Program
Keynote speaker: Gianpietro Mazzoleni (Università degli Studi di Milano). Disinformation and Populism
The rise of populist movements in contemporary Western democracies has been explained from different perspectives, mostly by underlying economic and social issues brought by globalization and massive migrations. Without denying that those are key structural determinants, the media and communication factors are to be included in the diagnosis, as they represent the main channels of opinion formation and diffusion. Through the mainstream media and social networks in the past decade a great deal of fake news, distorted reports, partisan accounts, even hate and violent ideas have been circulated, thus contributing to dis- and mis-inform populaces in several countries. The result is a growth of populist attitudes and anti-politic, anti-elite sentiments that has fueled the victory of Brexit, Trump, and the electoral successes of ultra-nationalist, nativist, populist parties in Europe and elsewhere.
PROGRAM
8.30-9.00. Check-in and Registration
8.45-9.00. Introduction and welcome
9.00-10.00 Keynote Speech (Saló de Graus Enric Valor, 1st floor)
Disinformation and Populism, by Gianpietro Mazzoleni (Università degli Studi di Milano)
10.00-11.30 Session 1. Anatomy of disinformation (Room 109, first floor)
- Fake News- perceptions, views and definitions among Israeli conservatives and liberals. Nili Steinfeld
- Third person effect and fake news in Spain. Almenar, Ester; Aran, Sue; Capilla, Pablo; Masip, Pere; Ruiz, Carlos; Suau, Jaume; Zilles, Klaus
- Frogs and snowflakes: The democratic implications of networked persona construction as method for political polarisation. Bethany Usher
- When citizens become alert gatekeepers: Suggestions for reducing the threats of disinformation to democracy. Jung-Chun Chang; Yu-Wei Hu
11.30-12.00 Coffee-break
12.00-14.00 Session 2. Fighting misinformation: Fact-checking and other experiences around the globe (Room 109, 1st floor).
- Disinformation and future journalists. An experiment on the effects of fake news and fact-checking. Maria Díez Garrido, Eva Campos
- Cotejando el discurso político en un contexto de polarización política: reflexiones del proyecto colaborativo “Verificado 2018” en las elecciones federales en México. Daniel Moreno, Tania L. Montalvo
- Monitoring disinformation in campaign: A comparative analysis of collaborative fact-checking projects in France, Brazil and Spain. Dolors Palau, Adolfo Carratalá
- Maldito Feminismo, Spanish fact-checking platform against disinformation and discrediting of feminism. María Iranzo
- Life, death and memes: Analyzing the interplay between memetic content and fake news on abortion in Argentina and euthanasia in Spain. Agnese Sampietro, Raquel Tarullo
- Using ludic design to fight misinformation: how interactive formats raise user awareness of fake news. Alba García-Ortega, Jose A. García-Avilés
14.00-15.30 Lunch
15.30-17.00 Session 3. Disinformation in politics and political processes (Room 109, 1st floor)
- Fake-politicians”: Spanish politicians facing fake news in the 2019 General Election. Lorena Cano-Orón; Germán Llorca-Abad; Guillermo López-García
- Engagement in social networks in electoral campaigns. Carlos A. Ballesteros Herencia, Salvador Gómez García
- Sesgo, post-truth y engagement en el tratamiento del conflicto independentista de Cataluña en Corporaciones públicas para el exterior. Carlos López Olano, Vicente Fenoll
- Immigration discourse in the 2019 Spanish General Election Campaign: Information or Misinformation? Anastasia Ioana Pop
- Dynamics of dissemination: What do Kenyan Mediated Community Perceive of the 2018 Uhuru/Raila Golden Handshake? Rosemary Nyaole
17.00-17.30 Coffee-break
17.30-19.00 Session 4. Fake news and right-wing parties (Room 109, 1st floor)
- Fake news or fake media. The complex disinformation climate and how Spanish right-wing parties took advantage of it. Germán Llorca-Abad, Lorena Cano-Orón, Dafne Calvo
- Partidos emergentes de la ultraderecha: ¿fake news, fake outsiders? Vox y la web Caso Aislado en las elecciones andaluzas de 2018. Macarena Hernández, Manuel Fernández García
- Misinformation in closed networks. Study of the fake news in VOX official and private channels. Cristina Renedo, Maria Díez Garrido
- Influencia de la derecha alternativa española en YouTube. Adrián Padilla, Òscar Coromina
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