[ecrea] Sensational (ising) Development workshop

Sensational (ising) Development: Analysing media representations of 
international development

DSA Workshop

19th June 2014





Media representations of international development are changing. Cliché 
images of starving children and stories of corrupt governments now exist 
alongside campaigns that sensationalise development and coverage that 
presents development as sensational.  This half-day Development Studies 
Association (DSA) workshop aims to bring together academics, 
practitioners and students concerned with the role of media in 
development to discuss these issues.



The first panel ‘Sensationalising Development: Celebrities’, will look 
at the expanding role of celebrities in humanitarian and development 
fundraising and advocacy.  The second panel explores ‘Africa Rising’ 
mediated narratives and the growing tendency to highlight the 
‘sensational’ and ‘positive’ outcomes of development interventions in 
Africa.



The event will conclude with the launch of two new books - Martin 
Scott’s Media and Development (Zed Books) and Dan Brockington’s 
Celebrity Advocacy and International Development (Routledge).



13:30-14:00     Introduction to the DSA Media and Development study group

Dr Martin Scott (University of East Anglia)

Dr Helen Yanacopulos (The Open University)



14:00-15:30     Panel 1: Sensationalising Development: Celebrities

Prof Dan Brockington (Manchester University),

Prof Lisa Ann Richey (Roskilde University)

TBA



15:30-16:00     Coffee



16:00-17:30     Panel 2: Sensational Development: Africa Rising

Dr Winston Mano (Westminster University)

Dr Mel Bunce (City University)

Kate Wright (Roehampton University)



17:30-20:00     Book launch event and drinks

Media and Development, by Martin Scott (Zed Books)

Celebrity Advocacy and International Development, by Dan Brockington 
(Routledge)





Location: The Open University, 1-11 Hawley Crescent, Camden Town, 
London, NW1 8NP.



To book a place please email: Martin Scott (martin.scott /at/ uea.ac.uk) or 
Helen Yanacopulos (h.yanacopulos /at/ open.ac.uk)











Dr Martin Scott

Lecturer in Media and International Development

School of International Development (DEV)

University of East Anglia, Arts 1.66, NR4 7TJ

01603 591559

http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/People/Academic/scott

http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/courses/ma-media-and-international-development



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