Schedule
Click and scroll below to discover the programme of events for the 2022 conference
- Tuesday 22 March
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10-11am
Keynote address, Owen Jones
The Diamond, Lecture Theatre 9
11-12pm
James Ball, “Turning Reporting Into Investigations: How To Â鶹ÊÓƵ The Biggest Storiesâ€
The Diamond, Lecture Theatre 9
2-3pm
Václav Å tÄ›tka, “Digital Media and Democracy in Illiberal Times: Lessons from Eastern Europeâ€
Broad Lane Block, Lecture Theatre 10
- Wednesday 23 March
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10-12pm
Workshop: Caitlin Roper, “The Use of Digital to Persuade Target Voters in Political Campaignsâ€
Mappin Hall
12-1pm
Buffet Lunch
Mappin Hall
1-3pm
Workshop on crisis communications with Laura Wileman, Head of Communications, Sheffield City Council
Mappin Hall
- Thursday 24 March
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9-11am
Roundtable discussion on “Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19 & Online Hateâ€
Prof. Peter Knight
Imran Ali
Hope Not Hate (TBC)
Mappin Hall
12-1pm
Buffet Lunch
1-2pm
Workshop with Lucie Le Cointe - Extinction Rebellion: Science, Non-Violence and Disobedience
2-4pm
Special documentary screening of and Q&A with directors Charles Kriel and Katharina Gellein
Public and Political Communication in an Era of Populism, Pandemics and Propaganda
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