The first symposium of the Manufacturing Monsters research group brings together international experts and practitioners to discuss the current state of the media in Turkey, Germany, and Norway.
Please consult our website and the programme below for further details.
PROGRAMME:
Tuesday, September 11:
All lectures on day 1 and 2 take place at the Centre for Peace Studies (Lower Lighthouse room U06)
09:00 - 09:15:
Holger Pötzsch (UiT Tromsø)
Welcome to day 1
09:15 - 10:15
Uwe Krüger (University of Leipzig)
Manufacturing Consent Through Integration? Social Networks of German Journalists in the Elite Milieu and their Effects on Coverage
10:15 - 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:30
Mandy Tröger (University of Illinois)
The Political Economy of the Post-Socialist Press: The Case of East Germany
11:30 - 12:30
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Mandy Tröger (University of Illinois)
On the History and Progress of U.S. Transnational Communication Networks
13:30 - 13:45
Coffee break
13:45 - 14:45
Uwe Krüger (University of Leipzig)
Constructive Journalism as Development Communication for the „Great Transformation“: A Normative Approach to an Emerging Coverage Pattern
14:45 - 15:00
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:45
Holger Pötzsch (UiT Tromsø)
Virtuous War, Diffused War, iWar: New(s) Media in Times of War and Terror
15:45 - 16:00
Final remarks
Wednesday, September 12:
Lectures at CPS (Lower Lighthouse U06)
0900 - 09:15:
Sarphan Uzunoglu (UiT Tromsø)
Welcome to day 2
09:15 - 10:15
Suncem Koçer (Kadir Has University)
News Culture in Turkey: Politics of Production and Reception
10:15 - 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:30
Sarphan Uzunoğlu (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)
Turkey’s Monsters: A Brief Introduction to Post-Truth Politics in Turkey
11:30 - 12:30
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Ahmet A. Sabancı (International Media Innovation and Technology Network of Turkey)
Security Matters: Why Journalists Should Be So Careful about Digital Security and Privacy
13:30 - 13:45
Coffee break
13:45 - 14:45
Mustafa Kuleli (Journalists Union of Turkey)
Precarious Financial Situation of Journalists in Turkey and Europe
14:45 - 15:45
Rune Ottosen (Oslo Metropolitan University)
Norway's New(s) Wars: Libya and Syria in Norwegian Mass Media
15:45 - 16:00
Final discussion
Thursday, September 13:
09:00 - 11:00
Manufacturing Monsters: Internal Project Planning and Development Session
11:00 - 12:00
Lunch
12:00 - 16:00 at room TEO 1.229
Practical cyber-security workshop (Ahmet A. Sabancı & Sarphan Uzunoglu)
(Registration required)
The symposium is an initiative of the Manufacturing Monsters project group and is funded by
the HSL faculty, the Dept. of Language and Culture, and the ENCODE research network.