Program

Day One, 6th of June
8:30 Registration Open
Coffee and Snacks
9:00- 9: 15 Opening of the conference
9:15- 10:15 Keynote lecture
Parallel Sessions
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10:30- 12:00 Journalism and Artificial Intelligence Social Media, TikTok, and Political Communication Media Ethics, Trust, and Engagement Media in War and Conflict Zones
Ece Elmas: Journalism as a Vigilant and Fragile Profession in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Rafał Klepka: The political potential of TikTok: a missed opportunity? Experiences from Poland’s 2025 presidential election campaign. Katarzyna Siwczyk: The future of ethnic minorities in the hands of journalists? Ethical considerations Natalia Vasilendiuc: Risk, Resilience, and Change: Exploring the Moldovan Media Landscape
Monika Wawer: Artificial intelligence in news production Antonio Amuza: New Media and the fragility of democracy: the role of TikTok in shaping political information and electoral behavior in Romania Ilona Dabrowska: Comments on Youtube. The case of films featuring Volodymyr Zelensky Olena Zinenko: Mediatization of People’s Needs in a Social Media Discourse of Popular Culture during the War (Ukrainian Context)
Dren Gërguri, Gëzim Qerimi: The integration of the AI into newsrooms: Evidence from Kosovo media Ioan Suhov: Populist Storytelling and Conspiratorial Rhetoric on TikTok: Some Insights from Romania Ewa Nowak-Teter: Emotion recognition of the AI- and human-generated news messages Bogdan Podar: From Symbols to Strategy: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Use of Political Imagery in Wartime Communication
Marco Rosichini: Journalism and AI: Practices, Negotiations, and Professional Resistance Daniela La Foresta, Iisima Rakutiene, Magdalena Ratajczak: The Diverse Narratives and perceptions of the Russian invasion: A comparison between Lithuania, Poland and Italy
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12:15- 13:45 Journalism and AI Futures Social Media Engagement, Protests, and Democracy Climate Change Communication
Ioanna Georgia Eskiadi: The Integration of Emerging Technologies into Journalism Norbert Merkovity: Digitalization and Political Campaigning in Hungary and Serbia: Transformation, Strategies, and Democratic Implications Dina Vozab, Dunja Majstorović, Nensi Blažević, Petra Kovačević, Dejan Oblak: Themes, frames, and uncertainty: Longitudinal trends in Croatian news media reporting about climate change
Jan Miessler, Jan Kreček: Towards Cyber Objectivity? Political Journalism and Artificial Intelligence in the Czech Republic Ikonija Jeftić, Milena Stefanović: Digital communications and audience engagement – A Case Study of Student Blockades Kovacs Agnes: Perceptual factors in drought risk communication
Roxana Chivu: The reconfiguration of the televised political news in the digital ecosystem. The case of Romanian news bulletins Vanessza Juhász: Representing Within Reasonable Means: How Do Politicians Justify Their Representative Claims on Social Media? Ruth Palmer, Vincent Doyle: Folk theories of journalistic authority on TikTok: Spanish citizens critique mainstream news coverage of 2024 Valencia floods
Gizem Gülay-Yilmaz: Social Media and Public Communication: How the Swiss Police navigate Information Obligations and Engagement
13:45-14:45 Lunch Break
Parallel Sessions
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14:45- 16:15 Journalism Safety and Media Freedom Media Literacy Skills and Education Local Democracy, Transformation, and Digital Communication
Anda Rozukalne, Ilva Skulte, Alnis Stakle: Collaborative Solutions for Media Freedom: Mitigating Online and Offline Attacks on Latvian Journalists Vedrana Čemerin Dujmić, Nađa Dešpalj: Perception of digital literacy skills among the students of chemical engineering, oprometry and crisis menagment Michał Jacuński: Digital media and electoral dynamics: understanding political participation in the 2024 European Elections
Michal Glowacki, Katarzyna Gajlewicz-Korab, Dagmara Sidyk-Furman: Money Talks or Careless Whispers? Polish News Media Transparencies Klinta Ločmele: Uncovering blind spots in media literacy: A nationwide study in Latvia Edina Kriskó, Ágnes Kovács: Rhetoric of cyber threats and crises in a European context
Karolína Šimková, Jeffrey Wimmer : Threats to the democratic role of media: The case of the Czech Republic Laureline MARC: Can journalists help improve the ability to judge the reliability of news? A case study of high-school students in northern France Agnieszka Hess, Roksana Gloc, Patrycja Cheba: Digital transformation and local democracy: Communication of District Councils in Krakow in a digitalized reality
Sanna Volny: Navigating Hybrid Professionalism in Data Journalism: Role Negotiation in Poland, Estonia, and Latvia Alban Zeneli, Muhamet Jahiri, Blerta Dibrani: Measuring news media literacy among high school and university students in Kosovo Jolanta Kępa-Mętrak, Daria Malicka, Jan Kochanowski: The Impact of Digital Transformation on the Communication of Local Governments with the Society
16:15- 16:30 Coffee and Snacks
Room 001 Room 002 Room 003
16:30- 18:00 Comparative Media Systems and Market Transformations Crisis and News Media Ethics Ethics and Transformation in Journalism and Media
Olga Dąbrowska-Cendrowska, Weronika Sałek, Natalia Walkowiak: Beyond Print: Bauer Media Group’s activities in the UK, Poland, Germany and France at the Dawn of the 21st Century Quarter-Century Boris Beck, Davor Trbušić: Death as News: A Qualitative Discourse Analysis of Reporting on the 24sata News Portal (2018-2025) Antonija Čuvalo: Food Delivery Platforms as Media Infrastructures
Alessandra Natasha Costa-Ramos: Participatory Journalism and Media Business Models: A Systematic Literature Review Ana Tešić: The Impact of Social Media Platforms on the Financial Viability of News Media in Croatia: Challenges and Opportunities Marie Rathmann, Tobias Eberwein, Laura Amigo, Romana Biljak Gerjevič, Sophie Duvekot, Kristina Juraite, Marten Juurik, Epp Lauk, Krisztina Rozgonyi, Elina Tolonen, Erik Uszkiewicz: Lessons learned? Opportunities of dialogic communication ethics in transforming media landscapes
Natalia Vasilendiuc: Risk, Resilience, and Change: Exploring the Moldovan Media Landscape Michele Varini: Stitching the Future Dominika Popielec: Local investigative journalism in Poland in the digital age – outline of issues Information Obligations and Engagement
Györgyi Rétfalvi: Videojournalism, Hungary, 2019–2024 Martina Kolská, Barbora Štěpánová: Reporting the Shock and Fear: Content Analysis of the Immediate Media Coverage of the Mass Shooting at Charles University Vaiva Šalaševičiūtė: Challenges of Media and Digital Literacy in the Era of Synthetic Truth Construction from the Perspective of Paulo Freire’s Critical Consciousness Theory
19:30 Dinner

Day Two, 7th of June
9:30-10:15 Coffee and Snacks
Parallel Sessions
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10:15-11:45 Social Media, Elections, and New Public Spheres ECREA CEE Network Round-Table Talk Youth, Mental Health, and Media Environments
Rok Smrdelj, Mojca Pajnik, Peter Sekloča: Structuring Affect in Media and Communication: Connectivity and Attention in Affective Capitalism Early-career scholars of media and communication in the CEE- experiences and strategies
Speakers: Gergely Ferenc Lendvai, Roksana Gloc, Igor Išpanović, Karolína Šimková		 Borbála Timár: Digital Well-being by Design: Exploring Youth Perspectives on Platforms That Support Psychological Health
Sarper Durmuş: Understanding the Preferences, Attitudes, and Expectations of Digital News Consumers in Turkey Iva Rosanda Žigo, Lucija Samaržija, Marin Galić: The Phenomenon of TikTok from the Perspective of Media Psychology
Čedomir Markov: Citizens’ Assemblies and Public Service Media: Can Deliberation Revitalize Journalism’s Public Mission? Katarzyna Kopecka-Piech: Being off as new media literacy of transforming audiences. Emotional aspects of social media disconnection performed by Polish students
Tonči Gabelić: Media Spectacle: “Horserace” Journalism in Croatian Public Television’s Coverage of the 2024/2025 Presidential Election Tijana Uzelac: Facebook’s Approach to Child Protection: An Analysis of Policy Changes Post-Haugen Files
11:45-12:00 Coffee and Snacks
Parallel Sessions
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12:00-13:30 Technology, Media Freedom, and Authoritarianism Memory, Identity, and Representation Youth and Political Engagement via Social Media Panel presentation „European Journalism Observatory as a platform for cooperation between media and communication scholars – Europe and beyond“
Gergely Gosztonyi: Mapping digital repression: First set of possible indicators for measuring the growth of Digital Authoritarianism Ani Sukiasyan: Reconstruction of the National Self-Image of Armenia. A Discursive Analysis of New Year Addresses (2008-2023) Laura Iannelli: Folk Theories of News Selection Algorithms on Social Media: A Qualitative Study of Young Italian Voters and Abstainers Bissera Zankova: Media and Internet environment in Bulgaria. Some reflections related to the European media Freedom Act implementation based on four media projects
Gergely Ferenc Lendvai: The Digital Authoritarianism Dilemma – a scientometric analysis and the identification of key research gaps Dyan Singh: Dalit Narratives in the Digital Age: An Ethnographic Study Vanessza Juhász: Representing Within Reasonable Means: How Do Politicians Justify Their Representative Claims on Social Media? Michal Kus:  Shared topics, different perspectives: Migration reporting in Europe and Africa
Tjaša Turnšek, Lori Šramel Čebular: Slovenian journalism – Between a watchdog role and a watched dog on a roll Andreea Alina Mogoș: Sorosism and political narratives in Romanian digital public discourse Igor Išpanović, Tijana Uzelac and Čedomir Markov: Mediating leaderless movement: Students’ communication practices during Serbia’s 2024-2025 anti-corruption protests Muhamet Jahiri, Dren Gërguri, Alban Zeneli: Russian disinformation threats concerning Kosovo’s statehood and its Euro-Atlantic aspirations
Paško Bilić: Digital statecraft in the European Union: shaping capital or shaped by capital? Virdžinija Đeković Miketić: Reinventing Community Media in Times of Social Turbulence Study case: Serbia and student media during protest 2024/25
13:30- 13:45 Closing Ceremony / Last Remarks
13:45-14:30 Farewell Lunch