[Commlist] ICA Pre-conference: The Legacies of Elihu Katz. Schedule is available and registration is open

ICA pre-conference dedicated to the consideration and discussion of 
Elihu Katz’s ideas

https://legacies-of-katz.pubpub.org <https://legacies-of-katz.pubpub.org>

Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, registration for this 
pre-conference is free. To register for the pre-conference, please go here:

https://www.icahdq.org/event/ICA23-ElihuKatz 
<https://www.icahdq.org/event/ICA23-ElihuKatz>

Questions about the pre-conference should be directed to any one of the 
pre-conference organizers listed below.

# The Legacies of Elihu Katz

25 May, 2023

Toronto, Canada

Organized by: Menahem Blondheim (Hebrew University), David W. Park (Lake 
Forest College), Jeff Pooley (Muhlenberg College), and Julia Sonnevend 
(The New School)

## SCHEDULE:

8:30 am - 8:45 am: Arrival, Coffee

8:45 am - 8:50 am: Opening Remarks from Pre-Conference Sponsors

8:50 am - 9:20 am: Orienting Katz Historically

Moderator: Jeff Pooley

* Peter Simonson, “Communication, Opportunity Structures, and the Making 
of Elihu Katz, 1926–1956: The Child is Father of the Man”

9:20 am - 9:35 am: Coffee Break

9:35 am - 10:50 am: Katz on Journalism,

Democracy, and the Media

Moderator: Barbie Zelizer

* Klaus Bruhn Jensen & W. Russell Neuman, “Enriching the Concept of 
Communication Effects: The Legacy of Elihu Katz”

* Leah A. Lievrouw, “Katz, Tarde, and Theorizing Digital Communication”

* Michael McDevitt, “Is the U.S. Press Invested in Democratic Crisis?”

* Kimberly Meltzer, “Legacies of Elihu Katz: Contributions to Theorizing 
on Journalism and Television”

* Patrícia Dias & Priscila Krolow, “Youth on BeReal: Emergent Uses and 
Sought Gratifications”

10:50 am - 11:00 am: Coffee Break

11:00 am - 12:30 pm: The Continuing Relevance of Media Events

Moderator: Julia Sonnevend

* Esther Hammelburg, “Being There Live: Witnessing & Belonging at 
Contemporary Media(tized) Events”

* Johanna Sumiala & Katja Valaskivi, “Hybrid Media Environment: A Key 
Challenge to Contemporary Media Event Theory?”

* Charlotte Knorr & Christian Pentzold, “The Craft of Data Scandals: 
Reassessing Contemporary Whistleblowing as Media Events”

* Sachie Hamada, “Media Events in the Internet Age: From ‘Watching on 
Couch’ to ‘Doing Sports Together’”

* Rainier Winter & Jörg-Uwe Nieland, “Rethinking ‘Media Events’: Sports 
Mega-Events, Authoritarian States, and the Battle for Meaning”

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Two-Step Flow

Moderator: Larry Gross

* Devon Powers, “From Fads to Trends: Lessons From Katz”

* Laura Dilley, “The Memetics of QAnon as Dynamical System: A Historical 
and Forensic Analysis of Katz-Inspired Diffusion of pro-QAnon Sentiment 
Among Social media Micro-Influencers”

* Svetlana S. Bodrunova, Kamilla Nigmatullina, Nikolay Rodossky, and 
Dmitry Nepiyushchikh, “The Two-Step Flow Model in a Hybrid Environment: 
Decentralization of Media in Discussions on User Complaints in the 
VK.com <http://VK.com> Social Network”

* Hynek Jerabek, “Elihu Katz’s Journey From the ‘Two-Step Flow Report’ 
to ‘His Master’s Voice’: 65 Years of Opinion Leaders”

* Elizabeth Dubois, “Strategic Personal Influence: From Political 
Opinion Leaders to Social Media Influencers”

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm: Coffee Break

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm: The Multidimensional Katz: A Cross-Cutting Conversation

Moderator: Menahem Blondheim

* Sonia Livingstone

* Jeffrey C. Alexander

* Limor Shifman

* Michael Schudson

4:30 pm - 4:45 pm: Closing Words

Pre-recorded video contributions pending.

The Pre-Conference is Sponsored by:

The Department of Communication and the Smart Family Institute of 
Communications at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; the Annenberg 
School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern 
California; and the Annenberg School for Communication at the University 
of Pennsylvania

Contact the organizers at (legaciesofkatz /at/ gmail.com) 
<https://mailto:(legaciesofkatz /at/ gmail.com)>.
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