Digital Media and the 2019 Federal Election Symposium
February 21, 2020, 8:30-4:45 - University of Ottawa
How did digital media impact and shape the 2019 federal election? How big a threat is disinformation for democracies? How are political parties using digital data to advertise? What is the impact of online harassment for politicians? We tackle these questions and more in our full day symposium featuring experts from 18 different research teams
Agenda
8:30 – 9:00: Registration and breakfast (provided)
9:00 – 9:20: Opening remarks
9:20 – 9:40: Mapping the Landscape of the Digital Ecosystem
Panels 1 and 2, snack break
12:00 – 1:00: Lunch (provided)
Panels 3, 4 and 5, snack break
4:30: Closing remarks
Time: 9:40
Moderator: Elizabeth Dubois
Sara Bannerman and Julia Kalinina
Political Parties and Data Privacy
Damon McCoy
Facebook Advertising During the Canadian Federal Election
Sam Andrey
Who Targets Me? Political Advertising on Facebook in the 2019 Election
Online political advertisement
Time: 10:50
Moderator: Mireille Lalancette
Shelley Boulianne
Climate Change, Social Media, and Political Parties
Kelsey Leonard
A Study of Indigenous Voices Online in the 2019 Canadian Federal Election
Jean-François Savard
Federal Election Candidates’ Interest in Indigenous Issues
James Walsh
Digital Media, Migration, and the Canadian Federal Election
Agenda-Setting & Issue Framing
Time: 1:00
Moderator: Kelsey Leonard
Philip Mai, Felipe Soares, Anatoliy Gruzd
Toxic Interactions and Political Engagement on Twitter
Heidi Tworek and Chirs Tenove
Trolling on the Campaign Trail: How Candidates Experience and Respond to Online Abuse
Zeinab Farokhi
Rise of Islamophobic Emotional Rhetoric During the 2019 Canadian Federal Election
Online Harassment & Hate Speech
Time: 2:00
Moderator: Sabrina Wilkinson
Greg Elmer
Fringe Politics: The Deep Web’s Impact on the 2019 Canadian Election
Jon Penney
Media Manipulation, Memetic Campaigns, and the 2019 Canadian Election
Megan Boler
Affective Media, Social Movements, and Digital Dissent: Emotions and Democratic Participation in the ‘Post-Truth’ Era
Mireille Lalancette
Moral rhetoric and the digital environment: The 2019 Federal Election Campaign
Disinformation, Emotion & Rhetoric
Time: 3:20
Moderator: Nasma Ahmed
Fenwick McKelvey
Memes in the 2019 Canadian Elections. That’s it. That’s the headline
Sabrina Wilkinson
Say it on the ‘gram: Political Engagement on Instagram During the 2019 Canadian Federal Flection Campaign
Jean-François Daoust
The Quality of Online News and Citizens’ Perceptions of Pre-Election Polls
Eric Merkley
TBD
Public Opinion & Political Participation
