IPP2018 Conference Programme

Locations: MOLT = Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre; TLT = Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre; SR = Seminar Rooms 7 and 8.

Thursday 20 September 2018

TRACK A: CITIZEN DIS/ENGAGEMENT TRACK B: INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTS TRACK C: REIMAGINING DEMOCRACY
09:00 Registration + Coffee [MOLT]
09:30-10:30 Welcome (Helen Margetts) and Opening Keynote: Philip Howard [MOLT]
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break (30 min, TLT)
11.00-12.30 A1: Campaigning I [SR7, Chair: Calderaro] B1: Journalism I [TLT, Chair: Bright] C1: What is Democracy? [SR8, Chair: Nash]
12.30-13.30 Lunch [Dining Hall, next to MOLT]
13.30-15.00 A2: Campaigning II: Microtargetting [SR7, Chair: Calderaro] B2: Journalism II: News Values [TLT, Chair: Bright] C2: Polarization [SR8, Chair: Margetts]
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break (30 min)
15:30-17:00 A3: Campaigning III: Political Bots [SR7, Chair: Margetts] B3: Journalism III: Fake News [TLT, Chair: Nash] C3: Populism and Protest [SR8, Chair: Calderaro]
D3: The Digital Economy [MOLT, Chair: Lehdonvirta]
17:00-17:10 Break before final session (10 min)
17:10-18:45 A4: Politicians and Citizens [SR7, Chair: Margetts] B4: Post-Truth Politics [TLT, Chair: Lehdonvirta] C4: Unsocial Media I: The Far-Right [SR8, Chair: Siân Brooke]
18.45-21.00 Reception at the Natural History Museum (10 min walk)

Friday 21 September 2018

TRACK A: CITIZEN DIS/ENGAGEMENT TRACK B: INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTS TRACK C: REIMAGINING DEMOCRACY
09:00-10:30 A5: Citizenship [SR7, Chair: Calderaro] B5: Unsocial Media II: Radicalization [TLT, Chair: Smith] C5: Building Dialogue I [SR8, Chair: Lehdonvirta]
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break (30 min)
11:00-12:30 A6: Government and Citizens I [SR7, Chair: Margetts] B6: Unsocial Media III: Self-censorship [TLT, Chair: Nash] C6: Building Dialogue II [SR8, Chair: Bright]
12:30-13:30 Lunch [Dining Hall, next to MOLT]
13:30-14:30 Keynote: Zizi Papacharissi [MOLT]
14:30-14:40 Break before next session (10 min)
14:40-16:10 A7: Government and Citizens II [SR7, Chair: Margetts] B7: Social Media Regulation I [TLT, Chair: Bright] C7: The New Collective I [SR8, Chair: Yasseri]
16:10-16:30 Coffee Break (20 min)
16:30-18:00 A8: Citizen (Dis)Engagement [SR7, Chair: Lehdonvirta] B8: Social Media Regulation II [TLT, Chair: Calderaro] C8: The New Collective II [SR8, Chair: Yasseri]
18:00-18:50 Paper prizes, and closing plenary panel [MOLT, Chair: Nash]
19.00-21.00 Reception at the Ashmolean Museum (10 min walk)