The article “Counter publicity as a feeling? Alternative media and public dissent as the will and imagination of their users” co-authored by the ZeMKI members Katharina Schöppl and Christian Schwarzenegger, is awarded second prize for the best communication studies journal article of 2025 at the DGPuK 2026 conference.
The work addresses the question of how counterpublics are perceived and understood by their users. It focuses on alternative media and forms of public dissent—a highly topical issue within communication studies. The article was published in 2025 in the journal Publizistik (Vol. 70, pp. 73–97).
The award underscores the relevance of research on counter-public spheres and alternative media while also recognizing an important contribution to the current academic debate. Click here to read the full article.
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