We invite you to attend the Communication Distortions and the Possibility of Democratic Dialogue in the 21st Century international conference, organised by DIACOMET partner Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of our project and in cooperation with the SCIENCE+ regional network.

The event will take place on Tuesday, November 12th 2024, between 12:30 and 18:00 at the Central European University, Budapest Campus, 15 Nádor utca, Budapest, H-1051, Room 106.

Please, register for the event by November 8th 2024 on THIS LINK.

Program:

12:30 – 13:00 Registration

13:00 – 13:30 Welcome & introduction

István Hegedűs (Chairman, Hungarian Europe Society)

Maryia Sadouskaya-Komlach (Chairwoman of the Board, Free Press for Eastern Europe)

Session I.: Disinformation, fake news, information manipulation during the year of elections

13:30 – 14:00 Keynote address

Jaroslav Valůch (Czech researcher, SCIENCE+ Network; Member of the Crisis Information Unit, Czech Ministry of Interior): When disinformation really hurts – Lessons from the Czech Republic

14:00 – 14:30 Blanka Zöldi (Editor-in-Chief, Lakmusz): Disinformation in political advertisements – How do big tech companies profit from lies?

14:30 – 15:15 Disinformation, fake news and populist political communication (round-table discussion)

Participants:

Márk Finta (Journalist, Napunk – Denník N)

András Király (Journalist, telex.hu)

Bulcsú Hunyadi (Head of Programmes, Head of the Radicalisation and Extremism Programme, Political Capital)

Moderated by Veronika Munk (Director of Innovation and New Markets, Denník N; Lecturer, ELTE University)

15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break

Session II.: Ethical communication and journalism in the Digital Age. Lessons learned from DIACOMET and SCIENCE+ projects

15:45 – 16:00 Christina Krakovsky (Junior Scientist, Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences / University of Klagenfurt; Researcher, DIACOMET project): From abortion to media financing – How divisive issues are discussed in Austrian public discourse

16:00 – 16:15 Eszter Hadnagy (Social Psychologist; Ph.D. Student, ELTE University; Researcher, DIACOMET project): Ethical dilemmas in communication – Insights from Hungarian focus groups

16:15 – 16:30 Erik Uszkiewicz (Lawyer; Vice-Chairperson, Hungarian Europe Society; Researcher, DIACOMET project): “Law in books and law in action” – Ethical and diversity requirements in the Hungarian media regulation and in practice

16:30 – 17:15 Scientific disinformation in the journalistic practice (round-table discussion)

Participants:

Péter Lugosi (Journalist, 24.hu)

Nikoletta Nagy (Journalist, telex.hu)

Máté Világi (Journalist, telex.hu; members of the SCIENCE+ Network)

Moderated by Fanni Barczikai (Journalist, Lakmusz)

17:15 – 17:45 Afternoon presentation

Judit Bayer (Senior Research Fellow, University of Muenster): Information warfare in the age of epistemic uncertainty (online)

17:45 – 18:00 Farewell remarks

Maryia Sadouskaya-Komlach (Chairwoman of the Board, Free Press for Eastern Europe)

Please note that the language of the event is English and no translation will be provided.

The conference is supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program and the SCIENCE+ Network.