Transnational media events - the Mohammed cartoons and the imagined clash of civilizations

The researchers behind this effort are a mixture of academics from 15 countries, but actually from more, as several do not live and do research in their country of origin. Initially, they were drawn together by the global reactions ignited by 12 cartoons published in Jyllands-Posten, and the work has been in progress since May 2006. What began as a quickly gathered group of researchers has since become a global network of people with many transnational experiences.