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13:00-16:00

Tour del Congreso (en inglés) - Walking the Medieval City of Galway

Meeting point: steps of the Hardiman Hotel on Eyre Square
16:00-16:15

Sesión de cuestiones técnicas (en directo online/en español)

Tatiana Portnova, Research Network Producer, Common Ground Research Networks, Spain
Zoom
16:15-16:15

Recepción de bienvenida online (en directo/en español)

Tatiana Portnova, Research Network Producer, Common Ground Research Networks, Spain
Zoom

Redes sociales y narrativas sociopolíticas

Sesión asincrónica de acceso permanente
Moderator
Mario Zaragoza, Full Time Professor, CECC, UNAM, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Moderator
Jesus E. Lujambio, P.T.C., Coordinación de Comunicación y Arte Digital, Campus Universitario Siglo XXI, México, Mexico
Biopolítica y control: Las trampas del capitalismo cibernético

Natalia Angulo Moncayo, Docente, Facultad de Comunicación Social, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Pichincha, Ecuador

La red social Twitter: Claves para investigar a partir de narrativas digitales

Carmen Lucena Rodríguez, PDI, Didáctica y Organización Escolar , Universidad de Granada, Spain
Javier Mula-Falcón, PhD Student, Didáctica y Organización Escolar, University of Granada, Spain
Cristina Cruz González, Personal Docente e Investigador, Teoria e Historia de la Educación, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain

El profesional del fact checking en Chile: Atributos y competencias

Claudia Tapia, Académica, Departamento de Ciencias de la Comunicación, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Bío-Bío, Chile

Retóricas audiovisuales

Sesión asincrónica de acceso permanente
Moderator
Cristina Cruz González, -, -, Universidad de Granada
Moderator
Javier Mula-Falcón, PhD Student, Didáctica y Organización Escolar, University of Granada, Spain
El sentimiento de nostalgia en el marketing del siglo XXI

Coral Cenizo, Responsable de Marketing, Departamento de Publicidad y Marketing, Grupo Munreco (Viceroy, Mark Maddox y Sandoz), Madrid, Spain

Disfemismos en la prensa española de cobertura de extrema derecha

Sonia Madrid, Senior Lecturer, Spanish Language and General Linguistics, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

08:30-09:00

Mesa de inscripción abierta // Café de bienvenida

Arts Millennium Building - NUI Galway Sait Josephs, Lower Newcastle Galway, Ireland
09:00-09:30

Inauguración del Congreso

NUI Galway y online
Speaker
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Chief Social Scientist, Common Ground Research Networks, Illinois, United States
Speaker
Mario Minichiello, Professor, Visual Communication Design, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Speaker
Tom Felle, Head of Journalism and Communication Studies, NUI Galway, Ireland
Fottrell Theatre

Medios digitales y formación

Sesión asincrónica de acceso permanente
Moderator
Tamara Ormeño, Researcher, Communication, Universidad Nacional de Chilecito, La Rioja, Argentina
Moderator
Jesus E. Lujambio, P.T.C., Coordinación de Comunicación y Arte Digital, Campus Universitario Siglo XXI, México, Mexico
¿El autoritarismo digitalmente implantado?: Un análisis de las páginas y grupos conservadores de Facebook y Telegram en Brasil

Natasha Bachini, Postdoctoral Reseacher , Sociology, USP, São Paulo, Brazil
Pablo Almada, Post Doctoral Researcher, Department of Sociology / Center for the Study of Violence, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Pósteres virtuales

Sesión asincrónica de acceso permanente
Moderator
Carmen Lucena Rodríguez, Universidad de Granada, Spain
Moderator
Mario Zaragoza, Full Time Professor, CECC, UNAM, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Moderator
Tamara Ormeño, Researcher, Communication, Universidad Nacional de Chilecito, La Rioja, Argentina
El arte pictórico como medio de divulgación del edadismo

Sandra Leal, Docente, Programa de Comunicación social - Periodismo, Universidad del Quindío, Quindío, Colombia

09:30-10:30

Sesión plenaria - Mario Minichiello (NUI Galway and Online)

"From Penny Dreadful’s to the Daily Mail, How the Ruling Class has Controlled the Power Narratives for Decades"
Speaker
Mario Minichiello, Professor, Visual Communication Design, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Moderator
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Chief Social Scientist, Common Ground Research Networks, Illinois, United States
Fottrell Theatre
10:30-10:45
Bhialann Restaurant
10:45-11:30

Mesa redonda "Desorden democrático: Desinformación, medios de comunicación y crisis en tiempos de cambio"

Solo presencial
Moderator
Cristina Cruz González, -, -, Universidad de Granada
Moderator
Lucía Varela Monterroso, Student, Periodista, Universidad de Sevilla, A Coruña, Spain
Room 108

Sesión paralela

Sesión asincrónica de acceso permanente
Moderator
Carmen Lucena Rodríguez, Universidad de Granada, Spain
Moderator
Javier Mula-Falcón, PhD Student, Didáctica y Organización Escolar, University of Granada, Spain
Combatir la desinformación desde los marcos éticos de la IA: Un análisis exploratorio y comparativo

Teresa Sandoval Martin, Full Professor , Communication Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Victoria Moreno Gil, Professor, Communication and Arts, Nebrija University, Spain

Representación de los manifestantes en la movilización social: Ecuador 2019 y Colombia 2021

Lenin Miranda Maldonado, Teacher. PhD. Candidate., Faculty of Social Sciencies- , Universidad Central del Ecuador, Pichincha, Ecuador

11:30-12:45

Sesión plenaria - Martha Molina (NUI Galway y online)

"Retos de los medios digitales en la era de la desinformación"
Speaker
Martha Molina Díez, Profesora, Facultad de Comunicación, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain
Moderator
Cristina Cruz González, -, -, Universidad de Granada
Fottrell Theatre
12:45-13:45

Almuerzo

Solo presencial
Bhialann Restaurant
14:35-16:15

Movimientos ciudadanos y sociales y sus representaciones

Solo presencial
Moderator
Cristina Cruz González, -, -, Universidad de Granada
Room 108
Voces mediadas por pantallas: La enunciación en el ecosistema virtual

Leticia Gambetta, Profesora Adjunta, Departamento de Medios y Lenguajes, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

14:35
El uso de plataformas digitales en las protestas ciudadanas: El verano en que los puertorriqueños lograron la renuncia de su gobernador

Ramaris Albert Trinidad, Assistant Professor, College of Communication and Information, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Génesis N. Dávila Santiago, Student, Master of Arts, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus , Puerto Rico
Adriana D. Díaz Tirado, Grad Student , College of Communication and Information, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, Puerto Rico

14:55
Diversas miradas a las imágenes del horror: La alusión del horror en el film de László Nemes "El hijo de Saúl"

Luis Fernando Rozo Velásquez, PROFESOR TITULAR, Departamento Humanidades y Artes, UNIVERSIDAD DEL TOLIMA, Tolima, Colombia

15:15
16:00-17:00

Mesa redonda online (en directo/en español)

Moderator
Carmen Lucena Rodríguez, Universidad de Granada
Moderator
Mario Zaragoza, Full Time Professor, CECC, UNAM, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Moderator
Javier Mula-Falcón, PhD Student, Didáctica y Organización Escolar, University of Granada, Spain
Moderator
Tamara Ormeño, Researcher, Communication, Universidad Nacional de Chilecito, La Rioja, Argentina
Moderator
Jesus E. Lujambio, P.T.C., Coordinación de Comunicación y Arte Digital, Campus Universitario Siglo XXI, México, Mexico
16:15-17:15

Sesión plenaria - Emily Bell (NUI Galway y online)

"Reporting on the Information War in the U.S."
Speaker
Emily Bell, Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, United States
Moderator
Kelly Fincham, Lecturer, Journalism, National University Ireland Galway, Ireland
Fottrell Theatre
18:30-19:30
08:30-09:00

Mesa de inscripción abierta

Arts Millennium Building - NUI Galway Sait Josephs, Lower Newcastle Galway, Ireland
09:00-09:10

Noticias del día

Solo presencial
Fottrell Theatre
09:10-10:10

Sesión plenaria - Gavan Titley (NUI Galway and Online)

"Anxiety and Noise in Public Culture: Thinking Free Speech and Abundant Communication"
Speaker
Gavan Titley, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media Studies, Maynooth University, Ireland
Moderator
Tom Felle, Head of Journalism and Communication Studies, NUI Galway, Ireland
Fottrell Theatre
10:10-10:30
Bhialann Restaurant
10:30-11:45

Feminismo y estudios de género

Solo presencial
Moderator
Lucía Varela Monterroso, Student, Periodista, Universidad de Sevilla, A Coruña, Spain
Room 108
¿Cuerpos moldeables? Transexualidad y deporte: La polifonía mediática de la “normalización” en el caso de tres mujeres deportistas transexuales

Azul Kikey Castelli Olvera, Profesora investigadora, Área Académica de Comunicación , Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Hidalgo, Mexico
Beatriz Méndez De Dios, Student, Maestrante, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Hidalgo, Mexico

10:30
El cómic Priya’s Shakti y la representación de la violencia contra las mujeres en India

Sarahi Isuki Castelli Olvera, Profesor investigador de tiempo completo , Facultad de comunicación , Benemérita universidad autónoma de Puebla , Puebla, Mexico

10:50
Análisis de tendencias emergentes en los medios comunicación y redes sociales que fortalecen la relación y diálogo entre familia-escuela: CPA

Cristina Cruz González, Personal Docente e Investigador, Teoria e Historia de la Educación, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
Javier Mula-Falcón, PhD Student, Didáctica y Organización Escolar, University of Granada, Spain
Carmen Lucena Rodríguez, PDI, Didáctica y Organización Escolar , Universidad de Granada, Spain

11:10
11:45-11:50
13:10-14:10
Bhialann Restaurant
15:30-16:30

Sesión plenaria - Francesca Sobande (NUI Galway and Online)

"Consuming Crisis: Commodifying Care and COVID-19"
Speaker
Francesca Sobande, Senior Lecturer of Digital Media Studies, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Moderator
Tamsyn Gilbert, Research Network Producer, Common Ground Research Networks, United States
Fottrell Theatre
16:30-17:00

Clausura del Congreso

NUI Galway y online
Fottrell Theatre
13:00-16:00

Conference Tour - Walking the Medieval City of Galway

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16:00-16:30

Blended Conference Training Session

Live - Online Only
Tamsyn Gilbert, Research Network Producer, Common Ground Research Networks, United States
Kaila Ryan, Assistant Conference Producer, Common Ground Research Networks, United States
17:00-18:00

Online Welcome Reception

Live - Online Only
William Cope, Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States
Tamsyn Gilbert, Research Network Producer, Common Ground Research Networks, United States
Mario Minichiello, Professor, Visual Communication Design, The University of Newcastle, Australia

Tried and True (Asynchronous - Online Only)

Moderator
Amoolya Rajappa, Fulbright Fellow, School of Communication, Florida State University, FL, United States
Religious Media in Electoral Contexts: Analyzing Costa Rica's 2018 Elections

Gustavo Fuchs, Student, PhD Student, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, United States

Leaders, Do You Use Brand Voice During Situational Twitter Crisis?

Sati Siroda, Director and Founder, Market Research, BookEcke, Maharashtra, India
Jūlija Surikova, PhD Student, Communication Management , Turiba University, Latvia

New Literacies (Asynchronous - Online Only)

Moderator
Essien Essien, Student, Doctor of Philosophy, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, United States
Addressing Body Dissatisfaction through Critical Media Literacy: Why it Mattered in the Past and Why it Matters Now

Lori Bindig Yousman, Professor/Chair, Department of Communication Studies, Sacred Heart University, Connecticut, United States

Swimming Upstream?: Teaching Media and Political Communication in the Disinformation Age

Bill Yousman, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Performing Arts, Sacred Heart University, Connecticut, United States

09:00-09:30

Conference Welcome and Opening

NUI Galway and Online
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Chief Social Scientist, Common Ground Research Networks, Illinois, United States
Mario Minichiello, Professor, Visual Communication Design, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Tom Felle, Head of Journalism and Communication Studies, NUI Galway, Ireland
Fottrell Theatre
09:30-10:30

Plenary Session - Mario Minichiello (NUI Galway and Online)

"Chaos Democratic Disorder: Disinformation, the Media and Crisis in a Time of Change"
Speaker
Mario Minichiello, Professor, Visual Communication Design, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Moderator
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Chief Social Scientist, Common Ground Research Networks, Illinois, United States
Fottrell Theatre
10:30-10:45

Coffee Break

NUI Galway

Workshop (Asynchronous - Online Only)

Moderator
Anita Fuentes, Student, PhD, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Socializing Fake News: Training College Students How to Fact Check Before They Share

Emily Reed, Reference and Instruction Librarian, University Libraries, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, United States

10:45-11:30

Talking Circle

Theme 1: Media Cultures // Theme 2: Media Theory
Moderator
Jenna Bluedorn, Student, Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States
Room 109
10:45-11:30

Talking Circle

Theme 3: Media Technologies and Processes // Theme 4: Media Business
Moderator
Leila Kubesch, ESL and Foreign Language Teacher, MIddle and High School, Norwood City School District, Ohio, United States
Room 110
10:45-11:30

Talking Circle

2022 Special Focus—Democratic Disorder: Disinformation, the Media and Crisis in a Time of Change // Theme 5: Media Literacies
Moderator
Urwa Tariq, Research Associate, Media and Creative Industries Dept, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Room 107

Connecting Cultures (Asynchronous - Online Only)

Moderator
Anita Fuentes, Student, PhD, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dining with the Dragon: An Analyses of Sino-African Engagements in Nigerian Mediascape

Mistura Adebusola Salaudeen, Student, PhD , School of Communication and Film, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Regional Internets: The Mobile Telecom-led Model of Internet Development in Japan and China

Shuxi Wu, MA Student, Asian Studies Program, University of Oregon, United States

Public Relations, Secrecy, and the Management of Information in Media Cultures

Anne Cronin, Professor, Sociology Department, Lancaster University, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Widening Online Space Limits the Production of Chinese Fanworks

Yue Zhao, Student, Ph. D Candidate, Graduate School of Asia- Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Japan

View and Review (Asynchronous - Online Only)

Moderator
Essien Essien, Student, Doctor of Philosophy, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, United States
Applying Fiction to Reality: Fans Establishing Celebrity Personas based on TV Characters

Qiuyan Guo, Student, PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States

Star Persona in the Age of Social Media: Reinventing the ‘Girl Next Door’

Sara Ross, Director of Film Graduate Program/Associate Professor in the School of Communication, Media and the Arts, Media and Performing Arts, Sacred Heart University, Connecticut, United States

11:30-12:45

Literacies in Focus

NUI Galway
Moderator
Neda Jahanbani, Student, Masters, New York University, New York, United States
Room 109

Jenna Bluedorn, Student, Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States

11:50
11:30-12:45

Complex Shifts

NUI Galway
Moderator
Michael Lechuga, Assistant Professor, The Department of Communication and Journalism, The University of New Mexico, New Mexico, United States
Room 107
Non-binary Binaries and Unreal MetaHumans

Eric Freedman, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Academic Affairs, Truman State University, Armed Forces Americas, United States

11:30
Fascism and the Banality of Social Media: The Relationship Between Media Complexity and Fascist Ideology

Brady Hammond, Dean, English and Humanities, Quinsigamond Community College, Massachusetts, United States

12:10
11:30-12:45

Theoretically Speaking

NUI Galway
Moderator
Seán Hickey, Digital Journalist, United Kingdom
Room 110

Yi He, Student, PhD, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, United States

11:50
12:45-13:45

Lunch

Bhialann Restaurant

Poster Session (Asynchronous - Online Only)

Moderator
Amoolya Rajappa, Fulbright Fellow, School of Communication, Florida State University, FL, United States

Essien Essien, Student, Doctor of Philosophy, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, United States
Bibiana Ineji, Cross River University of Technology

Student Journalism: The Importance of Transferable Skills that Improve Media Literacy and Critical Thinking

Naomi Kooker, Assistant Professor, Communication, Regis College, Massachusetts, United States
Jacob Pardo, Student, English, Regis College, Massachusetts, United States

Focused Discussion (Asynchronous - Online Only)

Moderator
Essien Essien, Student, Doctor of Philosophy, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, United States
Online on the Frontline: A Longitudinal Social Media Analysis of UK Healthcare Workers’ Attitudes to COVID-19 Vaccines Using the 5C Framework

Noémie Déom, Researcher, Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab, University College London, London, City of, United Kingdom

Facebook and Twitter - the Rise and Risks of Moderating African Leaders

Kirubel Tadesse Ayetenfisu, Student, Graduate (doctoral) student, American University, District of Columbia, United States

13:45-14:30

Focused Discussions

NUI Galway
Moderator
Urwa Tariq, Research Associate, Media and Creative Industries Dept, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Room 110
Shame or Glory: British Visual Media Propaganda in WWI

Eric Williams, Professor, Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University, Ohio, United States

13:45
Critical Media Literacy - Reading the Word, Reading the World: An Original Short Documentary Film Screening and Discussion

Pete Mc Cauley, Principal Media Producer, Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, United States

13:45
13:45-14:30

Poster Session

NUI Galway
Moderator
Seán Hickey, Digital Journalist, United Kingdom
Room 109
Social Media Outreach to Connect with Teens and Sexual Gender Minority Populations Who Have a Mental Illness

Patricia Cavazos, Professor, Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Missouri, United States

13:45
13:45-14:30

Focused Discussions

NUI Galway
Moderator
Yi He, Student, PhD, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, United States
Room 107
13:45
Low-income Life as Defined by Television

Porshea Patterson Hurst, Research Manager, The Opportunity Agenda, United States

13:45

Theoretically Speaking (Asynchronous - Online Only)

Moderator
Amoolya Rajappa, Fulbright Fellow, School of Communication, Florida State University, FL, United States
Intuition, Ideology, and Rationalist Bias in Communication Theory

Leonard Shedletsky, Professor, Communication and Media Studies Department, University of Southern Maine, Maine, United States
Jo Temah Gabrielski, Adjunct, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development , New York University, United States

One Crisis Too Many: On the Hypercrisis Condition of Information Circulation in a Post-Truth Era

Jacob Boivin, Student, PhD in Communication, Université du Québec à Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Laurence Grondin-Robillard, Student, PhD in Communication, Université du Québec à Montréal, École des médias, Quebec, Canada

Tech Talk (Asynchronous - Online Only)

Moderator
Anita Fuentes, Student, PhD, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
From Outsourcing to In-house Sound Mixing Facility for BA Film and Animation Thesis Film Production: A Case Study

Khalid Al Mkhlaafy, Programme Leader BA Film and Diploma Broadcast Media, Puttnam School of Film and Animation, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore

Covid 19 Pandemic, Conspiracy Theories, and Government Responses: The Case of South African Department of Health Facebook Page

Memory Mabika, Senior Lecturer, English, Media Studies and Linguistics Department, University of Venda, Limpopo, South Africa

14:35-16:15

Truth Talk

NUI Galway
Moderator
Jenna Bluedorn, Student, Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States
Room 109
Competitive Analysis of South Korean Real Variety Show: Case Study of Grandpas over Flowers

Pei Tsai, Professor, Department of Radio, Television and Film, Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan
Ming-Jay Chang, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Radio TV Film, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan

14:55
14:35-16:15

Probing Influences

NUI Galway
Moderator
Yi He, Student, PhD, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, United States
Room 110
Tell Me No Lies: Podcasts and Misinformation

Fiona McGarry, Lecturer, Journalism and Communications, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

14:55

Leila Kubesch, ESL and Foreign Language Teacher, MIddle and High School, Norwood City School District, Ohio, United States

15:15
14:35-16:15

Contemporary Challenges

NUI Galway
Moderator
Neda Jahanbani, Student, Masters, New York University, New York, United States
Room 107
Crush the Enemy: Hymns of the Insurrection

Theodore Trost, Professor, Religious Studies and New College, University of Alabama, Alabama, United States

14:35
Motivation to Correct Misinformation: Third-person Perceptions and Perceived Norms

Ryan Geesaman, Academic Dean, Arts & Sciences, Communication & Media Arts, and Music, Worship & Performing Arts, Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary and Graduate School, Pennsylvania, United States

14:55

Michael Lechuga, Assistant Professor, The Department of Communication and Journalism, The University of New Mexico, New Mexico, United States

15:15

Global Links (Asynchronous - Online Only)

Moderator
Essien Essien, Student, Doctor of Philosophy, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, United States
Political Economy of the Haitian Media: A Highly Politicized System

Wisnique Panier, MInister Counselor, Permanent Mission of Haiti to the United Nations, New York, United States

Refugee Crisis and Journalism: Alan Kurdi's Image Change the Narrative in European News Coverage

Alonit Berenson, Lecturer, Deputy Head, Interdisciplinary Studies, Zefat Academic College, HaZafon, Israel

Philippine Press Pushes Back: Reterritorializing Youtube and Tiktok to Fight Disinformation that Elected a Dictator's Son

Aileen Macalintal, Assistant Professor, Department of Development Journalism, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines

Intersectional Insights (Asynchronous - Online Only)

Moderator
Anita Fuentes, Student, PhD, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
"Worry Porn" Versus "The Big Lie": Media Portrayals of Damaged Social Relationships in the Wake of Trump

Margaret Tally, Distinguished Professor, School for Graduate Studies, SUNY Empire State University, New Jersey, United States

Corporate Cinema: Glimmers of Critique in a Sea of Commercial Narrations

Matteo Ciccognani, Teaching Fellow, School of Business, University of Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Snapshots of U.S. Hegemonic Culture in Memes

Olga White, Student, Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, United States

16:15-17:15

Plenary Session - Emily Bell (NUI Galway and Online)

"Reporting on the Information War in the U.S."
Speaker
Emily Bell, Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, United States
Moderator
Kelly Fincham, Lecturer, Journalism, National University Ireland Galway, Ireland
Fottrell Theatre
Pakistan’s English Language Newspapers, Framing, and Aurat March: Study of Editorials

Shiza Nisar, Teaching Fellow, Media Studies, Art & Design, Lahore School of Economics, Punjab, Pakistan

Identifying Media Bias in Japan's Local Newspapers

Akio Torii, Professor, Faculty of Global Management, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan

Opinion Formation through Social Networks in the Baby Boomer Generation: Is There a Relationship between Fake News Recognition Skills and Baby Boomer Affiliation?

Susanne Ardisson, Lecturer, Media School, Hochschule Fresenius, Hamburg, Germany
Laura Kobsch, Research Assistant, Media School, Hochschule Fresenius, Hamburg, Germany

Social Media Matters (Asynchronous - Online Only)

Moderator
Amoolya Rajappa, Fulbright Fellow, School of Communication, Florida State University, FL, United States
Who Are Connected by Numbers?: A Social Network Analysis of Quantified Self Community

Bingyu Chen, Student, Doctoral Student, Nanyang Technological University, Central Singapore, Singapore
Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen, Associate professor , Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University , Singapore

The Smartphone Mandate: Data Collection and the Third Party App Party

Adam Dean, Assistant Professor, Communication and Media, Lincoln Memorial University, Tennessee, United States

Anita Fuentes, Student, PhD, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Teaching Media Literacy through Fiction

Thomas Leitch, Unidel Andrew B. Kirkpatrick, J. Chair in Writing, Department of English, University of Delaware, Delaware, United States

17:30-18:30

Welcome Reception - SULT

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18:30-19:30
09:00-09:10
09:10-10:10

Plenary Session - Gavan Titley (NUI Galway and Online)

"Anxiety and Noise in Public Culture: Thinking Free Speech and Abundant Communication"
Speaker
Gavan Titley, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media Studies, Maynooth University, Ireland
Moderator
Tom Felle, Head of Journalism and Communication Studies, NUI Galway, Ireland
Fottrell Theatre
10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

NUI Galway
10:30-11:15

Workshop

Moderator
Urwa Tariq, Research Associate, Media and Creative Industries Dept, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Room 110
Media Literacy in an Age Where Everyone Thinks They Are a Reporter

MyAun Boyd, Student, Strategic Communication - Advertising, Public Relations, and Promotions, Evangel University, Missouri, United States
Allison LaBrot, Student, Evangel University, United States
Emily Connelly, Student, Multimedia Journalism, Evangel University, United States
Kali McCroskey, Student, Visual and Digital Arts, Evangel University, Missouri, United States
Kahlan Foland-Hollinger, Student, B.S. Strategic Communication, Evangel University, Missouri, United States

10:30
10:30-11:45

Pro Viewpoints

Moderator
Michael Lechuga, Assistant Professor, The Department of Communication and Journalism, The University of New Mexico, New Mexico, United States
Room 109
Media Business in Uganda: A Case Study

Rehemah Nabbuye, Communication and Advocacy Officer, Communication, Ice Breakers Uganda, Kampala, Uganda

10:30
Selling Democracy by Phonograph: Early Communication Technology and the Rise of the Mass Media Presidency

Susan Spellman, Chair and Associate Professor of History, Department of Humanities and Creative Arts, Miami University, Ohio, United States
John Forren, Associate Professor and Director, Justice and Community Studies/Menard Family Center for Democracy, Miami University (Ohio), Ohio, United States

10:50
Journalistic Practices in Times of the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Comparative Study between Chile and Colombia

Francisca Greene, Professor, Communication Facullty, Universidad de los Andes, Chile, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile

11:10
10:30-11:45

Global Perspectives

Moderator
Seán Hickey, Digital Journalist, United Kingdom
Room 107
Democratic Disorder - Disinformation, the Media, and Crisis in a Time of Change

Andrew Simoncelli, Associate Professor, Mass Communication, Nicholls State University, Louisiana, United States
Lance Arnold, Chair Broadcast Journalism, Mass Communication, Nicholls State University, Louisiana, United States

10:30
A Communication Rupture, then Event : Evolving Global Systems

Marcus Breen, Associate Professor of the Practice , Communication, Boston College, Massachusetts, United States

11:10
11:45-11:50

Transition Break

11:50-13:05

Shifting Realities

NUI Galway
Room 109
The Role of Social Media Use in the Sudanese Uprising, 2018: An Exploratory Study

Mustafa Taha, Associate Professor, Mass Communication, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

11:50
The Banality of Fascism on Fox News: Tracing Tucker Carlson’s Embrace of the Great Replacement

Meghan Conroy, Investigator, Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, United States
Hanah Stiverson, PhD Candidate, American Culture, University of Michigan, Michigan, United States

12:10
Press-party Relationship and Democracy in South Korea

Ki Sung Kwak, Associater Professor, School of Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

12:30
11:50-13:05

Connections and Disconnections

Moderator
Jenna Bluedorn, Student, Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States
Room 107
The Misinformation Networks in Brazil

Gabriel S Huland, Teaching Fellow, Centre for the Global Media and Communications, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom

11:50
"Competing Narratives" during Times of Crisis: Trump, COVID, and the American Divide

Laurence French, Affiliate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States

12:10
11:50-13:05

Who Wants to Know?

Moderator
Seán Hickey, Digital Journalist, United Kingdom
Room 110
Misinformation on TikTok in Times of Crisis: Ten Features That Make TikTok Vulnerable to Misinformation

Jennifer Nilsen, Research Fellow, Technology and Social Change Project, Harvard University, Massachusetts, United States
Kaylee Fagan, Research Fellow, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University, Massachusetts, United States

11:50
Media Literacy in a Time of Information Illiteracy: Teaching Media Literacy to Underserved US Populations

David Raskin, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies and Mass Media, Community College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Sindhu Zagoren, Assistant Proffessor, Communication Studies & Mass Media, Community College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

12:10
Chinese Independent Cinema After 2000: Censorship and Alternative Channel for Film Distribution

Mo Li, Student, Ph.D., Polytechnic University of Valencia, Alicante, Spain

12:30
13:10-14:10

Lunch

Bhialann Restaurant
14:10-15:25

Troubling Twists

Moderator
Neda Jahanbani, Student, Masters, New York University, New York, United States
Room 107
Media Consumption and Threatening Perceptions: Cultivation Theory and the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Hailey Gillen Hoke, Associate Professor, Communication, Weber State University, Utah, United States
Leslie Howerton, Assistant Professor, Communication, Weber State University, Utah, United States

14:10

Urwa Tariq, Research Associate, Media and Creative Industries Dept, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates

14:50
14:10-15:25

Cultural Considerations

NUI Galway
Moderator
Yi He, Student, PhD, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, United States
Room 109
Impact of Digital Information and Communication Technology on Oral Tradition of Mongolian Nomadic Lifestyle

Ariunzaya Norovsuren, Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Bat Oyun Sukhbold, Student, Master, National University of Mongolia, mongolia, Mongolia
Unursaikhan Tugj, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Mendkhuu Ganbaatar, Associate Professor, Department Journalism and Mass Communications, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Jay Marlon Carr, Technical Research Coordinator, Solutions Journalism Research Center

14:30
15:30-16:30

Plenary Session - Francesca Sobande (NUI Galway and Online)

"Consuming Crisis: Commodifying Care and COVID-19"
Speaker
Francesca Sobande, Senior Lecturer of Digital Media Studies, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Moderator
Tamsyn Gilbert, Research Network Producer, Common Ground Research Networks, United States
Fottrell Theatre
16:30-17:00

Closing Session & Awards Ceremony

NUI Galway
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Chief Social Scientist, Common Ground Research Networks, Illinois, United States
Mario Minichiello, Professor, Visual Communication Design, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Fottrell Theatre