Agenda

Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 Registration & Coffee

9:00 – 9:30 Opening Remarks & Introductions

9:30 – 10:30 Panel I – Theoretical Perspectives on a Global Movement

1. Conceptual considerations in the standardization and “translation” of fact-checking principles. Wilson Lowrey & Anna Grace Usery, The University of Alabama 
2. Ontological and epistemological foundations of fact-checking: A reading of fact-checkers’ policy documents. Sabina Schousboe & Mette Bengtsson, University of Copenhagen; Johan Farkas, Malmö University
3. What is the problem with misinformation? Fact-checking as a sociotechnical and problem-solving practice. Oscar Westlund, Oslo Metropolitan University/University of Gothenburg; Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Lucas Graves, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Rebekah Larsen & Steen Steensen, Oslo Metropolitan University 

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break 

10:45 – 12:00 Panel II – Cases & Comparisons: Media Systems

1. Making democracy more truthful? Examining the construction of credibility among fact-checkers in Hungary, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Johan Farkas, Malmö University
2. Fact-checking the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparison of practices in South African and French newsrooms. Carolyne Lunga & Pauline Renaud, City, University of London
3. The landscape of fact-checking sites in Spain and Portugal in a global context. Jorge Vázquez Herrero, University of Santiago de Compostela
4. Fact-checkers’ truthfulness under COVID-19 infodemic: A comparative analysis of how they work and who they are in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Hanye Yang, Loughborough University 

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch 

13:30 – 14:30 Panel III – Collaborative Fact-Checking 

1. Dynamics of misinformation flow across Latin American countries: A regional research. Leticia Smal & Olivia Sohr, Chequeado
2. Collaborative fact-checking: Assessment and experience of six projects monitoring electoral campaigns. Dolors Palau-Sampio, Universidad de València
3.  Fact-checking as a journalistic practice in the time of populism and algorithmization: A case study for flawed democracies in the (Asian) Global South. Pauline Gidget Estella, University of the Philippines and Technische Universität Ilmenau; Marjohara Tucay, Altermidya.net.

14:30 – 14:45 Coffee Break 

14:45 – 16:00 Panel IV – Cases & Comparisons: Other Dimensions

1. Beware of fake fact-checkers: The dangers generated by accounts imitating as fact-checkers to spread misinformation. Javier Abuín-Penas, Universidade de Vigo; Francisco Fernández-Medina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2. Fact-checking under fire: A case from Ethiopia sheds light on local-international dynamics in fact-checking in authoritarian contexts. Leeam Azoulay, Rutgers University
3. Evaluating fact-checking in the British context: Between practices and perceptions. Maria Kyriakidou & Stephen Cushion, Cardiff University
4. Fact-checking the Russian-Ukrainian War: Assessing the challenges of resources and contexts. Laurence Dierickx & Carl-Gustav Lindén, University of Bergen

16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break

16:15 – 17:15 Panel V – Platforms & Technology

1. Connecting the global fact-checking field and technological development: A technographic case study of the InVID/WeVerify plugin. Rebekah Larsen, Steen Steensen & Oscar Westlund, Oslo Metropolitan University; Bente Kalsnes & Lasha Kavtaradze, Kristiania University College
2. The automation of fact-checking: An ethnographic approach to newsrooms. Ramón Salaverría, Universidad de Navarra
3. Platform-sponsored fact-checkers and the impact of interventions related to Covid-19 vaccine dis- and misinformation: A comparative study of practices in three southern hemisphere regions. Silvia Montaña-Niño, Michelle Riedlinger & Ned Watt, Queensland University of Technology; Víctor García-Perdomo, Universidad de La Sabana-Bogotá; Marina Joubert, Stellenbosch University

17:15 – 18:00 Closing & Drinks