The Islamic State uses the media, especially the Internet, as never before by any jihadist organization. What are its techniques, what are its goals, what results has its propaganda reached? Most im...

The speakers will present a variety of topics linked to Europe. A discussion will follow with a group of school pupils in an attempt to find the best way to speak about Europe with youngsters. Orga...

Journalists have been publishing on the Internet for more than 25 years, but they are still relying on old story forms of just a headline and text. Structured journalism harnesses the power of the I...

Do online comments on news sites have a future, or will we see more and more news organisations closing their comment boards and handing all their conversations over to Facebook and social media? Is...

The picture of the Ukrainian conflict presented by Russia’s main media outlets controlled by the state or oligarchs loyal to the Kremlin is black and white. The Kiev junta kills innocent people, r...

This session will unveil new findings about the use of user generated content by eight online newspapers, including the New York Times and the Guardian, the Daily Mail, and the Sydney Morning Herald...

The Internet has expanded the possibility of access to primary sources of information to everybody. This process deprives the journalist of the feature of unique mediator between news and audience. ...

How do journalists use Change.org, the largest worldwide  platform of online activism, to go beyond the news and try to create real change in society? Journalists will recount their transition from...

We all need to be the first to run social and user-generated content when breaking news happens. That is the nature of a competitive news business. But what about asking for permission, or even wait...

Almost permanently online, with a hard-wired disposition to share or like anything eye-catching, not cash or asset-rich yet but they will be soon; meet the Millennials, any advertiser’s swoon drea...