InMed 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