PROGRAM – International Conference on Information Technology and Journalism 2016

zaglavljeInMed Institute, Faculty of Political Science, DEL research network, IPSA RC10

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND JOURNALISM

Dubrovnik, Croatia, Inter – University Center, 23 – 25 May 2016

 

PROGRAM

WORKSHOP (23 – 24 May 2016) – ICT and political participation: innovations in digital democracy

CONFERENCE (25 May 2016) – Ethics of the new media

 

23 May 2016, Monday

9:00 – 9:30 Registration, Inter – University Center

9:30 Welcome address by organizing committee

Workshop

Chair: Domagoj Bebić, assistant professor, University of Zagreb

10:00 – 10:30 Twitter news anchors: Social networks’ role in mainstream news coverage of the Greek debt crisis

  • Jenny Hauser, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland

10:30 – 11:00 Negative Emotion on Facebook

  • Uta Russmann, FHWien University of Applied Science of WKW, Austria

 11:00 – 11:30 Viral journalism: the rise of new form

  • Marija Volarević, PhD student, University of Ljubljan, Slovenia

 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

 12:00 – 12:30 Europe and participatory patterns via social media: like or hate me but be there!

  • Karolina Koc-Michalska, Audiencia Business School, France
  • Darren Lilleker, Bournemouth University, UK
  • Tomasz Michalski, HEC Paris, France
  • Jan Zajaz, Warsaw University, Poland

 12:30 – 13:00 Messaging apps as media distribution platforms: Return of one way communication

  • Mato Brautović, University of Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Sandra Brautović, MA, University of Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Romana John, MA, University of Dubrovnik, Croatia

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 – 15:00 Interaction between online social networks and audience-oriented media – a new kind of social and opinion dynamics

  • Jan Klasinc, doctoral student, University of Zagreb, Croatia

 15:00 – 15:30 Rumor Mill in Cyberspace

  • Inoslav Bešker, University of Bologna, University of Dubrovnik, Croatia 

24 May 2016, Tuesday

Chair: Thierry VEDEL, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Political Research at Sciences Po, Paris

10:00 – 10:30 U.S. universities and Student Media: An Examination of State University Programs

  • Robert Bergland, Missouri Western State University, Missouri
  • Sydnie Holzfaster, Missouri Western State University, Missouri
  • Brendan Welch, Missouri Western State University, Missouri

 10:30 – 11:00 Candidate Use of Twitter in the 2016 U.S. President Campaign

  • Austin Bauer, Missouri Western State University, Missouri
  • Junna Resuma, Missouri Western State University, Missouri

 11:00 – 11:30 Facebook and the 2016 U.S. Presidental Campaign: A Content Analysis of Candidate Posts

  • Breauna Watkins, Missouri Western State University, Missouri
  • Tobias Pointer, Missouri Western State University, Missouri

 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

 12:00 – 12:30 Use of Social Media by the Top 50 Magazines in the United States

  • Jess Boley, student – Missouri Western State University, Missouri
  • Piper Kirk,student – Missouri Western State University, Missouri

 12:30 – 13:00 Transparency and openness in Local governance: In new democracies: a case of Croatian cities

  • Domagoj Bebić, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 – 15:00 Comunicating refugee crisis: United Nations on Social Media During the largest imigration wave in Europe

  • Marina Jurjević, Vern college Zagreb, Croatia
  • Nuša Hajec, Vern college Zagreb, Croatia

 15:00 – 15:30 Political effects on Facebook as an information resource among young  people    

  • Marton Bene, MTA TK Institute for Political Science, Hungary

25 May 2016, Wednesday

 Conference

Chair: Nenad Prelog, Croatian Ambassador to South Africa

10:00 – 10:30 Dealing with insults and hate speech on Facebook pages and web sites of Croatian daily newspapers

  • Tamara Kunić, University of Zagreb, Croatia

 10:30 – 11:00 Ethics of advertisements and their influence on teenagers

  • Damir Boras, Rector of Zagreb University, Croatia
  • Ivana Vrcek, University of Zagreb, Croatia

 11:00 – 11:30 TBA

  • Jadranka Lasić Lazić, University of Zagreb, Croatia

 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

 12:00 – 13:00 History and effects of the Austrian Croats and their cultural institutions, and their cultural center

  • Sabine Stadler, Social scientist, Austria

 13:00 – 13:30 Resulting the Paradox of Voter turnout through Online voting

  • Ayan Rakoub, PhD student, University of Milan, Italy

13:30 – 15:00 Lunch break

Panel discussion

15:00 – 16:30

15:00 – 15:30 Ethics of New Media and New (Brave) World

  • Nenad Prelog, Croatian Ambassador to South Africa

Conference program-Dubrovnik 2016