Congist'26: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis

Session

Session 2.3 (Day 1)

D1-S2-A8

13 May 2026, 15:55

A8 (Istanbul University Faculty of Letters)

Conveners

Session 2.3 (Day 1): Medya & Film Çalışmaları / Media & Cinema Studies

• Andreas Böhn (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Remixing in Time of Crisis: Audiomemes of Climate Change on TikTok (D1-S2-A8)

Simone Causa (University L'Orientale of Naples)

13/05/2026, 15:55

Oral Presentation

Social media have become key spaces where younger generations learn to feel, interpret and act on the environmental crisis (Bowman et al., 2021). Among these, TikTok, a platform dominated by Gen Z users (Cervi, 2021), offers a unique lens through which to study how environmental discourses are produced and circulated among and by young people.
While prior studies on climate change related...

Representation of the Couple Crisis in Romanian Advertising (D1-S2-A8)

Andreea Petre (Transilvania University of Brasov)

13/05/2026, 16:15

Oral Presentation

The image of the couple was one of the most popular themes in advertising discourse. In the 1950s, a norm couple was imposed, emotionally stable, with well-defined roles. Gradually, with the rapid changes in society, this idyllic image is becoming fragile, and at the end of the 20th century, the couple is experiencing a crisis. At present the economic emancipation of women, and the undermining...