{"id":2003,"date":"2026-09-02T08:02:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2026-09-02T08:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:02:51","slug":"agon-constructions-of-democracy-reviewed-for-media-studies-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/?p=2003","title":{"rendered":"AGON: Constructions of Democracy reviewed for Media Studies journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Croatian academic journal\u00a0<em>Media Studies<\/em>\u00a0published an\u00a0academic review of MeDeMAP&#8217;s essay\u00a0<em>AGON: Constructions of Democracy. The piece is authored\u00a0by Martin Bubanovi\u0107.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MeDeMAP-Editable-LinkedIn-posts-1200-\u00d7-627-px-1024x535.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MeDeMAP-Editable-LinkedIn-posts-1200-\u00d7-627-px-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MeDeMAP-Editable-LinkedIn-posts-1200-\u00d7-627-px-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MeDeMAP-Editable-LinkedIn-posts-1200-\u00d7-627-px-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MeDeMAP-Editable-LinkedIn-posts-1200-\u00d7-627-px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The review, published in the journal\u2019s 2026 volume, examines the film essay created by Ali Minanto, Nico Carpentier and Jhon Sany Purwanto within the framework of the MeDeMAP project.  explores the contested nature of democracy through audiovisual storytelling, bringing together theoretical reflection, fiction, dance, imagery and sound.\u00a0It is the first time the film essay has been reviewed in an academic journal, extending AGON&#8217;s academic validation\u00a0beyond its screenings and presentations.\u00a0<br><br>This is part of MeDeMAP\u2019s broader commitment to recognising multimodal and non-written forms of academic publication. By bringing audiovisual work into established academic spaces, <em>AGON<\/em> contributes to ongoing discussions about how research can be produced, communicated and evaluated beyond the traditional written article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read the review<\/strong><br>The full review is available in <em>Media Studies<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/ojs.srce.hr\/medijske-studije\/article\/view\/44848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the review<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ojs.srce.hr\/medijske-studije\/article\/view\/44848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>AGON: Constructions of Democracy<\/em> is an audiovisual research work developed within the MeDeMAP project, inspired by the book <em>Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Croatian academic journal\u00a0Media Studies\u00a0published an\u00a0academic review of MeDeMAP&#8217;s essay\u00a0AGON: Constructions of Democracy. The piece is authored\u00a0by Martin Bubanovi\u0107. The review, published in the journal\u2019s 2026 volume, examines the film essay created by Ali Minanto, Nico Carpentier and Jhon Sany Purwanto within the framework of the MeDeMAP project. explores the contested nature of democracy through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions\/2005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}