learn from the Exemplary, presented by Lenka Waschková Císařová explores how power operates within journalism, arguing that the field's "peripheries" can generate new knowledge and perspectives.

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Alena Kluknavska @alenakluknavska.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We're starting the morning with two keynotes tackling democracy, power, and platforms ⭐

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Yesterday's opening roundtable set a high bar! Looking forward to today's keynote and to seeing where the conversations of #ECC2026 take us next! 💚 @medjourmuni.bsky.social @ecreaeu.bsky.social

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ECREA @ecreaeu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We are kicking off with a roundtable on this year's ECREA theme, "Shifting Grounds: Paths, Connections, and Futures." Chaired by the wonderful Monika Metykova, the session brings together Sandra Banjac, Emilija Gagrcin, and Michael Bossetta to reflect on communication as a discipline.

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ECREA @ecreaeu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The #ECC2026 has officially begun! We are delighted to welcome you to Masaryk University in Brno and look forward to several inspiring days of discussion, discovery, and connection. @masarykuniversity.bsky.social @medjourmuni.bsky.social

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ECREA @ecreaeu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

⭐ We are proud to announce the keynote speakers for #ECC2026! This year’s program brings together thought-provoking voices of communication research, offering diverse perspectives on some of the most pressing questions shaping our field today. Meet the keynotes: ecrea2026brno.eu/keynote-spea...

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ECREA @ecreaeu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

✨ Experience Brno beyond the conference! Our curated program offers unique guided tours and cultural events: from key city highlights to unforgettable experiences available only during ECREA. 🗓️ Sign up until 31. 5. during registration - places are limited! 👉 ecrea2026brno.eu/tours-cultur...

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ECREA @ecreaeu.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

🫶🏻 Need support to join #ECC2026 in Brno? We offer several grants to facilitate participation! Application deadlines are approaching soon and vary by scheme - don’t miss out. Find more at: ecrea2026brno.eu/grants/