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On 17-18 October, more than 100 scholars from many different countries and disciplines will present research on the relationship between media and politics in an international perspective at the University of Edinburgh during the tenth conference of The International Journal of Press/Politics, for which I am honored to serve as Editor-in-Chief. The conference will be held at the John McIntyre Conference Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Registration is required to participate in the conference.

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Wednesday, October 16
Thursday, October 17
Friday, October 18

Wednesday, October 16

19:30 Conference inaugural dinner
The Scotsman Hotel, 20 North Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1TR

Thursday, October 17

8:30-9:00 Coffee and badge pickup

9:00-9:15 Welcome 
Room: Pentland East
Cristian Vaccari (University of Edinburgh) 

9:15-10:30 Plenary session: “International (?) Journal of Press (?) Politics (?): Limited news consumption and what to do about it“
Room: Pentland East
Keynote speech by Magdalena Wojcieszak (University of California, Davis)

10:30-11:00 Coffee break  

11:00-12:30 Panel 1A – Incivility, Misinformation, and Radicalization
Room: Pentland East
Chair: Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Jennifer Stromer-Galley (Syracuse University) and Patricia Rossini (University of Glasgow) 
Attack and Incivility in U.S. Presidential Campaigns in 2016 and 2020

Curd Knüpfer (University of Southern Denmark), Yunkang Yang (Texas A&M), and Mike Cowburn (European New School, Viadrina) 
Connective Factions: How Hyper-Partisan Media and Highly Networked Elites Radicalize Parties

Taberez Ahmed Neyazi, Tan Khai Ee, and Ozan Kuru (National University of Singapore) 
Moderating Effects of Perceived Political Incivility on the Relationship Between Media Consumption and Misinformation Vulnerability: Evidence from the 2022 Malaysian General Elections

11:00-12:30 Panel 1B – Rethinking Trust in News: Identity, Consumption, and Perceptions Across Audiences
Room: Pentland West 
Chair: Ariel Hasell (University of Michigan)

Tali Aharoni (Hebrew University and University of Oxford)
Redefining trust in the news media 

Diego Garusi and Clara Juarez Miro (University of Vienna)
Unpacking news consumption and trust decisions through a folk theory approach. A study of Austrian young adults

Benjamin Toff, Carolina Velloso, and Michael Ofori (University of Minnesota) 
Bolstering trust by ‘letting them know who we are’: Political identity signalling in New York Times ‘enhanced bios’

11:00-12:30 Panel 1C – Digital Campaigning and Political Communication: Authenticity, Visuals, and Satire in Global Elections  
Room: Prestonfield
Chair: Nick Anstead (London School of Economics)

Filip Bialy (University of Manchester and Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań), Rachel Gibson (University of Manchester), and Karolina Koc-Michalska (Audencia Business School and University of Silesia)
Data-Driven Authenticity?: Unpacking the rise and relevance of relational organising in Digital Campaigning in the Polish Parliamentary and US Presidential Campaign

Gaetano Scaduto (University of Milan Bicocca), Fedra Negri (University of Milan Bicocca), Moreno Mancosu (University of Turin, Collegio Carlo Alberto), and Silvia Decardi (University of Milan Bicocca) 
Emotional Inconsistency in Online Political Communication: A Comparative Study of Text and Imagery by European Party Leaders on Instagram

Sarah Maria Schiffecker and Maria Shpeer (Texas Tech University)
Satirical Politics on Tap: An Analysis of the Austrian Beer Party’s Political Campaign Strategies

12:30-13:30 Lunch break

13:30-14:30 Plenary session: “It Takes a Village (to Edit a Journal)”
Room: Pentland East 
Chair: Cristian Vaccari (University of Edinburgh)

C.W. Anderson (University of Milan)
Danielle K. Brown (Michigan State University)
Sophie Lecheler (University of Vienna)
Sandra González-Bailón (University of Pennsylvania)

14.30-16:30 Panel 2A – Media Narratives and Framing: Candidates, Campaigns, and Policies
Room: Pentland East
Chair: Gaetano Scaduto (University of Milan Bicocca)

Erik P. Bucy (Texas Tech University) and Nathan Ritchie (Loughborough University)
Ideal candidate, populist campaigner, or sure loser? Visual framing of major party candidates in the 2024 US and UK general elections *** presenting remotely

David Smith (University of Leicester), Dominic Wring (Loughborough University), and David Deacon (Loughborough University)
Re-alignment in Parliament, De-alignment in the Press: The 2024 UK general election

Nick Anstead (London School of Economics)
A New Temporal Dimension in Political Communication? The Post-Election Campaign in Liberal Democracies

Niamh Sammon (Technological University Dublin)
The role of Boris Johnson’s journalism in the rise of Conservative Parliamentary Party Euroscepticism, from a critical elite theory perspective  

14.30-16:30 Panel 2B – Media Resilience and Resistance: Journalistic Strategies Against Democratic Backsliding and Populism
Room: Pentland West 
Chair: Adam Koehler Brown (The New School for Social Research)

Kate Wright (University of Edinburgh), Martin Scott (University of East Anglia), and Mel Bunce (City, University of London)
How journalists resist democratic backsliding

Simone Benazzo (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Colin Porlezza (Università della Svizzera Italiana)
Journalism Innovation in Autocratizing Countries: Comparing Independent Media’s Resilience Strategies in Poland and Slovakia

Raiana de Carvalho (Furman University), Joao V. S. Ozawa (University of North Dakota), and Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) 
Memory-Making of the January Attacks in Brazil and the United States: Examining the Role of YouTube in Collective Remembrances of Far-Right Insurrections

Azmat Rasul (Zayed University) 
Morally Disengaged Politics: Digital Media Use and Populist Politics in Pakistan

14.30-16:30 Panel 2C – Understanding the Diffusion and Effects of Misinformation across Different Contexts
Room: Prestonfield
Chair: Curd Knüpfer (University of Southern Denmark)

Thomas J. Billard (Northwestern University), Rachel E. Moran (University of Washington), Nash Jenkins (Northwestern University), and Walker West Brewer (Northwestern University)
Cross-National Agenda-Setting and the Global Spread of Misinformation: Unpacking the Transatlantic Flow of Anti-Transgender Misinformation between the US and the UK

Marlis Stubenvoll (University of Klagenfurt), Isabelle Freiling (University of Utah), and Jörg Matthes (University of Vienna)
Fact-bombing and fake-bombing: A dose-response experiment on the effects of repeated information sharing on social media

Augusto Valeriani (University of Bologna), Laura Iannelli (University of Sassari), and Giada Marino (University of Urbino)
The role of “News-Finds-Me” Perception, Political Knowledge, and Ideological Extremism in Misinformation Sharing Practices

Elena Broda (University of Gothenburg)
Seeing is not believing: The role of media trust and ideology in the differential susceptibility to media effects on misperceptions

16:30-17:00 Coffee break

17:00-18:30 Panel 3A – Political Communication and International Affairs: Geopolitics, Competition, and Conflict
Room: Pentland East
Chair: Babak Bahador (George Washington University)

Yaron Ariel, Dana Weimann, and Vered Elishar (The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College)
Influence of News Consumption and Psychological Factors on the Propagation of War-Time Rumors *** presenting remotely

Peter Berglez (Örebro University,) and Lea Hellmueller (City, University of London)
Towards Geopolitical Media Spheres? Theorizing Journalism in the De-Globalizing, Multipolar World Order

Yu-Chung Cheng, Hsin-HsienWang, Shinn-Shyr Wang, and Wei-Feng Tzeng (National Chengchi University)
Navigating Polarization: Understanding Twitter’s Dialogue on China in a Competitive Global Context

17:00-18:30 Panel 3B – News Sharing and Engagement Online: Messaging, Reporting, and Framing Contemporary Issues 
Room: Pentland West 
Chair: Raquel Recuero (Universidade Federal de Pelotas and National Institute of Science and Technology on Information Disputes and Sovereignty)

Isabele Mitozo (Federal University of Minas Gerais), João Cardoso L. Camargos (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Federal University of Minas Gerais), and Camila Mont’Alverne (University of Strathclyde)
Exploring information sharing on instant messaging: An analysis of public Brazilian WhatsApp groups pro-Bolsonaro from 2018 to 2023

Johanna Disdier (Swansea University)
Geographical Influences on Media Reporting and Sharing of Contested Political Election Outcomes

Sabena Abdul Raheemm, Uchenna Eze, and Sang Jung Kim (University of Iowa)
“Modern Day Slavery”: Exploring the use of emotional frames in Human Trafficking education videos on YouTube and audience engagement

17:00-18:30 Panel 3C – Artificial Intelligence and Journalism: Trust, Attitudes, and Perspectives
Room: Prestonfield
Chair: Maysa Amer (Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany)

Richard Fletcher, Felix M. Simon, Waqas Ejaz and, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (University of Oxford)
What influences attitudes towards the use of generative AI in news?

Sophie Morosoli, Valeria Resendez, and Emma van der Goot (University of Amsterdam) 
Trust in the age of AI. An experiment on how transparency impacts individuals’ trust in AI as a news source and perceived manipulation

Taewoo Kang (Michigan State University), Tim Vos (Michigan State University), Thomas Hanitzsch (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich), Neil Thurman (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich), and Imke Henkel (University of Leeds)
AI in the Shoes of Journalists: Which Journalists’ Perspectives Do LLMs Reflect?

19:30  Conference dinner

Playfair Library Hall, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL

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Friday, October 18

8:30-9:00 Coffee and refreshments

9:00-10:30 Panel 4A – AI in News and Elections: Public and Expert Perceptions 
Room: Pentland East 
Chair: Isabele Mitozo (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

Aqsa Farooq, Marina Tulin, Elske van den Hoogen, and Claes de Vreese (University of Amsterdam)
Generative AI and the European Elections 2024: A Citizens’ Perspective 

Amy Ross Arguedas, Felix M. Simon, Richard Fletcher, and Rasmus K. Nielsen (University of Oxford)
“For serious stuff like war or politics, you need people”: A qualitative study of public attitudes towards AI in news in Mexico, the United Kingdom, and United States

Bronwyn Jones (University of Edinburgh) and Vassilis Galanos (University of Stirling)
Generating risk: A qualitative study of experts’ perceptions of the risks posed by generative AI for journalism and the news ecosystem

9:00-10:30 Panel 4B – Media Influence on Political Attitudes: Negativity, Radicalization, and Partisanship in the United States
Room: Pentland West 
Chair: Sacha Altay (University of Zürich)

Ariel Hasell (University of Michigan)
Overwhelmed by abundance and negativity: The consequences of political defeatism in the United States

Jun Luo (University of California, Los Angeles), Brett McCully (Collegio Carlo Alberto), and Wookun Kim (South Methodist University)
Radicalized by Local News Broadcasting? How Partisan Media Affects Hate Crimes in the United States

Asfa Shakeel (London School of Economics)
Partisan News and Polarisation

9:00-10:30 Panel 4C – Popular Culture and Politics in the Digital Age: TikTok, Music, and Football
Room: Prestonfield
Chair: Matthew Powers (University of Washington)

Giovanni Boccia Artieri and Valeria Donato (University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
TikTok private sphere: understanding the new features of the algorithmic public sphere

Dan Hiaeshutter-Rice (Michigan State University), Mia Carbone (University of California, Los Angeles), Ezgi Ulusoy (Michigan State University), Dustin Carnahan (Michigan State University), Manu Sastry (Michigan State University), and Joanna Gusis (Michigan State University)
Now It’s All About Versace: Music Preferences and Partisanship

Caroline Patatt and Jéssica Sandes Furtado (Universidade da Beira Interior)
Football is Politics: Analyzing Public Emotions in Neymar Jr.’s Case and PEC das Praias through the Instagram Accounts of Folha de S.Paulo and O Globo Newspapers

10:30-11:00 Coffee break 

11:00-13:00 Panel 5A – Threats and Challenges to Journalistic Work: Dissent, Suppression, and Shifting Dynamics in Newsrooms   
Room: Pentland East 
Chair: Simone Benazzo (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Ricardo Ribeiro Ferreira (University of Edinburgh) 
Resistance is Futile: Covert Dissent and Rationalisation in Captured Newsrooms

Linette Lim (University College Dublin)
Unwanted Witnesses: Authoritarian Information Suppression Tactics and Resident Foreign Journalists in China

Roei Davidson and Oren Meyers (University of Haifa)
Under pressure: Journalistic work and the public interest in an era of media clientelism

Russell Hansen, Meagan Doll, Patricia Moy, and Matthew Powers (University of Washington)
The Feminization of Statehouse Reporting in the United States: A Field Analysis

11:00-13:00 Panel 5B – Media Narratives, Frames, and Public Perceptions in the Russia-Ukraine War
Room: Pentland West 
Chair: Lea Hellmueller (City, University of London)

Ben O’Loughlin (Royal Holloway, University of London) and Babak Bahador (George Washington University)
Framing Peace in the Russia-Ukraine War: Peace journalism and news narratives

Delia Dumitrescu (Heidelberg University)
Visions of the War in Ukraine across European Mainstream Media Facebook Sites: A Computer Vision Approach

Kenzie Burchell (University of Toronto) 
Newsfeeds of Individualized Suffering and Asymmetrical Power: Social Media Templates, Russian-language Reporting, and the Ukrainian War

Catherine A. Luther (University of Tennessee), Joshua D. Borycz (Vanderbilt University), Benjamin D. Horne (University of Tennessee), R. Alex Bentley (University of Tennessee), Suzie Allard (University of Tennessee), Brandon C. Prins (University of Tennessee), Garriy Shteynberg (University of Tennessee)
Media Trust and Opinions Regarding Russia’s 2022 Invasion of Ukraine Amongst Russian-speaking Populations in Belarus and Ukraine – Pre and Post Invasion 

11:00-13:00 Panel 5C – Navigating Media Manipulation: Disinformation, Corporate Messaging, and Regulation
Room: Prestonfield
Chair: Aqsa Farooq (University of Amsterdam)

Chris Wells, Michelle Amazeen, and Sara Weinberg (Boston University)
How fossil fuel companies position their sincerity about climate action through native advertisements in American and British news media

Sacha Altay (University of Zürich), Emma Hoes (University of Zürich), and Magdalena Wojcieszak (University of California, Davis and University of Amsterdam)
News on Social Media Boosts Knowledge Belief Accuracy and Trust. An Instagram and WhatsApp field experiment in France and Germany

Jaume Suau (Blanquerna School of Communications and International Relations) and Dren Gërguri (University of Prishtina)
Disinformation narratives in Eastern Europe: Reach, impact and spreading patterns

Maysa Amer (Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany)
Platform Regulations in the Mena Region: Countering Disinformation and Power Dynamics

13:00-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-15:30 Panel 6A – Evolving Landscapes in Digital Journalism: Time, Algorithms, and Hybridity
Room: Pentland East 
Chair: Benjamin Toff (University of Minnesota) 

C.W. Anderson (University of Milan), Danielle K. Brown (Michigan State University), Eugenia Michelstein (Universidad de San Andrés)
Time, Space, and the History of Digital News

Alexandra Colombier (University of Le Havre) and Duncan McCargo (Nanyang Technological University)
Hybrid Platformism: The Contentious Politics of Thailand’s Digital Media Landscape

Alyaa Anter (Ajman University) and Nermeen Ibrahim (Al-Ahram Canadian University) 
New Gatekeepers: The Impact of Social Media Algorithms on Arab TV News Channels Coverage of Arab Issues

14:00-15:30 Panel 6B – Populism and Media Performance: Far-Right Discourses and Political Imagery
Room: Pentland West 
Chair: Clara Juarez Miro (University of Vienna)

Ana Langer (University of Glasgow), Lluis de Nadal (University of Glasgow), and Eugenia Mitchelstein (Universidad de San Andrés)
Enter Milei: Performing populism in the hybrid media syste

Raquel Recuero (Universidade Federal de Pelotas and National Institute of Science and Technology on Information Disputes and Sovereignty) and Guilherme Curi (National Institute of Science and Technology on Information Disputes and Sovereignty)
From Newspapers to Newsfeeds: How Traditional Media and Facebook Legitimate Far-Right Discourses in Brazil and Argentina

Adam Koehler Brown (The New School for Social Research)
Corpus Exsecutiva: The Cultural Politics of the Body of Donald J. Trump

14:00-15:30 Panel 6C – Audiences in the Digital Age: The Role of Context, Group Dynamics, and Events
Room: Prestonfield
Chair: Walker Brewer (Northwestern University)

Shelley Boulianne and Kim Andersen (University of Southern Denmark)
Tuning Out on Current Affairs: Global Variations in Non-Use of News on Traditional and Social Media and Across Age and Political Interest

Subham Basak (University of Oxford)
Views and Voters: Interaction with online political information among young men from low-privilege backgrounds in Kolkata (India)

Claire Roney (University of Vienna), Daniel Wiesner (University of Vienna), Andreas A. Riedl (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich), and Jakob-Moritz Eberl (University of Vienna)
Rally and Recalibrate – Political Dynamics Of Audience Expectations Of Journalism During Times of Crisis

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-17:30 Panel 7A – New Perspectives on Media Effects: Self-Censorship, Polarization, and Reinforcement
Room: Pentland East 
Chair: Shelley Boulianne (University of Southern Denmark)

Moran Yarchi (Reichman University), Dana Markowitz-Elfassi (Reichman University), Tsahi (Zack) Hayat (Reichman University), and Amir Leshem (Bar-Ilan University)
The Spiral of Silence 2.0: Is the theory still relevant in social media group discussions?

Emelie Karlsson (Uppsala University) 
Social media bots, trolls and political polarization: Evidence from a survey experiment

Kim Andersen (University of Southern Denmark) and Adam Shehata (University of Gothenburg)
Preference for Valenced News and Reinforcement of Societal Beliefs

16:00-17:30 Panel 7B –  Trust in News and Science: Media Influence, Fact-Checking, and Public Perceptions
Room: Pentland West
Chair: Michelle Amazeen (Boston University)

Kathleen Beckers and Edina Strikovic (University of Amsterdam)
Public Opinion in Public Spaces. The Influence of Social Media on News Credibility and Public Perceptions

Matus Sloboda, Andrej Findor, Pavol Hardoš, and Artsiom Klunin (Comenius University)
The Effects of Information Provision about Fact-Checking on News Credibility and Reader Support: Evidence from Field-Experiments in Five CEE Countries

Afonso Biscaia (University of Lisbon), Susana Salgado (University of Lisbon), João Carlos Sousa (University of Lisbon), and Rosa Berganza (University Rey Juan Carlos)
Anti-elitism and trust in science: A complex relation moderated by media use? Evidence from the UK, Portugal, and Spain

16:00-17:30 Panel 7C – Media, Politics, and Influence: Scandals, Social Media, and Politicians’ Perceptions
Room: Prestonfield
Chair: Patricia Rossini (University of Glasgow)

Yukio Maeda (University of Tokyo) and Matthew Carlson (University of Vermont)
Political Speech, Scandals, and the News Media in Japan

Shepuya Famwang (University of Southampton) 
Discursive Practices of Political Social Media Influencers in the 2023 Nigerian Election

Karolin Soontjens (University of Antwerp) Kathleen Beckers (University of Amsterdam), Emma van der Goot (University of Amsterdam), and Sophie Morosoli (University of Amsterdam)
Press and Prejudice: an interview study on why politicians feel disadvantaged by the media

17:30-18:15 Concluding remarks
Room: Pentland East
Cristian Vaccari (University of Edinburgh)
Taberez Ahmed Neyazi (National University of Singapore)

18:15  Farewell drinks reception

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On 11-13 October, ninety scholars from many different countries and disciplines will present research on the relationship between media and politics in an international perspective at the University of Edinburgh during the ninth conference of The International Journal of Press/Politics, which I am honored to serve as Editor-in-Chief. The conference will be held at the John McIntyre Conference Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Registration is required to participate in the conference.

Browse the program by day
Wednesday, October 11
Thursday, October 12
Friday, October 13

Wednesday, October 11

19:30 Conference inaugural dinner
Bistro du Vin Edinburgh, 11 Bristo Pl, Edinburgh EH1 1EZ

Thursday, October 12

8:30-9:00 Coffee and badge pickup

9:00-9:15 Welcome 
Room: Pentland East 
Cristian Vaccari (University of Edinburgh)

9:15-10:30 Keynote address
Room: Pentland East 
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (University of Oxford)
Platform power and State power

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:30 Panel 1A – Digital media, protest, and community-building
Room: Pentland East
Chair: Matthew Hindman (George Washington University)

Sabena Abdul Raheem (University of Iowa), Barikisu Ishaka (Michigan State University),
Inusah Mohammad (Purdue University) ** presenting remotely
Unleashing the Power of Digital Activism: Muslim Women, Non-Governmental Organizations, and the Fight for Social Equality

Frankie Ho Chun Wong (University of Maryland, College Park)
Not all protests are created equal to be news: Does digital connectivity level the playing field in the hybrid media system?

Yang Hu (Macau University of Science and Technology)
Clinging to politically similar others: The construction of interpretive communities in gangpiao’s microprocesses of politicization

11:00-12:30 Panel 1B – Media representation of issues and groups
Room: Pentland West
Chair: Ana Ines Langer (University of Glasgow)

Ayala Panievsky (University of Cambridge), Lior Birger (Tel Aviv University), Shahar Soham (Humboldt University of Berlin)
When Journalists Meet Refugees

Noha Mellor (University of Sharjah)
Mediating Poverty on Iraqi Television

Heinz Brandenburg (University of Strathclyde), Brian Boyle (University of Newcastle), Yulia Lemesheva (University of Strathclyde)
Demographic and Political Issue Representation in UK Public Broadcasting: Brexit and the Iraq War on BBC Question Time

11:00-12:30 Panel 1C – News coverage and public debate
Room: Salisbury
Chair: Irene Larraz (Universidad de Navarra)

Anna Sámelová (Comenius University in Bratislava)
From Television Ownership to Prison: The Ambivalent Role of Media in Promoting Narratives of a Toxic Celebrity

Liu Fangyuan and Sharma Rajat (Hong Kong Baptist University)
The Most Distant Neighbors: Comparing the Media Coverage of Political Leaders in China and India’s News Media 

Deniz Demir (Marmara University)
Comparative Analysis of Media Influence in 2023 Elections: A Comparative Study of Greece and Turkey

12:30-13:30 Lunch break

13.30-15:00 Panel 2A – Theorizing and researching media effects
Room: Pentland East
Chair: Erik Bucy (Texas Tech University) 

Thomas J. Billard, Nash Jenkins (Northwestern University)
A Dependency Model of Misinformation Effects

Maximilian Overbeck, Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt, Christian Baden (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) ** presenting remotely
Projecting Tomorrow’s Challenges: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of Setting Future Agendas

Ana S. Cardenal (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), David Hopmann (University of Southern Denmark), Silvia Majó-Vázquez (Vrije University Amsterdam), Ludovic Terren (University of Antwerp), Peter Van Aelst (University of Antwerp), Alon Zoizner (University of Haifa)
Does online media increase news learning? Evidence from survey and web-tracking data across five Western democracies

13.30-15:00 Panel 2B – News consumption and engagement
Room: Pentland West
Chair: Sophie Morosoli (University of Amsterdam)

Shira Dvir-Gvirsman, Lidor Ivan (Tel Aviv University)
Exploring the Influence of SES on News Supply and Engagement with News on Facebook

Willem Buyens (University of Antwerp)
Media political parallelism and user engagement with online news sharing posts by politicians in 15 countries

Silvia Majó Vázquez (Vrije University Amsterdam), Ana S. Cardenal (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, María Victoria-Mas (Universitat Abat Oliva (Spain), Iván Lacasa (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya)
Ideological Diversity of Media Diets on Messaging Apps: Evidence from Mobile Navigation Data in the UK and Spain

13.30-15:00 Panel 2C – Media and politics: international perspectives
Room: Salisbury
Chair: Cherian George (Hong Kong Baptist University)

Hanne Tillemans (University of Antwerp), Kathleen Beckers (University of Amsterdam)
Examining Impartiality in Journalistic Ethics Codes: A Comparative Study

Ki-Sung Kwak (University of Sydney)
Press-Politics Relations in South Korea

Adrian Hillman (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Understanding of the role of advocacy in a polarized state: Revisiting the construction of news

15:00-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-17:30 Panel 3A – Artificial Intelligence, news, and politics
Room: Pentland East
Chair: Junyan Zhu (University of Sheffield)

Sophie Morosoli (University of Amsterdam)
I Resist. A Study on Individuals’ Attitudes towards AI in Journalism in Connection with Individual Acts of Resistance, Risk Perceptions and Trust 

Benjamin Toff (University of Minnesota), Felix M. Simon (University of Oxford)
Can AI-generated journalism help build trust among skeptical audiences?

Taberez Ahmed Neyazi (National University of Singapore), Arif Nadaf (Islamic University, Kashmir), Tan Khai Ee (National University of Singapore), Ralph Schroeder ( University of Oxford)
The Effect of Information Seeking Behavior on Trust in AI in Asia: The Moderating Role Of Misinformation Concern

15:30-17:30 Panel 3B – Understanding the disconnect between news and citizens
Room: Pentland West
Chair: Camila Mont’Alverne (University of Oxford)

Hanne Peeters (KU Leuven), Joren Van Nieuwenborgh (University of Antwerp), Nathalie Van Raemdonck (Vrije Universiteit Brussels), Michaël Opgenhaffen (KU Leuven), Ike Picone (Vrije Universiteit Brussels), Peter Van Aelst (University of Antwerp)
Painting a picture of the doubtful news consumer: Exploring the concept of news doubt and news doubters’ strategies

Kim Andersen, Katrine Bruun Rasmussen (University of Southern Denmark)
Dimensions of Mainstream Media Criticism: A Mixed Methods Study of The Dissatisfied News Audience

Paul D’Angelo (The College of New Jersey) & Erik Bucy (Texas Tech University) 
Priming Accountability: How Coverage of Media Scandal Primes Press Attitudes and Shapes Journalistic Credibility

Diego Garusi (University of Vienna), Sergio Splendore (University of Milan)
The platformization of news media trust: Trust patterns in a changing media environment

15:30-17:30 Panel 3C – Media and challenges to democracy and freedom
Room: Salisbury
Chair: Sumit Mukerji (University of Kalyani)

Stephen Harrington (Queensland University of Technology, Kristy Hess (Deakin University), Aljosha Karim Schapals (Queensland University of Technology), Timothy Graham (Queensland University of Technology)
‘Dark Political Communication’: A challenge for democracy

Ricardo Ribeiro Ferreira (University of Edinburgh) 
“It Forces You to Publish Some Shit”: Towards a Taxonomy of De-democratising Journalistic Practices

WeiMing Ye, Shuangze Dai (Peking University)
Platforms’ Rule and Media Agencies’ Strategies under the Short Video Content Moderation Policy

17:30-18:00 Coffee break

18:00-19:00 Plenary to honor the winners of the 2023 Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award
Room: Pentland East
Gadi Wolfsfeld (Reichman University)
The Politics-Media-Politics Approach (PMP): A Short Introduction to a Long Book

19:30 Conference dinner
South Hall, Pollock Halls, Address: 18 Holyrood Park Rd, Edinburgh EH16 5AR

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Friday, October 13

8:30-9:00 Coffee and refreshments

9:00-10:30 Panel 4A – Online campaigning: Dynamics and developments
Room: Pentland East
Chair: Adam Shehata (University of Gothenburg)

Kate Dommett, Junyan Zhu, Samuel A. Mensah, Tom Stafford (University of Sheffield)
Understanding persuasive strategies used in online political advertising and how the public views them

Matt Walsh (Cardiff University), Jane B. Singer (City, University of London)
Disintermediated Campaigning on Facebook in Three UK General Elections

Ahmed El Kadib (University Paul Valéry and University of Burgundy), Idriss El Ouafa (University Ibn Zohr) ** presenting remotely
The Changing Landscape of Political Communication in Morocco: A Netnographic Analysis of Facebook during the 2016 and 2021 Elections

9:00-10:30 Panel 4B – Government censorship and propaganda
Room: Pentland West
Chair: Taberez Ahmed Neyazi (National University of Singapore)

Matt DeButts, Jennifer Pan (Stanford University)
Reporting After Removal: The Effects of Journalist Expulsion on Foreign News Coverage

Yunkang Yang (Texas A&M University), Stefan McCabe (George Washington University), Matthew Hindman (George Washington University)
Russian Propaganda on Facebook: Topic coverage and user engagement with RT and Sputnik over four years

Daria Kravets (University of Passau)
Yandex’s Top-5 News Algorithm As a Resource for Russia’s Informational Influence in Belarus: An Analysis From 2010 to 2022

9:00-10:30 Panel 4C – Communicating science in challenging times
Room: Salisbury
Chair: Lie Philip Santoso (Duke Kunshan University)

Ana Stojiljkovic, Sabina Mihelj (Loughborough University)
Pandemic Communication in Times of Populism 

Rosalind Donald (American University), Lucas Graves (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Comparing “accountability contexts”: How environmental facts matter in three distinct institutional settings

Delia Dumitrescu, Mina Trpkovic (Heidelberg University)
The Nonverbal Framing of Covid-19 Disinformation Messages in Global Perspective

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-13:00 Panel 5A – Political communication and the challenges of equality
Room: Pentland East
Chair: Kate Wright (University of Edinburgh)

Meredith D. Clark (Northeastern University)
Sins of Omission: Contemporary Implications of the AP Stylebook’s Historical Silence on Racism 

Dayei Oh, Bok-Yong Shin (University of Helsinki)
Unveiling gender inequalities to sensationalising gender wars: Historical shift in South Korean press discourse on feminism using topic modelling, 1990-2022 

Michael Heseltine (University of Amsterdam)
Hostile Public Engagement with Women in the Media

Rachel Grant, Nikki Lyons (University of Florida)
Focusing on the Fellas: Stacey Abrams’ Social Media Campaign Addresses Misogynoir

11:00-13:00 Panel 5B – Misinformation, misperceptions, and threats to democracy
Room: Pentland West
Chair: Ana S. Cardenal (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)

Nikki Usher (University of San Diego), Jessica Hagman (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Abigale Baines (University of San Diego), Mia Delmonico (University of San Diego)
A Micro study of a Mini-Trump: Media Storms, Politics-Media-Politics, and the Amplification of Anti-Democratic Actors 

Jaume Suau (Blanquerna School of Communications and International Relations), David Puertas (Universitat Ramon Llull)
Assessing the reach and impact of disinformation narratives in European countries

Daniel Angus, Stephen Harrington, Axel Bruns, Nadia Alana Jude, Phoebe Matich, Edward Hurcombe (Queensland University of Technology)
“What else are they talking about?”: A large-scale longitudinal analysis of misinformation super-spreader communities on Facebook

Brian Weeks (University of Michigan)
The Emotional Dynamics of Partisan Media and Political Misperceptions

11:00-13:00 Panel 5C – Media systems and their political implications
Room: Salisbury
Chair: Noha Mellor (University of Sharjah)

Dina Vozab (University of Zagreb), Zrinjka Perusko (University of Zagreb), Filip Trbojević (University of Zagreb), Lars Nord (Mid Sweden University), Mart Ots (Jönköping University), Evangelia Psychogiopoulou (Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy), Marcus Kreutler (TU Dortmund), Peter Berglez (Örebro University), Ragne Kõuts-Klemm (University of Tartu), Epp Lauk (University of Tartu), Halliki Harro-Loit (University of Tartu)
Media System Characteristics for Deliberative Communication: A fsQCA analysis

Tamer Farag (Freie Universität Berlin), Christoph Neuberger (Freie Universität Berlin), Annika Sehl (Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt), Sonja Kretzschmar (Universität der Bundeswehr München), Jana Gäng (Freie Universität Berlin), Linda Wiethaus (Freie Universität Berlin)
Media System’s Transformation and Intrastate Conflict: Analyzing traditional and digital media in Afghanistan with a focus on the Taliban takeover

Meiqing Zhang (University of Southern California)
Media and the Delegitimation of Authoritarian Rule

Sumit Mukerji (University of Kalyani)
TRP and Indian Television: Creation of Political Combat zone

13:00-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-15:30 Panel 6A – Global threats to media freedom
Room: Pentland East
Chair: Nikki Usher (University of San Diego)

Kate Wright (University of Edinburgh), Martin Scott (University of East Anglia), Mel Bunce (City, University of London)
Capturing International Public Service Media

Cherian George, Cheng Yujia (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Enemies Within: Press versus Press Freedom in Hong Kong

Kenza Lamot (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Kathleen Beckers (University of Amsterdam), Peter Van Aelst (University of Antwerp)
Silencing the Fourth Estate: Understanding the Origins and Impact of Intimidation and Harassment Against Political Journalists

14:00-15:30 Panel 6B – News, politics, and political polarization
Room: Pentland West
Chair: Patricia Rossini (University of Glasgow)

Camila Mont’Alverne, Amy Ross Arguedas, Sayan Banerjee, Benjamin Toff, Richard Fletcher, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (University of Oxford)
Exposure to Partisan News, Affective Polarization, and Voting Choice: Evidence from the 2022 Brazilian Elections

Adam Shehata (University of Gothenburg)
News Exposure and the Social Dimension of Belief Reinforcement: A Study of Reinforcing Spirals Using Six-Wave Panel Survey and Focus Group Data

Lie Philip Santoso (Duke Kunshan University)
Who Cooperates with Whom? The Role of Day-to-Day Partisan Cooperation on Affective Polarization

14:00-15:30 Panel 6C – Climate communication: Promises and perils
Room: Salisbury
Chair: Brian Weeks (University of Michigan)

Edwin Jans, Sanne Kruikemeier, Rens Vliegenthart (Wageningen University & Research)
A recipe for a gridlock? Polarization around climate change in the media and political debates?

Lluis de Nadal (Glasgow University)
Climate Policy Contestations: The Role of Alternative Influence Networks on YouTube

Luca Rossi (IT University of Copenhagen), Alexandra Segerberg (Uppsala University),  Luigi Arminio (IT University of Copenhagen), Matteo Magnani (Uppsala University)
Can you physically burst the bubble for climate?

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-17:30 Panel 7A – Politicians’ communication and self-presentation
Room: Pentland East
Chair: Willem Buyens (University of Antwerp)

Emma van der Goot (University of Amsterdam), Toni van der Meer (University of Amsterdam), Michael Hameleers (University of Amsterdam), Rens Vliegenthart (Wageningen University and Research)
Do politicians knowingly create conflict for media attention? 

Diego Ceccobelli (University of Milan), Luigi Di Gregorio (Tuscia University)
Is it all a matter of authenticity? An analysis of seven Italian political leaders from a multi-level perspective 

Haye Stein (Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Ines Engelmann (Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Simon M. Luebke (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ** presenting remotely
The Impact of Politicians’ Populist Performance on Perceived Political Authenticity

16:00-17:30 Panel 7B – New perspectives on fact-checking
Room: Pentland West
Chair: Benjamin Toff (University of Oxford)

Irene Larraz, Ramón Salaverría, Javier Serrano-Puche (Universidad de Navarra)
Combating Repeated Lies: Impact of Fact Checking on Persistent Falsehoods by Politicians

Waqas Ejaz (University of Oxford), Sacha Altay (University of Zurich), Muhammad Ittefaq (James Madison University)
Trust, Engagement, and Belief: Unraveling the Dynamics of Fact-Checking

Lisa Waller, Lucy Morieson (RMIT University)
Where political science, journalism and fact-checking coalesce: An Australian case study of political promise tracking

16:00-17:30 Panel 7C – Government communication in times of crisis and change
Room: Salisbury
Chair: Delia Dumitrescu (Heidelberg University)

Aysenur Dal, Zeki Sarigil (Bilkent University)
Exposure to Competing Crisis Frames and Perceptions about the Freedom of Online Political Expression 

Jairo Lugo-Ocando (University of Sharjah), Fisal Alaqil (King Saud University), Abdullah Alhuntush (King Khalid Military Academy) 
Influencers, Journalists and Public Engagement with Science in MENA: Reach and co-opted message

Taner Dogan (Queen Margaret University)
Communicating Hagia Sophia as an emotional holy space and reshaping collective memory in a populist digital age

17:30-18:00 Concluding remarks
Room: Pentland East
Cristian Vaccari (University of Edinburgh)

18:00 Farewell drinks reception

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