[ecrea] BSA Death and the Media Event - programme

>Joint event organized by the BSA Media Study 
>Group and BSA Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement (DDB) Study Group
>
>PROGRAMME
>
>Monday 15th November 2010, 10.30am ­ 4.30pm
>BSA London Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf
>Venue details can be found at: http://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/meetingroom.htm
>
>10.00 ­ 10.30           Tea and coffee
>
>10.30 ­ 10.40           Welcome and introductions
>
>10.40 ­ 11.10   A matter of life and death: the 
>re-presentation of a musicians suicide through the lens of the obituary
>Paula Hearsum, University of Brighton
>
>11.10 ­ 11.40   Not just documented, but 
>sold: Jade and death on the TV (radio, magazines, news, and the web
>Daniel Ashton and Rebecca Feasey, Bath Spa University
>
>11.40 ­ 12.10   News media and audiences 
>framing a celebrity suicide in Flanders: a search for the moral high ground?
>Hilde Van den Bulck and Nathalie Claessens, University of Antwerp
>
>12.10 ­ 13.00           Lunch (provided)
>
>13.00 ­ 13.30   An exploration of media 
>reporting of victims of murder and manslaughter in Northern Ireland
>Ruth McAlister and Claire Meehan, University of Ulster
>
>13.30 ­ 14.00   Behind closed doors: the 
>perpetuation of myth after death in disaster
>Lucy Easthope, University of Bath
>
>14.00 ­ 14.30   Martyrdom in the Blogosphere: 
>conjoining offline rituals with virtual commemorations
>Yasmin Ibrahim, University of London
>
>14.30 ­ 15.00           Tea and coffee
>
>15.00 ­ 15.30           Sharing Death: online performances of grief
>Dorthe Refslund Christensen, Aarhus University
>
>15.30 ­ 16.00           Media technologies and the lie of remembrance
>Brian Crosbie, University of Sheffield
>
>16.00 ­ 16.30           Discussion and rounding up of the day (followed
>by an informal get together)
>
>Symposium fees: Early Bird Registration for the symposium closes on
>Friday 22nd October 2010.
>
>Fees are £20 for Postgraduates, £25 BSA members, £35 for non-members.
>
>Registrations after 23rd October incur a £5 late booking fee.
>
>Places are limited, so sign up early!
>
>To register cut and paste the following link into a web browser -
>http://bsas.esithosting.co.uk/public/event/eventBooking.aspx?id=EVT10080 
>or visit the event site for registration and 
>symposium details: http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/DDB.htm#_activity
>
>For more details about the study groups please 
>visit: 
>http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/Media.htm 
>and/or http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/DDB.htm
>
>Please direct any administrative enquiries to 
>the BSA office at (events /at/ britsoc.org.uk) and any 
>academic enquires to (k.v.woodthorpe /at/ bath.ac.uk).
>
>We look forward to seeing you in November,
>
>The Convenors,
>
>Media Study Group: Julian Matthews (University of Leicester)
>and
>DDB Study Group: Kate Woodthorpe (University of Bath)
>
>--
>Dr Julian Matthews
>Lecturer
>Course Director, MSc Media and Communication Research
>Department of Media and Communication
>Room 913
>Attenborough Tower
>University of Leicester
>University Road
>Leicester LE1 7RH
>T: +44(0)116 2522582
>F: +44(0)116 2525276
>E: (jpm29 /at/ leicester.ac.uk)
>W: http://www.le.ac.uk/mc/staff/JulianMatthews.html
>
>Editor, Communication and Media Section Sociology Compass
>http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/sociology/

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