Modes of Perception and Issues of Trust in the Media

Anja Wollenberg (Dr. phil.) is head of research at MiCT, a Berlin-based media assistance organization with activities mostly in the Middle East and North Africa. Her research interests are focused on media pluralism, media structures, and the role of media in conflict and conflict prevention. She has published numerous studies on media development in Iraq and Libya pertaining to conflict issues such as polarization, hate speech, and media partisanship in these countries. Anja Wollenberg is a co-founder and shareholder of MiCT. She also teaches in the department of media studies at the University of Erfurt.

Katharina Nötzold (Dr. phil.) is Managing Editor of the Global Media Journal – German Edition. She has worked as RCUK-Research Fellow for Arab Media at the Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) of the University of Westminster, UK. During that time, she also had been editor-in-chief of Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. Her research interests are ethno-religious conflicts, nation-building, media and political transformation processes, media systems and communication cultures in the Middle East, and Islam in the media.