PROGRAM
InMed Institute, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb,
IPSA RC10 and RC22 supported workshop:
„Bubble Society and the Death of the Public Sphere“
Interuniversity Centre Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 27 – 28 May 2019
May 2019, Monday
8:30 -9:30 Registration, Inter – University Center
9:30 – 9:45 Address speech by Organizing committee
Session 1: Alternative facts, deepfake and Big Data
9:45 – 11:00
Chair: Domagoj Bebić, University of Zagreb
- Attention-Based Politics of Alternative Facts: One-Minute of Fear
Péter Bence Stumpf, University of Szeged
Norbert Merkovity, University of Szeged
- Little room for echo chambers: Egocentric publics and political opinion formation amongst Facebook users
Bela Janky, Budapest University
Kmetty Zoltan, Eotvos Lorand University
Gabriela Szabó, Centre for Social Sciences
- Deepfake, the next phase of misinformation and the new virus for today’s journalism
Dren Gerguri, University of Prishtina
11:00 – 12:15
Session 2: Polarization and populism
Chair: Marijana Grbeša-Zenzerović, University of Zagreb
- Polarizing the public? Twitter usage of populist parties in Spain
Óscar G. Luengo, University of Granada
Belén Fernández-García, University of Granada
- Right-Wing Information Networks, Populist Parties, and the Spill-over of Deviant Issues in Hybrid Media Environments
Curd B. Knüpfer, Freie Universität Berlin
- The Utilization of Social Media and Filter Bubbles to support the Populists Candidates in the 2016 US Election
Ahmad Kilani, RUDN University, Russia
12:15 – 13:45 Lunch break
13:45 – 15:00
Session 3: World in Bubbles
Chair: Mato Brautović, University of Dubrovnik
- State-Sponsored Bubbles? The Framing of Conflicts by Russia Today, HispanTV and Traditional Media in Spain.
Javier García-Marín, University of Granada
José Manuel Moreno Mercado, University of Granada
- Climate change and dialogue in Youtube: can we talk about a bubble?
Óscar G. Luengo, University of Granada
Ignacio J. Serrano-Contreras, University of Granada
- Locked in the filter bubble? Perceptions of exposure to political content on facebook during election campaigns
Azi Lev-On, Nili Steinfeld, Ariel University
15:00 – 15:30 coffee break
15:30 – 17:00 Keynote lecture by Lance W. Bennett, University of Washington, USA
“Beyond Filter Bubbles: The Rise of Anti-Democratic Public Spheres”
28 May 2019, Tuesday
9:15 – 10:30
Session 4: Hegemonic media, social media and party communication
Chair: Professor Nenad Prelog, Croatian Ambassador to South Africa
- Comparative Analyses of US Media Hegemony The variables of hegemonic media in Hollywood
Nabhan Durgham, RUDN University, Russia
- Is YouTube going to be a “new Facebook”?
Jelena Surčulija Milojević, University of Belgrade
- Millennials and online political participation: EU elections in Croatia
Marija Volarević, University of Ljubljana
Session 5: News media, political myths and elections
10:30 –11:45 Chair: Mato Brautović, University of Dubrovnik
- Political myths in contemporary mass media
Maria Ivanova, RUDN University, Russia
- The selective perception of news diversity: An explorative study from a cognitive perspective
Pascal Verhoest, University of Brussels
Arno Slaets, University of Brussels
Leen d’Haenens, University of Leuven
- The models of competition of national & soft power strategies: toward universalization or polarization?
Vladimir Ivanov, RUDN University, Russia
11:45 – 13:15 Lunch break
13:15 – 14:30
Session 6: Public sphere and online platforms
Chair: Óscar G. Luengo, University of Granada
- You Don’t Need to Shout. The Public Sphere is Deaf
Domagoj Bebić, University of Zagreb
- Bursting Bubbles in the Public Square: Culture, Politics, and Public Knowledge in a Digital Age
Jill L. Tao, Incheon National University
Antonio Tavares, University of Minho
Patricia Silva, University of Aveiro
Maria Lameiras, University of Vigo
- Fairytale about the online public sphere: Analysis of Facebook users’ comments on Barack Obama’s Facebook fan page
Milica Vučković, University of Zagreb
14: 30 – 15: 00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:30
Keynote lecture by Marijana Grbeša – Zenzerović, University of Zagreb
“Send in the Clowns’: Who are ‘Celebrity Populists’ and How They Transform Contemporary Politics?”
CONFERENCE:
Media: Authenticity and Identity
29 May 2019, Wednesday
9:00 – 9:45 – Registration
9:45 – 10:00 – Speech by the conference directors
Panel – 10:00 – 11:45
- Fake News: Emerging New Discipline in Communication Science
Nenad Prelog, Croatian Ambassador to South Africa
- Fakenews, selective exposure and traditional news media: following news
about the best whiskey
Mato Brautović, Romana John, Sandra Buratović, University of Dubrovnik
- New Information Platforms in Economic and Public Diplomacy: a Comparative
Analysis of the Digital Diplomacy of Kosovo, Croatia and Israel
Ana Radovic Kapor, Libertas International University, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Iva Adzic Kust, Libertas International University, Dubrovnik, Croatia
- The role of new technologies in the fight against fake news – the experiences and
challenges of Croatian media organizations
Tanja Grmuša, Poslovno veleučilište Zagreb
Lordan Prelog, Veleučilište “Baltazar” Zaprešić
- Identity and mentality in online communication
Inoslav Bešker, University of Dubrovnik
11:45 – 12:15 coffee break
12:15 – 13:30 Round table: From Fake News to New Credibility
Free afternoon
30 May 2019, Thursday
9:30 – 12:00 Annual meeting of the conference directors and organizing committee of
the Workshop (Summing up, Next conference topics, Cooperation with other
universities etc.)