Europe votes in May 2019. The campaign organisation of the right-wing populists is running at full speed. How should journalists deal with this? The Rudolf Augstein Foundation invites journalists and academics to a symposium to discuss what journalists and representatives of liberal democracy can do to counter right-wing populist media strategies.
Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, media researcher and observer of the right-wing populist discourse on the Internet, is one of them and will discuss the manipulation of digital publics with communication researcher Prof. Dr. Whitney Phillips (Syracuse University NY).
Registration
Participation is free, parking space is limited. Therefore, please
register early for the event.
Livestream
There will also be a livestream of the event. For further information, please keep an eye on the
website of the organiser.
Programme
9:00 a.m. – REGISTRATION
9:30 a.m. – OPENING
Jakob Augstein, board member of the Rudolf Augstein Stiftung
Dr. Carsten Brosda, Minister of Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
10:00 a.m. – MANIPULATION OF DIGITAL PUBLICS
- Prof. Dr. Whitney Phillips, Data + Society, Syracuse University NY – “The Oxygen of Amplification – Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators”
- Whitney Phillips in discussion with Dr. Cornelius Puschmann, senior researcher Hans-Bredow-Institut
Afterwards Q&A | Keynote and Talk in English
10:50 a.m. – ESPRESSO BREAK
11:00 a.m. – ZEITDIAGNOSEN ZU POPULISMUS IN DEUTSCHLAND UND EUROPA [Analysis of Populism in Germany and Europe]
- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Koppetsch, TU Darmstadt – „Die Gesellschaft des Zorns: Über die Mobilisierungserfolge der Rechtspopulisten“ [„The Society of Wrath: On the Mobilisation Successes of Right-Wing Populists“]
- Nina Horaczek, journalist Falter and member of the research network Europe’s Far Right – "Rechter Propagandakrieg: Wie Rechtspopulisten in Europa mithilfe der Medien ihre Macht ausbauen“ ["Right-Wing Propaganda War: How Right-Wing Populists in Europe Are Using the Media to Expand Their Power"]
- Cornelia Koppetsch and Nina Horaczek in conversation with Jakob Augstein
12:00 a.m. – COFFEE & CROISSANTS
12:30 p.m. – WORKSHOPS
- WORKSHOP 1 – EUROPA: ANGRIFFE AUF DIE „VIERTE GEWALT“ [Europe: Attacks on the „Fourth Power“]
Christian Mihr, managing director ‚Journalists without Borders ‘
Márton Gergely, editor-in-chief at HVG (Hungary) and member of the research network “Europe’s Far Right”
- WORKSHOP 2 – POLITISCHER JOURNALISMUS IN ZEITEN DES POPULISMUS: RECHERCHIEREN GEGEN WIDERSTÄNDE [Political Journalism in Times of Populism: Researching against Resistance] Olaf Sundermeyer, journalist for „Investigatives und Hintergrund”, rbb
Dr. Melanie Amann, editor, DER SPIEGEL
Johannes Hillje, author and political advisor
- WORKSHOP 3 – COUNTERING DISINFORMATION AND HATE IN THE DIGITAL PUBLIC SPHERE
Raymond Serrato, social media analyst, UN Commission on Human Rights
Rayk Anders, YouTuber and journalist
Dr. Lena Frischlich, psychologist, University of Münster and member of the research project “PropStop“
Workshop in English
2:00 p.m. – LUNCH BREAK
3:00 p.m. – VISIONEN [Visions]
- Dr. Lena Frischlich, psychologist, University of Münster
... for journalism as a pillar of democratic resilience
- Christian Mihr, managing director of ‚Journalists without Borders ‘
... for the perception of freedom potentials of social media
- Johannes Hillje, author and political advisor
… for a „Platform Europe“
3:50 p.m. – ESPRESSO BREAK
4:00 p.m. – VERANTWORTUNGSVOLLER JOURNALISMUS IN POSTFAKTISCHEN ZEITEN [Responsible Journalism in Postfactual Times]
- Prof. Dr. Carsten Reinemann, LMU München + N.N. + N.N.
4:30 p.m. – PERFORMANCE
- Anna Mendelssohn “FREE SPEECH!?”
5:00 p.m. – GET-TOGETHER WITH CHEESE, BREAD AND WINE
