Program

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 – 9:40Angze 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 – 10:00Sheila 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 – 10:15Break for Stretching
10:15 – 10:35Jana 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 – 10:55Munachim 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 – 12:00Academic Q&A    Session 3 in Room 1 (Sturm Hall 233)
Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos & Raul Ferrer-Conill
12:00 – 13:00Lunch 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 – 13:20Elliott 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 – 13:40Rebecca 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 – 14:30Liisa 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 – 14:50Lucie 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 – 15:10Coffee break
Session 6 – Room 1 (Sturm Hall 233)
Chair: Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos
15:10 – 15:30Mia Carbone
UCLA
No Thank U, Next: Gender Identity and the Psychophysiology of News Avoidance
Respondent: Tim VosMichigan State University
15:30 – 15:50Jack Brighton
U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Parasitic Platforms and the Crisis in Local News
Respondent: Henrik Örnebring
Karlstad University
15:50 – 16:10Margarida Maneta
Lusófona University
Giving and Receiving News
Respondent: Jonathan Hendrickx
University of Copenhagen
16:10 – 16:20Break for Stretching
16:20 – 16:30Shobha 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 – 18:00Reception (Sturm Hall 234)