University of Silesia in Katowice, Palacký University Olomouc and University of Lodz
Conference Digital Religion III:
Challenges of Communication and Excommunication
October 17–18, 2024, Katowice, Poland
Conference venue: spinPLACE building, Bankowa 5, 40-007 Katowice
The conference is also available at Zoom Meeting https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/91522999097
PROGRAM
THURSDAY
10:00
opening
10:30
keynote lecture – Heidi A. Campbell
College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University
11:30
cofee break
11:50
Keele University
12:20
University of Warsaw
12:50 – 14:30
lunch
14:30
How the liberal media labels conservatives
Catholic University in Ruzomberok
15:00
University of Lodz
15:30
Data Activism for Persecuted Iranian Christians
Article 18
16:00
cofee break
16:30
University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów
17:00
Jerzy Gołuchowski, Aleksandra Pethe, Dorota Marquardt
University of Economics in Katowice
17:30
Jerzy Gołuchowski, Aleksandra Pethe, Dorota Marquardt
The detabooing of religious content in dialogues with a chatbot
University of Economics in Katowice
18:30
SOCIALIZING
FRIDAY
8:30 online
Gift Masengwe, Paul GUndani
Navigating the Complexities of Clerical (University) Education in the Era of Digital Religion in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Open University
8:45 online
Yohannes Ali Sandro Sitorus
Church Revelation in a Digital Realm: Converting the Body of Christ into Imago Ecclesiae
Jakarta Theological Seminary
9:00 online
İlknur Gümüş
We are Gods experiencing themselves: Pelín Dilara Çolak YouTube documentary seriesIstanbul
Gelişim University
9:15 online
Simon Werrett
How can discipleship be practiced in the metaverse, where individuals are represented by avatar? An analysis through the lens of Karl Barth's four criteria for authentic relationships?
University of Chester
9:30 online
Md. Golam Rabby
The Populism and Protest in India: NRC, CAA and CAB of India in Bangladeshi Newspapers
Jagannath University, Dhaka Bangladesh
9:45 online
Tasnim Tabassum Munmun
Imagining 'Fundametalism: A Discourse Analysis of Bangladeshi Media Narratives on the Taliban's Political Ascendency
Jagannath University
10:00
cofee break
10:30
God had become data. Experiencing the presence of the divine in the digital era
University of Silesia in Katowice
11:00
Radosław Sierocki
The online petitions to the hierarchy and leaders of the Catholic Church. Discourses of protest and practices of mobilization
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
11:30
Marián Gavenda
Prevention and therapy of media addictions through a spiritual path
Catholic University in Ruzomberok
12:00
lunch
13:30
Kajetan Kowalik
Jagiellonian University
14:00
Kush Depala
”Great Worship” The Online Mahāpūjā Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Neasden Temple
South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University
14:30
Awadh Ba-awaidhan
Advantages and Disadvantages of using Digitalization Technologies in Contemporary Modern Muslim-Arabic Societies
Independent researcher
15:00 online
What people say about religion in the digital public sphere – a systematic and automated approach to analyzing tweets from Germany, Switzerland & Austria University of Zürich
15:20
cofee break
15:30 online
Renáta Sedláková, Veronika Müllerová
Analysis of crisis communication of popes on the sexual abuse within Catholic Church
Palacký University, Olomouc
Conference Leaders
Institute of Journalism and Media Communication, University of Silesia in Katowice
Department of Communication, Palacký University Olomouc
Institute of English Studies, University of Lodz
Organizing Committee
Damian Guzek, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Jaroslav Franc, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Renata Sedláková, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Monika Tosik, University of Lodz, Poland
Przemyslaw Kantorski, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Veronika Müllerová, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Scientific Committee
Giulia Evolvi, University of Bologna, Italy
Tim Karis, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Mariusz Kolczynski, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Marta Kolodziejska, University of Warsaw, Poland
Rita Marchetti, University of Perugia, Italy
Jan Motal, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Carlo Nardella, University of Milan, Italy
Thomas Schlag, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Piotr Siuda, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Rafał Spiewak, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Krzysztof Stepniak, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland
Alessandra Vitullo, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Ruth Tsuria, Seton Hall University, US
Patronages
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice
Network for New Media, Religion, and Digital Culture Studies
