Character Assassination in Theory and Practice March 3-5, 2017 George Mason University Arlington, Virginia

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1 7 Character Assassination in Theory and Practice March 3-5, 2017 George Mason University Arlington, Virginia

2 Thank You

3 Character Assassination in Theory and Practice Host: Lab for Character Assassination and Reputation Politics (CARP) Location: George Mason University (Arlington Campus), 3351 Fairfax Dr, Arlington, VA Dates: March 3-5, 2017 Time Topic Participants FRIDAY, March 3 5pm-7pm Founders Hall 126 Welcome reception sponsored by Daniel Morgan Academy: All registered participants invited to attend 7pm Participants who wish to continue networking are welcome to join us at a location to be determined Special thank you to: Department of Communication George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication George Mason University Daniel Morgan Graduate School Eric Dezenhall Dezenhall Resources Richard Sheehe The Sheehe Group Alex Rosenwald Media DC

4 Time Topic Participants SATURDAY, March 4 8:30-9am Founders Hall 126 Catered breakfast and networking Welcome message All registered conference presenters invited to attend Dr. Anne Nicotera, Chair, George Mason University Department of Communication Shawn Turner, Chairman, Information Operations Program, Daniel Morgan Graduate School 9-10:15am Keynote and Q&A Eric Dezenhall, Dezenhall Resources: 10:30-11:45am Panel One: Rethinking CA Eric Shiraev (George Mason U), CA in Political Psychology Martijn Icks (U of Amsterdam, Netherlands), CA in History Sergei Samoilenko (George Mason U), CA in the Mass Media Jennifer Keohane (George Mason U), CA in Rhetoric Chair: Greg Simons (Uppsala U, Swedish Defense U, Sweden) 12-1pm Lunch Break Catered lunch provided for conference 1-2:15pm 2:30-3:45pm Panel Two: CA and the Media Spectrum Panel Three: CA in the U.S. Presidential Election participants Panelists: Alex Rosenwald, Media DC, Director Bob Cusack, Editor in Chief, The Hill Hugo Gurdon, Editorial Director, Washington Examiner Alan Rosenblatt, Director of Digital Research, Lake Research Partners Daniel Lippman, Reporter, POLITICO Moderator: Richard Sheehe, Mason Senior Research Fellow and Director, StratComm360.org Stephen Farnsworth (Mary Washington U) and S. Robert Lichter (George Mason U), Late Night TV Humor and the Culture of Ridicule

5 4-5:15pm Panel Four: Labeling and Naming as a Political Instrument Michael Cornfield, (The George Washington U) #CrookedHillary and #LockHerUp :How an Extreme Campaign Attack Lived on Twitter Colleen Kelley (Penn State Behrend), Digital CA in Campaign 2016: Unprecedented Strategies in a Precedent- Setting Campaign Allan Louden and Ryan Wolfe (Wake Forest U), Character in Presidential Attack Advertising Leslie Reynard (Washburn U), American Democracy s Sad Last Days? The Tabloid Election of 2016 Chair: Sergei A. Samoilenko (George Mason U) Greg Simons (Uppsala U, Swedish Defense U, Sweden), The Unwanted Political Leader and CA Marta Lukacovic (Furman U) and Emina Herovic (NASEM), Futile CA Attempts? The Rise of a Slovak Far-Right Party, LSNS-Kotleba Marlene Laruelle (The George Washington U), Reductio ad Fascism. CA of Putin and the Putin s Regime through the Labeling of Fascism David Brandenberger (U of Richmond), An Ad-Hoc Propaganda State: Character Assassination in Official Communiqués during Stalin s Great Terror, Vasily Gatov (U of Southern California), The Role of Ideology in CA Campaigns; Chair: Maureen Minielli (City University of New York)

6 Time Topic Participants SUNDAY, March 5 8:30-9am Founders Hall 113 Catered breakfast and networking 9-10:15am 10:30-11:45am Panel Five: CA beyond political candidates Panel Six: U.S. politics on television and on the page All registered conference presenters invited to attend John Cook (George Mason U), Case studies in using inoculation to neutralize character assassination attempts; Jens Seiffert-Brockmann (University of Vienna, Austria), Questioning CEOs Character and Values in Corporate Crises Leelannee K. Malin (Howard U), #TeamTeacherBae: A Case Study of CA in Social Media Tyler Johnson (The U of Oklahoma) and Haley Murphy (Oklahoma State U), Apologies and Axings: Image Repair and the Scandalized Nonprofit. Josh Compton (Dartmouth College), Inoculation Theory, Image Repair, Image Prepare, and CA Chair: Eric Shiraev (George Mason U) Alyson Farzad-Phillips, Nora Murphy, Claudia Serrano Rico, Kyle Stephan, Gareth Williams, Morgan Hess, and Prashanth Bhat, (U of Maryland), A Report on Presidential Advertising and the 2016 General Election: A Referendum on Character Thomas McCloskey (U of Maryland), I hate them both! : Negative Campaigns and the Liminal Space between Character and Authenticity in American Political Discourse Maureen Minielli (City University of New York), A Behind-the Scenes Examination of CA in the Nixon White House Leticia Bode (Georgetown U), Remediated Political Comedy, Presidential Candidates, and CA

7 Lea Diaz (Murcia State U, Spain), Negative Campaigning in the 2016 Presidential Election: Effectiveness and Limits Chair: Martijn Icks (U of Amsterdam) 12-1pm Lunch Break Conference participants should find lunch options near the conference 1-2:15pm 2:30-3:45pm Panel Seven: International uses of CA Panel Eight: Terrorism and International Organizations Emily Blout (American U), Tweeting at Terrorists? Limitations of the Western Model of Propaganda in "New Media" and "New War Naim Rrustemi (Universum College, Kosovo), Between Treason and Patriotism: Finding the Quiescent Point Samaras Athanasios (University of Piraeus, Greece), and Kolovos Kyriakos (Open University Cyprus), Quantifying the Ad Hominem Argument in Parliamentary Discussions. A Comparative Analysis of Grexit Vs. Brexit Neofytos Aspriadis (University of Piraeus, Greece), Emmanuel Takas (Panteion University, Greece), Samaras N. Athanasios, (University of Piraeus, Greece), Processes of Greece s Demonization in Schäuble s Discourse During the Greek Memorandum Re- Negotiations Tim Tinker (Atlas Research), Dissuading the Enemy: How Context, Content, and Connection Can Influence Adversary Decisions and Actions Chair: Jens Seiffert-Brockmann (University of Vienna, Austria) Olga Logunova (Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia), The Coverage of Islamic Terrorism in the US and Russian Newspapers Sergey Davydov (Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia), The Coverage of ISIS in the Russian Mass Media

8 4-5:15pm Panel Nine: Theories and Politics Irina Tsukerman (Independent Researcher), Russian Influence on Iranian CA Techniques as a Form of Information Warfare Elizaveta Egorova (Political Profiler), CA on the International Level: Russian Negative Campaigning against NATO Rod Carveth (Morgan State U), CA and Elizabeth Holmes Chair: Tyler Johnson (The U of Oklahoma) Martina Klicperova (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), CA typologies with a special focus on show trials - The case of ultimate CA Farah Latif (George Mason U), That Woman, the Fraud and the Nasty Woman Mikhail Nemtsev (Independent Researcher), Witnesses of Hen against Pussy Riot Kanwalpreet Baidwan (D.A.V. College, India), Comedy and Smear campaign in Punjab Elections Chair: Marlene Laruelle (The George Washington U)