The Global Journalism Innovation Lab researchers are prepping for constructive knowledge exchange at the 2023 International Communication Association conference in Toronto in May. Join them to learn more about the latest advancements in their research.
Pre-Conferences
Browse the full ICA-pre conference program here.
The Global Fact-Checking Movement: Regional, Comparative, Organizational, and Institutional Perspectives, Center for Social Innovation
S. Montana-Nino & M. Riedlinger; Platform-sponsored fact-checkers and novel interventions related to Covid-19 vaccine dis- and misinformation.
Thu, 25 May – 8:30 am – 17:00 pm
OFF-SITE: Center for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Ave, Toronto, Canada
The Legacies of Elihu Katz
E. Dubois; Strategic Personal Influence: From Political Opinion Leaders to Social Media Influencers.
Thu, 25 May – 1:30 – 3:00 pm
OFF-SITE: Birchwood Ballroom in Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Political Communication PhD Student Preconference
L. Stahl; The credibility assessment process of political information on WhatsApp in Brazil.
Thu, 25 May – 2:15 – 3:00 pm
OFF-SITE: Toronto Metropolitan University
Main ICA Conference
Browse the full ICA program here.
Environmental Communication Research Escalator
S. Chen; Extreme Weather Events And Storytelling: Apocalyptic Framing Revisited
Fri, May 26 – 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Maple West (Sheraton)
Studying journalists’ welfare and wellbeing
E. Dubois; C. Tenove; T. Deley & S. Wilkinson; Measuring Mean Tweets: A Mixed methods study of online incivility and journalists’ responses.
Fri, May 26 – 3:00 – 4:15 pm
Elgin (Sheraton)
AI in the Communication discipline: Next challenges and opportunities
J. Burgess; Panel Session
Sat, May 27 – 9:00 – 10:15 am
Dominion South (Sheraton)
Networks of Agonism and Antagonism: Polarised Discourses about COP26 on Twitter (Roundtable) A. Bruns; M. Riedlinger
A. Bruns & M. Riedlinger; Roundtable
Sat, May 27 – 9:00 – 10:15 am
Maple East (Sheraton)
A New Agenda-Setting? Google’s Impact on Global Journalism Policy and Infrastructures
M. Young & A. Hermida; Google dollars: Short-termism and protectionist impulses in Canadian journalism policy
Sat, May 27 – 9:00 – 10:15 am
Chestnut East (Sheraton)
Revisiting Journalism: Theorizing Amid Change and Disruption [Works in Progress]
M. Bartleman; I. Macdonald & E. Dubois; Academic explanatory journalism: The complexities of hybridity in practice.
Sat, May 27 – 12:00 – 1:15 pm
M – Peel (Sheraton)
Social Media Users and the Public Sphere
Moderator: E. Dubois
Sun, May 28 – 1:30 – 2:45 pm
M – Chestnut West (Sheraton)
ICA CLOSING PLENARY: Authentic Indigenous Scholarship and Its Relevance to the Communication Discipline
C. Callison; Participant
Mon, May 29 – 3:00 – 4:15 pm
LC LIVESTREAM – Grand Ballroom East (Sheraton)
Post-Conferences
Browse the full ICA post-conference program here.
ICA Post-Conference, Novel Directions in Media Innovation and Funding
M. Young & A. Hermida; Conference organizers
Mon, 29 May – 6:00 – 8:30 pm
Tue, 30 May – 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
OFF-SITE: Gladstone House, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto, Ontario, M6J 1J630 pm
Sustainability Communication in Local Are(n)as: Towards a Better Understanding of Culturally Diverse Strategies and Practices
S. Chen; Conference local organizer
Tue, 30 May – 8:30 – 17:00
OFF-SITE: Toronto Metropolitan University and Zoom
Authenticity and Transcultural Communication
S. Chen; Conference local organizer
Tue, 30 May – 9:00 – 16:00
OFF-SITE: Rogers Communication Center, Toronto Metropolitan University and Zoom
Authentic Voices in Science Communication
M. Riedlinger & S. Montana-Nino; Platform-sponsored fact-checkers as science communicators: A comparative study of science communication platform-related practices in three Southern Hemisphere regions (Individual paper)
Tue, 30 May – 9:30 – 16:30
OFF-SITE: McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology (University of Toronto), 39A Queens Park Crescent East, Toronto, Ontario.
Epistemic Injustice and the Role of Authenticity
M. Bartleman (presenting), I. Macdonald & E. Dubois; Academic explanatory journalism: The complexities of hybridity in practice.
Tue, 30 May – 9:30 – 17:00
OFF-SITE: Charbonnel Lounge, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto (81 St. Mary Street, Toronto)