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How do the news media report the central events of Portuguese democracy? To what extent do the news reports on political actors speeches are influenced by market strategies or other factors unfamiliar to the journalistic compromise of informing? How important are production routines, as well as journalistic and professional criteria to the materialization of those reporting acts?

Following several studies that suggest a broad detachment of citizens towards political activity, Portuguese news media have been accused in the last decade of playing a part in this detachment and of contributing to the discredit of democracy itself.

Politicians often point out that journalists personalize and dramatize the reports on political activities, ignoring ideas and points of view and privileging trivial features. As for the journalists, politicians remain the main cause of citizen's indifference and cynicism towards politics and the politicians.

To discuss this complex reality is the objective of the 2nd International Seminar Media, Journalism and Democracy. Empirical research carried out within the framework of the project "Journalism and Acts of Democracy", supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, on the media coverage of electoral campaigns, partisan conventions and Prime Minister's end of mandate periods, and a study on the published opinion are intended to be the starting point for this debate.

Program

November 13

9h00 - Inaugural session

Session Chairman: Jorge Pedro Sousa (CIMJ/UFP)
:. António Belo, Director of Escola Superior de Comunicação Social (ESCS)
:. Nelson Traquina, President of CIMJ

9h30 - Opening Lectures:

Session Chairman: Nelson Traquina, President of CIMJ and the Organizing Committee
Moderator: José Rodrigues dos Santos: (UNL-RTP-CIMJ)

Interventions:
:. Doris Graber, University of Illinois
:. Kees Brants, University of Amesterdão
:. João Pissarra Esteves (UNL - New University of Lisbon)

Commentaries:
:. J. Pacheco Pereira (Historian)

11h00 – Interval

11h15 – 1st Session – Theme: Journalistic Coverage of Elections

Session Chairman: José Manuel Paquete de Oliveira (ISCTE/CIMJ)

Speakers:
:. Estrela Serrano (CIMJ/ESCS/ERC)
:. Fermim Galindo (Univ. Santiago de Compostela)

Commentaries:
:. André Freire (ICS)
:. José Manuel Fernandes (Público)

13h15 – Lunch interval

15h00 - 2nd Session - Theme: Journalistic Coverage of Partisan Conventions

Session Chairman: Fernando Correia (CIMJ/ULHT)

Speakers:
:. Rogério Santos, (CIMJ/UCP)
:. James Stanyer (University of Loughborough)

Commentaries:
:. Ricardo Jorge Pinto (University Fernando Pessoa and Expresso)
:. António José Teixeira (Diário de Notícias)

16h35 – Interval

16h45– Papers on any theme
Coordination: Cristina Ponte (CIMJ-UNL)
Commentaries: João Carlos Correia (UBI)

16h45 - Session 1 of Papers on any theme (Auditorium)
Coordination: Cristina Ponte (CIMJ/UNL), Commentaries: João Carlos Correia (CIMJ/UBI)
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16h45 - Session 2 of Papers on any theme (Sala 2P3)
Coordination: Jorge Pedro Sousa (CIMJ/UFP), Commentaries: Maria João Silveirinha (CIMJ/UC)
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16h45 - Session 3 of Papers on any theme (Sala 2P10)
Coordination: Isabel Ferin (CIMJ/UC), Commentaries: Rogério Santos (CIMJ/UCP)
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18h30 – End of 2nd session

November 14

10h00 – 3rd Session - Theme: Journalistic Coverage of End of Mandate Periods

Session Chairman: Ana Maria Cabrera (CIMJ)

Speakers:
:. Isabel Ferin, (CIMJ/UC)
:. Albino Rubin (UFBA)

Commentaries:
:. António Costa Pinto (ICS)
:. Adelino Gomes (Público)

11h45 – CIMJ publications: Media e Jornalismo Review (numbers 8 and 9) and CIMJ Books

12h15 - Lunch interval

14h30 - 4th Session - Theme: Opinion Makers

Session Chairman: Isabel Gil (UCP)

Speakers:
:. Rita Figueiras (CIMJ/UCP)
:. Fernando Martinez (PUCS)

Commentaries:
:. Pedro Magalhães (ICS) *
:. Judite de Sousa (RTP)

16h00 – Interval

16h15 - Session 4 of Papers on any theme (Auditorium)
Coordination: Jorge Pedro Sousa (CIMJ/UFP), Commentaries: Elisabete Caramelo (FCG)
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16h15 - Session 5 of Papers on any theme (Sala 2P6)
Coordination: Ana Cabrera (CIMJ), Commentaries: João Carlos Correia (CIMJ/UBI)
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16h15 - Session 6 of Papers on any theme (Sala 2P7)
Coordination: Nelson Traquina (CIMJ/UNL), Commentaries: Mário Mesquita (CIMJ/ESCS)
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18h00 – End of 4th session

Interval

18h15 - 5th Session – Clocluding session

Session Chairman: José Carlos Abrantes (CIMJ/Ombudsman for Diário de Notícias)

Interventions:
:. Isabel Ferin, "Journalism and Acts of Democracy" Project Coordinator
:. Concluding syntheses of the seminar
:. Augusto Santos Silva, Minister of Parlametary Issues, Media Department

* Yet to be confirmed

Call for papers

Deadline for the call for papers : September 15, 2006
Deadline for the final version of the paper: October 6, 2006

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organizing committee

Carla Martins (CIMJ/ULHT/ESCS)
Carla Rodrigues Cardoso (CIMJ/ULHT)
Isabel Ferin (CIMJ/University of Coimbra/ FCH-UCP)
Jorge Pedro Sousa (CIMJ/University Fernando Pessoa)
Nelson Traquina (CIMJ/FCSH-University Nova de Lisboa)
Manuela Correia de Brito (CIMJ)
Maria José Mata (CIMJ/ESCS)
Pedro Diniz de Sousa (CIMJ)
Rita Figueiras (CIMJ/FCH-Portuguese Catholic University)
Rogério Santos (CIMJ/FCH-Portuguese Catholic University)
Telmo Gonçalves (CIMJ/ESCS)

registration

Registration fees

Until October 31 After November 1st

Congressmen 50 € 100 €

Students 15 € 20 €

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