I’m proud to present the 2016 International Journal of Press/Politics Conference, hosted September 29-30 by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.
The full program including abstracts is here [PDF], and an overview with titles and presenters is below–we will be covering many issues relevant for the International Journal of Press/Politic‘s mission: to advance our understanding of the relations between news media and politics in a global perspective.
With more than 60 researchers from almost 20 countries and a keynote by Katrin Voltmer, it will be a truly international event and it is one I really look forward to–the second installment of what I hope will be an annual event, with the best and most relevant papers submitted to the journal for later publication.
2016 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESS/POLITICS CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
THURSDAY 29TH
9.00-10.30 Panels 1a and 1b
PANEL 1A: POPULISM, POLITICAL CONFLICT, AND THE MEDIA
Brexit 2016? Media reporting of the Referendum Campaign on UK Membership of the EU
Dominic Wring, David Deacon, John Downey and James Stanyer
Europe facing the immigration flow. Parochialism vs cosmopolitanism in the press
Paolo Mancini, Marco Mazzoni, Giovanni Barbieri, and Marco Damiani
The Coming Anocracy? Mediatized Politics in Thailand and Beyond
Duncan McCargo and Thaweeporn Kummetha
Mass righteous indignation as a form of contentious politics
Cherian George
PANEL 1B: JOURNALISTS AND NEWS PRODUCTION
Between the “citizen” and “consumer”: A comparative account of journalists’ roles in political and everyday life
Folker Hanusch and Thomas Hanitzsch
Opportunity makes the journalist?: An analysis of the blurring of boundaries between science and journalism during the COP21 summit
Stefanie Walter and Michael Brüggemann
The Impact of Media Policy on Journalistic Norms
Ruth Moon
From supplement to trigger? Changing role of social media in the mainstream Czech news production
Václav Štětka
10.45-12.15 Panels 2a and 2b
PANEL 2A: COMPARING MEDIA SYSTEMS
Influences on Journalistic Practices Across European Digital Mediascapes
Zrinjka Peruško, Antonija Čuvalo and Dina Vozab
Reporters and Reformers: The European Fact-Checking Field in Comparative Context
Lucas Graves
Automatic Text Analysis of News Coverage As A Test Of Media System Theory
Iain McMenamin, Michael Breen, Michael Courtney, and Gemma McNulty
News in Catalonia: the formation of a differentiated Catalan media system
Manel Palos Pons
PANEL 2B: JOURNALISM IN TRANSITIONAL AND AUTHORITARIAN SOCIETIES
A free press in no match for corruption: how corruption poisoned the post-communist media
Lada Trifonova Price
Comparing the Role of Traditional and Digital Media in Political Communication in India and China: Populism versus Authoritarian Responsiveness
Ralph Schroeder
Changing Times, Changing Journalism: Shifting Journalistic Approaches in Transitional Democracy Explained
Claudia Mellado and Arjen Van Dalen
Who Speaks for the Past? Social Media, Social Memory, and the Production of Historical Knowledge in Contemporary China
Jun Liu
13.15-14.45 Panels 3a and 3b
PANEL 3A: MEDIA, CULTURAL DIPLOMACY, AND GLOBALISATION
Confucius Institutes and China’s Public Diplomacy: between benign cultural exchange and sinister propaganda
Falk Hartig
Journalism and Political Islam: the Case of Malaysia’s Harakah newspaper
Janet Steele
Theorizing Political Communication in the 21st century: People, Processes and Practices in an Age of Interconnection
Cristina Archetti
Shallow Globalization: Media discourse entanglements, the United Nations, and the performative neglect of global democratic necessities
Dirk-Claas Ulrich
PANEL 3B: JOURNALISTS, GOVERNMENTS, AND POLITICAL PARTIES (I)
The virtual Lobby: How politicians and journalists interact on Twitter during election campaigns
Marcel Broersma, Dan Jackson, Einar Thorsen, and Todd Graham
Involved or apathetic? Journalists’ relationship with the political sphere
Jessica Kunert and Neil Thurman
Professionalized political communication vs. speedy-journalism
Milda Celiešiūtė
Party organizations in the light of professionnalization of political communication
Lamprini Rori
15.00-16.00 Birds of a feather sessions
16.30-18.00 Panels 4a and 4b
PANEL 4A: MEDIA, AGENDA-SETTING, AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
Why political elites respond to news coverage: Information acquisition vs. strategic timing
Julie Sevenans
The emphasizing effect of the media: a comparative analysis of legislative processes
Lotte Melenhorst
Political agenda-setting put into context: How the electoral system shapes politicians’ reactions to media coverage
Luzia Helfer and Rudy Andeweg
Authority performances in mediatized policy networks
Esa Reunanen and Risto Kunelius
PANEL 4B: LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS CULTURES
Networked Intermedia Agenda Setting
Helle Sjøvaag, Eirik Stavelin, Michael Karlsson and Aske Kammer
Put it in the context: Regional and national references in the press
Ramona Vonbun
[New] Media Systems, Public Spheres, and Local Political Discourses
Dirk von Schneidemesser
Political sources in the news
Helle Sjøvaag
FRIDAY 30TH
9.00-10.30 Keynote lecture by Katrin Voltmer
11.00-12.30 Panels 5a and 5b
PANEL 5A: DIGITAL MEDIA, DATA, AND ELECTION CAMPAIGNING
Data, democracy and political communication: the case of the 2015 UK general election
Nick Anstead
Inter-media agenda-setting in the social media age. How Twitter influences the media agenda in election times
Raymond Harder, Peter Van Aelst, Julie Sevenans, and Steve Paulussen
Focus points of political attention: Collective curating on Twitter during the federal election 2013 in Germany
Andreas Jungherr and Oliver Posegga
Tweeting the electoral cycle: political debate and sentiment analysis of the Greek elections in 2015
Moses Boudourides, Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou, Sergios Lenis, and
Pantelis Vikatos,
PANEL 5B: MEDIA, ENGAGEMENT, AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
How Political Disagreements Lead to Participation: Comparing less and more experienced voters in the case of the U.S. 2014 midterm elections
Hailey Hyun-kyung Oh
The Engaging Effect of Exemplars
Kim Andersen, Morten Skovsgaard, Erik Albaek, and Claes H. de Vreese
Practicing “Engagement”: A Cross-National Comparison
Regina G. Lawrence, Damian Radcliffe, Thomas Schmidt
Participation features in news websites: A comparative study
Yacov Netzer
13.30-14.30 Panels 6a and 6b (3-paper sessions)
PANEL 6A: MEDIA AUDIENCES, INSTITUTIONS, AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE PRESS
Media Scandal and Support for Regulation: How Audience Outrage Affects Public Opinion About the Press
Erik Bucy and Nichole Bauer
Explaining the formation of online news startups in France and the US: A field analysis
Matthew Powers and Sandra Vera Zambrano
Political journalists’ branding practices on social media: A comparative analysis
Folker Hanusch
PANEL 6B: JOURNALISTS, GOVERNMENTS, AND POLITICAL PARTIES (II)
Taking the lead? Understanding dynamics of individual politicians’ visibility in traditional and online media”
Sanne Kruikemeier, Katjana Gattermann, and Rens Vliegenthart
How coalition governments affect the personalisation of politics in the media
Ana Ines Langer and Iñaki Sagarzazu
Connecting politicians to issues: the impact of specialization and issue ownership on news coverage
Kirsten Van Camp
15.00-16.00 Roundtable with IJPP Ed. Board members and closing remarks
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