WAPOR Regional Seminar:

 "Public Opinion, Communication and Elections"
In Memory of Seymour Martin Lipset

P  R  O  G  R  A  M

Monday, June 25th

4:00 – 10:00 PM Regency Hotel Lobby:  Jerusalem Old City Tour, Dinner

Tuesday, June 26th, Beit Meirsdorf, Hebrew University

9:30 – 10:30 AM

Special Opening Session
Chair: Gadi Wolfsfeld, Hebrew U., Israel
Greetings
Prof. Boaz Shamir, Dean, the faculty of social sciences

Introductory Remarks – In Memory of Seymour Martin Lipset
Elihu Katz, U. of Pennsylvania, USA & Hebrew U., Israel
 

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Performance Evaluation and the Vote
Chair: Yariv Tsfati, U. of Haifa

Palestinian Terrorism and Israeli Government Popularity  (Abstract pdf)
Stian Skaar Ludvigsen, U. of Aarhus, Denmark

The Media and Economic Voting in Israel  (Abstract word)
Tamir Sheafer, Hebrew U., Israel

Subjective Party Performance Intervenes between Media Content, Internet Advice and Party Preferences  (Abstract pdf)
Jan Kleinnijenhuis, Wouter van Atteveldt, Anita van Hoof, Dirk Oegema, Janet Takens, Vrije U., The Netherlands; Jan de Ridder, Nel Ruigrok, & Otto Scholten, U. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

An Exploratory Study of Exposure to Business News and Political Attitudes and Attributions  (Abstract word)
Roei Davidson, Tel Aviv U., Israel

12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch break

13:45 – 3:15 PM

Issues and Non-Issues in Campaigns and Voting: Special Session Organized by Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) 
Chair: Michal Shamir, Tel Aviv U., Israel

Kadima – Forward in a Dealigned Party System   (Abstract)
Michal Shamir, Tel Aviv University; Raphael Ventura, Israel Democracy Institute; Asher Arian, Israel Democracy Institute and Graduate Center, City University of New York; and Orit Kedar, MIT and Tel Aviv University

The Effects of Electoral Reform in Israel, Japan, New Zealand, and Belgium  (Abstract)
Helen Chang, City U. of New York, USA
 

The Belfast Agreement: How to Win a Referendum and the Next Election  (Abstract pdf)
Colin Irwin, U. of Liverpool, United Kingdom

6:00 - 7:00 PM, Meirsodorf Faculty Club, Hebrew University

Special Keynote Session
Chair: Asher Arian, Israel Democracy Institute and City U. of New York Graduate Center
Greetings
Prof. Haim D. Rabinowitch, Rector, the Hebrew U

It Feels Like We're Thinking: The Rationalizing Voter and Electoral Democracy  (Abstract)
Larry Bartels, Princeton U.
 

7:00 PM Reception

Wednesday, June 27th
 

9:45 – 6:00 PM Trip to Caesarea, Tour (Sandwiches on the Road)

6:00 – 7:15 PM Dinner at a Caesarea Restaurant

8:00 PM Arrival at the Holiday Inn, Haifa

Thursday, June 28th, Eshkol Observatory, University of Haifa

9:30 – 10:45 AM

News Coverage, Information and Preference Formation  (Abstract  )
Chair: Nurit Tal Or, U. of Haifa

The Influence of Presumed Media Influence on Strategic Voting: Evidence from the Israeli 2003 and 2006 Elections  (Abstract word)
Yariv Tsfati & Jonathan Cohen, U. of Haifa, Israel

I Know What You Did Last Summer: How Knowledge of Possible Election Outcomes Determines Voting Decisions  (Abstract pdf)
Olaf Jandura, Ludwig-Maximilians-U. Munich, Germany & Wolfgang Donsbach, U. of Technology Dresden, Germany

The RCS Design and Communication Effects in Election Campaigns, Italy 2006  (Abstract word)
Hans Schadee, U. Milano Bicocca, Italy

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM

Shaping Public Opinion through Identity and Conflict
Chair: Rivka Ribak, U. of Haifa

90’s Immigrants from the FSU in Israeli Elections 2006: The Fulfillment of the Political Dreams of Post-Soviet Man?  (Abstract word)
Michael Philippov, U. of Haifa, Israel

Balance of power: Indigeneity, National Identity and Public Opinion in Aotearoa/New Zealand  (Abstract word)
Michèle Schoenberger-Orgad, Margalit Toledano & David McKie U. of Waikato, New Zealand

Anti-incumbency Sentiment of Elections in FPTP Systems: The Next Level of Quantification and Understanding the Anti Incumbency Index (AII)  (Abstract word)
Yashwant Deshmukh, CVoter Foundation, India

 

12:30- 1:30 PM Lunch Break

1:45 – 3:00 PM

Methodological Issues in Communication and Election Research
Chair: Akiba Cohen, Tel Aviv U., Israel

Spaces of the (Un-) Political: Re-thinking Content Analysis for Political Communication Research  (Abstract pdf)
Hans-Bernd Brosius & Katja Schwer, Ludwig-Maximilians U. Munich, Germany

The ‘Missing Link’ – Merging Survey and Content Analysis Data for a Multi-level Approach in Election Research  (Abstract pdf)
Bertram Scheufele, U. of Jena, Germany & Alexander Haas, U. of Munich, Germany

Why Measuring Exposure is Not Only Important, But Possible  (Abstract word)
Kenneth M. Goldstein, U. of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

3:30 – 4:45 PM

Information Flow and the Vote
Chair: Jonathan Cohen, U. of Haifa, Israel

Social Networks and Voting in Italy: A Study of the 2006 Elections  (Abstract word)
Donatella Campus & Gianfranco Pasquino, U. of Bologna, Italy

Campaign Effects on the Home Stretch: A Study of the German Parliamentary Campaign 2005  (Abstract word)
Jens Tenscher, U. of Mannheim, Germany & Peter Schrott, Heilbronn U., Germany

Campaign Mixed-Message Flows and Time of Voting Decision: A Quasi-Experiment  (Abstract word)
Lilach Nir, Hebrew U., Israel & James N. Druckman, Northwestern U., USA
 

5:00 PM, Rabin Observatory, Rabin Social Science Building, University of Haifa Greetings
Prof. Yossi Ben Artzi – Rector, University of Haifa
Prof. Sami Smooha – Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
Dinner

Friday, June 29th, Eshkol Observatory, University of Haifa

9:15 – 10:30 AM

Media, Leadership, and Citizen Disenchantment
Chair: Patricia Moy, U. of Washington, USA

Do Leaders Matter? Candidates' Images and the Effectiveness of Election Campaigns  (Abstract word)
Mauro Barisione, U. of Milan, Italy

Moscow vs. Russia: Qualitative and Quantitative Research to Uncover Attitudes towards Democracy  (Abstract word)
Victor R. Pratusevich, ROMIR, Russian Federation

Spinning the 2006 Israeli Elections: Spin-Doctors, Public Opinion and the Media  (Abstract Word )
Atara Frenkel-Faran, Sapir College and Bar Ilan U. & Sam Lehman-Wilzig, Bar Ilan U., Israel

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Media Framing and Functioning
Chair: Kathleen Frankovic, CBS News, USA

To See or Not to See: Israeli Election Laws, Freedom of Expression, and the Need for Speech Transparency  (Abstract word)
Amit M. Schejter, Penn State U., USA & Moran Yemini New York U., USA

Media Framing of Problems with Voting Technology in the United States  (Abstract word)
Michael W. Traugott, University of Michigan, USA

The Mandate that Never Was: Olmert's Convergence Plan in the 2006 Israeli Knesset  (Abstract  ) Jacob Shamir, Hebrew U., Israel, Michal Shamir, Tel Aviv U., Israel, & Gitit Poran, Hebrew U., Israel  (Abstract word)
 

2:00 PM  A tour of Haifa's Bahai Gardens

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