[ecrea] IAMCR pre-conference: The "Brexit" Campaign: The 2016 referendum on UK membership of the European Union

IAMCR pre-conference announcement

The "Brexit" Campaign: The 2016 referendum on UK membership of the 
European Union

Wednesday, 27 July 2016 from 10:30 to 15:30 (BST)

University of Leicester

This FREE one-day IAMCR pre-conference takes place a month after the 
historic vote by the British people on 23rd June over whether the UK 
remains within the EU.

It is hard to overestimate how seismic the fallout of the referendum 
could be. A ‘Brexit’ would re-ignite the Scottish independence issue 
with a likely future referendum on the breakup of the UK. It would also 
precipitate a likely change in Downing Street, a reconstitution of the 
EU and its relationship with both UK and potentially other Eurosceptic 
countries, as well as global trade agreements. Meanwhile, a vote to 
remain in the EU would similarly cause ruptures in the Conservative 
Party, demands for renegotiation of the already renegotiated agreement, 
and a country no less divided on the issue of EU membership.

For communication scholars, the 2016 EU referendum campaign in the UK is 
also an opportunity to study the campaign itself. Here, the 
pre-conference provides an early opportunity to reflect on the 
referendum in the context of contemporary issues in political 
communication and campaigning such as:

• News media reporting
• Popular culture and personality politics
• Voters, polls and results
• Political communication
• The digital campaign
• The future: the UK Government, Scottish independence, the EU

The event will bring together some of the UK’s leading researchers in 
the field who will present early reflections on the Brexit campaign. 
Space will also be given in the programme to discussion and debate 
amongst delegates. We particularly welcome IAMCR conference delegates 
who are visiting the UK and would like to contribute to scholarly 
debates about a highly topical event taking place only weeks before the 
conference.

The event takes place at the University of Leicester on 27th July 2016 
and is ideally timed for those who arrive early for the IAMCR 
conference, though non-IAMCR conference delegates are still welcome of 
course!

Registration for the event is FREE via Eventbrite 
(https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-brexit-campaign-2016-uk-referendum-on-membership-of-european-union-tickets-24771805136?utm_term=eventurl_text), 
and lunch and refreshments will be served.

Registration is now open and early registration is strongly encouraged.

For further information, contact the conference organisers: Prof Dominic 
Wring (Loughborough University), Dr Daniel Jackson (Bournemouth 
University) or Dr Einar Thorsen (Bournemouth University) or visit:

http://iamcr.org/leicester2016/preconf/brexit

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-brexit-campaign-2016-uk-referendum-on-membership-of-european-union-tickets-24771805136?utm_term=eventurl_text


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