Anke Fiedler is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Communication Studies in the Department of Political Science and Communication Studies at the University of Greifswald, Germany. Her research focuses on communication history, particularly the control of the media in the German Democratic Republic, the role of the media in (post-)socialist transformation, and memory studies. Since 2024, she has been the principal investigator of the DFG/AHRC-funded project 'Voices from the Periphery: (De)constructing and Contesting Public Narratives about Post-Industrial Marginalisation'. She is also the co-editor of the book Media and Past Conflict in Europe: Dynamics of Mediation and Power (2025).

Darren G. Lilleker is Professor of Political Communication in The Faculty of Media, Science & Technology, Bournemouth University, UK and Convenor of the Centre for Comparative Politics & Media Research. He is UK principal investigator of the AHRC/DFG-funded project 'Voices from the Periphery: (De)constructing and Contesting Public Narratives about Post-Industrial Marginalisation'.

James Morrison is an Associate Professor in Journalism Studies at the University of Stirling, UK, and the author of a number of books, including Scroungers, The Left Behind and The Workless. He is UK Co-investigator on the AHRC/DFG-funded project 'Voices from the Periphery: (De)constructing and Contesting Public Narratives about Post-industrial Marginalisation'.

Maike Dinger is a Postdoctoral Researcher on the AHRC-/DFG-funded project 'Voices from the Periphery: (De-)Constructing and Contesting Public Narratives about Post-Industrial Marginalization' with Bournemouth University and Stirling University, UK. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on the connections between politics, media, national(ist) cultures and identities, with a view to social and political marginalisation and intersectional exclusions.