Set-Going: A New Conceptual and Methodological Framework for the New Cinema History Approach
Between the 1950s and 1980s, Turkey had an established film industry known as Yeşilçam. A significant portion of its films were shot on real locations. During film productions, film enthusiasts and local residents frequently visited the shooting sites to observe the filmmaking process. In our co-authored paper with Çam and Şanlıer (2025, Journal of Cinema and Media Studies), we conceptualize this practice as „set-going,“ highlighting its role in fostering encounters and interactions between audiences and film professionals. In this presentation, I will introduce set-going as a new trajectory within the New Cinema History paradigm, drawing on both our paper and new findings. I will focus on the Yeşilçam case and demonstrate the significance of set-going in this period of Turkish cinema.
Vortragende: Serkan Şavk (Gulf University for Science and Technology, Mass Communication and Media Department, Kuwait)
Termin: 11. März 2025 12:00 bis 13:00 Uhr
Bildquelle: https://www.pexels.com/de-de/foto/menschen-manner-technologie-festhalten-9834137/
Audio media and young people: A long-term relationship to navigate
Research on audio media and young people has come a long way, from pirate radio in Europe to podcasts in kindergartens during COVID-19, in high schools and female youth podcasts to identity empowerment in the BBC. In times of political and social crisis, and more recently health crisis, audio media such as radio have been a source of resistance. Audio media have been a means of community building in difficult times and a means of identity maintenance and identity building, especially in minority communities and at very young ages. My presentation will attempt to highlight the history of audio media and its current position in relation to young people in Europe and the rest of the world.
Vortragende: Theodosiadou Sofia (Faculty of Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Termin: 25. März 2025 12:00 bis 13:00 Uhr
Bild: https://www.pexels.com/de-de/foto/gold-kondensatormikrofon-in-der-nahe-von-laptop-computer-755416/
Healthy Algorithms? How Social Media Algorithms are Shaping the Future of Health
This talk explores the impact of social media platforms on health, with a focus on algorithms. Drawing on empirical findings from multiple studies of social media and health information seeking, the talk examines how, although social media provides valuable opportunities for health promotion, community building and agency, algorithms driven by capitalist platform agendas may have unintended consequences in shaping public health perceptions and behaviours. The discussion will highlight the necessity of an informed perspective on the social and health impacts of the algorithms that drive our social media consumption for media and communications scholars.
Vortragende: Lisa Garwood-Cross (University of Salford, UK)
Termin: 1. April 2025 12:00 bis 13:00 Uhr
Bild: https://www.pexels.com/de-de/foto/blumen-abstrakt-technologie-pflanzen-18069421/
Das Jahrhundert des Journalismus – Vom Scrollytelling zu den Anfängen des modernen Journalismus
Haben die neuen medialen Bedingungen im 21. Jahrhundert das Prinzip der umgekehrten Pyramide des Nachrichtenjournalismus auf den Kopf gestellt? Wie hat es sich im 20. Jahrhundert, über Kriege und Diktaturen hinweg, entwickelt? Unter anderem diesen Fragen sind wir im Rahmen unseres von der DFG geförderten Projekts in den vergangenen vier Jahren nachgegangen. Neben den Ergebnissen, die wir auch auf der diesjährigen ICA präsentieren werden, fokussiert der Lunchtalk vor allem die Publikation der Ergebnisse.
Vortragende: Thomas Birkner, Annika Keute, Konstantin Schätz
Termin: 13. Mai 2025 12:00 bis 13:00 Uhr
Bild: https://www.pexels.com/de-de/foto/laptop-bloggen-lesen-zeitung-17609922/
The enduring pains toward technological self-determination: AI governance and the case of Brazil’s Applied AI Research Centers
The consequences of widespread control over technological infrastructure, economy, and data have become key talking points by critical scholars. Many have asked what exactly can be done to democratize access to data and AI infrastructure. Particularly in the Global South, which has historically been a source of raw material and a testbed for Big Tech, how can countries and their institutions foster strategic developments that facilitate sovereign and nation-centric technological infrastructure? The Lunch Talk will offer a glimpse of just how researchers, policymakers, private actors, and local communities have been grappling with that question through a presentation of Brazil’s first AI policy instrument in action: the creation of Applied AI Research Centers. Based on data from a series of interviews, the presentation paints a picture of a policy initiative that navigates between a push for sovereignty and renewed dependency, opportunities offered by a thriving scientific community and limitations such as a funding crunch.
Vortragende: Guilherme Cavalcante Silva (Institute for Technoscience & Society, York University, Canada)
Termin: 3. Juni 2025 12:00 bis 13:00 Uhr
