{"id":7546,"date":"2021-07-31T12:08:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T10:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7546"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:31:24","slug":"a-new-virtual-meeting-place-for-scholars-the-european-media-salon","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nordmedianetwork.org\/de\/latest\/news\/a-new-virtual-meeting-place-for-scholars-the-european-media-salon\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Virtual Meeting Place for Scholars: The European Media Salon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-l-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In the aftermath of the pandemic, six European professors founded a new meeting space for virtual encounters between media scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We cannot let the momentum of international research collaboration and contacts be lost. We need a plan.&#8221; This is the motto of the newly founded meeting space for media researchers called the <strong>European Media Salon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Link<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.european-media-salon.org (content not available)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea of the &#8220;salon&#8221; is simple: groups of scholars at all levels can meet for short talks and dialogues up to 30 minutes, which is followed by an extended discussion up to an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea was initiated by <strong>Andreas Hepp <\/strong>from the University of Bremen, Germany, <strong>Giovanna Mascheroni <\/strong>from Universit\u00e0 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy, <strong>G\u00f6ran Bolin<\/strong> from S\u00f6dert\u00f6rn University, Sweden, <strong>Johanna Sumiala<\/strong> from the University of Helsinki, Finland, <strong>Nick Couldry<\/strong> from the London School of Economics, the UK, and <strong>Veronika Kalmus<\/strong> from the University of Tartu, Estonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 With the covid-19 pandemic, there have been online conferences, but one thing in particular no longer exists: the open scientific exchange in Europe that took place around meetings and in conference breaks. The Salon is intended to offer a format for this, not necessarily online, but in future also hybrid, that is, partly on site, explains professor Andreas Hepp from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-bremen.de\/en\/zemki\">ZeMKI<\/a>, Centre of Media, Communication and Information Research, that is the host of the Salon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 Our plan is to create a space for open discussion among European media and communication scholars so that critical discourse does not break off, especially in times of radical change in our media environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But more Zoom or Teams meetings, is that really what we need to invigorate the collaboration?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 We are, of course, aware of the fact that there is a considerable &#8220;zoom fatigue\u201d sweeping the academy, says professor G\u00f6ran Bolin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 However, we believe that a more intimate format like the &#8220;salon&#8221; can be sufficiently different from the other online meetings we are having. And, we are really thinking in terms of a conversational space where scholars can allow themselves to reflect around a specific topic and exchange ideas in a dialogic form. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a longer perspective, the organizers think that the salons might even go &#8220;live&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>See the events calendar of the European Media Salon.<\/em> <em>You can sign up for a newsletter here<\/em> (content not available).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo: Drew Goffman<\/em> <em>CC-BY<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six European professors founded a new meeting space for virtual encounters between media scholars: the media salon. 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