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Program The goal of the GRCP’s International Workshop is to highlight and discuss innovative research paradigms in political communication. Over two days, four international guest scholars will present their latest work, as well as discuss these contributions with GRCP’s and audience members. Friday April 5th 9-9:15 AM Arrival and greeting of guests 9:20 Opening words by Dr. Thierry Giasson, Lead Researcher, GRCP 9:30 Are ITCs Redefining Political Journalism? Presentation by Dr. Sylvain Parasie,
Université Paris-Est / Marne-la-Vallée, France Senior Lecturer at Université Paris-Est / Marne-la-Vallée (UPEC), Sylvain Parasie’s research investigates how technological transformations and their uses affect the industry of news and communication. He chairs the Masters Program in Business Communication and Sociology of ITCs at UPEC. He holds a Ph.D in sociology, is a member of the editorial boards Réseaux and Terrains & Travaux, and is co-convenor of the Media Section of the Association française de sociologie. With his colleague Eric Dagiral, Dr. Parasie is currently investigating the relation between new forms of online journalism (data journalism, hyperlocal journalism) and democracy. His recent contributions have been published in New Media and Society, Sciences de la société, Les cahiers du journalisme and La revue française de science politique. 10:50 Coffee break 11-11:55 Discussion on Dr. Parasie’s presentation and on new political journalism. 12:00 Lunch break 1:00 pm Mediatisation of Politics: Does an Appealing Story Survive Empirical
Tests? Presentation by Dr. David Nicolas Hoppman, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
David Nicolas Hopmann is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). His research is dedicated to political communication, journalism and interpersonal communication. He is a member of the Center for Journalism at SDU. In 2012, he won the Young Elite Researcher Award from the Danish Research Council. His current work investigates mediatisation of politics, but also effects of interpersonal communication on electoral knowledge, attitudes and behavior as well as how media fragmentation affects audiences in western democracies. He has published in, among others, Communication Methods and Measures, Party Politics, European Journal of Political Research and Journal of Communication. 2:20 Coffee break
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2:30-3:25 Discussion on Dr. Hoppman’s presentation and on political media effects. 3:30 End of day one Saturday April 6th 9-9:25 AM Arrival and greeting of guests 9:30 A Critical Perspective of Political Marketing. Segmentation, the Public
Goodand Democracy. Presentation by Dr. Heather Savigny, Bournemouth University, UK
Heather Savigny is a Senior Lecturer of Politics in The Media School of Bournemouth University. She is a member of the School’s Politics and Media Research Group. Her research focuses on political communication, international relations, gender history and research methods. She is co-convenor of the PSA-UK Media and Politics Group (MPG) and an editorial board member of British Politics. Her most recent contributions investigate political marketing practices. In 2008, Dr. Savigny published The Problem of Political Marketing (Continuum). Her work was published in Party Politics, Political Studies, European Journal of Communication and British Politics. 10:50 Coffee break 11-11:55 Discussion on Dr. Savigny’s presentation and on political marketing. 12:00 Lunch Break 1:00 PM Digital Citizenship. The Internet and Political Participation. Presentation by Dr.
Karen Mossberger, University of Illinois, Chicago Karen Mossberger is a Professor of Public Administration at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Dr. Mossberger holds a Ph.D in Political Science and her research investigates local governance, municipal politics, ITCs and online governments. She is co-editor of the Georgetown University Press series on American Governance and Public Policy. Her current research looks at practices of e-government and digital citizenship. Along with Caroline Tolbert and William Franko, she published in 2012 Digital Cities: The Internet and the Geography of Opportunity (Oxford University Press). 2:20 Coffee Break 2:30-3:25 Discussion on Dr. Mossberger’s presentation and on digital citizenship. 3:25-3:30 Closing words by Dr. Giasson, GRCP. End of the Workshop.
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The workshop will take place in room 3632 of Pavillon Louis-Jacques Casault at Université Laval, located at 1055, avenue du Séminaire, in Quebec City. An interactive map of campus may be downloaded here: http://www2.ulaval.ca/plan-du-campus/carte-interactive-du-campus.html Attendance is free, but as places are limited, please confirm your presence as soon as possible with Mikael Guillemette at: [email protected] The second edition of the International Workshop is sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (CSDC). The GRCP wishes to acknowledge Dr. Elisabeth Gidengil, the Centre’s director, for her support to the development of political communication research in Québec and Canada.
