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[ecrea] New Communications and Demonstrations Event
Wed Jun 15 15:55:54 GMT 2011
Joint event organized by the BSA Media Study Group& Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester
‘New Communications and Demonstrations’
Wednesday 13th July 2011, 10.30am – 4.30pm
Attenborough Building, University of Leicester
Directions: http://www2.le.ac.uk/maps
Symposium fees: £25 for Postgraduates, £25 BSA members, £35 for non-members (Places are limited, so sign up early!)
PROGRAMME
10.00 – 10.30 Tea and coffee
10.30 – 10.40 Welcome and introductions
10.40 – 11.10 Re-assembling the media: hybrid assemblages and political activism during the Egyptian uprising
Simon Collister, University of London
11.10 – 11.40 Transnational actors or just watchers? A few remarks on the role of diasporas in the north African transition
Viviana Premazzi , University of Milan and FIERI
11.40 – 12.10 Protest, policing and the internet: Reflections on the print news rendering of the June 1999 London Carnival Against Global Capitalism
Christalla Michael, Keele University
12.10 – 13.00 Lunch (provided)
13.00 – 13.30 Masked protest: Revealing power in the public sphere
Pollyanna Ruiz, University of Sussex
13.30 – 14.00 Protest in action: An examination of the creation and exploitation of media and political opportunities by three different protest groups
Jonathan Cable, Cardiff University
14.00 – 14.30 Every little helps? An exploration of how local residents used Youtube to frame the anti-tesco riots in Stokes Croft
Paul Reilly, University of Leicester
14.30 – 15.00 Tea and coffee
15.00 – 15.30 The pretext of command: Contested narratives, authoritative discourse and visual evidence
Stuart Price, De Montfort University
15.30 – 16.00 Relationality, Social media and Dissent
Mark Carrigan, University of Warwick
16.00 – 16.30 Discussion and rounding up of the day
REGISTRATION:
To register cut and paste the following link into a web browser - http://bsas.esithosting.co.uk/public/event/eventBooking.aspx?id=EVT10152
or visit the event site for registration and symposium details:
http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/Media.htm
For more details about the study group please visit:
http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/Media.htm
Please direct any administrative enquiries to the BSA office at
(events /at/ britsoc.org.uk) and any academic enquires to Dr. Julian Matthews
((jpm29 /at/ leicester.ac.uk))
I look forward to seeing you in July,
Julian.
Dr. Julian Matthews, BSA Media Study Group Convenor
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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)
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/media/people/julian-matthews/julian-matthews-profile
Editor, Communication and Media Section Sociology Compass
http://sociology-compass.com/
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