Programme of the online seminar Breaking the "glass screen": un-gendering media practices

We are pleased to inform you that the program for the upcoming online seminar Breaking the "glass screen": un-gendering media practices on 15th March, 2023 by Media Semiotics Research Group of Semiolab AUTH is now available. You will find below the program of the event with information on the speakers and their presentation topics. The program is according to the local time zone (Athens, UTC/GMT +2 hours), so you may please adjust your calendar accordingly. 

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We are looking forward to meeting you virtually and sharing ideas and perspectives.

On behalf of the organizing committee,
Iokasti Foundouka
Eleni Lazaridou

Breaking the “glass screen”: Un-gendering media practicesWednesday 15th of March, 2023. On-line seminar 

15: 30 Introduction 

15:40-16:20 Gender and Performativity in a materialistic-semiotic perspective
Hypotheses for a research project on institutional communicationDr. GIORGIO BORRELLI, Teaching Assistant, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy

16:20-16:50 The performative dimension of media
CHRISTIAN INTRONA, PhD Student, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy

16:50-17:20 “Keeping us in our gender place”; a feminist analysis of the 1970s media discourse on the “Yorkshire Ripper” and the “Hillside Strangler” femicides
STELLA KAPSAMPELI, MA, Researcher European Observatory on Femicide, Greece

17:20 – 17:30 Break17:30-18:10 Inclusive language: Overcoming barriers in media and higher education (Greek vs. English)
Dr. TASSOS KAPLANIS, Assist. Professor, Dept. of Modern Greek and Comparative Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 

18:10-18:50 Gender and migration discourse in British newspapers
Dr. ALEXANDRA POLYZOU, Senior Lecturer and Dr. AMINA KEBABI, Associate Researcher, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

18:50-19:20 Campy identifications in the Přiznání gayů (Gay Confessions) Instagram meme account
MATĚJ HŘIB, PhD Student of the Semiotics and Philosophy of Communication program, Charles University, Prague, ‎Czech Republic

19:20-20:20 Recycling semiotic resources: On television revivals, recontextualization, and wokeness
Dr. GEORGIA AITAKI, Senior Lecturer in Media & Communication Studies Department of Geography, Media and Communication (GMK), Karlstad University, Sweden