We are thrilled to bring to your attention an article that has arisen out of the collaboration between Dresden Senior Fellow Prof. Lance Bennett and TUDiSC PI (Projekt DiDis) Prof. Marianne Kneuer. Titled “Communication and democratic erosion: The rise of illiberal public spheres” the paper looks to explore the ways in which once stable democracies have experienced disruptive communication, along with the erosion of core institutions, and through this the authors propose a framework to compare the logics of illiberal and liberal democratic communications. In particular the authors look to shift the scholarly focus to the nature of systematic disruptions, with the aim of understanding national variations in how communication systems contribute to democratic erosion.

We are delighted to once again see such insightful and exciting research come out of the TUDiSC community, and look forward to witnessing the scholarly engagement with it that is sure to follow!