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[ecrea] ECREA Section for the Philosophy of Communication / Workshop communication and uncertainty

Thu Apr 30 14:17:32 GMT 2009


ECREA Section for the Philosophy of Communication

Workshop


COMMUNICATION AND UNCERTAINTY

University of Padova, 15 May 2009


8:30-9:00 Arrival, Registration

9:00-9:15 Welcome and Opening by the Director of the Department of Sociology

9.15-11:15
Uncertainty and Social Interaction Theory

Jan Fleck, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH): Rumors: Introducing Uncertainty in the Communicative Process?

Rasco Hartig (Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH): What keeps Social Systems "On Track"? - Communicative Mechanisms and the Reduction of Uncertainty.

Johan Siebers (University of Central Lancashire / IGRS, University of London): Uncertainty in Dialogic Communication - A Phenomenological Approach

Chair: Vincenzo Romani
Department of Sociology, University of Padova

COFFE BREAK


11.30-13.30
Uncertainty and Global Communication

Steven John Thompson (Clemson University): Images of Horror, Words of Terror: Ambiquity, Risk and Suicide through Global Media

Ludovic Garavattini (Sorbonne): Toward the Concept of Complex Integration

Mabo Khamis, S. Mwinyimbegu (Centre Européen de Recherches Internationales et Stratégiques (CERIS), Belgium): Public campaigns and communication uncertainty in conflict areas in Africa: Evaluation of strategies used by Solidarité pour la Promotion Sociale (SOPROP) in its campaigns on sexual violence against women in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Chair: Johan Siebers
University of Central Lancashire / IGRS, University of London


LUNCH


15.00-17.00
Uncertainty and Scientific Communication

Paolo Magaudda and Andrea Lorenzet (University of Padova): Misunderstandings and Uncertainty in Science Communication.

Mauro Turrini (University of Padova): The Thresholds of Risk as an Area of Negotiation of the Communication of Uncertainty

Vincenzo Romania (University of Padova): The Uncertainty in the Social Definition of Life and Death: Scientific Categories in the Eluana Englaro Case.

Chair: Federico Neresini
Department of Sociology, University of Padova

COFFE BREAK

17.30-18.30 Plenary session and discussion: final remarks
Vincenzo Romania (moderator)
Johan Siebers (moderator)


All are welcome to attend, registration and travel/accommodation information via the organisers, Vincenzo Romania ((vincenzo.romania /at/ gmail.com)) or Johan Siebers ((jisiebers /at/ uclan.ac.uk))


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