[ecrea] Responding to extremisms: media roles and responsibilities

*'Responding to extremisms: media roles and responsibilities', 
Bournemouth University, 15 July 2011 .

A one-day conference organised by The Media School at Bournemouth 
University, in partnership with Dorset Police.*

The oxygen of publicity or the right to a platform? How are different 
forms of extremism covered in our national media, and does this serve to 
marginalise or legitimise extremist groups? What are the media 
strategies of these groups, and what potential do social media have to 
change their prospects? What are or should be the relations between 
media professionals and police and security services, community 
organisations and other stakeholders? How will the media influence the 
success or otherwise of the soon to be revised PREVENT strategy?

These and other questions will be discussed at this one-day event to be 
held in Bournemouth University's Executive Business Centre, organised by 
the University's Media School. There is no charge for registration; 
refreshments and lunch will be provided.

The conference will bring together academics, journalists and others 
professionally involved in responding to violent or potentially violent 
extremisms. Confirmed speakers so far include academics Professor Nigel 
Copsey (Teesside University) on the BNP, Professor Jonathan 
Githens-Mazer (University of Exeter) on jihadism, and Professor Andrew 
Hoskins (University of Glasgow) and Dr. Ben O'Loughlin (Royal Holloway 
University) on how extremist messages are presented in mainstream media. 
Inspector Alan Jenkins (Dorset Police) will talk about the EDL; 
Valentina Soria (Royal United Services Institute) will discuss 
Wikileaks, and Mark Gill (Woodnewton Associates) will review relevant 
public opinion data. Speakers offering journalist points of view will 
include Stephen Jukes (Dean of the Media School at Bournemouth 
University, former Reuters Head of Global News), and Gavin Rees 
(European Director of the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma). The 
conference is linked to the development of a web-based resource for 
people working in this area, the Containing Extremism Research Briefing 
<http://www.cerb.ws>.

The Executive Business Centre is part of the the University's Lansdowne 
Campus and close to the railway station. Book your place on this 
conference now on http://cerb.eventbrite.com.