Hi All,

We still have a few places left for this exciting, new and competitively priced conference sponsored by ILG.  One of the themes will be the role of information literacy in addressing this topical issue.

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Digital dE-BiAsing Techniques for an Engaged Society (Debates)
18^th May 2016, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

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The Debates conference will provide a forum to discuss the issue of negative behaviours in online social media including cyberbullying, extremism, discrimination, radicalisation, digilantism, revenge porn and hate crime. The event will be of interest to academics, experts, policy makers, information professionals, practitioners and emerging early career researchers in the fields of information science, psychology, social computing, HCI & CSCW, education, media and communication studies, social policy and the creative arts.

Confirmed international keynote speakers include:

Professor Annemaree Lloyd - University of Boras, Sweden

Professor Stephan Lewandowsky – University of Bristol, UK

Professor Heidi Julien - University at Buffalo, USA

Carl Miller - Centre for the Analysis of Social Media (CASM), Demos

Confirmed invited speakers include Prof Shaun Lawson (Northumbria University) and Dr Graham Walton (Loughborough University).

New Vic Borderlines the award-winning initiative using theatre in social context, will be performing their new play ‘Love Hurts?’ This new project sensitively and appropriately explores the nature of teenage relationships, the power dynamics which exist in all relationships, and challenges a culture where ‘love’ may be expressed through manipulation, exploitation and abuse both physical and online.

The delegate fee is £50 for ILG members and £80 for non-members.

To book please visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/debates

Online booking will close at 5pm BST on 9^th May.

The conference is organised by Northumbria University’s Faculty of Engineering and Environment, in partnership with the iSchool ,the Digital Living multidisciplinary research theme and Digital Business. It is sponsored by ILG and InformALL. For further information please contact Geoff Walton [log in to unmask]

Best wishes,

Geoff

Dr Geoff Walton BA (Joint Hons),  MA, MCLIP, FHEA, PgCHPE, PhD,

Senior Lecturer in Information Sciences,

Programme Leader MSc InfSci,

iSchool@northumbria www.northumbria.ac.uk/ischool

Department of Mathematics & Information Sciences

Northumbria University

Room 038, Pandon Building,

Camden Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1XE, UK| t: +44 (0)191 243 7144 fax: +44(0)1912437630

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