Last chance to submit an abstract....
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 Glasgow on 7-9 September 2007.
Abstract deadline extended to 31 May
New speakers confirmed as of 2 May 2007:
Prof. Stuart Ewen, (New York University, author of PR! A Social History of Spin <http://www.bway.net/%7Edrstu/> )
Mark Curtis (author of Unpeople <http://markcurtis.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/unpeople-britains-secret-human-rights-abuses/> and Web of Deceit <http://markcurtis.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/web-of-deceit/> )
Prof. Keith Dixon (Universite Lumiere-Lyon, France, author of Les Evangelistes du Marche <http://www.homme-moderne.org/raisonsdagir-editions/catalog/dixon/evang.html> )
Dr. Des Spence (Glasgow GP, spokesperson for No Free Lunch <http://www.nofreelunch-uk.org/about.shtml> the campaign against Pharma marketing tactics)
Eamonn O'Neill, (University of Strahclyde, Investigative Journalist <http://www.eamonnoneill.net/> )
Prof. David Henry,( Professor of clinical pharmacology <http://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/expertise/135058.html> , University of Newcastle, Australia co-convenor, inaugural disease mongering conference in Australia, 2006)
Dr. David Healy, (Director, North Wales Dept of psychological medicine at Cardiff University <http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine/psychological_medicine/stafflist/readers/david_healy.htm> , 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 <http://gs.strath.ac.uk/www.1in12.go-legend.net/publications/library/spies/spies.htm> )
Jeff Blankfort, (a radio producer with KPOO in San Francisco and a longtime commentator on the Israel Lobby <http://www.corkpsc.org/piwp/php/authors.php?auid=900> )
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.
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Costs and accommodation, stalls and helping out <http://gs.strath.ac.uk/content/view/302/130/>
Call for papers <http://gs.strath.ac.uk/content/view/303/130/>
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, Washington DC),
Prof. Edward S. Herman, (co-author with Noam Chomsky of Manufacturing Consent)
Prof. Bernhard Walpen, (Luzern/Lucerne, editor of Neoliberal Hegemony)
Prof. Dieter Plehwe, (Berlin editor of Neoliberal Hegemony)
Phillip Knightly, (Investigative journalist and author of The First Casualty <http://www.phillipknightley.com/pages/books.html> )
Confirmed (last updated 2 May 2007)
Previously confirmed speakers
Col Sam Gardner(US Airforce - Retd, author of Truth from these Podia <http://www.prwatch.org/documents/truth.pdf> )
Nancy Snow (University of California, author of Propaganda Inc. <http://www.nancysnow.com/> )
Mark Daly (BBC, who exposed racism in the police in The Secret Policeman <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3210614.stm> )
Prof. William Carroll (University of Victoria, British Columbia, author of Forging a New Hegemony? The Role of. Transnational Policy Groups in the Network. and Discourses of Global Corporate Governance <http://jwsr.ucr.edu/archive/vol9/number1/pdf/jwsr-v9n1-carolcarson.pdf> ).
Eveline Lubbers (Spinwatch, Editor of Battling Big Business <http://www.spinwatch.org/component/page,shop.product_details/category_id,1/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,7/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1/> )
Andy Rowell (Spinwatch, author of Green Backlash <http://www.spinwatch.org/component/page,shop.product_details/category_id,1/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,10/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1/> , Don't Worry it's Safe to Eat <http://www.spinwatch.org/component/page,shop.product_details/category_id,1/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,6/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1/> , and The Next Gulf? <http://www.spinwatch.org/component/page,shop.product_details/category_id,1/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,2/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1/> )
Prof. Gerry Sussman (University of Oregon, Portland, author of Global Electioneering <http://www.spinwatch.org/content/view/139/8/> ),
Olivier Hoedemann, (Corporate Europe Observatory <http://www.corporateeurope.org> , Amsterdam),
Prof. Alan Doig (Author of Sleaze <http://www.tees.ac.uk/schools/tbs/staff_doig.cfm> ),
Muhammed Idrees Ahmad (Spinwatch, blogger at The Fanonite <http://fanonite.org/> ),
Nick Jones (former BBC journalist, blogger at Spinwatch <http://www.spinwatch.org/content/category/11/306/29/> , whose most recent book is Trading Information <http://www.spinwatch.org/content/view/3244/8/> ),
Greg Philo (Glasgow Media Group <http://www.glasgowmediagroup.org> ),
Shelley Jofre (Reporter on BBC Panorama's, Secrets of the Drug Trials <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/6291773.stm> )
Dave Whyte (University of Stirling, author of Embedded Expertise and the New Terrorism <http://www.jc2m.co.uk/Issue4/Burnett&Whyte.pdf> ),
Prof. Sharon Beder(author of Free-Market Missionaries <http://homepage.mac.com/herinst/sbeder/missionaries.html> , Earthscan, London, 2006; Suiting Themselves: How Corporations Drive the Global Agenda <http://homepage.mac.com/herinst/sbeder/suiting.html> , Earthscan, London, 2006.; Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism <http://homepage.mac.com/herinst/sbeder/global.html> , Green Books, Devon, UK, 1997)
Diane Farsetta (PR Watch <http://www.prwatch.org> )
William Dinan (Spinwatch, author of Open Scotland? <http://www.spinwatch.org/component/page,shop.product_details/category_id,1/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,8/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1/> and editor of Thinker, Faker, Spinner, Spy <http://www.plutobooks.com/cgi-local/nplutobrows.pl?chkisbn=9780745324449&main=&second=&third=&foo=../ssi/ssfooter.ssi> )
David Miller
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