Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société
Sofia University – Southeastern European Media Center
Institut français de Bulgarie
Forum Sofia Dialogues
International Conference
10 of December 2011
Sofia University, New Conference Hall
Is democracy SICK of its own media?
(Around Daniel Dayan)
09.00 - 09.15 Opening of the conference
First thematic panel:
MEDIA AND THE HUMAN WORLD. REPRESENTATIONS AS A PROBLEM
Chair: Jeffrey Goldfarb
09:15 - 10:00
Daniel Dayan (Paris)
Media & Their Discontents: Issues in Witnessing, Interpretation, Monstration
10.00 - 10.30
Paul Frosh (Jerusalem)
Media of, by and for the People? Thoughts on Representation, Scale and Noise
10.30 - 11.00
Gerard Rabinovitch (Paris):
Fragments on the Behemoth: on the Lexical Anomy
11.00 - 11.30 Discussion
11.30 - 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 - 12.30
Jaeho Kang (New York / Lancaster)
The Crisis of (old) Democracy: Social Media and Political Spectacle
12.30 - 13.00
Orlin Spassov (Sofia)
How the Media Invent and Consume the Political Figures. A Bulgarian Case Study
13.00 - 13.30 Discussion
13.30 - 15.00 Lunch
Second thematic panel:
THE POWER OF THE MEDIA, CRISIS AND RESISTANCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC SPHERE
Chair: Orlin Spassov
15.00 - 15.30
George Lozanov (Sofia)
The Media Begin to Speak in “mother language”. The End of the Public Sphere
15.30 - 16.00
Ivaylo Znepolski (Sofia)
The Media Dictatorship. A Soft Dictatorship on the Background of a Political Representation in Crisis
16.00 - 16.30
Nick Couldry (London)
Relegitimation Crisis: Beyond the Dull Compulsion of Media-saturated Life
16.30 - 17.00
Discussion
17.00 - 17.30 Coffee break
17.30 - 18.00
Elihu Katz (Philadelphia)
Back to the Street: When Media and Politics Leave Home
18.00 - 18.30
Jeffrey Goldfarb (New York)
The Politics of Small Things + Media = The Reinvention of Political Culture
18.30 - 19.00
Yves Winkin (Lion)
Humor to Keep Democracy Breathing
19.00 - 19.30
Helge Rønning (Oslo)
Social or Interpersonal Media? New and Old Public Spheres and Democratic Communication
19.30 - 20.00
Discussion
20.00
Concluding remarks: Daniel Dayan, Ivaylo Znepolski
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The Conference is supported by:
l’ Institut français de Bulgarie
le Ministère français de Affaires étrangères
Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe
Embassy of Israel in Bulgaria
Към новина: 30/11/2011 "Is Democracy Sick of Its Own Media?"