16.30 18.00
2nd Panel
Journalists covering war: Professional standards vs. propaganda
Andreas Umland, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Kiev
Rhetorical and linguistic strategies of Russian propagandas misrepresentation of the Ukraine crisis
in international mass and social media.
Anna Smolyarova, PhD, Associate Professor, St. Petersburg State University
Military censorship vs. press freedom: Case of Israel.
Moderation: Florian Tpfl, PhD, Emmy Noether young research group leader, FU Berlin
18.00 Welcome dinner,
Restaurant Alter Krug Dahlem, Knigin-Luise-Str. 52, 14195 Berlin
Wednesday, November 18
9.30 11.00
3rd Panel
Audiences and freedom of speech in the post-Soviet states
Florian Tpfl, PhD, Emmy Noether young research group leader, FU Berlin
Four facets of critical news literacy: What knowledge do audiences need to critically evaluate political
news?
Irina Kharuk, PhD-Student, FU Berlin
Current changes in the perception of Internet freedom in Russia: New regulations and new challenges.
Anastasia Magazova, Journalist, Deutsche Welle
New media in Ukrainian war: How the freedom of speech and media regulation changed.
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 13.00
4th Panel
Social media and social change: Challenges for journalists in zones of conflict
Viktoriia Nazaruk, Lecturer, Department of Journalism, National University of Ostroh Academy,
journalist
Journalistic ethics in Ukrainian new media.
Anton Udovenko, MA student of media communication department, Freelance Research Writer/
Ukrainian Catholic University
Social media impact on identity changes in Ukraine.
Aliaksandr Herasimenka, Journalist, researcher
Digital activists and communication technologies during and after the Euromaidan in Ukraine.
Thursday, November 19
9.30 Meeting point: hotel lobby
ibis hotel Kurfrstendamm, Bayreuther Str. 39-41, 10787 Berlin, (near U3 Wittenbergplatz)
Excursions:
10.30-12.00 Meeting with Steffen Dobbert, Meike Dllfer und Carsten Luther, journalists,
Zeit Online
Friday, November 20
9.30 11.00
7th Panel
Ongoing research projects on conflict coverage
Prof. Dr. Anke Fiedler, LMU Mnchen, FU Berlin
Media and conflicts in the African Great Lakes region: A summary of preliminary results from the
EU-funded research project INFOCORE.
Roman Schell, EJF, Freelance correspondent for German Media (ARTE, WDR, DPA)
New kind of war reporting in the propaganda battles in the internet age, the example of the "hybrid
warfare" in Ukraine conflict 2014/2015.
Isabell Pohlmann, Student, Leuphana Universitt Lneburg
Tweeting the warThe potential of social media and new media as mirrored in the conflict between
Ukraine and Russia.
Discussion
11.00 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 12.00 Feedback session
Moderation:
Anna Litvinenko, PhD, FU Berlin
12.30 Lunch, Cafeteria, Otto-von-Simson-Strae 26, 14195 Berlin
Conference is organized by Freie Universitt Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication Studies /
International Center for Journalism.
Supported by Federal Foreign Office (Auswrtiges Amt)
Contact:
Dr. Edith Spielhagen, Managing Director, International Center for Journalism
mobil: +49 (0) 179 5053686