Communication Distortions and the Possibility of Democratic Dialogue in the 21st Century
– in-person international conference organised by the Hungarian Europe Society under the auspices of DIACOMET project in cooperation with the SCIENCE+ regional network –

Date: 12 November 2024, Tuesday 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Venue: Central European University, Budapest Campus, 15 Nádor utca, Budapest, H-1051, Room 106

RSVP: please register here by 8 November 2024.

Program:

12:30 - 1:00 Registration

1:00 - 1:30 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

1:30 - 2:00 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

2:00 - 2:30 Blanka Zöldi (Editor-in-Chief, Lakmusz): Disinformation in political advertisements - How do big tech companies profit from lies?

2:30 - 3:15 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)

 

3:15 - 3:45 Coffee break

 

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

3:45 - 4:00 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

4:00 - 4:15 Eszter Hadnagy (Social Psychologist; Ph.D. Student, ELTE University; Researcher, DIACOMET project): Ethical dilemmas in communication - Insights from Hungarian focus groups

4:15 - 4:30 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

4:30 - 5:15 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)

 

5:15 - 5:45 Afternoon presentation

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

 

5:45 - 6:00 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.

 

The EU-funded DIACOMET project will advance ethical and accountable communication by promoting capacity building for civic resilience against disinformation and civic accountability. The project will generate a concept of dialogic communication ethics, providing a framework for an inclusive model of accountability mechanisms that combine media accountability with civic accountability, bound by a civic code of good communication conduct (a new type of communication ethics).

 Funded by the European Union (grant agreement ID: 101094816). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.