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

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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