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LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER
The Mediation of Security: an international conference
Organised by the Media Discourse Group
Department of Media, Film and Journalism
De Montfort University
Venue: Hugh Aston Building, Oxford Street, Leicester
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
9.00 - 9.30 Registration and refreshments, HA 1.49
9.30 - 9.35 Welcome and introduction, Lecture Theatre
Dr Stuart Price, Chair of the Media Discourse Group
9.35 - 9.45 The Research Environment at DMU, Lecture Theatre
Professor Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation, DMU
9.45 - 11.15 Plenary Speakers, Lecture Theatre
Chair: Dr Stuart Price
Post-humanitarianism: the contemporary politics of solidarity. Professor Lilie Chouliaraki, London School of Economics
'These days they give you counselling for constipation': anxiety, trauma, security-wars. Professor Mark Neocleous, Brunel University
Liberation propaganda, Hezbollah and the media. Dr Zahera Harb, University of Nottingham
11.15 - 12.30 Panels 1A and 1B
Panel 1A: Representations of Terrorism and Security, HA 1.47
Chair: Dr Helen Wood
Enemies of the state, enemies of the people: Asylum, immigration and the racialisation of national security in media and political discourse. David Bates, University of Sunderland
'There is still a threat out there': Mediating security in the live coverage and commemorations of 7/7. Annie Bryan and Dr Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, Swansea University
'We were all on those trains': a comparative study of the Madrid and London bombings. Ruth Sanz Sabido, De Montfort University
Panel 1B: Threats and security, HA 1.48
Chair: Professor Andrew Tolson
Nuclear Terrorism, the proliferation of WMD and the Global Security Order. Dr Rizwana Abbasi, University of Leicester
The Securitization of Cyberspace: Media Framing, Agenda-Setting, and Influence on Cyber-Security Policy. Catherine Hart, Simon Fraser University
Every little hurts: rumour, misinformation and the Stokes Croft riots. Cassian Vian, De Montfort University
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch, HA 1.49
With a book launch for:
- Postcolonial Media Culture in Britain. By Rosalind Brunt and Dr Rinella Cere.
- Channels of Resistance: Liberation propaganda, Hezbollah and the Media. By Dr Zahera Harb.
- Worst-Case Scenario? Governance, Mediation and the Security Regime. By Dr Stuart Price.
13.30 - 15.00 Panels 2A and 2B
Panel 2A: Politicising Security, HA 1.47
Chair: Dr Diane Taylor
Worst-case scenario: emergency planning and the creation of auxiliary power. Dr Stuart Price, De Montfort University
What is Bobby Sands' telephone number? Cultural memory, terrorism and imperial power. Rona Murray, De Montfort University
Priming the Response: New Labour and the Politics of (In)security (1995 - 2010). Professor Jon Silverman and Ms Lisa Thomas, University of Bedfordshire
Security and Surveillance: Subaltern Publics and the Subversion of Democracy. Dr Pollyanna Ruiz, University of Sussex
Panel 2B: Policies and Human Rights, HA 1.48
Chair: Margaret Montgomerie
The dynamics of selling war and countering opposition to it: The case of the Iraq war. Dr Ian Taylor, University of Leicester
Anglo-American Co-ordination and the Information 'War on Terror' Case Study: Iraq. Emma Briant, University of Glasgow
Alleged Plots and the UK Terror Threat: Examining the Effect of Source Attribution upon News Credibility. Dr James Matthews, University of Chichester
Media and Terrorism: Outsourced censorship in the war on terror and the challenge posed by Internet journalism. Dr Roger Cottrell, Edge Hill University
15.00 - 16.15 Panels 3A and 3B
Panel 3A: Visual discourse, HA 1.47
Chair: Dr Kaitlynn Mendes
Security for Sale! The Marketing of Counter-Terrorism Technologies. Dr Anna Feigenbaum, Richmond, the American International University in London
Broadcasting Terror: The Absent Image of the Dead. Greg Campbell, University of Edinburgh
#IranElection, visual discourse, and the mass mediated fight for cyberspace. Rune Saugmann Andersen, University of Copenhagen
Panel 3B: Reporting War, HA 1.48
Chair: Ms Cassian Vian
A tale of two terrorists: Extradition and the media ethics of human rights. Dr Lieve Gies, University of Leicester
Compromise and the Right to Know: How Counter-Terrorism Laws and Cultures Affect Reporting on Terrorism Investigations and Prosecutions. Dr Lawrence McNamara, University of Reading
Making a difference? NGOs, media and human rights. Dr Ekaterina Balabanova, University of Liverpool
16.15 - 16.30 Refreshments, HA 1.49
16.30 - 18.00 Panels 4A and 4B
Panel 4A: Reporting Conflict, HA 1.47
Chair: Ruth Sanz Sabido
'Rioting in Greece: Rethinking the impact of new media channels and globalization'. Dr Marina Prentoulis, University of East Anglia
The 'normalisation' of Northern Irish politics? An exploration of the framing of the dissident Republican threat in the Northern Irish media during the 2010 UK Election. Dr Paul Reilly and Dr Jingrong Tong, University of Leicester
'Maximum security and maximum territory for Israel with a minimum number of Arabs' Means of Media Warfare in the Middle East - does journalism remain uninfluenced? Tapio Kujala, University of Tampere
Violence in the North Caucasus in Russian and Georgian Television news. Salla Nazarenko, University of Tampere
Panel 4B: Fiction and Documentaries, HA 1.48
Chair: Simon Mills
Forensic Fiction and the Normalization of Surveillance. Dr Liv Hausken, University of Oslo
Discourses of counter-Islamic-threat mobilisation in post 9/11 documentaries. Dr Yiannis Mylonas, University of Lund
The Private Military in Route Irish. Christopher Buckle, University of Glasgow
Mediating the State of Exception: Security Emergencies in Contemporary Film. Dr Aristotelis Nikolaidis, Athens University of Economics and Business
The registration site is available at https://store.dmu.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?catid=74&modid=1&compid=1 <https://store.dmu.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?catid=74&modid=1&compid=1>
Full fee: £55
Concessions: £25
Best wishes
The Media Discourse Group
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