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Dear All, attached above details on a Media and Ethics seminar that might interest members on this list. Best, Salvo ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Joint Seminar on Media and Ethics From: "Colin Sparks" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, February 5, 2008 10:50 am To: [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, Please find below details of, and the programme for, a joint seminar run by CAMRI and Copenhagen University. All are welcome, but limited space means that early registration is advised. Media and Ethics Friday 14th March 2008 (10am-4pm) University of Westminster Boardroom, 309 Regent Street, London. Media and ethics are at the heart of many pressing issues in contemporary society and culture. As the media becomes ever more part of our everyday lives, ethical issues become ever more important to understanding right and wrong ways to live our lives. Critics argue that contemporary media is lacking in ethics, with many pointing to the 'dumbing down' of news, or a 'wild west' web. This seminar offers a cross disciplinary perspective on media and ethics, drawing on international experts in political economy and policy, media history, media audiences, documentary and visual anthropology, to discuss contemporary developments in this area. Topics include ethics and political journalism, the BBC and Northern Ireland, documentary and human rights, children and new media. The aim of this seminar is to discuss media and ethics across a diverse range of research projects within communication and the arts. Speakers include * David Gauntlett, author of Creative Explorations; * Lizzie Jackson, researcher AHRC/BBC project on children and new media; * Lene Hansen, author of Security as Practice; * Annette Hill, author of Restyling Factual TV; * Anne Jerslev, editor of Realism and Reality; * Anthony McNicholas, Official Historian BBC and author of Politics, Religion and the Press; Mette Mortensen, researcher Danish project on media and ethics; * Joshua Oppenheimer, documentary film maker, director of the Globalisation Tapes; * Jean Seaton, Official Historian BBC and author of Carnage and the Media; * Anne Scott Sorensen, co-author of Gender and Communication; * Joram ten Brink, editor of Building Bridges: the Cinema of Jean Rouch; * Daya Thussu, author of News as Entertainment; * Ida Winther, researcher Danish project on media and ethics. This event is free. Spaces are limited so please register by contacting Erica Spindler ([log in to unmask]). Closing date for registration Friday 7th March. Media and Ethics Programme 9.45: Coffee and registration 10:00 Media and Ethics Introduction - Annette Hill (University of Westminster) and Anne Jerslev (Copenhagen University) 10.15: Politics and Ethics Chair: Annette Hill (University of Westminster) 'Market ethics and global infotainment' Daya Thussu (University of Westminster) 'The politics and ethics of representation: how visuals become security politics' Lene Hansen (Copenhagen University) 11.00: New Media and Ethics Chair: Anne Jerslev (Copenhagen University) 'New media, creativity and ethics' David Gauntlett (University of Westminster) The personal blog: authenticity, affect and ethics' Anne Scott Sørensen (University of Southern Denmark) 'Children and ethics' Lizzie Jackson (University of Westminster) 'Mobile telephones and the challenging of the private sphere' Ida Winther (Copenhagen University) 12.30: Lunch 1.30: Journalism and Ethics Chair: Winston Mano 'Pragmatic ethical engineering: BBC World Service' Jean Seaton (University of Westminster) 'BBC journalism and ethics: the history of Northern Ireland' Anthony McNicholas (University of Westminster) 'Visual warfare in the age of the digital' Mette Mortensen (Copenhagen University) 2.30 Documentary and Ethics Chair: Iben Have (Copenhagen University) 'Show of Force: filmmaking, genre and the Indonesian genocide' Joram ten Brink and Joshua Oppenheimer (University of Westminster) 3.30: Closing remarks: Annette Hill and Anne Jerslev ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Further information and programme in pdf format also available from http://www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-1819 -- Salvatore Scifo, Lecturer in Community Media Media Information & Communication Department of Applied Social Sciences London Metropolitan University Ladbroke House, Room LH 326 62-66 Highbury Grove London N5 2AD