Don't miss the next EDMO BELUX Lunch Lecture — Down with Neocolonialism!’ The resurgence of a strategic narrative in wartime Russia —with Dr. Maxime Audinet 🔔 Third EDMO BELUX 2.0 Lunch Lecture! 🍽️ 🗓️ Date: 16 December 2024 🕐 Time: 13:00-14:00 CET 🌐 Location: Online Event 👉 Register here! https://lnkd.in/dFYyaBA7 Join us for our webinar, where Dr. Maxime Audinet, PhD will present the results of his IRSEM Study on the new anticolonial narratives developed in Russian political discourses and spread in the informational ecosystem. The lecture will be hosted by Dr. Victor Wiard. Maxime Audinet’s study investigates the narrative dimension of Russian foreign policy, focusing on the resurgence of the anti-(neo)colonial narrative since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. It adopts the framework of "strategic narratives", which aim to shape international perceptions to influence actors. Unlike other approaches, this analysis starts from the narrative itself to trace its producers and disseminators. It examines the speeches of Russian political elites, diplomatic communication, and state media like RT and Sputnik, as well as their spread in sub-Saharan Africa through influence networks such as the "Prigozhin galaxy." #IRSEMStudy #anticolonial #politicaldiscourse #communication #EDMO #MediaResearch #Disinformation UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles
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Research Center for Publicness in Contemporary Communication
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At Engage, the Brussels-based research centre for information and communication sciences of the UCLouvain, we study how social actors engage with one-another and with society at large, focusing on media, communication, and discourse. From these interactions, public spheres emerge. Our research explores the attitudes and practices that constitute this “publicness”, examining participation, interaction, and debate via various media platforms. Our research is guided by four main axes : - Strategic communication of institutions in the public sphere: Engage studies how institutions use strategic communication to shape identities, influence audiences, and transform the public sphere, exploring the discursive processes driving contestation, normalization, politicization, persuasion, influence, and propaganda. - Political and institutional participation: Engage examines how citizens’ media practices support or hinder participation in democratic processes, particularly in policy-making. We study the impact of digital platforms on trust, legitimacy, and involvement at various levels of governance. - Debates and critiques in the public sphere: Engage investigates the role of public debate as both a constitutive and disruptive force in the public sphere, analyzing controversies and societal debates to understand and participate in the evolution of democratic dialogue and critique. - Media use and media literacy in democratic citizenship: Engage explores how everyday media practices shape citizens’ democratic experiences and sense of publicness, focusing on how media literacy contributes to active citizenship. Engage is also firmly embedded within the public sphere it seeks to understand, contributing critically to public discussions. Our researchers see their work as integral to sustaining and enriching the public debate. Ultimately, Engage’s mission is grounded in the ideal of a democratic public sphere, where dialogues, participation, and informed debate thrive.
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📖 Poststructuralist discourse theory. New book chapter out ! Published by Jan Zienkowski (researcher at ReSIC, Université libre de Bruxelles, and associate researcher at Engage - UCLouvain), in the Handbook of Pragmatics (John Benjamins Publishing Company). This 📖 chapter presents articulation as the core concept of Essex-style discourse theory. It presents related concepts such as the field of discursivity, the nodal point, the empty signifier, logics of equivalence and difference, as well as a brief introduction the Lacanian approach to discourse and subjectivity. The chapter also discusses new tendencies in poststructuralist discourse theory. Special attention goes to the subfield of fantasy studies, to inquiries into the logics of populism, as well as to theoretical and empirical explorations of the discursive-material knot. The final section of this chapter provides a brief discussion of the way linguistic pragmatics and poststructuralist thought might be articulated together and enrich each other. More info on the editor website : https://lnkd.in/dqbqt234 #newtendencies #Poststructuralist #discourse #theory #discursivity
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Check out the last Quarterly Newsletter of EDMO BELUX. This second edition of the DisinfoCheck Roundup 2.0 - Issues 2 - offers a comprehensive look at the highlights from the past three months, as well as a preview of what’s to come. Don't hesitate to subscribe and be informed of their work across Belgium 🇧🇪 and Luxembourg 🇱🇺 !
🚀 Exciting News from EDMO BELUX 2.0! 🚀 We are thrilled to release the second issue of our Quarterly Newsletter! Stay connected with EDMO BELUX 2.0 and explore the latest updates on our work across Belgium and Luxembourg. Be part of the conversation—subscribe today! 📬 👉 Subscribe Here: https://lnkd.in/eFvTbb5K
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📢 Call for Papers – 6th DiscourseNet Congress (DNC6) 📢 Join us at the 6th DiscourseNet Congress on July 7 – 10, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium, hosted by Université libre de Bruxelles organised by ReSIC, in collaboration with Engage - UCLouvain and the UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles! This year’s theme is “Discourse and the imaginaries of past, present and future societies: media and representations of (inter)national (dis)orders.” 🔎 Are you working on the discursive construction of social and political imaginaries? DNC6 provides an interdisciplinary platform to explore how past, present and future societies are imagined and articulated through language, media, and representation in a world shaped by multiple crises. 🔬 We welcome contributions from scholars in all disciplines of discourse analysis, as well as researchers in the humanities and social sciences. Topics may concern the following non-exhaustive list of questions: - How imaginaries of past, present, and future societies are discursively constructed, and how do they evolve over time? - What are the building blocks of various ideological imaginaries (e.g. populism, neoliberalism, environmentalism) and how do these imaginaries inform social identities, subjectivities, and notions of citizenship across time? - What roles do different media forms and genres play in articulating and transforming societal discursive imaginaries? - How can one operationalize discourse analytical approaches, concepts, and methods to investigate cultural, social, political and/or environmental imaginaries? - … (you can find a list of other questions that may be addressed in the full CfP below 👇) 📆 Important Dates: - Submission Deadline: February 28th, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance: March 7th, 2025 - Registration Deadline: April 31st, 2025 (authors of papers need to be paying members of DiscourseNet) 🌍 Multilingual Policy: We welcome submissions in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. For presentations in Spanish or Portuguese, we highly recommend using English visual aids to facilitate interaction in multilingual panels. 📄 Full Call for Papers Guidelines: Check out the full CfP and guidelines hereunder 👇👇👇 or on the DNC6 website: https://lnkd.in/e2mNa7YF Don’t miss this opportunity to contribute to the discussion on how imaginaries shape our societies. We look forward to your abstract and/or panel submissions! #CallForPapers #DNC6 #DiscourseAnalysis #Imaginaries #Media #Society #Research #Brussels #EngageUCLouvain #ReSic #FNRS
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👏Congratulations to our team members on their successful presentation at the first-ever Doctoral Day organized by the IRIS-L Research Institute! It was inspiring to see our researchers share their work on interdisciplinary panels and engage in thought-provoking discussions on socially relevant topics. 🎓Our research center is proud to have had Lydie Denis and Kelly Celeste Vossen represent us at this Doctoral Day. As part of IRIS-L, our center values interdisciplinary collaboration, and it was inspiring to see Lydie present her work on the construction of continuity in decision-making discourse during the COVID-19 crisis, alongside Kelly’s analysis of the discursive construction of eco-citizenship in Belgium in activism and institutional participation. Their presentations truly reflect our commitment to engaging with complex societal issues.
👏 Last Thursday marked the first-ever Doctoral Day for the IRIS-L Research Institute, and what a rewarding experience it was! The event was filled with insightful presentations, engaging discussions, and a fantastic blend of both social and scientific exchanges among our diverse doctoral community at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles. 🎓 Throughout the day, PhD candidates from across disciplines shared their research, bringing together multiple perspectives on shared issues and challenges. One standout panel focused on the political subjectivities of women, where I had the pleasure of attending presentations by Camille Rutsaert (historian), Marie Frédérick (philosopher), and Nathan Gaborit (sociologist), moderated by Nathalie Grandjean. 🤓 I was also thrilled to present in a panel on "discursive circulations" with my colleagues Lydie Denis and Lisa Verdebout. Together, we examined the social construction of meaning through various lenses: Lydie’s analysis on the "temporality" (specifically on continuity) of decision-making discourse during the COVID-19 crisis; Lisa’s study on the "transfer" of Italian literature into the francophone world, and my own work on the discursive construction of eco-citizenship in Belgium within activism and institutional participatory frameworks. The feedback and stimulating exchanges with colleagues from the IRIS-L Institute across disciplines enriched my own research tremendously. 🙏 A huge thank you to the organizing team for curating a day of intellectual stimulation, thought-provoking discussions on burning socio-political issues, and reflections on the role and commitment of researchers within the social world. We wrapped up the day with a convivial "Cheese and Wine" gathering, which was the perfect close to a truly memorable event. 🔍 IRIS-L is an interdisciplinary research institute in the humanities and social sciences, comprising twenty research centers and anchored on the UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles campus. The institute focuses on key issues in Brussels and Europe. Under the leadership of President Isabelle Ost, IRIS-L is shaping a community that bridges disciplines and fosters research on socially relevant topics. To learn more about our research and initiatives, visit the IRIS-L page and discover what we’re all about 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJ6tigUX
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🚀 Félicitations à Lydie Denis et Kelly Celeste Vossen pour la réussite de leur épreuve de confirmation ! 👩🏼🎓 Il s’agit d’une étape clé du parcours doctoral à travers laquelle les membres du comité d’accompagnement (un groupe de scientifiques experts dans la problématique de recherche) évaluent la capacité de la doctorante (ou du doctorant) à mener à bien son doctorat pour la seconde moitié de son mandat. 👏 Il y a de cela quelques semaines, deux des doctorantes à Engage - UCLouvain ont passé avec succès leur épreuve de confirmation. Kelly Celeste Vossen revient sur son expérience de l’épreuve dans le post ci-dessous 👇 🙏 Nous souhaitons également remercier leurs promoteur•rices Thomas Jacobs Geoffroy Patriarche et Marie Dufrasne, toustes les trois professeur•es et chercheur•euses à Engage - UCLouvain. Ainsi que les membres de leurs comités d’accompagnement qui les guident tout au long de leur parcours doctoral : - Pieter Maeseele, Emeline De Bouver et Andrea Catellani pour la thèse de Kelly Celeste Vossen - Thomas Jacobs, Catherine Bouko et Sandrine Roginsky pour celle de Lydie Denis. #PhD #EpreuveDeConfirmation #UCLouvainSaintLouisBruxelles #Research #Brussels #EngageUCLouvain
Exciting News! 🚀A few weeks ago, I have successfully passed my doctoral confirmation exam – a key milestone in the PhD journey. This assessment, typically undertaken midway through the process, ensures that the research progress made is substantial and on track for a successful thesis submission. 🤓In practice, the confirmation involves presenting your research to a committee of experts, known as the “guidance committee”. This group not only evaluates the work but also provides invaluable advice, supporting the candidate's theoretical and methodological development throughout the PhD journey. Prior to the exam, a written report is submitted by the PhD candidate, followed by an oral presentation and a (sometimes intense!) Q&A session with the committee. After deliberation, the committee renders their decision: a pass, a request for further work, or a fail. 🎓Think of it as the PhD equivalent of a master’s thesis defense, but reflecting 2 years of research and analysis! It’s a crucial step – like a vote of confidence – where the experts in your field assess your progress and (hopefully!) affirm their trust in your path toward completing your thesis. 🙏I'm deeply grateful for the support and expertise of my committee members: Andrea Catellani, Pieter Maeseele and Emeline De Bouver, as well as my supervisors Marie Dufrasne, and Thomas Jacobs whose guidance has been invaluable. 👏 A special congratulations as well to my fellow candidate at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, Lydie Denis, who also successfully passed her confirmation exam recently. We have been each other's constant support through the highs and lows of PhD life in Information and Communication Science. Now, all that's left is writing the thesis! 😅 So, back to the grind – there's still plenty of work ahead, but I'm excited to dive deeper into my research and take this journey to the finish line! #PhD #Proud #UCLouvainSaintLouisBruxelles #Research #Brussels #EngageUCLouvain
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Towards a New Paradigm on Post-truth Don't miss the next seminar session of Engage — Research Center for the Publicness of Contemporary Communication 🎓 With our guest Anam Kuraishi, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Antwerp 📆 WHEN : 20th of November 2024 🕔 17 pm 📍 WHERE : UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles Room P02 ➡️ Registration : https://lnkd.in/dzCwjguy 🚧 Access: Go through the parking entrance at 119, Rue du Marais. Enter the ‘Préfecture’ building, and Room P02 is on the groudfloor (on the left after the door) About the session : Post-truth is predominantly discussed with misinformation and fake news where truth has become secondary and has rendered it as an attack on the sanctity of politics and democracy. In her book ‘Towards a new paradigm on post-truth’, Anam Kuraishi challenges the common wisdom of ascribing post-truth with a negative connotation and associating it with the crisis of democracy. Instead, the book proposes that the concept of post-truth should be rethought as political discourse structured around the articulation of desire and outlines a framework for conducting empirical research on post-truth. More info on Engage website : https://lnkd.in/d-BQPhFt
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Full Professor at UCLouvain Saint-Louis, Brussels; Co-director of Engage - Research Center for Publicness in Contemporary Communication; Co-head of the Master programme in Communication Strategy and Digital Culture.
Avec Martin Culot, nous sommes intervenus lors de la dernière plateforme radicalisation - polarisation de safe.brussels à propos de la #désinformation et du projet EDMO Belux. Notre intervention comprenait deux volets principaux: une discussion sur la manière d'aborder la mésinformation, la désinformation et les "théories du complot", et un échange sur quelques stratégies et ressources pour atténuer la #mésinformation, avec un focus sur les approches de l'éducation aux médias telles que travaillées par Média Animation (NPO) et sur les ressources proposées par EDMO Belux et ses partenaires. Pour en savoir un peu plus, c'est par là 👉 https://lnkd.in/edACygmr 🤝 Merci aux participant·es pour leurs éclairages du terrain et les échanges très stimulants! #EducationAuxMedias #EDMOBELUX Engage - UCLouvain
➡️ Retour sur la plateforme radicalisation - polarisation. Dans le cadre de sa plateforme RadPol, safe.brussels a récemment réuni des représentants et experts des communes, des zones de police bruxelloise, ainsi que la police fédérale, l’OCAM et d’autres partenaires clés pour échanger sur des sujets cruciaux. AU PROGRAMME 🔍 ✅ Un projet d’annuaire à destination des agents de prévention de la région de Bruxelles-Capitale ✅ La lutte contre la désinformation grâce à un partage de réflexions, d’expériences et de ressources, dont des outils d'éducation aux médias à destination du terrain, en collaboration avec EDMO Belux, le hub belgo-luxembourgeois de l'Observatoire européen des médias numériques. Cette rencontre a été une nouvelle fois enrichissante pour toutes les parties impliquées. Pour en apprendre davantage sur cette thématique du Plan Global de Sécurité et de Prévention #PGSP de safe.brussels 👉https://lnkd.in/ebCdqGV7 #safebrussels #désinformation #polarisation #radicalisation
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🔍 Les élections américaines examinées par l’équipe d’EDMO Belux 2.0 : analyse et décryptage de la mé/désinformation La période des élections présidentielles américaines génère un flux d’informations complexes, souvent entremêlées de mé/désinformation. Dans ce contexte, l’équipe de fact-checking d’EDMO BELUX 2.0 se mobilise pour vous aider à repérer les informations fausses ou trompeuses. 👉 Zoom sur l’actualité récente : L’AFP s’est penchée sur une vague d’affirmations trompeuses autour de la tentative d’assassinat de Donald Trump. De nombreuses images et théories infondées ont circulé, révélant l’ampleur des défis auxquels font face les fact-checkers. Lisez l'analyse de l’AFP par ici : https://lnkd.in/e5rHKmWG 👉 Le rôle de l'IA et des théories conspirationnistes : la RTBF a également exploré la désinformation autour de la politique américaine, en analysant notamment la tentative d’assassinat de Trump, le retrait de Joe Biden et la candidature de Kamala Harris. Ce fact-check approfondi se concentre sur le rôle des technologies d'intelligence artificielle et des théories conspirationnistes. Découvrez l’article de la RTBF : https://lnkd.in/eHaDjemU 👉 Désinformation et figures politiques américaines : l’AFP propose un autre focus, cette fois sur les attaques de désinformation visant Tim Walz, le colistier de Kamala Harris. Cliquez ici pour l'article : https://lnkd.in/ep36838F 🤓 Bien entendu, l’actualité américaine n’est qu’un des nombreux sujets scrutés par EDMO Belux 2.0, dont font partie nos collègues Geoffroy Patriarche et Victor Wiard. La plateforme publie des fact-checks réguliers sur diverses thématiques. Pour un regard rétrospectif, consultez les archives d’EDMO BELUX 1.0, une ressource précieuse pour comprendre la récurrence de certaines informations fausses ou trompeuses. Explorez les archives : https://lnkd.in/ebc6pePF 💼 EDMO BELUX 2.0 est un hub européen pour analyser et atténuer la désinformation. Son équipe multidisciplinaire regroupe des experts de Belgique et du Luxembourg : fact-checkers, analystes en désinformation, professionnel·les de l’éducation aux médias, et partenaires académiques. En tant que membre du réseau EDMO.eu, nous contribuons à un effort coordonné à l’échelle européenne pour répondre de manière adéquate aux défis que pose la désinformation. #ElectionsAméricaines #Mésinformation #Désinformation #Disinformation #FactChecking #EDMO #EngageUCLouvain
Tentative d'assassinat de Donald Trump : un déferlement d'infox et théories infondées - EDMO Belux
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Félicitation à Cedric Tant pour la publication de son 📖 sur "La critique publique", issu de sa thèse et paru aux Editions l'Harmattan ! Ce livre prend racine dans un constat qui l'interpelle depuis longtemps : la méfiance à l'égard des acteurs démocratiques, notamment des journalistes 🎤 et des politiques 👩💼💬. Cet état est accentué par l’émergence des nouvelles technologies, comme les réseaux sociaux numériques 🌐. Fasciné par la complexité du rapport qu’entretiennent ces deux figures essentielles de la démocratie, Cédric a constaté que si cette relation d’association et de rivalité a été largement étudiée, une question restait en suspens : que révèle-t-elle du fonctionnement démocratique 🗳️ ? Plus précisément, lorsque journalistes et politiques se critiquent, que nous dit cette dynamique de l’état de notre démocratie ? 🧐 Partant de cette interrogation, il s'est intéressé au phénomène de critique publique. En analysant 📝 divers cas en France 🇫🇷, en Belgique 🇧🇪, au Québec 🇲🇶 et dans le canton de Genève🇨🇭, il a découvert que cette critique constitue bien plus qu’un simple échange de reproches 😠 ; elle incarne un processus de légitimation démocratique. Il y voit une tentative de regagner la confiance citoyenne 🤝 ainsi que d’expliciter et de revendiquer son rôle au sein de la démocratie. Dans cet ouvrage, Cédric Tant propose donc de concevoir la parole publique comme un mécanisme constant de justification, où la critique devient un outil de survie démocratique plutôt qu'un simple affrontement. Lien vers la page consacrée au livre sur le site de L'Harmattan 👉 https://lnkd.in/e4Wbyq84 #CritiquePublique #Démocratie #Journalisme #Politiques #Médias #Légitimité Université libre de Bruxelles UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles
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