[ecrea] CFP - (un)clear and present danger - terrorism, media and technology

Topic: “(UN)CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER - TERRORISM, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY”
12th Dubrovnik Media Days Conference
Where: University of Dubrovnik, Croatia
When: October 28-29, 2016


Recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Brussels and Istanbul are  indicators 
that more and more terrorist attacks are happening in the  West. 
According to the Institute for Economics and Peace (2016), there  has 
been record global increase of 45 per cent in terrorism-related  deaths 
in 2014. Although there is a greater risk of terrorist attacks  in the 
Middle East than on West, Boko Haram and Isis were responsible  for 51 
per cent of all killings in 2014 (The Telegraph, 2016).

According to Brigitte L. Nacos (2002), mass media have central role in 
the terrorist scheme. Media are exploiting terrorism as infotainment for 
increasing ratings and circulation while on other side terrorist 
organizations need drama, tragedy and shock to spread their political 
message. Thanks to social media - shocking and frightening images are 
now reaching public directly and media have to use user-generated 
content in their reports.

The goal of the conference is to explore topics such as but not limited to:

Framing of terrorism in new media
Reporting about terrorism attacks
Use of user-generated content in reporting about terrorism attacks
Use of technology for disseminating ideas of terrorism and extremism?
Terrorist’s propaganda especially via social media & technology
Media representations of terrorism especially Islamic forms (ISIS)
Media representations of terrorist supporters especially young people
Media representations of government policies on terrorism
Government’s propaganda strategies for counter-terrorism
New trends and future of the field

Confirmed Keynote speakers

Professor Fathali M. Moghaddam, Georgetown University, USA
Dr. Brigitte Nacos, Columbia University, USA
Professor Renaud de la Brosse, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Dr Marko Milosavljevič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Different theoretical and empirical scientific approaches are welcome.

Conference venue: University of Dubrovnik Main Campus http://goo.gl/vc1tLO
Papers presented at the conference (after peer review) will be published 
in the science journal Medianali.
Official conference language is English.

TIMELINE
Deadline for submission of abstracts (300 words): September 25, 2016 
(EXTENDED); Notification of acceptance: September 30, 2016;
Registration fee for participants whose papers are accepted – 120 Euro 
(SEE academia pay 50 Euro), all others pay 200 Euro.
Full Papers due by December 1, 2016 (4,000-6,000 words, including 300 
word abstracts and six keywords; referencing - APA)

REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION VIA E-MAIL: dmd (at) unidu.hr
For further information about the conference in general, contact:
dr.sc. Mato Brautovic mbraut (at) unidu.hr

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