12 October
10:00–12:00 Pre-conference workshop (by invitation only)
12:00–13:00 LUNCH
13:00–13:15 Opening
Magnus Danielsson, Kristoffer Holt, Beate Schirrmacher, Andreas Önnerfors, Linnaeus university (SE), “Media and Emotional Mobilization”
13:15–14:00 Keynote 1 (also on zoom)
Chair: Kristoffer Holt, Linnaeus university (SE)
Karin Wahl Jørgensen, Cardiff university (GB), “Mediated emotion in turbulent times: The good news and the bad news”
14:00–14:15 Coffee break
14:15–15:45 Plenary panel 1: Emotional Mobilisation in Alternative Media Ecosystems
Chair: Kristoffer Holt, Linnaeus university (SE)
- Scott Eldridge, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (NL), “Misplaced optimism: Alternative media and the failure to build a pluralist society”
- Rebecka Bengtsson Lundin, Anna Nordström, Stockholm university and Linnaeus university (SE), “Emotional mobilisation in Swedish alternative media”
- Magnus Danielsson, Stockholm university (SE), “The (Alt-) Right Kind of Feelings– Emotional Expressions as Discourse in Swedish Right-Wing Alternative News Media”
- Agnes Wankmüller, University of Passau (DE), “The Affective Dynamics of Far-Right Narrations on Gender and Sexual Orientation on YouTube”
15:45–17:15 Sessions 1, 2 and 3
Session 1: The Politics of Medializing Emotions [NB: 4 papers! Runs until 17:45]
Chair: TBA
- Naheed Akthar, University of West Scotland (GB), “Framing of Political Emotional Messages on Twitter: Case Study of Pakistan”
- Hampus Jansson, Linnaeus university (SE), “Between The Public and The Journalist: The Role of Emotion In Crowdfunded and Advocacy Journalism”
- Siglinde Peetz, University of Bern (CH), “‘#RIP JK Rowling’ - Understanding the Emotionalization of the Controversy around J.K. Rowling”
- Jiang Song, Beijing Foreign Studies University (CN), “Two-step communication and the role of opinion leaders in emotional mobilization: a qualitative analysis model of China's Wechat emotional mobilization capabilities based on grounded theory”
Session 2: Social Media and Emotional Mobilization – quantitative and qualitative approaches [NB: 4 papers! Runs until 17:45]
Chair: TBA
- Ahmed El Gody, CHSS United Arab Emirates University (AE), “Development of an Algorithm for Detecting Sentiment-Driven Fake News in Arabic Social Media”
- Ofer Shinar, Tel Aviv university (IL), “Semantic Network Analysis of Student Confessions During a Global Pandemic: A Cross-National Study”
- Wengcong Diao, Shanghai International Studies University; Haihua Zhang, Beijing Language and Culture University (CN), “Social media logic and emotional mobilization: A study of Zelensky’s twitter communication during 2022 Russian-Ukrainian conflict”
- Ruhan Zhao, Communication University of China (CN), “Emotional Mobilization for National Branding: Reaction Videos of ‘Foreigners Watching China’ on Media Platform”
Session 3: The Aesthetics of Emotional Mobilization in Media [NB: 4 papers! Runs until 17:45]
Chair: Beate Schirrmacher, Linnaeus university (SE)
- Martin Knust, Linnaeus university (SE), “The Return of Music in Political Journalism: Its design and its potentials”
- Catherine Bouko, Ghent university (BE), “Politics-related emotions in citizens’ text-image social media content”
- Merja Ellefson, Örebro university (SE), ”North Atlantic Fella Organization in the meme war”
- Yikun Wu, Linnaeus university (SE), “The Hopeful Disposition and the Performative Media Practice of Age: A case study of the lying flat movement on Xiaohongshu”
19:30 Conference dinner
13 October
09:15–10:45 Plenary Panel 2: Mediating Fear in Times of Uncertainty and Crisis
Chair: Andreas Önnerfors, Linnaeus university (SE)
- Estrella Gualda, University of Huelva (ES), “Micro-narratives of hatred online: COVID-19 and negative emotions behind anti-vaccine, anti-quarantine, anti-masks, and denialist movements”
- Eirikur Bergmann, (IS), “The Weaponization of Conspiracy Theories”
- Nino Gozalishvili, Topuria Revaz, The University of Georgia (GE), “Discursive Shift towards the ‘Politics of Fear’ and Localization of the War in Ukraine in Georgia”
- Elżbieta Drążkiewicz, Lund university (SE), “What happens when Sinister Agents and Skeletons from the Closet are applying for parliamentary elections? The role of suspicion and the fear of conspiracy in Polish politics”
10:45–11:00 Coffee break
11:00–12:30 Sessions 4, 5 and 6
Session 4: Epistemic and emotional socialization of distrust
Chair: Annika Rabo, Stockholm university (SE)
- Mahitab Ezz El Din, Emma Ricknell, Andreas Önnerfors, Linnaeus university (SE), ”Twitter campaign against the Swedish social services: Between activism and emotional mobilization”
- Kasper Grotle Rasmussen, University of Southern Denmark, (DK), “ ‘You’ll own nothing. And you’ll be happy’: Emotions and the Great Reset conspiracy theory in Denmark”
- Susannah Mandel, independent (US), “Subjective Nationalisms: Structuring ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ in the Emotional Appeals of U.S. Right-Wing Political Discourse”
Session 5: Emotions, Journalism and Journalistic Narration
Chair: Magnus Danielsson, Stockholm university (SE)
- James Mahon, University of West Scotland (GB), “The Fears and Hopes of Scotland’s Post Pandemic Journalism Generation”
- Valérie Manasterski, University of Neuchâtel (CH), “In the radio commentary process of production: dealing with personal emotions and journalistic professionalism.”
- Beate Schirrmacher, Linnaeus university (SE), “Informative and Engaging Narrative Strategies in Journalism”
Session 6: Styling Emotional appeals in media
Chair: TBA
- Shatha Khuzaee, Al-Muthanna University (IQ), “A Multimodal Textual Analysis of Negation in Princess Diana Panorama interview 1995: A Critical Stylistic Approach”
- Lisa Källström, Södertörn university (SE), “Truth as Shibboleth in the multimedia arena of populist politics”
- Ruohan Liu, Shantou university (CN), “Sharing the death: Ritual communication of online mourning”
12:30–13:30 LUNCH
13:30–15:00 Sessions 7and 8
Session 7: Conspiracy theories, media (and information literacy)
Chair: TBA
- Peter Karlsson, Torbjörn Josefsson, Peter Karlsson, Sara Svensson, Halmstad university (SE), “Critical Thinking and Media Literacy Skills: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach”
- Asbjørn Dyrendal, NTNU, Trondheim (NO), “Innocent victims and evil villains. Atrocity tales and emotional appeal in conspiracy narratives – and in their containment”
- Linus Andersson, Halmstad university (SE), “Training high school students in resisting disinformation and conspiracy theories – Preliminary findings and experiences from an ongoing research project”
Session 8: Valid knowledge and health information
Chair: TBA
- Vincent Steinbach, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE), ”United by anger” [on COVID-19 information videos]"
- Ranjun Hua, Northeast Normal University (CN), “Who Amplifies Her Health Concerns? Risk Perception and Behavioral Generation of Women's Health Information Seeking in Social Platforms”
15:00–15:15 Coffee break
15:15–16:15 Plenary Panel 3: Affective Citizenship, Trust, and Democratic Deliberation in the Mediaverse
Chair: TBA
- Klas Backholm, Kim Strandberg, Åbo Akademi (FI), ”Opportunities and challenges for journalism and citizen deliberation in the Mediaverse. Lessons learned from the DemDialogue project”
- Hulda Thórisdóttir, University of Iceland (IS), “Trust in Authorities, Media, and its Impact on Conspiracy Beliefs: A Cross-Cultural Study”
- Fredrik Stiernstedt, Södertörn university (SE), ”Media Resentment”
16:15–16:35 Conference closure
Magnus Danielsson, Kristoffer Holt, Beate Schirrmacher, Andreas Önnerfors, Linnaeus university (SE), “Final reflections”
