{"id":1694,"date":"2025-12-03T16:21:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2025-12-11T19:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:08:52","slug":"medemap-seminar-will-examine-media-data-and-democracy-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/?p=1694","title":{"rendered":"MeDeMAP Seminar will examine media, data, and democracy in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Brussels event invites journalists, researchers, and media professionals for debates and practical workshops.<br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Poster_13Jan_MappingMediaafternoon_v5-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1714\" style=\"width:552px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Poster_13Jan_MappingMediaafternoon_v5-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Poster_13Jan_MappingMediaafternoon_v5-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Poster_13Jan_MappingMediaafternoon_v5-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Poster_13Jan_MappingMediaafternoon_v5-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Poster_13Jan_MappingMediaafternoon_v5-1448x2048.png 1448w, https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Poster_13Jan_MappingMediaafternoon_v5.png 1587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European research project MeDeMAP &#8211; Mapping Media for Future Democracies (HE 101094984) will hold a seminar on the relationship between media, data, and democracy on 13 January 2026 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The seminar &#8220;Mapping Media for Future Democracies&#8221; runs from 14:00 to 17:30 at the Learning and Innovation Center (LIC) of VUB, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels (Belgium). Journalists, researchers, NGOs, and media professionals will discuss evidence-based approaches to democratic information environments in Europe.<br><br>The event consists of two sessions. Registration is required separately for each session. Participants may attend both.<br><br>The first session is titled <strong>Journalism and Democracy \u2013 A Debate<\/strong>  and brings together journalists, civil society representatives, and academics to debate journalism&#8217;s role in democracy. The speakers will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fran\u00e7ois Heinderyckx, Professor of Media Studies and Political Communication, Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Renate Schroeder, Director, European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donato Bendicenti, RAI Correspondent in Brussels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeffrey Wimmer, Professor of Communication Sciences, University of Augsburg, and MeDeMAP Researcher, Charles University, Prague<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stef Arends, Editor in Chief, Kif Kif<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The session will be chaired by Andrea Miconi, Professor of Media Sociology, IULM University (Milan), and MeDeMAP Italian team coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To register for the first session, please use <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/JwbSgtj5rRP8XtjF7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">this form.<\/a><br><br>The second session will take the form of a workshop and present the MeDeMAP multi-layer map of European political information environments. During the session <strong>Mapping European Political Information Environments: A workshop, <\/strong>participants will work with the spatial data interface that provides quantitative information on these environments. The session will be chaired by Josef Seethaler, Leader of the Research Group &#8220;Media, Politics &amp; Democracy&#8221; at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and MeDeMAP Principal Investigator. The invited speakers are:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>David F. J. Campbell, Professor for Comparative Political Science, University of Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beata Klimkiewicz, Professor, Institute for Journalism, Media and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Cracow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To register for the second session, please use <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/b7AFAanuuFupZHVs9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">this form<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels event invites journalists, researchers, and media professionals for debates and practical workshops. The European research project MeDeMAP &#8211; Mapping Media for Future Democracies (HE 101094984) will hold a seminar on the relationship between media, data, and democracy on 13 January 2026 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. 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