【12/3 傳院英語演講】Journalism in times of backsliding democracies: challenges and opportunities in the digital age
日期 :
2025-11-18
單位 :
國傳英語碩士學位學程
【12/3 傳院英語演講】
主題：Journalism in times of backsliding democracies: challenges and opportunities in the digital age
Speaker: Carlo Berti, Department of Journalism, Charles University, Czech Republic
Speaker: Verica Rupar, Media Diversity Institute, UK
Hosted by: Dr. Ssu-Han Yu, Assistant Professor, College of Communication.
Date: Dec 3 (Wed)
Time: 15:30pm- 17:00pm
Venue: 3F, LiZhan Lecutre Hall.傳院3樓李瞻講堂
All NCCU faculty and students are welcome
Language: English
Abstract：
Across many areas of the world, including the European Union, democratic backsliding challenges the foundational principles of free press and accountability. Journalists find themselves increasingly at risk, while at the same time they are called upon to defend democracies from illiberal political forces and technological and economic powers that compete for public attention.
This talk looks at the relationship between journalism, democracy, and digital technologies in the European Union. The focus is on three aspects of this relationship, which constitute both challenges and opportunities for journalism.
The first one is the changing relationship between journalism and politics: in particular, the effects that the “elective affinity” between social media and populist politics is having on journalism in times of growing presence and power of populism, especially of the far right. The second one is the impact of AI on journalism, and how newsrooms are dealing with increasing competition and pressures from technological companies, and the new opportunities offered by the integration of AI technologies in journalism practice.The third one is the impact of algorithms and their logic on the journalistic profession, with a particular focus on the possibility of promoting diversity in a digital environment increasingly influenced by automation and opaque logics.
By situating the role of journalism in times of digital disruption and democratic backsliding, we want to highlight both the vulnerabilities and the available defences this profession has in front of numerous threats, including the erosion of trust, economic insecurity, illiberal politics, and technological “superpowers”.
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主題：Journalism in times of backsliding democracies: challenges and opportunities in the digital age
Speaker: Carlo Berti, Department of Journalism, Charles University, Czech Republic
Speaker: Verica Rupar, Media Diversity Institute, UK
Hosted by: Dr. Ssu-Han Yu, Assistant Professor, College of Communication.
Date: Dec 3 (Wed)
Time: 15:30pm- 17:00pm
Venue: 3F, LiZhan Lecutre Hall.傳院3樓李瞻講堂
All NCCU faculty and students are welcome
Language: English
Abstract：
Across many areas of the world, including the European Union, democratic backsliding challenges the foundational principles of free press and accountability. Journalists find themselves increasingly at risk, while at the same time they are called upon to defend democracies from illiberal political forces and technological and economic powers that compete for public attention.
This talk looks at the relationship between journalism, democracy, and digital technologies in the European Union. The focus is on three aspects of this relationship, which constitute both challenges and opportunities for journalism.
The first one is the changing relationship between journalism and politics: in particular, the effects that the “elective affinity” between social media and populist politics is having on journalism in times of growing presence and power of populism, especially of the far right. The second one is the impact of AI on journalism, and how newsrooms are dealing with increasing competition and pressures from technological companies, and the new opportunities offered by the integration of AI technologies in journalism practice.The third one is the impact of algorithms and their logic on the journalistic profession, with a particular focus on the possibility of promoting diversity in a digital environment increasingly influenced by automation and opaque logics.
By situating the role of journalism in times of digital disruption and democratic backsliding, we want to highlight both the vulnerabilities and the available defences this profession has in front of numerous threats, including the erosion of trust, economic insecurity, illiberal politics, and technological “superpowers”.
Sign-up now! 請即報名：https://ulvis.net/Bm1l
