Colloque LLSETI - "Liberal democracy and freedom of expression: the populist challenge".

january 30, 2020 10:30 am - january 31, 2020 5:00 PM

The Laboratoire Langages, Littératures, Sociétés, Études Transfrontalières et Internationales (LLSETI) atUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc is organizing a conference on "Liberal democracy and freedom of expression: the populist challenge". It will be held on Thursday January 30, 2020 from 10:30 am to 6:30 pm and on Friday January 31, 2020 from 9 am to 5 pm in room 20 020 of building 20 on the Jacob-Bellecombette campus.

About the symposium

Often taken for granted, the assumption that the relationship between populism and freedom of expression is antagonistic is undoubtedly more complex than it seems, and it seems appropriate to examine it. The colloquium will focus on two issues in particular: firstly, the mutual relations between populism and the traditional media, and secondly, what we might call the new communicational drivers of international populism, which will be analyzed through a number of case studies.

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