7:35 MDT | Round table - Digital Media in a post-truth era (Ireland)
- Dr. Gavan Titley, senior lecturer and head of department of media studies at Maynooth University
- Dr. Jane Suiter, Director of the institute for Future Media and Journalism at Dublin City University
- Ms. Andrea Martin, partner at MediaLawyer solicitors
- Mr. Peter McGuire, news and features journalist for the Irish Times and Huffington Post
- Prof. Chris Brunsdon, Professor of Geocomputation, and Director of the National Center for Geocomputation at Maynooth University
Chairs:
- Mr. Neale Rooney, researcher based with the Letters of 1916 project
- Mr. John Chambers
- Dr. Susan Schreibman, Professor of Digital Humanities and Director of An Foras Feasa
(LOCAL TIME MAYNOOTH: 14:35) |
9:00 MDT | Post-vérité et autorité: une table-ronde organisée par le Centre de recherche Interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques et la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les écritures numériques (Quebec, Canada)
- Dr. Marcello Vitali-Rosati, Université de Montréal
- Dr. Servanne Monjour, Université de Montréal
- Enrico Agostini, Université de Montréal
Chair: Dr. Michael Sinatra, Université de Montréal
(LOCAL TIME MONTREAL: 11:00) |
10:00 MDT | Truth or dare? Journalism in the age of fake news (Israel)
- Dr. Oren Meyers, Communication, University of Haifa
- Dr. Roei Davidson, Communication, University of Haifa
- Dr. Noa Lavie, Political Communication, Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yafo
(LOCAL TIME HAIFA: 19:00) |
11:00 MDT | Digital Identities: Our Post-Truth Past and Futures (Alberta, Canada)
- Dr. Sourayan Mookerjea, Director of the Intermedia Research Studio, Professor Sociology
- Dr. Carrie Smith-Prei, Associate Professor of German Studies
- Dr. William Anselmi, Professor, Modern Literature and Culture Studies
- Dr. Steve Patten, Professor, Political Science
- Dr. Donia Mounsef, Associate Professor of Drama and Etudes théâtrales
Chair: Dr. Julie Rak, Professor, English and Film Studies
University of Alberta
(LOCAL TIME EDMONTON: 11:00) |
11:45 MDT | Post-Truth Information, or Identifying and Countering Fake Information (Malta)
Dr. Marc Kosciejew, Lecturer of Library, Information, and Archive Sciences
University of Malta
(LOCAL TIME MALTA: 19:45) |
12:15 MDT | Information Literacy (Alberta, Canada)
- Tami Oliphant, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), Faculty of Education
- Jennifer Chesney, Associate Vice-President, University Digital Strategy
- Gerald Beasley, Vice-Provost & Chief Librarian
Chair: Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell, Director, The Kule Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)
University of Alberta
(LOCAL TIME EDMONTON: 12:15) |
13:00 MDT | Digital Publics: Transformation and Translation (New York, USA)
- Shira Atkinson, Scholarly Communications and Distance Learning Librarian
- Kindra Becker-Redd, Reference and Instructional Services Librarian
Fordham University
(LOCAL TIME NEW YORK: 15:00) |
13:30 MDT | How Machine Learning Could Open Media for Contextualization with Reliable Fact Checking and Related Data (California, USA)
Roger Macdonald, Director, Television Archives
The Internet Archive
Chair: Geoff Harder, Associate University Librarian, University of Alberta
(LOCAL TIME SAN FRANCISCO: 12:30) |
14:00 MDT | Alternative Facts and Digital Religion (Texas, USA)
- Dr. Heidi Campbell, Associate Professor of Communication
Facticity and the Law in the Digital Environment (Texas, USA)
- Dr. Sandra Braman, Professor, Telecommunications & Media Studies
Inadvertent Fake News: Digital Results (Texas, USA)
- Dr. Laura Mandell, Director of the Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture
Texas A & M University
(LOCAL TIME TEXAS: 15:00) |
15:00 MDT | What's New About Fake News? (California, USA)
Dr. Peter Krapp, Professor, Film & Media Studies
UC Irvine
(LOCAL TIME IRVINE: 14:00) |
15:30 MDT | The Media and the University in a “Post-Truth" Era (New South Wales, Australia)
- Hart Cohen, Professor in Media Arts
- Dr. Jason Ensor, Research & Technical Development Manager, Digital Humanities
- Dr. Rachel Hendery, Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities
Western Sydney University
(LOCAL TIME SYDNEY: 7:30) |