Together with Uppsala University, the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG) is organizing a symposium with leading international researchers on 4-5 February: Journalism, Media and the Normalization of (Right-Wing) Populism and Nativist Authoritarianism: Analysis of Practices and Counteracting Strategies before and during the COVID-19.
The general aim for the symposium is to discuss to what extent authoritarian and nativist populism posed very significant challenges to contemporary media and journalism, also in view of several new trajectories ignited by the COVID-19 crisis.
Over two days, more than 20 leading international researchers gather under topics such as:
Read more about symposium and the program on Uppsala University's website .
Please direct any questions concerning the symposium to Professor Michał Krzyżanowski, Uppsala University,
e-mail; michal.krzyzanowski@im.uu.se or
Professor Mats Ekström, Gothenburg University,
e-mail: mats.ekstrom@gu.se.
External participants (other than invited speakers/presenters) will be able to take part in the symposium online, via the Zoom Webinar format.
Registration for all external participants is obligatory. Deadline for registration is 1 February 2021.