Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Monday, 09/Sept/2024
10:00am
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6:00pm
PhD Seminar
Location: Sinaia Conference and Research Center, University of Bucharest
Chair: Oyvind Ihlen
Chair: Jens Seiffert-Brockmann
Chair: Nora Denner

Date: Tuesday, 10/Sept/2024
10:00am
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6:00pm
PhD Seminar
Location: Sinaia Conference and Research Center, University of Bucharest
Chair: Oyvind Ihlen
Chair: Jens Seiffert-Brockmann
Chair: Nora Denner

Date: Wednesday, 11/Sept/2024
9:00am
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11:00am
PhD Seminar
Location: Sinaia Conference and Research Center, University of Bucharest
Chair: Oyvind Ihlen
Chair: Jens Seiffert-Brockmann
Chair: Nora Denner
9:30am
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2:00pm
Registration
Location: Botanical Garden
10:00am
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2:00pm
EUPRERA BoD Meeting
Location: UB Rectorate, Senate Room, ground floor
11:00am
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1:00pm
Education Café
Location: Botanical Garden - room P03
Chair: Monique Abbenbroek
11:00am
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2:00pm
PDW: Paper Development Workshop
Location: Botanical Garden - room P04
Chair: Alexander Buhmann
Chair: Sarah Marschlich
2:00pm
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6:00pm
Registration
Location: Romanian Opera House
2:30pm
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2:50pm
Welcome Address
Location: Romanian Opera House
2:50pm
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3:40pm
Keynote I: Doina Lemny
Location: Romanian Opera House
3:40pm
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4:00pm
B: Break
Location: Romanian Opera House
4:00pm
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4:50pm
Keynote II: Anne Gregory
Location: Romanian Opera House
5:00pm
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6:30pm
Reception: Evening Reception
Location: Romanian Opera House
6:30pm
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8:00pm
Education Network Meeting
Chair: Anca Anton
Chair: Monique Abbenbroek
Networks & Projects Meetings

Self-organised by network and project members

8:00pm
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9:30pm
Show: The Free Tenors
Location: Romanian Opera House

Date: Thursday, 12/Sept/2024
8:30am Quiet Room
Location: UB Rectorate, Mihailescu Amphitheater, first floor
Mihailescu Amphitheater will be available throughout the conference, until Friday, Sept. 13,12h30.
8:30am
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6:30pm
Registration
Location: UB Rectorate, ground floor hall
9:00am
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10:30am
SES 1.1: This is not a Pipe: Visually Manipulated Content
Location: UB Rectorate, Moisil Amphitheater, ground floor
Chair: Ralph Tench
 

Mutual Spillover Effects of Perceived Prestige in Arts Support: Examining the Influence on Attitudes and the Moderating Effect of Proximity

Yasushi Sonobe, Makiko Kawakita



The Deepfake Bias. Pygmalion’s Crave and “Hypermimesis” - Current Challenges in Strategic Communication

Alexandra Craciun



Biased Influence: First Impressions, Influencers, and AI Manipulation of Faces

Susan Lutfallah, Karen Freberg, Sabrina Page, Laura Freberg



Visual Social Semiotic Analysis of Gender Representation in Corporate Instagram posts: Too Vanilla for Engagement?

Ganga Dhanesh, Sarah Marschlich

SES 1.2: From Value to Dissatisfaction: Strategic Communication Today
Location: UB Rectorate, Council Room, first floor
Chair: Wim Elving
 

"Treasures on Undiscovered Land? - Linking an Effectual Dynamic Framework into the Theory of Strategic Communication Management"

Ninette Florschütz



Strategic Communication and Value Creation: Towards a Multi-Perspective Understanding of The Value-Formation Process in Strategic Communication Management

Rickard Per Erik Andersson



Interdisciplinary Patchwork: A Bibliometric Analysis Of Investor Relations And Financial Communication

Laura Hackl



Between Cluelessness and (Dis)Satisfaction: What C-level Executives, Middle Managers and Employees Know and Think About Corporate Communications in Their Organizations

Jana Brockhaus, Ansgar Zerfass, Antonia Rüth

SES 1.3: Making the News: When PR Breaks Through
Location: UB Rectorate, Cantemir Amphitheater, ground floor
Chair: Anastasios Theofilou
 

Role Conflicts in Brand Journalism: Amid Organizational Goals, Audience Demands, and Journalistic Values

Benno Viererbl, Thomas Koch



From Frontlines to Headlines: The Strategic Use of the Press during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)

Valentin Vasile



How Successful Are Press Releases? A Computational Methods Study on Who Gets Picked Up in German Leading Media's News Coverage.

Markos Mpadanes, Morley Weston



Agent Or Tool? Analysing Trade Journal Coverage Of Automated Communication

Teresa Weller, Irina Lock

SES 1.4 (Panel): Scouting a Possible Nordic Way in Strategic Communication Practices?
Location: UB Rectorate, Senate Room, ground floor
Chair: Chiara Valentini
 

Scouting a Possible Nordic Way in Strategic Communication Practices?

Chair(s): Chiara Valentini

Respondent(s): Alexander Buhmann

Presenter(s): Jesper Falkheimer, Mats Heide, Winni Johansen, Finn Frandsen, Elin Helgesson, Øyvind Ihlen, Ketil Raknes, Ester Conings Vanvik, Jesse Tuominen

9:00am
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6:30pm
Networks & Projects Gallery
Location: UB Rectorate, ground floor hall
10:30am
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11:00am
CB I: Coffee Break
Location: UB Rectorate, ground floor hall
11:00am
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12:30pm
SES 2.1: How to Hire a Robot: the Impact of AI in the Field of PR
Location: UB Rectorate, Moisil Amphitheater, ground floor
Chair: Ansgar Zerfass
 

The human touch: Professional perceptions of Artificial Intelligence's role in strategic communication

Raphaël Baptista, Célia Belim



How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Organizations: a CEO's Perspective

Alexandre Duarte, Patrícia Dias



AI-powered PR: Advantages, Challenges and Risks of Using AI as Perceived by Public Relations Professionals

Florența Toader, Elena Negrea-Busuioc



Using AI Augmentation in the Public Relations Domain. Perspectives of PR and Communication Professionals

Raluca Silvia Ciochina, Diana Maria Cismaru, Catalina Niculescu

SES 2.2: Digitally Yours: Communication Practices Worldwide
Location: UB Rectorate, Council Room, first floor
Chair: Vibeke Thøis Madsen
 

Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Awareness in Turkey: A Research on the Field of Communication

Ege Simge Demirel, Pelin Hürmeriç



Communicative Organizations 2.0: Leading with Communication and Culture in a Flexible, Digitalized Working Life

Mats Heide, Charlotte Simonsson



Exploring the Landscape: Generative AI Adoption in Central and Eastern European PR Professionals

Markéta Kaclová



Building Attractive Employer Brands Through Internal Social Media

Antonia Z. Hein, Wim J.L. Elving, Arjen Edzes, Sierdjan Koster

SES 2.3: Diversity: Communication Strategies for Inclusive Cultures
Location: UB Rectorate, Cantemir Amphitheater, ground floor
Chair: Ingrid Wahl
 

In The Name Of The Nation: Nation Branding, Digital Nationalism And Manele For Diaspora

Alina Dolea, Arthur Suciu



Accessibility for the Inclusion of Visually Impaired People in Internal Communication

Guilherme Ferreira de Oliveira, Suely Maciel



Covering the Issue of (in)equality: Associations Between Organizations in Issue News and Their Media Reputation

Sarah Marschlich, Sandra HJ Jacobs, Frank Dardis



Smashing the Habitus: An Inquiry into Social and Cultural Capital of U.S. Hispanic and White PR Practitioners, and Career Progression

Martina Topic, Patrick Merle, Rosalynn Vasquez, Nicholas Eng

SES 2.4 (Panel): The “art” of Lobbying?
Location: UB Rectorate, Senate Room, ground floor
Chair: Irina Lock
 

The “art” of Lobbying? Comparative Perspectives on the Creativity of Language and Visual Strategies in Lobbying and Advocacy Campaigns.

Chair(s): Irina Lock

Respondent(s): Chiara Valentini

Presenter(s): Scott Davidson, Lucile Desmoulins, Oyvind Ihlen, Denisa Hejlova, Rudi Palmieri, Ketil Raknes

12:30pm
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2:00pm
Lunch Buffet
Location: UB Rectorate, ground floor hall
1:00pm
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2:00pm
PR, Social Responsibility and Sustainability Network Meeting
Location: UB Rectorate, Moisil Amphitheater, ground floor
Chair: Adalberto Arrigoni
Chair: Wim Elving
2:00pm
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3:30pm
SES 3.1: Communicating Social Action: Strategies for a Sustainable Future
Location: UB Rectorate, Moisil Amphitheater, ground floor
Chair: Jesper Falkheimer
 

Green Disguise. Greenwashing’s Detrimental Impact On Corporate Perception And The Interplay Of Perceived Motives, Skepticism, And Authenticity

Juliane Keilmann, Thomas Koch



Evolution of the Environmental Social and Governance Discourse: Applying Pre-trained BERT Models on Corporate Annual Reports

Ingrid Marie Oliva Alvarado



Climate Communication in Action

Elin Helgesson, Christina Grandien, Kristina Jämtelid, Wim Elving, Catrin Johansson



NGOs And Agencies: A Creative Partnership For Award Winning Fundraising Campaigns In Romania. An Efficiency Study Model.

Catalin Adrian Dinu

SES 3.2: Powering Trust: Networks, Systems and Communities
Location: UB Rectorate, Council Room, first floor
Chair: Dejan Vercic
 

Made to Measure: Message Tailoring in a Multi-Party System

Oyvind Ihlen, Ketil Raknes



Public Relations Theory: Conceptualising Hegemonic Communicative Power As Continuum Between Expansive and Neutralising Strategies.

Scott Davidson



Trust Half-Life: Exploring Issues of Trust Through Free Word Association

Teela Clayton, Ralph Tench, Sean MacNiven, Maxime MacNiven



Visualising Values: Crafting Future-Ready Reports with Next-Gen Visuals and Youth Insights

Grazia Murtarelli, Alessandro Bruno, Stefania Romenti, Martina Frizzo

SES 3.3: PR Paideia: Education for the Next Generation Communicators
Location: UB Rectorate, Cantemir Amphitheater, ground floor
Chair: Monique Abbenbroek
 

Creativity, art, and equity in Public Relations teaching: a Portuguese experience

Sónia de Sá



Nostalgia, Duty, and Legacy: Exploring Motivational Factors for Eco-Service-Learning

Tiffany Mohr



What are the Implications of the Theoretical Orientation of Higher Education Institutions Educators for Public Relations Pedagogy in Europe?

Raluca Moise, Michal Chmiel



Enhancing Experiential Learning in Public Relations: A case study focused on building a social-first, culturally driven student agency

Karen Freberg, Aiko Jones, Jacey Wells

SES 3.4 (Panel): The Future of Investor Relations and Financial Communication
Location: UB Rectorate, Senate Room, ground floor
Chair: Alexander Laskin
 

The Future of Investor Relations and Financial Communication: Exploring Technological, Societal, and Ethical Implications.

Chair(s): Alexander Laskin

Respondent(s): Andrea Rocci

Presenter(s): Sandra Binder-Tietz, Giulia D’Agostino, Andreas Enzminger, Laura Hackl, Christian Hoffmann, Matias Lievonen, Rudi Palmieri, Marlies Whitehouse

3:30pm
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4:00pm
CB II: Coffee Break
Location: UB Rectorate, ground floor hall
4:00pm
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5:30pm
SES 4.1: Corporate Activism: from Greyzones to Value Creation
Location: UB Rectorate, Moisil Amphitheater, ground floor
Chair: Sarah Marschlich
 

PR Grey Zone Professionalism: XP#CharlieDilemme, a Serious Game on Regulation, Deontology and Ethical Dilemmas

Lucile Desmoulins, Zineb Serghini



Disinformation and Public Relations in the Opinion of the PR Professional Community

Karina Stasiuk Krajewska



Collaborative Research in Organisational Communication and Public Relations: Exploring Epistemological Foundations and the Value for the Discipline.

Aurélie Laborde



Consumers’ Responses to Public Company-directed Activism: An Experimental Comparison of Insider and Outsider Activism

Neda Ninova-Solovykh, Ingrid Wahl, Sabine Einwiller

SES 4.2: Managing Hazards: Who Needs Crises Communication
Location: UB Rectorate, Council Room, first floor
Chair: Winni Johansen
 

Social Media as a Source of Misinformation: Challenges for Health Information

María-Cristina Fuentes-Lara, Santana Lois Poch Butler, Ángeles Moreno, Lara Jiménez-Sánchez, Noelia Zurro-Antón



Strategic Corporate Communication in the Age of Misinformation: A New Paradigm for Crisis Management

Jindřich Oukropec, Denisa Hejlová



Policy Window and News Media Lobbying - Crisis Narratives of Finnish Trade Associations During a Public Health Crisis

Markus Tapani Mykkänen, Chiara Valentini



Influential Social Media Platforms and Health Hazards. Tensions Between Attitudes Forward Tanning and Photoprotection Skin Cancer in Spain

María-Cristina Fuentes-Lara, Lara Jiménez-Sánchez, Ángeles Moreno, Noelia Zurro-Antón, Ileana Zeler

SES 4.3: EACD Professional Panel
Location: UB Rectorate, Senate Room, ground floor
Chair: Dennis Larsen
 
5:30pm
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6:30pm
CPS: Collaborative Projects Session
Location: UB Rectorate, Senate Room, ground floor
Chair: Anca Anton
7:30pm
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10:00pm
Conference Dinner
Location: Casa Doina

Date: Friday, 13/Sept/2024
8:30am
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12:30pm
Quiet Room
Location: UB Rectorate, Mihailescu Amphitheater, first floor
Registration
Location: UB Rectorate, ground floor hall
9:00am
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10:30am
SES 5.1: Augmented by Technology: Insights from PR Profession
Location: UB Rectorate, Moisil Amphitheater, ground floor
Chair: Ganga Dhanesh
 

All Safeguards In Place? A Study On How PR Consultancy Executives Align Their AI Ethics Management With Competitiveness Goals

Julia Levasier, Lars-Peter Linke



Technology-Enhanced Profession Porosity between the Media and the Communication Industries

Anca Anton, Anna Jupowicz-Ginalska, Camelia Cmeciu



A Decade of Digital and Social Media PR Campaigns in Romania. Insights from the Romanian PR Awards

Camelia Cmeciu, Delia Balaban



AI Impact On The PR Profession: Ethical Concerns And Future Perspectives

Camelia Cusnir, Anamaria Nicola

SES 5.2: Organization or Community: Practices in Internal Communication
Location: UB Rectorate, Council Room, first floor
Chair: Sabine A Einwiller
 

Improving Internal Communication Satisfaction: Balancing Digital and Face-to-Face Interactions in the Workplace

Ana Tkalac Vercic, Dejan Vercic



Connected and Informed through Informal Communication: A Quantitative Survey on the Perceived Functions of Informal Communication in Organizations

Nora Denner, Thomas Koch, Alicia Ernst, Benno Viererbl



Communicating Appreciation in the Workplace: First Insights from an Employee Survey on Sources and Reasons of Appreciation

Jens Hagelstein, Ingrid Wahl, Julia Stranzl, Sabine Einwiller, Christopher Ruppel



Employee Perceptions of Crisis Spillover Risk: The Role of Crisis Severity and Corporate Response Strategies

Yijing Wang, Sabine A Einwiller, Daniel Laufer

SES 5.3: Engaging with Digital Natives: When PR turns into a Technological Journey
Location: UB Rectorate, Cantemir Amphitheater, ground floor
Chair: Ilkin Mehrabov
 

Adopting Influencer Strategies: How Norwegian Youth Political Parties Excel on TikTok

Jessica Yarin Robinson, Truls Strand Offerdal



Towards A Conceptual Framework For The Strategic Management Of Social Media By Institutions Of Higher Education In Africa

Sithembinkosi Tlale, Anné Leonard



Show Me the Love! Gen Z Perceptions of Organizational Love

Mark Badham, Chiara Valentini



Participation Of Twitch Moderators. Guidelines For Moderation In Online Communities

Diana-Maria Cornea

SES 5.4 (Panel): Fabula or Historia: Charting the Landscape of Sustainability and Communication
Location: UB Rectorate, Senate Room, ground floor
Chair: Denis Simunovic
 

Fabula or Historia: Charting the Landscape of Sustainability and Communication

Chair(s): Ester Conings Vanvik

Respondent(s): Wim WJL Elving

Presenter(s): Denis Simunovic, Adalberto Arrigoni, Antonia Hein AZ

9:00am
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4:30pm
Networks & Projects Gallery
Location: UB Rectorate, ground floor hall
10:30am
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11:00am
CB 4: Coffee Break
Location: UB Rectorate, ground floor hall
11:00am
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12:30pm
SES 6.1: PR by Prescription: Health to Unhealthy Communication
Location: UB Rectorate, Moisil Amphitheater, ground floor
Chair: Ángeles Moreno
 

Image Restoration Or Competing Risk Perceptions? Contestation Of The Pandemic Aftermath In Norway

Truls Strand Offerdal, Øyvind Ihlen



Strategic Communication and New Healthcare Technologies: Exploring Patients' Trust in Health Information Sources and Media Outlets Regarding Novel Healthcare Treatments and Technologies

Ruth Avidar, Amit Gur



Corporate Social Advocacy: Medicine, Placebo or Poison? Opportunities and risks for companies and society – and communicative alternatives

Olaf Hoffjann



Back to the Future: A Systematic Literature Review of 40 Years of Government Communication Through the HIV/AIDS and COVID Pandemics.

Teela Alina Clayton



Picture-Perfect Presence: Unravelling Communication Strategies and Visual Aesthetics in Nail Beauty Industry on Instagram

Petra Vidaić, Ana Čuić Tanković, Ivana Bilić

SES 6.2: Beyond Profit: Redefining Impact through CSR Initiatives
Location: UB Rectorate, Cantemir Amphitheater, ground floor
Chair: Chiara Valentini
 

PR Consultancies And CSR Communication. Does the Shoemaker’s Son Always Go Barefoot?

Elisenda Estanyol, Marc Compte-Pujol, Ferran Lalueza



“How to make the sustainability persuasive”. A Multimodal Rhetorical Analysis of Sustainability Reports in the Energy Industries

Giuseppe Bonaccorso



CSA and Norm Entrepreneurship: When CSA Impacts Reputation and Legitimacy Beyond the Organization in Question

Sandra Jacobs, Britta Brugman



Social Capital – A Promising Or Problematic Concept? A Critical Literature Review Of Articles Discussing Social Capital In PR Research

Lennart Rettler, Patrick Matthias Dietz

SES 6.3: PhD Panel: The future of PR & strategic communication: Insights from current PhD projects
Location: UB Rectorate, Senate Room, ground floor
Chair: Oyvind Ihlen
In this session, the participants from the 2024 EUPRERA PhD Seminar will present their research.
 
12:30pm
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2:00pm
Lunch Buffet 2
Location: UB Rectorate, ground floor hall
2:00pm
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3:00pm
EH: EUPRERA Hour
Location: UB Rectorate, Mihailescu Amphitheater, first floor
3:00pm
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4:00pm
GA: EUPRERA General Assembly
Location: UB Rectorate, Mihailescu Amphitheater, first floor
4:00pm
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4:30pm
CB: Coffee Break
Location: UB Rectorate, ground floor hall
4:30pm
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6:00pm
NPM: Networks & Projects Meetings
Location: Rectorate
Public Affairs and Lobbying Network Meeting
Location: UB Rectorate, Senate Room, ground floor
Chair: Scott Davidson
RES: EUNES Research Escalator
Location: UB Rectorate, Moisil Amphitheater, ground floor
There will be 2 rooms where the session will take place: the meeting point in Moisil Amphitheater and then the session in the Cantemir Amphitheater, ground floor.
Strategic Health Communication Network Meeting
Location: UB Rectorate, Council Room, first floor
Chair: Ángeles Moreno

Date: Saturday, 14/Sept/2024
10:00am
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12:00pm
Bucharest Highlights Tour
Location: Faculty of Letters
10:00am
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1:00pm
Darkside Walking Tour
Location: Faculty of Letters