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Call for Papers
Global Media and the ‘War on Terror’: an
international conference
Organized by Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI)
of the University of Westminster, London, in collaboration with the Department of
Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London.
Venue: University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street,
London
Dates: Monday 13 - Tuesday 14 September 2010
Conference organizers: Professor Daya Thussu,
University of Westminster, and Dr Des Freedman, Goldsmiths, University of
London.
As we enter the tenth year after the events of 9/11, it is
an appropriate time to evaluate the media’s relationship to a changed
geo-political environment and to pose questions about media performance and
influence in relation to this post-9/11 period. Have the media contributed to
exacerbating the political, cultural and religious divides within Western
societies and the world at large? Has the digital revolution given voice to a
multiplicity of views that have helped to counter hegemonic media discourses?
How can media be deployed to enrich not inhibit dialogue and to what extent has
the media, in all its forms, questioned, celebrated or simply accepted the
unleashing of a ‘war on terror’? This international conference
brings together leading scholars and eminent journalists from across the globe
to examine and discuss how the world’s media have been influenced by 9/11
and its aftermath.
Although nearly a decade has passed, the continuing
conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the persistent phenomenon of terrorism, and
the domestic repercussions of the ‘war on terror’ (including
Islamophobia, a growing surveillance culture and restrictions on civil
liberties) still shape media discourses around the world today.
Suggested topics for papers include, but are not restricted
to, the following:
Keynote speakers:
Professor Todd Gitlin
Columbia University, USA
Professor Tariq Ramadan
University of Oxford, UK
Professor Barbie Zelizer
Annenberg School of Communication, USA
Other plenary speakers to include Professor Jean Seaton,
University of Westminster; Professor Rune Ottosen (Norway); Dahr Jamal
(US-based independent journalist); Professor Stig Arne-Nohrstedt (Sweden);
Professor Elena Vartanova (Russia) and Professor Lena Jayyusi (UAE).
The conference reflects the substantial and growing research
in international journalism within CAMRI which runs numerous innovative and
international conferences every year. In its 2008 Research Assessment Exercise,
the UK’s Higher Education Funding Council ranked CAMRI as the best media
and communication research centre in the country.
Conference fee: £150, with a concessionary rate of
£50 for students, to cover attendance at all sessions, refreshments and lunches
as well as conference documentation. Conference registration will be open to
all and not conditional upon presenting a paper.
Abstracts: These should be between 200-350 words and
must include the presenter’s name, institutional affiliation, email and
postal address, together with the title of the paper and a brief biographical
note. Two copies of the abstract should be sent, one to Professor Daya Thussu
at [log in to unmask]
and another to Helen Cohen, Events Administrator for the Department of
Journalism and Mass Communication at [log in to unmask].
Deadline for abstracts: Friday, 26 March 2010. The
abstracts will be peer reviewed and successful submissions will be notified by
the end of April.
The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW.