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Dear Colleagues,

Please circulate to academics, researchers, policy makers, parents,
students and civil society organisations who may be interested in this
event.
Further information about this conference including registration forms,
stall booking forms, accommodation, and venue can be accessed from the
conference website:
http://www2.northampton.ac.uk/socialsciences/sshome/media-homepage/newmediaconference

Many thanks.

Noureddine

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Dr Noureddine Miladi
Senior Lecturer in Media & Sociology
School of Social Sciences
University of Northampton
Park Campus
NN2 7AL
UK

Tel: +44 (0) 1604892104
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
www.northampton.ac.uk

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International Conference:
'YOUTH, NEW MEDIA & SOCIAL CHANGE'
Organised by the School of Social Sciences
Date: Saturday 8th May 2010
Venue: LT C101, University of Northampton,
Park Campus, Northampton NN2 7AL, UK

This conference gathers academics, journalists, researchers, policy makers
and civil society organisations to discuss youth use of new media and the
implication this has on identity construction, on public opinion and
social change.

Although their development is a recent phenomenon, new media have not only
opened up new opportunities for journalism but also empowered audiences
and civil society organisations with unprecedented platforms for 'free'
expression and social activism around the world. New technologies are said
to have reinvigorated a sense of a 'transnational public sphere' and
strengthened marginalized communities and provided a platform for the
voiceless. The possible consequences of such rapid developments on social
and political change are not hard to imagine. The sweeping victory of US
president elect Barak Obama characterised by the unprecedented outreach to
marginalised communities including the youth through YouTube, Facebook,
and other internet platforms is a case in point.

Aims:
This conference aims to map out the role of new media in the perceived
social changes. It looks at how audiences, users, civil society
organisations, political/social groups and subcultures have understood and
found in these technologies the right tools and strategies to power their
work sustainably.

Conference themes:
This conference covers the following areas of enquiry:
- Blogging and bloggers as citizen journalists; are bloggers making a
social difference?

- Satellite TV and the internet as cites of resistance/alternative media
or sets of 'censored national enclosures'

-E-campaigning and political/social groups

- How are  activists/the youth interacting with platforms like 'YouTube',
'MySpace', 'Flicker', 'Faithtube', 'Facebook' and 'Blogging' to pursue
their objectives?

- Challenges of the Internet in war zones

- The new media and women empowerment amongst ethnic minorities.

- Youth subcultures and new media, what is going on?

- In the absence of real democracy in some parts of the Arab and Muslim
world is new media creating a new form of social/political capital:
e-democracy?

- What functions are the internet and satellite TV playing in mobilising
public opinion?

- What expectations and perceptions are there regarding changes in
cultural and political values?

Attendance:
Participation in this conference is open to academics, researchers, policy
makers, government agencies, youth workers, students, parents and other
members of the public.
Fees: £35 waged; £10 non-waged and students

To register or for any other info please contact:

Ms Karin Ferngren

School of Social Sciences

University of Northampton
Park Campus
Northampton NN2 7AL
+44(0)1604 892067
Email: [log in to unmask]
Or:
Dr Noureddine Miladi (Conference Coordinator)
Senior Lecturer in Media & Sociology

Tel: +44 (0) 1604892104
E-mail: [log in to unmask]


CONFERENCE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

The following is the list of confirmed speakers. The Programme also
includes a number of researchers from various universities across the
world.

Mr Chris Moore, University of Northampton

Prof Robin Mansell, London School of Economics, UK.

Prof Andy Pilkington, University of Northampton

Dr Noureddine Milad, University of Northampton

Dr Galina Miazhevich, University of Oxford, UK

Dr Miryam Aouragh, University of Oxford, UK

Dr Imad Karam, City University, London

Mr James Ressel, Solicitor, the University of Northampton

Dr Mohamed Reda Soliman, Mansoura University, & MTI, Egypt.

Dr Ali Jamal Al-Kandari, Gulf University for Sciences and Technology, Kuwait

Dr Rozane De Cock, Catholic University of Leuven, Brussels.

Dr Janelle Ward, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherland.

Mr Khalil Agha, University of Northampton

Dr Hossam M. Elhamy, Modern University for Technology & Information,
Cairo, Egypt.

Mr Justin MacGregor, University of Bolton, UK.

Dr Mohammed Hasanen, Gulf University for Sciences and Technology, Kuwait

Ms Monowara Begum, Germany

Dr Graciela Padilla Castello, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Dr Paul Mihailidis, Hofstra University in New York.

Dr. Mafalda Stasi, Coventry University, UK.

Dr Paul Jackson, University of Northampton

Dr Khalil Rinnawi, College of Management, Tel Aviv.

Dr Makram Khoury-Machool, University of Hertfordshire, UK.

Dr Lamees M. El Baghdady. Modern Sciences and Arts University, Egypt.

Dr Yang Liu, University of Technology, China & LSE

Dr. Mamdouh M. Meshmeshy, Sharjah University, UAE

Dr Qais M. R. Al-Tamimi, UAE University, Abu Dhabi

Dr Jailan M. Sharaf, Modern University, Cairo, Egypt

Ms Nermeen Sayed, University of York, UK

Dr Paul Mihailidis, Hofstra University, New York

Dr Mafalda Stasi, Coventry University, UK

Dr. Kateřina Gillárová, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Dr Veronica Barassi, ICES, Regents College London

Mr Alessandro Lovari, & Ms Lorenza Parisi, Sapienza University of Rome

Dr Alaa Elshamy, Qatar University, Doha

Dr Hossein Afkhami, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Thehran

Ms Sughra Ahmed, Policy Research, Leicester

Dr Lystra Hagley-Dickinson, University of Northampton

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