Theme
Based on the current complex language environment, the summer research program will discuss a series of core issues so as to grasp all aspects of news production and information flow, beginning with journalism, such as the trends, missions, problems, and visions of the field. By understanding these characteristics, the program will therefore explore new levels, perspectives, methods and examples of research and construction. The core issues are as follows:
What are examples of technology-driven innovations emerging in the media and journalism industry? How do various platforms affect public information flow and composition? How do these changes reshape news and the journalism industry or even damage journalistic norms and codes of public communication like objectivity and authenticity? How do they give rise to a “post-truth” discourse and diverse audiences, and how do they challenge common public models of democratic theories? What are the new theoretical horizons and practical possibilities to be explored beyond the traditional public frameworks of information, participation, deliberation and empowerment?
Schedule
Day1, July 6
Welcome speech by Lu Wei, Zhejiang University
09:10-12:00
Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania
The Descriptive Turn in Contemporary Social Sciences
Digital China as a Methodology: Research Approach and Theoretical Innovation in the Threshold of Holistic Communication
19:00-21:00
Group discussion: Self-introduction
Day2, July 7
Ye Lu, Fudan University
Collaborative News Exhibition and Diverse Public Life in the Digital Era
Hongtao Li, Zhejiang University
Living in the Shadow of the Past: Memory Theatre, Digital Memory Practice and Journalism
19:00-22:00
Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania.
Book Talk
Day3, July 8
Haiyan Wang, Sun Yat-sen University
Journalism Transformation in the Digital Era: Theory Path, Research Method and Case Study
Yanhong Li, Sun Yat-sen University
Field, Regulation and Ecosystem: How Sociological Theories Aid in Journalistic Research
19:00-21:00
Group Discussion: Research experience sharing session
Day4, July 9
Seth Lewis, University of Oregon
Concepts for Studying Journalism and Technology
The Lived Experience of News
Student Presentations 1
David Ryfe, The University of Iowa
Uses of a Practice Approach to News Production
Day5, July 10
09:00-12:00
Mike Ananny, University of Southern California
Studying Networked News Time
13:30-16:30
Student Presentations 2
19:00-22:00
Roundtable chaired by Zhongdang Pan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
22:00-22:30
Closing Ceremony