Scientific Programme

Thursday, March 15

08:15 – Reception and Welcome Speech

08:15-09:10 – Reception of participants

09:10-09:15 – Welcome Speech Opening Speech by the Guest Speaker

09:15-10:00 –  Wendy Espeland, Northwestern University (United States) Rankled by Rankings: How Media Rankings Re-defined Education

10:00-10:30 – Discussion

Session 1. Evaluation and Computerized Media

Gustavo Gomez-Mejia, University Paris Sorbonne – Celsa, Chairman

10:50-11:10 –  Noortje Marres, Goldsmiths, University of London (United Kingdom) & Esther Weltevrede, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) Scraping the Social: Issues in Real-Time Social Research

11:20-11:40 –  Carolin Gerlitz, Celia Lury & Liz Moor, Goldsmiths, University of London (United Kingdom) Self-Evaluating Media: Acting on Data

11:50-12:10 –  Christian Marcon & Camille Alloing, University of Poitiers (France) Author’s Perceptions of Blogs Rankings. The Case of Wikio

12:20-13:00 – Discussion

Session 2. From Individuals to Institutions: Evaluation as a Value 

14:30-14:50 –  Augustin Besnier, University Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne (France) The Evaluation on Internet: a Democratization of Expertise

15:00-15:20 –  Alain Bovet, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (France) & Olivier Voirol, University of Lausanne & Institute of Social Sciences (Switzerland-Germany) The Proof of Evaluation. A Comparative Analysis of French and German Talent Show Broadcasts (Nouvelle Star and Deutschland sucht den Superstar)

15h45-16:05 – Camille Rondot, University Paris Sorbonne – Celsa (France) The Prize as an Exerting of Political Legitimacy: The Case of the Unesco Website

16h15-16:35 – Paolo Cavaliere, Center for Media and Communication Studies, Central European University, Budapest (Hungary) Measuring Government Performance and Happiness: The End of Public Opinion As We Know It?

16h45-17:15 – Discussion

Dinner

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Friday, March 16

08:30 – Reception

Session 3. Rankings in the Media

Hélène Cardy, University Paris 8, Chairman

09:15-09:35 – Deb Verhovoen, Deakin University (Australia) ‘Second City Syndrome’: Media Reportage of Urban Rankings

09:45-10:05 – Xavier Pons, University Paris-East Creteil (France) The Residual Evaluation of Pisa by the French Media (2001-2008)

Coffee Break

10:45-11:05 – Christine Barats, University Paris-Descartes (France) The Media Coverage of the ‘Shanghai Ranking’: A Socio-Discursive Analysis of French Media

11:15-11:35 – Julie Bouchard, University Paris 13 (France) The Production of a Media Ranking on Higher Education and Research

11:45-12:15 – Discussion

Lunch

Session 4. Measures of the Media

Cécile Méadel, Mines ParisTech, Chairman

13:45-14:05 – Lee McGuigan, University of Western Ontario (Canada) From Demographics to Buying Power: Economic Evaluation of Audiences as Consumers

14:15-14:35 – Aude Seurrat, University Paris 13 (France) Measuring « the diversity » in the Media? A Study of the csa’s Barometer

14:45-15:05 – Francesco Amoretti & Diego Giannone, University of Salerno (Italy) Evaluation of the Media in the Media: Assessing Political and Methodological Aspects of Measuring Freedom of Information

15:15-15:35 – Dean Brandum, Deakin University (Australia) From Rentals to Gross: When Reporting of Hollywood's Boxoffice Moved from the Trade Press to the Mainstream

15h45-16h15 – Discussion

16h15-17h –  Étienne Candel, Université Paris Sorbonne – Celsa. Closing Speech