ICA Journalism Studies Division
11th Graduate Student Colloquium
Denver, USA – June 11, 2025
Estlow Center for Journalism and New Media, University of Denver
ICA Journalism Studies Division
11th Graduate Student Colloquium
Denver, USA – June 11, 2025
Estlow Center for Journalism and New Media, University of Denver
| 09:00 | Welcome address and opening remarks – Room 1 (Sturm Hall 233) | |||
| Session 1 – Room 1 (Sturm Hall 233) Chair: Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos | Session 2 – Room 2 (Sturm Hall 234) Chair: Raul Ferrer-Conill | |||
| 9:20 – 9:40 | Angze Li University of Macau Balancing Personal Branding and Professional Ideals Respondent: Claudia Mellado Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso | Ershad Khan University of Colorado Boulder Criminal Defamation as a Social Institutional Determinant Respondent: Ruth Moon LSU | ||
| 9:40 – 10:00 | Sheila B. Lalwani University of Texas at Austin The Aftermath of Digital Surveillance Respondent: Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos Federal University of S Paulo | Ellen Linnert University of Amsterdam Understanding Audience Threat Perceptions of Misinformation Respondent: Sora Park University of Canberra | ||
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Break for Stretching | |||
| 10:15 – 10:35 | Jana Thys University of Antwerp The (Un)certainty Paradox: A Comparative Study on How Journalists Report on Data Respondent: Nik Usher University of San Diego | Maike Körner Catholic U of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt Staff Diversity in Newsrooms as an Indicator for Changes in Journalistic Work Practices? Respondent: Patrick Ferrucci University of Colorado | ||
| 10:35 – 10:55 | Munachim Amah University of Iowa Precarious Labor and The Embodiment of Professional Ideals in Contemporary Nigerian Journalism Respondent: Claudia Mellado Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso | Matthias Mack Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Do Media Outlets Claiming Constructive Journalism Report Constructively? Respondent: Jane Singer City St George’s, University of London | ||
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Academic Q&A Session 3 in Room 1 (Sturm Hall 233) Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos & Raul Ferrer-Conill | |||
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break (Sturm Hall 234) | |||
| Session 4 – Room 1 (Sturm Hall 233) Chair: Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos | Session 5 – Room 2 (Sturm Hall 234) Chair: Raul Ferrer-Conill | |||
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Elliott Edsall University of Minnesota Twin Cities Contesting the Right: Performing Moral Voice on populist left YouTube Respondent: Dan Jackson Bournemouth University | Selma Marthedal University of Southern Denmark Facial Recognition in News Diversity Respondent: Sherry S. Yu University of Toronto | ||
| 13:20 – 13:40 | Rebecca Strohmeier Catholic U of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt A Conceptual and Empirical Study of News Avoidance and its Underlying Factors in the German Population Respondent: Stephanie Craft University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Veronika Ebner University of Vienna Automated Classification of Constructive Journalism on Social Media Respondent: Daniela Dimitrova Iowa State University | ||
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Liisa Ovaska Tampere University News Users’ Perspectives on the Transparency (or Lack Thereof) of Datafied Journalism Respondent: Nik Usher University of San Diego | Vashan Brown LSE Profit, Power and Politics: An Analysis of News Production Culture in postcolonial Jamaica Respondent: Isabella Gonçalves Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz | ||
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Lucie Čejková Masaryk University From Views to Queues: How Media Repertoires and Conspiracy Thinking Relate to Voting Populist Respondent: Jonathan Hendrickx University of Copenhagen | Inbar Illouz Hebrew University of Jerusalem News Media, Distrust, and Humanitarian Responsibility in Protracted Asymmetrical Conflict Respondent: Raul Ferrer-Conill University of Stavanger | ||
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Coffee break | |||
| Session 6 – Room 1 (Sturm Hall 233) Chair: Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos | ||||
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Mia Carbone UCLA No Thank U, Next: Gender Identity and the Psychophysiology of News Avoidance Respondent: Tim VosMichigan State University | |||
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Jack Brighton U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Parasitic Platforms and the Crisis in Local News Respondent: Henrik Örnebring Karlstad University | |||
| 15:50 – 16:10 | Margarida Maneta Lusófona University Giving and Receiving News Respondent: Jonathan Hendrickx University of Copenhagen | |||
| 16:10 – 16:20 | Break for Stretching | |||
| 16:20 – 16:30 | Shobha S V Indiana University Navigating Gendered Violence and Precarious LaborRespondent: Magdalena Saldaña Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | |||
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Matt DeButts Stanford University Intimacy with Limits: How Short-Form Video Propaganda Embraces Platform Norms, But Not For Leaders Respondent: Edson Tandoc Nanyang Technological University | |||
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Reception (Sturm Hall 234) | |||
