News about Media

Surveillance Demystified: Cultivating Fearlessness through ‘Apotropaic Belittlement’ in Turkey and Its Diaspora

What is it like when the state is potentially listening in on every conversation you have?

"Seven promises and letdowns of urgent image collections of violence: The curse of the archive"

Why do people risk their lives and wellbeing to work with images of violence despite knowing that it is unlikely their work will lead to justice?

CBMR publications and media appearances in June & July 2026

CBMR publications and media appearances in June & July 2026

Police in Media, Recruitment and Democracy

This week, the annual meeting of our project "Streaming for Talent" took place in Copenhagen.

Jochen Kinast and Sif Sneum at “SMiD 2026”

At the SMiD 2026 conference "From Print to Prompt" at Roskilde University, Jochen Kinast and Sif Sneum presented our analysis of police representations on TikTok.

Jochen Kinast at ”Digital Folketingsvalg 26”

This week Jochen Kinast was invited to the penal debate “Digital Folketingsvalg 26” at Copenhagen University to present our first findings on how TikTok was used for election campaigning in the 2026 Danish Election.

Sucker Nation: Why we all risk being exploited in the attention economy

Vincent F. Hendricks’ new book Sucker Nation shows why rational and well-informed people end up as suckers in a world governed by visibility, algorithms and attention.

CBMR publications and media appearances in April 2026

CBMR publications and media appearances in April 2026

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2026

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2026

How are DR and TV 2's streaming services managed

On 19 March 2026, the Section for Media Studies invited students, colleagues and anyone interested to a seminar "How are DR and TV 2's streaming services managed?"

CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2026

CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2026

New interview with Manuel Menke on nostalgia as a political strategy

In an interview with NordForsk, Manuel Menke, PI of the PastForward Project on the political uses of the past in the Nordics, talks about the role of nostalgia in politics in a world in constant crisis-mode.

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2026

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2026

CBMR publications and media appearances in February 2026

CBMR publications and media appearances in February 2026

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen appointed to Committee of Experts on Media Regulators in a Platform-Based Environment

Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (KOMM) has been appointed as a member of the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on Media Regulators in a Platform-Based Environment (MSI eREG).

CBMR publications and media appearances in December 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in December 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in November 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in November 2025

Signe Sophus Lai and Sofie Flensburg (CTS) are part of a new Carlsberg Research grant

Signe Sophus Lai and Sofie Flensburg from the Center for Tracking and Society are part of a new Carlsberg Research Communication grant for the project SKYEN FINDES IKKE (There is no cloud).

Youths, Media and Performance: How Young People Remember Violent Pasts

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler and Research Fellow at Leipzig University Sina Emde have edited a Special Issue of Anthropological Forum titled Youths, Media and Performance: How Young People Remember Violent Pasts…

CBMR publications and media appearances in October 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in October 2025

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen about migrant deaths in the Mediterranean

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen has written an article in Information about migrant deaths in the Mediterranean and their consequences. The article highlights what it means to lose someone and being left behind in…

Small digital frictions can slow the spread of misinformation

New research from the University of Copenhagen points to a simple yet effective method for combating misinformation on social media: make it slightly harder to share content.

Climate Justice at the University: Integrating Struggles for Liberation

Universities are not simply places for learning and research but are also centers of power and influence that can shape society. Historically, the Western model of the university was originally designed to serve wealthy…

Loss, Damage, and Justice in Global Climate Policy

For 30 years, heads of state and diplomats have met at the Conference of the Parties (COP), to negotiate solutions to urgent climate challenges. Usually, coverage of the conferences celebrates successfully signed…