01.12.2025
Grieving Modernity With Turkish TV 

How Turkish TV dramas have taken the world by storm.

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08.07.2025
“A War on Perception”: Gaslighting in Politics

What does political gaslighting entail, and how can societies defend themselves from the truth-bending rhetoric of narcissistic leaders?

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24.02.2025
Kyiv Independent: Protecting Democracy, Explaining Ukraine

Ukraine’s independent media navigate the challenge of holding the government accountable without compromising the national interest.

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05.12.2024
Against the Tide: France’s Independent Media Resisting the Far Right 

Francesca Barca speaks with the alternative media countering the influence of billionaire publishers.

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05.12.2024
Communicating Nastiness: Narratives and Networks of the Far Right

To counter the widely used tactics of divisive speech, progressives need to invest in alternative platforms and bolster quality journalism, moving beyond the outdated ideal of objectivity.

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05.12.2024
Her Long Shadow

There are no fixed coordinates in the underworld of conspiracies. A graphic story by Sofia Cherici and Eleonora Pepe.

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05.12.2024
The Politics of the Plate: Monstrous Foods and Populist Fears

Luiza Bialasiewicz and Annalisa Colombino respond to the weaponisation of disgust with political laughter.

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05.12.2024
A Single Narrative: Culture and Media Under Giorgia Meloni

Populist rhetoric, personal favouritism, and the decline of Italy’s fourth estate.

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05.12.2024
Metapolitics and the Battle for Europe’s Future

As the far right’s cultural influence grows, Sybren Kooistra dusts off Gramsci’s notes to shift the “climate of opinion”.

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26.11.2024
How To Survive Illiberalism: Journalism in Poland and Slovakia 

Unionisation, cooperation among independent media, and the push for full independence is strengthening journalism in Europe.

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