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View article: Taking to the Streets in Germany – Disenchanted and Confident Critics in Mass Demonstrations
Taking to the Streets in Germany – Disenchanted and Confident Critics in Mass Demonstrations Open
This paper analyses the socio-demographic attributes and political attitudes of protesters in Germany. In doing so, the paper studies participation at demonstrations, one of the key forms of non-electoral political participation in Germany…
View article: Visual framing in the German movements for gay liberation and against nuclear energy
Visual framing in the German movements for gay liberation and against nuclear energy Open
While the framing approach in the field of social movements has relied on analysing texts to the neglect of images, recent attention to visual framing in the field of media and communication studies largely overlooks the visual communicati…
View article: Yesterday's Fiction, Tomorrow's News: Post-Truth and Literature in Umberto Eco's Numero Zero
Yesterday's Fiction, Tomorrow's News: Post-Truth and Literature in Umberto Eco's Numero Zero Open
In contemporary Western society, the concept of truth is destabilizing in face of relativist skepticism and an influx of ‘fake news’. While digital media are often considered accomplice to the ‘post-truth’ problem, the role of literature i…