Announcements

Seminar promote 2022/09/22
2022 TIGCR International Conference on “Political Polarization: Perspectives of Governance and Communication"

                                                     

※報名連結 Registration linkhttps://reurl.cc/dW3jxD

About the Conference

【會議時間 Date】2022.10.28(Friday)09:00-17:00
【會議地點 Venue】國立政治大學綜合院館3樓國際會議廳
                                  International Conference Room, 3th floor, General Building
                                  National Chengchi University

The Taiwan Institute for Governance and Communication Research (TIGCR) will hold an international conference on “Political Polarization: Perspectives of Governance and Communication” on 28 October 2022 at the National Chengchi University.

On the basis of the discussion in the 2021 TIGCR International Conference, this conference will focus on the phenomenon of political polarization and its core concepts: democratic governance, social media usage, and political communication.

For the 2022 TIGCR International Conference, scholars are invited to analyze the causes, distribution, and impacts of political polarization related to algorithm, fake news, political participation, issue position, and ideology, etc., by using survey data, big data, content analysis, and comparative studies. We aim to prevent and alleviate polarization of opinion to create a sustainable and harmonious society.

Panel 1:Political Polarization, Partisanship and Populism
Panel 2:Political Communication in the New Media Use
Panel 3:The ABCDEs of Public Sector: Assessing the Behaviors, Characteristics, and Decision-making of Public Employees

Keynote Speech
     Chair: Chi Huang(黃紀
          Director, Taiwan Institute for Governance and Communication Research, NCCU

     Keynote speaker: Ran Wei (魏然)
          Chair Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

     Topic: "Mobile Media for Civic Engagement: Evolving Opportuneness and Future Challenges“


【重要公告 Important Announcement】                                                                   
The 2022 TIGCR conference organizing committee remains vigilant in its monitoring of the COVID-19 pandemic and will continue to prioritize the health and safety of its attendees. For this reason, the conference will be held in a hybrid format with both onsite and online versions to accommodate all participants.

                                   會議議程 Conference Agenda 

                                                                         

Announcements 2022/04/06
Special Issue: Social-Political Polarization in Asia: Political Communication, Social Media and Digital Governance

A Special Issue of Asian Journal of Communication: Social-political Polarization in Asia: Political Communication, Social Media and Digital Governance, Volume 32, Issue 2 (2022) was published online on March 30, 2022

AJC website:https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rajc20/32/2

Research papers published by TIGCR team members:
  • Huang, Chi (黃紀), and Tzu-ching Kuo (郭子靖). 2022. "Actual and Perceived Polarization on Independence-Unification Views in Taiwan." Asian Journal of Communication. DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.2022174.
  • Lin, Jhih-Syuan (林芝璇). 2022. "The Effect of Exposure to Heterogeneous Perspectives on Political Participation in the Age of Algorithms." Asian Journal of Communication. DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.2022175.
  • Lin, Trisha T. C. (林翠絹). 2022. "Online Opinions and News Framing of Polarized Nuclear Policy in Taiwan: A Mix-method Approach." Asian Journal of Communication. DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.2022728.
  • Tsai, Chia-hung (蔡佳泓), and Tsung-han Tsai (蔡宗漢). 2022. "Explaining Change in Independence/Unification Views in Taiwan: Application of Within-between Model." Asian Journal of Communication. DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2022.2034903.