Please find MEDIAdelcom final conference schedule at the end of this page.
INVITATION and CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Monitoring Mediascapes for Democratic Communication in Europe: Meet the challenges of an election year
Hybrid event. Brussels 15 February 2024
The EU-funded MEDIAdelcom project invites you to a hybrid event where leading researchers, academics and media professionals will discuss the future of the media. Join us!
More than 60 major elections are scheduled worldwide in 2024, including within the European Union. Since there is some argument that democracy is at stake, now is an apt moment to focus on deliberative communication – a prerequisite of deliberative democracy.
This event marks the conclusion of the 3-year project Mediadelcom – the most comprehensive study of its kind done in Europe identifying the risks and opportunities for deliberative communication in today’s polarized Europe.
Keynote speakers and panelists:
- Zrinjka Peruško, Professor of Media Sociology, Director, Centre for Media and Communication Research (CIM), University of Zagreb. Leader of Croatian team of Mediadelcom
- Marius Dragomir, Director, Media and Journalism Research Center
- Eric Heinze, Professor of Law and Humanities at Queen Mary University and author of ‘The Most Human Right: Why Free Speech is Everything’.
- Renate Schroeder, Director of the European Federation of Journalists.
- Laura Becana Ball, Advocacy and Policy Manager at the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD).
- Ioana Avădani, President of the ICJ, Romania, Mediadelcom member
- Michał Głowacki, Associate professor, University of Warsaw, Mediadelcom member
Location: Residence Palace 155, Rue de la Loi, 1040 Bruxelles
Register to attend:
In person, please register via Eventbrite here.
Online (no registration needed) – watch the conference online here.
Schedule overview:
09:30 – 17:00: The event will include two morning panel discussions and an afternoon roundtable. We invite you to attend some or all of the sessions. Please find the schedule below.
For further information: tanya@media-diversity.org
About Mediadelcom:
The project, financed by Horizon 2020 and coordinated by the University of Tartu, Estonia, has been examining various aspects of the media in 14 European countries to determine the risks and opportunities for deliberative communication. Mediadelcom argues that European political and cultural spaces evolve best if specific policies enhance the conditions for deliberative communication.
The project has developed a methodology to detect the risks and opportunities that determine the news media’s ability to provide necessary information, as well as influence the electorate’s engagement in deliberative communication.
The findings highlight areas of concern for media practitioners, policy makers and the public. Mediadelcom provides valuable information in the context of implementing EU media-targeted regulations, including the European Media Freedom Act. The results also tackle some of the major challenges facing the media, such as accountability, access to information, literacy, polarization. Mediadelcom involves 17 teams representing 14 EU countries, from Western as well as Central and Eastern Europe. More information: https://www.mediadelcom.eu
MEDIADELCOM FINAL CONFERENCE
BRUSSELS. 15 FEBRUARY 2024
Monitoring Mediascapes for Democratic Communication in Europe:
Meet the challenges of an election year
Location:
Residence Palace
155, Rue de la Loi, 1040 Bruxelles
https://residencepalace.be/fr
| TIME | |
| 0900-0930 | Arrivals and coffee |
| 0930-1015 | Welcome & Mediadelcom Introduction by Halliki Harro-Loit, Professor of Journalism, Institute of Social Studies of the University of Tartu, Principal Investigator Welcome from the project “EUMEPLAT European Media Platforms” by Andrea Miconi, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Arts and Media Faculty of Communication, Universitá IULM Welcome note by Alberto Domini, Policy Officer, the European Commission DG Research & Innovation Presentation of publications and posters by Epp Lauk, Guest Professor, Institute of Social Studies of the University of Tartu, Mediadelcom member |
| 1015-1035 | Keynote speech on the Mediadelcom project’s results by Zrinjka Peruško, Professor of Media Sociology, Director, Centre for Media and Communication Research (CIM), University of Zagreb, Mediadelcom member |
| 1035-1055 | Keynote speech: The future of European media: the need for change. Media capture and disinformation in Eastern Europe in a major election year by Marius Dragomir, Director, Media and Journalism Research Center |
| 1055-1205 | Panel discussion: Media for Democracy: Crossing the East/West Divide How can the findings of the Mediadelcom project help in improving democracy in both Eastern and Western Europe? How can the risks be turned into opportunities? Chair: Tanya Sakzewski Panelists: Marius Dragomir Zrinjka Peruško, Professor Eric Heinze, Professor of Law & Humanities Executive Director, Centre for Law, Democracy, and Society. Queen Mary, University of London Ioana Avădani, President of the ICJ, Romania, Mediadelcom member |
| 1205-1220 | Coffee break |
| 1220-1335 | Panel discussion: Freedom of expression and freedom of information – who are the agents under pressure and which agents have too much power? What can the EU’s flagship European Media Freedom Act, which is aimed at protecting journalists and the media from threats and interference, learn from the findings of the Mediadelcom project? Chair: Tanya Sakzewski Panelists: Renate Schroeder, Director, European Federation of Journalists Laura Becana Ball, Advocacy and Policy Manager, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) Michał Głowacki, Associate professor, University of Warsaw, Mediadelcom member Marcus Kreutler, Researcher, Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism, Germany, Mediadelcom member |
| 1335 -1430 | Lunch break and coffee |
| 1430-1645 | Roundtable: Monitoring mediascapes (CMM) for wisdom-based media governance How cooperation between academia, media industry, journalists and policymakers in monitoring mediascapes can contribute to developing proactive wisdom-based media governance? Best and worst scenarios. Is improving journalists’ qualifications and job security an issue? The views from students, EJTA and media representatives. Chair: Daniel Hallin, Professor Emeritus, Professor of Graduate Division, University of California, San Diego, Mediadelcom Advisory Board member Panelists: Maria Jufereva-Skuratovski, MP Estonia Halliki Harro-Loit, Mediadelcom Principal Investigator Anne Leppäjärvi, Vice-President of the European Journalism Training Association Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, Mediadelcom Advisory Board member |
| 1645 | Closing remarks |
| 1700 | Photo session and end of event |
