University of Wisconsin–Madison

Public Tech Media Lab at ECREA 2026

Members of the Public Tech Media Lab will be presenting their research at the 11th European Communication Conference, hosted by the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) in Brno, Czech Republic, from 8–11 September. Below is a rundown of our upcoming talks:

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9 September

  • Max Van Drunen — “Governing under uncertainty: Simulating risks and interventions in platform governance” | Program link
  • Lucas Graves — “The challenge of strategic dis-integration: How fact-checkers are adapting to platform retreat” | Program link
  • Yanshu Wang — “Who gets to decide, and when? Human-in-the-loop boundary work in AI-age fact-checking” | Program link

11 September

  • Lavinia Rotili — “Towards an open media ethics? A cartography of outward-facing discourses of four French-speaking media councils (2019–2025)” | Program link
  • Roger Cuartielles — “Public trust in AI use in fact-checking: Qualitative insights from focus groups with Spanish citizens” | Program link

If you’re at the conference, come say hello — we’d love to talk through these projects and share what else we’re working on.