Presentation

The 11th edition of the European Communication Conference (ECC 2026), organised by the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), will take place from 8 to 11 September 2026 in Brno, Czech Republic.

This international conference brings together researchers in information and communication sciences to discuss the contemporary transformations of media, communication and cultural industries.

On this occasion, Fredrik Stiernstedt, 2026-2027 Fellow at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond Chair), Dean of the School of Culture and Education and Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University, Sweden, will take part in several sessions of the conference.

Fredrik Stiernstedt's Interventions

Fredrik Stiernstedt, 2026-2027 Fellow at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond Chair), Dean of the School of Culture and Education and Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University, Sweden, will take part in several sessions of the 11th European Communication Conference (ECC 2026), organised by ECREA in Brno.

He will speak, chair a session and take part in a roundtable.

Talks:

• "Expressive distrust: Rethinking what it means to distrust the news"
  Wednesday 9 September 2026 — 11:30 am | FSS | U32 | Duration: 15 minutes
• "Negotiating public value: Young audiences' understandings of public service media in Sweden and Estonia"
  Wednesday 9 September 2026 — 2:30 pm | FA | B2.13 | Duration: 15 minutes
• "The vanishing paper: Infrastructural displacement at a critical juncture of digitalization"
  Wednesday 9 September 2026 — 2:45 pm | FSS | P51 | Duration: 15 minutes

Session Chair

• "Media Ownership and Management in the Platform Era"
  Thursday 10 September 2026 — 2:15 pm | K2 | 343 | Duration: 1h30

Fredrik Stiernstedt will chair this session on media ownership and management in the platform era.

Roundtable

• "Platformized Media Industries: Infrastructures, Inequalities and Futures of Cultural Production"
  Friday 11 September 2026 — 9:00 am | K2 | 257 | Duration: 1h30

Fredrik Stiernstedt will take part in this roundtable on the transformation of media industries under platformisation, and its infrastructures, inequalities and future implications for cultural production.

The 11th European Communication Conference

The 11th edition of the European Communication Conference (ECC 2026), organised by the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), will take place from 8 to 11 September 2026 in Brno, Czech Republic. This international conference brings together researchers in information and communication sciences to discuss the contemporary transformations of media, communication and cultural industries.

Practical Information

Dates: 8 to 11 September 2026
Venue: Brno, Czech Republic
Organiser: ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association)
Conference website: https://ecrea2026brno.eu/
ECREA website: https://ecrea.eu/
Registration (fee-based): https://ecrea2026brno.eu/registration/