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Media and the Public Sphere. Evaluating Media Ethics in the Digital Era
Bucharest, October 23-24, 2014
Conference venue: SNSPAs New Building, 30A Expozitiei Bvd., Bucharest
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
15.30-16.00
Conference registration (5th floor Hall, near the elevators)
16.00-16.45
Welcome addresses (Room 510)
Alina BRGOANU, Rector, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest,
Romania
Remus PRICOPIE, Minister of National Education, Romania
Lee B. BECKER, Director of the James M. Cox Jr. Cox Center for International Mass Communication Training
and Research, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Dana POPESCU-JOURDY, Associate Director, Institut de la Communication, Universit Lyon 2, Lyon, France
16.45-17.00
Coffee break
17.00- 18.00
Keynote address (Room 510)
Hajo G. BOOMGAARDEN, Professor, University of Vienna, Austria
TBA
Conference venue: SNSPAs New Building, 30A Expozitiei Bvd., Bucharest
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
09.00-09.30
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Conference registration (3 floor Hall, near the elevators)
Panel 1 (Room 314)
Panel 2 (Room 316)
Panel 3 (Room 325)
09.30-11.30
The digital society
Chair: Mdlina Boan
09.30-11.30
Branding, story-telling and the public sphere
Chair: Corina Daba-Buzoianu
09.30-11.30
Lespace publique et les mdias
Chair: Dana Popescu-Jourdy
Rodica SVULESCU, National University of Political Studies and Public
Administration, Romania
Cant touch this! Similarities between solicited citizen journalism and
advertising
Dumitru BORUN, Camelia CRIAN, National University of Political
Studies and Public Administration, Romania
Mark DUNFORD, University of Brighton, UK
Ethical Dilemmas in Crafting Digital Stories
Anne-Marie Franoise CODRESCU, National University of
Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania
Secolul 20/21: la construction des savoirs culturels,
dynamisme et continuit
Valeriu FRUNZARU & Mdlina BOAN, National University of Political
Studies and Public Administration, Romania
Social Networking Websites Usage and Life Satisfaction: Some Ethical
Concerns
Alina DUDUCIUC, National University of Political Studies and Public
Administration, Romania
Brand Naming: the influence of vowels and consonants over the
new brands characteristics
Alexandra-Petronela GRIGORE, University of Bucharest
Ethics in online sociological research: a review of the sociological
literature in regard to ethics and boundaries in online studies
Florina Magdalena PNZARU, Alexandra ZBUCHEA & Ioana Felicia
CONSTANTIN, National University of Political Studies and Public
Administration, Romania
When brands become media: brand content strategies in Romania
Denisa-Adriana OPREA & Corina DABA-BUZOIANU,
National University of Political Studies and Public
Administration, Romania
Thmes europens et reprsentations de lUnion
europenne : les affiches de la campagne pour les
lections europennes 2014
Dana Popescu-JOURDY, ICOM, Lyon 2, France
Raconter la violence : l'thique de l'image dans la
reprsentation mdiatique de la guerre
Sebastian FITZEK, National University of Political Studies and Public
Administration, Romania
The emergence of cooperation: The party cartel
Diana-Luiza DUMITRIU, National University of Political Studies and
Public Administration, Romania
The media bias in hosting the symbolic competition between sports
11.30-11.45
Mlina CIOCEA & Livia POPA, National University of
Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania
President Obamas Political Discourse in Post-Crisis
America
Coffee break
11.45-13.30
The digital public sphere
Chair: Ioana Crtrescu Petric
11.45-13.30
Politics, economy and the digital society
Chair: Mlina Ciocea
Loredana IVAN, National University of Political Studies and Public
Administration, Romania
Mireia FERNNDEZ-ARDVOL, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Mobile Phone Use in Public Places: Observations and Reflections of
Older Users
Daniel DIVIRICEAN, Tudor VLAD & Lee B. BECKER, Cox Center,
University of Georgia, GA, USA
Examining hypercompetition in media markets across time:
Moldova and Romania as case studies
Mnica PUNT BRUN, University of Girona, Spain
Proximity online media in Catalonia and Spain. The case study of Naci
Digital Group
Daniel Mihai UNGUREANU, National University of Political Studies
and Public Administration, Romania
Economic models of voting behavior
Sergiu Octavian STAN, National University of Political Studies and
Public Administration, Romania
The desirable image of young people in social network perception vs.
their image in the traditional public sphere
Vasco RIBEIRO, University of Porto, Portugal
The 'spin doctoring' as a euphemistic renaming of propaganda
11.45-13.30
Human resources and public relations in the digital
public sphere
Chair: Alexandra-Petronela Grigore
Dan Florin STNESCU, Elena-Mdlina IORGA & Irina
STNCIUGELU, National University of Political Studies
and Public Administration, Romania
A contextualized model of individual response to
terrorism risk perception on food chain security. A socialcognitive perspective
Cristina LEOVARIDIS, National University of Political
Studies and Public Administration, Romania
Daniela MANUC, University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Carol Davila, Bucharest
Characteristics of workplace innovations, reflected in
economic press in Romania
Raluca Silvia CIOCHIN, National University of Political
Studies and Public Administration, Romania
Dealing with Loss of Control: An exploratory Public
Relations Case Study on Identifying New Media
Influencers
Elena Mdlina VTMNESCU & Elena - Alexandra GORGOS,
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration,
Romania
Media and Plagiarism in the Digital Era. The mimesis outlet
Nicolae-Sorin DRGAN, National University of Political Studies and
Public Administration, Romania
From Albertis window to todays interface. A semiotic reading of
the seeing metaphor in the political discourse
Diana-Maria CISMARU& Carmen NOVAC, National
University of Political Studies and Public Administration,
Romania
Applications of mind mapping and concept mapping in
teaching, research, human resources and public relations
13.30-14.30 Lunch
14.30 -16.00
The digital public sphere
Chair: Rodica Svulescu
Ioana CRTRESCU PETRIC, University of Bucharest
Online communities: towards a new public sphere?
Alberto FORNASARI, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
Citizenship and e-democracy: digital public sphere and political
participation. The case study of EuroTwittersphere
Oana Ludmila POPESCU, National University of Political Studies and
Public Administration, Romania
German Quality in the Service of a European Public Sphere? An
Analysis of the TV program European Journal produced by Deutsche
Welle
16.15 -17.45
Media framing of the European Union
Chair: Loredana Ivan
Monica BR, National University of Political Studies and Public
Administration, Romania
14.30 -16.00
(New) Media framing of migration
Chair: Mnica Punt Brun
Bianca-Florentina CHEREGI, National University of Political Studies
and Public Administration, Romania
The discursive construction of Romanian immigration in the British
media: Digitized press vs. Television documentaries
Mlina CIOCEA & Diana-Luiza DUMITRIU, National University of
Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania
Demanding public apologies for the denigration campaign against
Romanian migration in the UK: from civic interpellation practice to
emerging spaces of deliberation
Radu RILEANU & Elena NEGREA-BUSUIOC, National University of
Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania
What happens when an ironical campaign backfires? The case of
the Romanian and Bulgarian migration to the UK
16.00-16.15
Coffee break
16.15 -17.45
The 2014 EP elections in Romania
Chair: Diana Luiza Dumitriu
Oana TEFNI & Dana Raluca BUTUROIU, National University of
Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania
14.30-16.00
Newsworthiness, truthfulness and ethical values
Chair: Diana-Maria Cismaru
Magdolna Mrta VALLASEK, Sapientia University, ClujNapoca Romania
Ethical values in the Romanian legal regulations
concerning the media
Vittoria BOSNA, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
Communication Today: Values and Ethics in the 2.0 era
Ctlin VRABIE, National University of Political Studies
and Public Administration, Romania
Is human nature changing? How does the digital world
influence this change?
Europe going local: local problems, local values and local heritage as
constructed by the Romanian media during the 2014 European
elections
Denisa OPREA, Georgiana UDREA, Oana TEFNI & Nicoleta
CORBU, National University of Political Studies and Public
Administration, Romania
Being European in times of elections: perspectives on European
identity
Nicoleta CORBU, Oana TEFNI, Denisa OPREA & Georgiana UDREA,
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration,
Romania
The European Union - from agenda setting and media frames to
citizens conversations
The 2014 European Elections in Romania Media Frames and Their
Implications in the Europeanization Process
Loredana RADU, Liliana LUPESCU, Flavia DURACH & Bianca-Simina
ROBESCU, National University of Political Studies and Public
Administration, Romania
The 2014 European Elections in Romania. Translating Low Media
Salience into Electoral Silence
Ion CHICIUDEAN, Monica BR, Corina DABA-BUZOIANU & Ion
STAVRE, National University of Political Studies and Public
Administration, Romania
Campaigning for Europe, voting for Romania: national and
European topics in the 2014 European elections