Many thanks for the constructive and valuable peer review process, Saumava Mitra and @richardstupart.com, and for the time and support, @nicocarpentier.bsky.social Jacco van Sterkenburg, @culcorc.bsky.social @iksz.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz @eshccerasmus.bsky.social
💡This study extends previous research demonstrating that traditional humanitarian imageries still predominate on IG, nuancing the often-assumed importance of post-humanitarian appeals on social media. Humanitarian organizations should adopt more nuanced, contextualized representations.
However, from May 2022 onwards, children were mostly depicted as resilient individuals, presumably to engage audiences. Post-humanitarian appeals, including carousel formats and audience-centered calls, were barely used.
Through a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of 150 posts, we found that UNICEF initially represented children primarily as vulnerable “ideal victims”, reinforcing saviour–saved divides.
🔎We examined how @unicef.org represents children affected by the Russian–Ukrainian war on Instagram from 2022 to 2023.
🌍 Humanitarian organizations play key roles in protecting children and shaping public understandings of, and responses to, humanitarian crises and the people affected. Yet, representations of children in humanitarian social media comm. – esp. concerning crises in the global N. – remain understudied.
I am happy to share that the article "Constructing childhood in the Russian-Ukrainian War: UNICEF's Instagram representations of children" by Marie Flügge and myself has just been published open-access in Media, War & Conflict :)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New publication in Media, War & Conflict Marie Flügge & David Ongenaert analyse UNICEF Instagram posts on children in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Findings: from “ideal victim” frames → to resilience narratives, with limited post-humanitarian communication.
📢 New article
Marie Flügge & David Ongenaert analyse UNICEF Instagram posts on children in the Russian-Ukrainian war
Findings: from “ideal victim” frames → to resilience narratives, with limited post-humanitarian communication
✍ Full article: doi.org/10.1177/1750...
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New article by David Ongenaert, Anna Rönsch and Natalia Koenig in the International Journal of Inclusive Education. It shows how students envision inclusive learning through collaboration, belonging, and diverse practices
📚 New publication
Study by David Ongenaert, Anna Rönsch and Natalia Koenig in the International Journal of Inclusive Education
It shows how students envision inclusive learning through collaboration, belonging, and diverse practices
📖 Read more:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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And big kudos for the support, time, and space to @nicocarpentier.bsky.social, Jacco van Sterkenburg, @culcorc.bsky.social, the Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz and @eshccerasmus.bsky.social. CC @Translocal Lives.
Many thanks for the useful and efficient peer review process to Robyn Walker and the reviewers!
I hope this study will help inform corporations to reflect on and reassess their CSR communication and the involved representations.
📄Please find the full article (open access) here: lnkd.in/gx5iMNsp
➡️Second, they are frequently depicted as victimized, impersonalized beneficiaries, reinforcing saviour-saved imageries. Extending the current literature, our study highlights how corporate communication reproduces stereotypical humanitarian images of forcibly displaced people.
➡️The findings reveal interacting liberal, CSR logic-driven discourses, with notable variations. First, forcibly displaced people are mainly presented as 'empowered', relatable individuals, yet these regulated representations may assimilate, dehumanize and establish hierarchies of deservingness.
🔎We examined how five leading multinational corporations (Google, McKinsey & Company, Airbnb, Starbucks and IKEA) represent forcibly displaced people in their Twitter and YouTube comm (2015–2022). Using Multimodal CDA, we examined their YouTube videos, tweets and embedded organic content.
The call by Koen Leurs, @kevinsmets.bsky.social, Irati Agirreazkuenaga, and Irati Agirreazkuenaga, for a multi-stakeholder analysis of how migration is narrated in communication (lnkd.in/gB9feuBD) and the seminal study by Annika Bergman Rosamond and Catia Gregoratti (lnkd.in/g-vCZk_2) inspired us.
🌍Companies increasingly communicate about their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts, including regarding forced migration, thereby shaping public discourses and attitudes. However, as we observed, these corporate discourses remain largely underexplored.
⚠️Publication Alert!
Very pleased to share that our (with Anna Pstrokońska) article "Doing Good or Looking Good? Multinational Corporations’ Social Media Discourses on Forcibly Displaced People" has just been published (OA) in the International Journal of Business Communication! shorturl.at/BvrMA
Call for ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2026 is out!
Deadline: February 13, 2026
Exciting times for the journal, folks. In the last 10 days, we've accepted our first manuscript and issued "accept, pending" decisions on two others.
It's fab seeing the work come together, from remarkably rigorous and detailed peer review to equally detailed and engaging Author replies. =)
Wrapping up those #ICA26 submissions? Don't forget to send your work to Global Perspectives in Communication! We take brief reports (4K words) & original manuscripts (8K) words w/o formatting requirements. Publications are open-access, and initial review is~30 days.
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I dug into the Israeli entities that have received EU funding. Here’s what I found -
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
At #ICA25, we hosted around two dozen early career scholars for a peer review workshop. A few takeaways, for those interested, follow in this thread.
NOTE: We hear a rumor that @icahdq.bsky.social might share some more details on the workshop later, and we'll be there also. =)
How can you tell if your paper is a good editorial fit for us? We're very open to the "anything under the tent" at @icahdq.bsky.social. If a paper had been priorly accepted at #ICA25 (or even earlier), let us know in your editorial letter - that's at least a good signal for fit!
A question we've gotten lately, "Is it okay to submit my #ICA25 paper to your journal?"
It absolutely is! Of course, a few suggestions that you might keep in mind as you prepare those manuscripts for us:
The #CULCORC seminar series kicked off with David Ongenaert's (@davidongenaert.bsky.social) talk on (De)constructing Peace. Stay tuned for more engaging academic and intellectual discussions!
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📢 CULCORC invites you to a seminar with @davidongenaert.bsky.social on "(De)constructing Peace".
📅 30 April 2025, 15:00
📍 Hollar Building, Faculty of Social Sciences
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📢 PhD Course Alert!
Join the PhD Course on Discourse Studies & Method at Charles University, Prague (Nov 3-7, 2025). Explore Discourse-Theoretical Analysis & Discursive-Material Analysis with @nicocarpentier.bsky.social
📝 Apply by July 1, 2025!
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