JProf. Dr. Nele Sawallisch is part of UT’s newly formed research group CONAR—Contested Narratives (Speakers: Prof. Dr. Christian Nuernbergk (lead), Prof. Dr. Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Prof. Dr. Pascal Jürgens). This interdisciplinary group looks at how narratives are circulated in the digital public sphere and how they shape, as per their program, “global action areas” and “current discourses.” Using both manual analysis and automated data collection, the various projects within CONAR consider “themes, communication strategies, and techniques” that narratives against the backdrop of the spread of populism and the creation of mis/trust in political institutions. JProf. Dr. Nele Sawallisch’s project is entitled “Jesters, Journalists, Public Intellectuals? U.S. Comedians and Narratives of Trust in Populist Times”.
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