Projekt

Focusing on the emergent social and political conflicts surrounding COVID-19 and the role of social media in creating, disseminating and shaping conflict, this project analyses the dynamics of value contestation and political mobilization in European social media during the COVID-19 pandemic. It aims to understand the appeal of anti-lockdown protests and to propose (counter-)action scenarios that can strengthen the resilience of democratic public space. Using an innovative visual analysis approach, the project team carries out an in-depth study of a single social media platform (Instagram) for six countries across time, expecting the study to obtain new insights and methodological tools for tracking the patterns and resonance of digital mobilization patterns.

• Prof. Dr. Monika Eigmüller

  Universität Flensburg
  Interdisciplinary Centre for European Studies
  Institut für Gesellschaftswissenschaften und
  Theologie
  Seminar für Soziologie
  Flensburg
  

• Prof. Dr. Donatella Della Porta

  Scuola Normale Superiore
  Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
  Florence
  Italien
  

• Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Trenz

  Scuola Normale Superiore
  Faculty of political and social sciences
  Chair in Sociology of Culture and Communication
  Florence
  Italien