Communication and
Conflict: Propaganda, Spin and Lobbying in the global age
Propaganda,
spin and lobbying are increasingly the topic of public and media debate. From
the attempt to construct a ‘threat’ from Weapons of Mass
Destruction, through the razzmatazz of political campaigning to the regular
scandals about improper corporate influence on policy the relationship between
communication, conflict and power is back on the academic research agenda.
The
Department of Geography and Sociology is pleased to announce an international
conference on Communication and conflict, to be held in
New speakers confirmed as of 2 May 2007:
Prof.
Stuart Ewen, (
Mark
Curtis (author of Unpeople and Web of Deceit)
Prof.
Keith Dixon (
Dr.
Des Spence (Glasgow GP, spokesperson for No Free Lunch the campaign
against Pharma marketing tactics)
Eamonn
O'Neill, (
Prof.
David Henry,( Professor of
clinical pharmacology ,
Dr. David Healy, (Director,
North
Wales Dept of psychological medicine at Cardiff University , author of Let Them Eat Prozac: the Unhealthy
relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and depression)
Mike Hughes, (author of a
history of the Economic League, Spies at Work )
Jeff
Blankfort, (a radio producer with KPOO in
Participation
This
call is a preliminary invitation to submit abstracts, panels and workshop
proposals. In addition we are inviting expression of interest for
participation and support from academic institutions, policy makers, media
institutions and civil society organizations. Organisation can sponsor a
particular session or support a particular stream of papers.
The
conference will be an international gathering of leading experts and
researchers in the area of propaganda, spin, lobbying, media management and
investigative journalism. It will also feature hand on sessions on how to
investigate propaganda and lobbying activities, led by Spinwatch.
Click here for
information on
Costs and
accommodation, stalls and helping out
Speakers include
Invited (and in discussion about
attendance. Last updated 2 May 2007)
John
Pilger
John
McArthur (Harpers Magazine and author of The Selling of Free Trade and Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War)
Craig
Holman (Public Citizen,
Prof.
Edward S. Herman, (co-author with Noam Chomsky of Manufacturing Consent)
Prof.
Bernhard Walpen, (Luzern/Lucerne, editor of Neoliberal Hegemony)
Prof.
Dieter Plehwe, (
Phillip
Knightly, (Investigative journalist and author of The First Casualty )
Confirmed
(last updated 2 May 2007)
Previously
confirmed speakers
Nancy Snow
(
Mark Daly
(BBC, who exposed racism in the police in The Secret Policeman )
Prof. William Carroll (
Eveline
Lubbers (Spinwatch, Editor of Battling Big Business )
Andy
Rowell (Spinwatch, author of Green Backlash , Don't Worry it's Safe to Eat , and The Next Gulf? )
Prof. Gerry Sussman (
Olivier Hoedemann, (Corporate Europe Observatory ,
Prof. Alan Doig (Author of Sleaze ),
Muhammed Idrees
Ahmad (Spinwatch, blogger at The Fanonite ),
Nick Jones (former BBC
journalist, blogger
at Spinwatch , whose most recent book is Trading
Information ),
Greg Philo (Glasgow Media Group ),
Shelley
Jofre (Reporter on BBC Panorama's, Secrets of
the Drug Trials )
Dave Whyte (
Prof.
Sharon Beder(author of Free-Market
Missionaries, Earthscan, London, 2006; Suiting Themselves:
How Corporations Drive the Global Agenda, Earthscan, London, 2006.; Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism, Green
Books, Devon, UK, 1997)
Diane Farsetta
(PR Watch )
William Dinan
(Spinwatch, author of Open Scotland? and editor of Thinker,
Faker, Spinner, Spy )
David Miller
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