Culture, Media Uses, and Media Effects - Conference, 2017

As part of the Young Scholars Network on "Culture, Media Uses, and
Media Effects" (C-Muse), 18 international scholars from the USA, South
Korea, Turkey, Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, The Netherlands, The
Philippines, and Germany convened at the historical mansion of Touro
College Berlin on June 15 and 16, 2017.

C-Muse is headed by Touro psychology professor Prof. Dr. Özen Odag and funded by the German Research Foundation. Main aim of the first C-Muse meeting was to find a common theme for cross-cultural media uses and effects research to be carried out within the next 3 years of the funding scheme.

Renowned cross-cultural psychologist Prof. Dr. Ype Poortinga was the keynote
speaker and mentor of this venture, and encouraged the network towards
cohesive theme to include the highly heterogeneous research backgrounds of the participants: cross-cultural psychology, diaspora communication
research, and media psychology. Despite the interdisciplinary
challenges, the network succeeded in finding a contemporary topic to
explore together in the coming three years: the role of the media in
shaping anti-populist social movements and political participation. In
the following three years, the network hereby aspires to discover and
study the media psychological means that promote democratic values and
behavior much in jeopardy in the current global political climate. The
network will do this from a cross-cultural perspective.

C-MUSE - Culture, Media Uses, and Media Effects is a collaborative research initiative coordinated by Prof. Özen Odag at Touro College, located in Berlin, Germany.

C-MUSE - Culture, Media Uses, and Media Effects
Touro College Berlin
Campus Am Rupenhorn 5
14055 Berlin
C-Muse Press Contact: Prof. Özen Odag - oezen.odag@touroberlin.de - Tel: +49 30 30068641

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