Next week, October 11-12, the incoming editor-in-chief Cristian Vaccari and I are hosting the fourth annual International Journal of Press/Politics conference at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.
It’s a special occasion for me as it will be my last conference as editor (I step down at the end of December and Cristian takes over).
Looking forward to welcoming colleagues from all over the world — full program below.
Thursday October 11th
8.00-8.45am Registration and coffee
8.45-9.00 Opening remarks
9.00-10.00 Keynote lecture by Andrew Chadwick
10.00-10.30 Break
10.30-12.00 Panels 1a and 1b
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.30 Panels 2a and 2b
14.30-15.00 Break
15.00-16.30 Panels 3a and 3b
7pm-onwards Dinner
Friday October 12
8.00-9.00am Arrival and coffee
9.00.-10.30 Panels 4a and 4b
10.30-10.45 Break
10.45-11.45 Panels 5a and 5b
11.45-12.00 Break
12.00-13.00 Roundtable with IJPP Editorial Board members and closing remarks
13.00-14.00 Lunch
Thursday October 11th
8.45-9.00 Opening remarks
9.00-10.00 Keynote lecture, Andy Chadwick
10.30-12.00 Panels 1a and 1b
PANEL 1a: SOCIAL MEDIA & ELECTIONS (Chair: Gunn Enli)
Facebook Advertising in the United Kingdom General Election of 2017
Nick Anstead, Richard Stupart, Damian Tambini and Joao Vieira-Magalhaes
Diverging patterns of Facebook interactions on online news: media sources and partisan communities in the lead-up of 2018 Italian General Election
Fabio Giglietto, Augusto Valeriani, Nicola Righetti, and Giada Marino
When does Abuse and Harassment Marginalize Female Political Voices on Social Media?
Yannis Theocharis, Maarja Luhiste, Zoltan Fazekas, Sebastian Adrian Popa, and Pablo Barberá
PANEL 1b: NEWS CONSUMPTION (Chair: Homero Gil de Zúñiga)
More News Avoiders? A Longitudinal Study of News Consumption in Low and High Choice Media Environments 1997-2016
Rune Karlsen, Audun Beyer, and Kari Steen-Johnsen
News consumption on social media in authoritarian regimes: polarization and political apathy
Aleksandra Urman
Gateways to news and selective exposure: Evidence from survey and navigation data
Ana Cardenal, Carlos Aguilar-Paredes, and Mario Pérez-Montoro
13.00-14.30 Panels 2a and 2b
PANEL 2a: CAMPAIGN COMMUNICATION (Chair: Ralph Schroeder)
The Moderating Effect of Political Responsibility on Populist Communication Online: The case of the German AfD
Tobias Widmann
“His Tweets Speak for Themselves”: An Analysis of Donald Trump’s Twitter Behaviour
Suzanne Elayan, Martin Sykora and Tom Jackson
The rally-intensive campaign: A distinct type of election campaign in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond
Dan Paget
PANEL 2b: JOURNALISM IN DANGEROUS PLACES (Chair: Jane Suiter)
“Beyond the Dark Mountains”: Suspicion and Distrust in the work of journalists covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Tali Aharoni
Strategies for safety autonomy: The role of journalists’ capital enhancing professional autonomy in violent contexts
Julieta Brambila
Local authoritarian enclaves in democracies and democratic hybrids: How much do they explain the harassment and murder of journalists over the last quarter century?
Sallie Hughes and Yulia Vorobyeva
15.00-16.30 Panels 3a and 3b
PANEL 3a: JOURNALISM IN PRACTICE (Chair: Ana Langer)
Democratizing Views in International News: Proportions of Northern and Southern Perspectives in American and Finnish Coverage of the Global South
Kirsi Cheas
The political determinants of journalists’ career
Andrea Ceron, Sergio Splendore,Rosa Berganza, Thomas Hanitzsch, and Neil Thurman
How German and British journalists differ in their political and ethical role conceptions
Henkel, Imke, Neil Thurman, Veronika Deffner, and Ivica Obadic
PANEL 3b: CONCEPTS AND THEORIES (Chair: Jay Bumler)
The Authentic Politician: Strategies to Construct Authenticity in Political Campaigns
Gunn Enli
Old and New Echo Chambers
Paolo Mancini and Anna Stanziano
Communicative Power in the Hybrid Media System
Andreas Jungherr, Oliver Posegga, and Jisun An
Friday October 12
9.00-10.30 Panels 4a and 4b
PANEL 4a: NEWS CONTENT (Chair: Neil Thurman)
From Network to Narrative: Understanding the Nature and Trajectory of News Stories
Sarah Oates
Thinking through the political media system: Surprising similarities between polarized media outlets during Election 2016
Chris Wells, Josephine Lukito, and Zhongkai Sun
An anatomy of the complex role of the media on policy ‘U-turns’
Ana Ines Langer
PANEL 4b: MISINFORMATION AND MANIPULATION (Chair: Erik Bucy)
The Populist Campaigns against European Public Service Media: Hot Air or Existential Threat?
Felix Simon, Annika Sehl and Ralph Schroeder
Fake News as a Combative Frame: Results from a qualitative content analysis of the term’s definitions and uses on Twitter
Dominique Doering and Gina Neff
Disinformation and Media Manipulation in the Swedish 2018 Election
Ralph Schroeder, Lisa Kaati, and Johan Fernquist
10.45-11.45 Panels 5a and 5b
PANEL 5a: ONLINE NEWS AND MEDIA USE (Chair: Gina Neff)
Are there echo chambers? A 7-nation comparison
Grant Blank & Elizabeth Dubois
The Proliferation of the ‘News Finds Me’ Perception Across Different Societies
Homero Gil de Zúñiga Nadine Strauss Brigitte Huber James Liu
PANEL 5B: COMPARATIVE RESEARCH ON ATTITUDES TO NEWS (Chair: Ana Cardenal)
Perceived Media Bias and Political Action: A 17-Country Comparison
Matthew Barnidge, Hernando Rojas, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Paul A. Beck
Polarization and Inequality: key drivers of distrust in media old and new?
Jane Suiter and Richard Fletcher
12.00-13.00 IJPP Editorial Board Roundtable (with Paolo Mancini, Sallie Hughes, and Sarah Oates) and closing remarks
13.00-14.00 Lunch
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