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Disruptive Events: 
electoral insurgencies, political discourse 
& the Brexit vote
Thursday, 8th December, 2016
Edith Murphy Lecture Theatre 0.28 
(arrive at Clephan Building and you will be shown the way) 
De Montfort University
Registration 1.30pm 
Symposium ends: 5.30pm
Dinner: 6pm
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Introduction: 2pm

Keynote 1: 2.10pm - 2.50pm (10 mins questions)
Dominic Wring and David Deacon - University of Loughborough 
Leave it Out: British print and broadcast news media reporting of the Brexit Referendum

Paper: 2.50 - 3.10pm 
Jen Birks - Nottingham University
The journalistic ethics of objectivity and verification in populist debate

Paper: 3.10 - 3.30pm 
Dr Max Hanska - How Brexit Won the Twitter Campaign

(10 mins questions & 10 minute break)

Keynote 2: 3.50pm - 4.20pm (10 mins questions)
The European arrest warrant, EU law and political insurgencies
Estella Baker - De Montfort University

Paper: 4.30 - 4.50pm 
Stuart Price - De Montfort University 
Political Insurgencies and the Corbyn Phenomenon

Paper: 4.50 - 5.10pm 
David Marsh - Canberra University
Brexit and the Politics of Truth

(10 mins questions)

Dinner: no questions asked

Best wishes
Stuart
Stuart Price
Professor of Media and Political Discourse
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