New Study Reveals Shift in Lebanese Media Uses During the 2026 War and Highlights Political Attitudes and Polarization Mobile phones, WhatsApp, and social media overtake Television: The study found that mobile phones and social media have become central sources of war information while television retreated and radio almost disappeared. Beirut,...

May 3, 2025 – World Press Freedom Day  Call for applications:  Award for Gender and Intersectional Justice in Honor of Lina Ben Mhenni On the World Press Freedom Day in 2021, we as partners of the AREACORE network launched the Award for Gender and Intersectional Justice in honor of Lina...

Deadline Extended: 15 September 2026 On 3 May 2026, International Press Freedom Day, we, as partners of the AREACORE network, are pleased to announce the sixth edition of the Gender and Intersectional Justice Award in honour of Lina Ben Mhenni. Details of the call for applications can be found here....

AREACORE promotes interdisciplinary and collaborative research to understand complex dynamics of communication in a digitalized world. We are currently engaging in several research projects, funded by the  DAAD.

Study: „Corona and Rising Nationalism: Comparing processes of Othering and Discrimination in print media in March and April 2020” The spread of the COVID19 virus, insecurities and fear around the pandemic fueled nationalist tendencies and increased authoritarian tactics of governments all over the world. In North America for instance, Anti-Asian...

Studies on Media Uses and Trust During the Coronavirus Pandemic The AREACORE team has conducted several studies during the Covid19-pandemic with a focus on media and information literacy, vaccination and belief in myths. These studies are available open access. First Study: The role of media literacy in mitigating COVID-19 vaccine...

Distance teaching in media departments in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experiences from six Arab countries. by Inas Abou Youssef and Carola Richter Click here for the Article’s PDF Abstract The present study describes, assesses, and compares the experiences of distance teaching in media and communication departments in six Arab...