International seminar - Regional Reflections on the Shape of Democracy, News Performance and Citizen Engagement
On Wednesday 8 May 2019 the Faculty of Social Sciences invites you to an international seminar organized in the framework of the Taiwanese Studies Chair. (DV1 01.54, Faculty of Law, Tiensestraat 41, Leuven)
Programme
- 13:00 Registration & coffee/tea (Entrance Hall Zeger van Hee, Faculty of Law, Tiensestraat 41, 3000 Leuven)
- 13:30 Leen d'Haenens (KU Leuven, Institute for Media Studies)
- Welcome and introduction
- 13:45 Lut Lams (KU Leuven, Brussels Center for Journalism Studies)
- Introduction to the Media Ecology and Performance in Taiwan
- 14:10 Frank Liu (National Sun-Yat sen University, Kaoshiung, Taiwanese Studies Chair, KU Leuven)
- Democratic Zeal, Fake News Worries, and Moralized Preferences: Inspecting Taiwan’s Polarization Patterns 2018-2019
- 14:40 Dachi Liao (National Sun-Yat sen University, Kaoshiung)
- How Connective Populism Was Made Online—A Case Study of the Han Tide in 2018
- 15:00 Q&A
- 15:30 Coffee/tea break
- 16:00 Vibodh Parthasarathi (Jamia Millia University, New Delhi, and Fellow at the Metaforum Institute)
- India’s News Media Infrastructures: Intermediary Power and Risks for Democracy in Election Times
- 16:20 Michaël Opgenhaffen (KU Leuven, Institute for Media Studies and Journalism Studies, KU Leuven Campus Antwerp)
- A Typology of Fake News and What to Do about It: Experiences in Flanders
- 16:40 Pascal Verhoest (Free University of Brussels, CEMESO, and KU Leuven, Institute for Media Studies)
- The Echo Chamber in our Brain: An Experimental Study on Value Consistency and Perception
- 17:00 Q&A
- 17:30 Reception
The seminar will take place on Wednesday 8 May 2019 in DV1 01.54, Faculty of Law, Tiensestraat 41, 3000 Leuven. The reception will be held in the Entrance Hall Zeger van Hee, Faculty of Law, Tiensestraat 41, 3000 Leuven.