[Commlist] Program | Lisbon Winter School for the Study of Communication | Media and Uncertainty

We are pleased to announce the program of the 2nd edition of the Lisbon 
Winter School for the Study of Communication that will take place at 
Universidade Católica Portuguesa on January 7-11, 2020.
For registration and more details please check the Winter School website 
<https://www.lisbonwinterschool.com/>.

*PROGRAM*

*_TUESDAY, 7 JANUARY 2020_*

*Venue: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Library Building, Second Floor*

*10.15**– Registration and Coffee*

*11.15 – Opening Session*

*11.45 – Uncertainty in an Era of Fake News and Social Media*

*Dominique Brossard (University of Wisconsin-Madison)//*

Chair: Nelson Ribeiro (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

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*14.15 - Paper Session I – Media Discourses on Green and Political Issues*

*Room: Exposições*

Chairs and Respondents: Teresa Ashe (The Open University), Catarina 
Valdigem (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

(Un)Covering Sustainability: How journalists Perceive, Construct and 
Report on Sustainable Finance

Nadine Strauß (University of Oxford)

Towing the Line: United States Press Coverage of the Green New Deal

Hanna E. Morris (Annenberg School for Communication, University of 
Pennsylvania)

The Global Times’ Discourse of the 2018 Constitutional Amendment and 
China’s New Populist Propaganda of Sensitive Political Issues

Joe Hua Fan (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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*14.15 – Paper Session II –//Uncertainty and Fear on Social Media*

*Room: Descobrimentos*

Chairs and Respondents: Dominique Brossard (University of 
Wisconsin-Madison), Cátia Ferreira (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

The Role of Social Media in Bolstering a Weak Public Sphere and Civil 
Society during a Time of Uncertainty: The Case of Greece

Michael Nevradakis (Deree – The American College of Greece)

Compulsory Continuous Connectedness: Liveness and Senses of Uncertainty 
in Mainstream Social Media

Ludmila Lupinacci (The London School of Economics and Political Science)

Twittering for Peace

Elizabeth Pinilla Duarte (University of Groningen)


*16.15 - Paper Session III – Journalism, Trust and Ethical Standards*

*Room: Exposições*

Chairs and Respondents: Barbie Zelizer (University of Pennsylvania), 
Jessica Roberts (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

Beyond Objectivity: The Epistemological Approach to Journalistic Truth

Margarita Khartanovich (University of Tampere)

Different Role, Different Ethics? Journalists Perception of their Role 
and the Ethical Challenges and Risks while Covering a Murder Trial

Maria Bendix Wittchen  (Roskilde University)

Dynamics of (Dis)Trust between the News Media and their Audience: The 
Case of the 2019 Israeli Exit-Polls

Tali Aharoni (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

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*16.15 - Paper Session IV – Visual Media and Activism*

*Room: Descobrimentos*

Chairs and Respondents: Risto Kunelius (University of Helsinki), Adriana 
Martins (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

In One Hand a Camera and in the Other a Gun: State’s Adoption of 
Activist Visual Strategies for Narrative Legitimacy

Anat Leshnick (University of Colorado Boulder)

See the Change! - Using Visual Storytelling in NGO Strategic Communication

Paulo Jorge Teixeira (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

TV News Representations of Contemporary Activism in Uncertain and 
Complex Information Landscapes

Naíde Müller (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)


//*_WEDNESDAY, 8 JANUARY 2019_*

*10.00 *–//*Curated Lives: Smartphones as Tools of Control, Anticipation 
and Avoidance*

*Carla Ganito (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)*

Chair: Fernando Ilharco (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

*11.45 – Family Risk and Uncertainty in the Digital Age*

*Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics and Political Science)*

Chair: Barbie Zelizer (University of Pennsylvania)

*14.30 – Visit to RTP Archive & Museum*


*_THURSDAY, 9 JANUARY 2020_***

*10.00 – Climate Change: Discourses of Making and Unmaking*

*    Teresa Ashe (The Open University)*

     Chair: Risto Kunelius (University of Helsinki)

*11.45 – Science and Expertise under Fire: Political Control, Online 
Harassment and Freedom of Expression*

*Esa Väliverronen (University of Helsinki)*

Chair: Sarah Banet-Weiser (London School of Economics and Political Science)

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*14.15 – Paper Session V –**Media, Precarity and Uncertainty*

*Room: Castro Marim*

Chairs and Respondents: Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics 
and Political Science), Catarina Duff Burnay (Universidade Católica 
Portuguesa)

Understanding Journalistic Environmental Precarity: A Holistic Approach 
to Risk and the Civil Diminishment of Journalism

Sara Torsner (University of Sheffield)

Information Behavior in the Age of Uncertainty: The Case of Youngstown, 
Ohio’s /The Vindicator/

Carla Everstijn  (Kent State University)

“We’re all Told not to Put our Eggs in One Basket”: The Extension of 
Neoliberal Worker Subject in the Online Video Industry

Zoë Glatt (London School of Economics and Political Science)

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*14.15 - Paper Session VI – Terror and Fear in Legacy and Online Media*

*Room: Quatro Estações*

Chairs and Respondents: Saskia Witteborn (Chinese University of Hong 
Kong), Esa Väliverronen (University of Helsinki)

Debunking Fear: Ordinary Testimony and Emotional Evidence in the 
Mediation of Crime and Policing

Kat Higgins (London School of Economics and Political Science)

A Comparative Study of how CNN and Al-Arabiya Report Terrorism in their 
English and Arabic Websites

Waad Arif (University of Leeds)

Ritualisation of Crisis Communication in the Age of Uncertainty: 
Crowd-enabled Responses to the Stockholm Terror Attack on Twitter

Minttu Tikka (University of Helsinki)


*16.15 – Paper Session VII - Covering and Challenging Official Narratives*

*Room: Castro Marim*

Chairs and Respondents: Victor Pickard (Annenberg School for 
Communication, University of Pennsylvania), Ana Margarida Abrantes 
(Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

 From Shutdowns to Slowdowns: Storytelling after Internet Blackouts

Florence Madenga (Annenberg School for Communication, University of 
Pennsylvania)

Media Coverages on Corruption and the Critical Capacity of Journalism in 
China: An Empirical Analysis of The Beijing News (2004-2018)

Yang Hu (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Piglets be Active: Debunking Peculiarities of Online Vigilantism in Russia

Rashid Gabdulhakov (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

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*16.15 – Paper VIII – Journalism, Credibility and Trust*

*Room: Quatro Estações*

Chairs and Respondents: Fathali Moghaddam (George Washington 
University), Jessica Roberts (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

Survival Instinct, Sense of Service and Quality among Bodo and Karbi 
Tribal Language Newspapers

Samarjit Kachari (Pondicherry University)

Eliminating Uncertainty by Fact-checking Practices: A Way to Rebuilding 
Public Trust in the Media?

Angelina Toursel and Philippe Useille (Université Polytechnique des 
Hauts-de-France)

A Horizontal Approach: How to Improve Social Aspects of Journalism by 
Being more Sociable – a Study of Guga Chacra on Twitter

Fernanda Cristine Vasconcellos (Pontifícia Universidade Católica Rio 
Grande do Sul/Universidade Católica Portuguesa)


*_FRIDAY, 10 JANUARY 2020_*

*10.00 – Digital Migration: How Technologies Shape Transnational 
Movement in Contexts of Uncertainty*

*Saskia Witteborn (Chinese University of Hong Kong)*

Chair: Alexandra Lopes (Universidade Católica Portuguesa**

*11.45 –****Threat to Democracy: The Appeal of Authoritarianism in an 
Age of Uncertainty***

*Fathali Moghaddam (George Washington University) *

Chair: Catarina Burnay (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)


*14.15 - Paper Session IX – Media, Migration and Misogyny *

*Room: Castro Marim*

Chairs and Respondents: Sarah Banet-Weiser (London School of Economics 
and Political Science), Alexandra Lopes (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)//

“Welcome to America”: Situating Memes, Mistaken Photographs, and 
(Photo)journalism in the Trump Era

Jeanna Sybert (Annenberg School for Communication, University of 
Pennsylvania)

When Chronic Uncertainty Makes for Uncertain Chronicles: A Case study on 
PBS’s Independent Documentaries and their Storytelling on LatinX 
Migration to the US

Alexandra J. Sanchez (KU Leuven)

When Veterans Try to Make TV for and by Veterans: Navigating the 
Modern Military-Industrial-Communications-Complex

Muira McCammon (Annenberg School for Communication, University of 
Pennsylvania)

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*14.15 – Paper X – Reporting and Translating International Events in 
Times of Uncertainty*

*Room: Quatro Estações*

Chairs and Respondents: Paula Espírito Santo (Universidade de Lisboa), 
Eduardo Cintra Torres (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

 From Bad to Better: Possible Implications of a Transnational News 
agency in the Øresund Region

Mads Kæmsgaard Eberholst (Roskilde University)

Noticiero ICAIC newsreel: The Cuban News Coverage of Latin American 
Dictatorships (1960-1990). How to Report Political Uncertainty under 
Uncertain Conditions of News Production?

Camila Arêas (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal)

The Catholic, the Capitalist and the Post-Communism: Three Leaders 
Rewritten in the Portuguese Newspaper /Diário de Notícias/

Márcia Dias Sousa (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)


*16.15 – Paper Session XI – Big Data, Archives and Surveillance*

*Room: Castro Marim*

Chairs and Respondents: Teresa Ashe (The Open University), Carla Ganito 
(Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

Platformizing the Health of a Nation: The Promise of Mobile Data and 
Digital Infrastructure in South Korea’s Outbreak Management

Young Rim Kim (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

 From Media Events to Forgetting Space: Non-archivisation in Digital 
Memory—A Case Study of Bullet Comments in Live Streaming

Andong Li (King's College London)

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*16.15 – Paper Session XII – Institutions and Representations*

*Room: Quatro Estações*

Chairs and Respondents: Peter Hanenberg (Universidade Católica 
Portuguesa), Patrícia Dias (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

The New Vatican Spokesman in the Era of Uncertainty

Tereza Zavadilová (Charles University)

(Re)Mediating Jasmine in Aladdin’s 2019 Live-Action Film: Uncertainty, 
Female Representation and Gender Ideology

Ana Flora Machado (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

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*_SATURDAY, 11 JANUARY 2020_*

*16.00/ –/****Does Journalism Have a Future?**//*

*Victor Pickard (Annenberg School for Communication, University of 
Pennsylvania)*

Chair: Peter Hanenberg (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

*17.30 – Communicating Risk and Uncertainty via the Media***

*James Painter (University of Oxford)***

Chair: Luísa Leal de Faria (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

*18.45 – Concluding Remarks*

Nelson Ribeiro (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

Barbie Zelizer (University of Pennsylvania)

Sarah Banet-Weiser (London School of Economics & Political Science)

Risto Kunelius (University of Helsinki)

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*19.45 – Winter School Closing Dinner *

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*For program updates and more information visit: 
**www.lisbonwinterschool.com <http://www.lisbonwinterschool.com/>*

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