[ecrea] #NotAskingForIt: Rape, Discourse and Media

*#NotAskingForIt: Rape, Discourse and Media*

*Thursday 23^rd Feb, 9:30am-6pm*

*Middlesex University*

*The Boardroom, College Building, The Burroughs, Hendon, NW4 4BT. *

*To reserve your free ticket please click here 
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/notaskingforit-rape-discourse-and-media-tickets-31536437333>*

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This one day symposium aims to explore the widespread interest in rape 
culture, within the academy and within popular media more generally. 
Much of this popular discussion focuses on the lived experience of rape 
culture, or the social codes and conventions that support or legitimate 
violence against women. This event will focus on the cultural 
construction of rape and sexual violence. It will explore the discursive 
construction of rape in legal settings, as well as interrogating the 
intersection between rape culture and the media. This will encompass a 
broad range of perspectives within feminist media and cultural studies: 
from the construction of rape in both social and legal contexts; to the 
representation of fictional violence in contemporary film and 
television; an interrogation of the journalistic practices in 
investigating and reporting on such crimes; and the crucial role of 
social media in the process of spreading rape myths, enacting violence 
as well as, in some cases, directly challenging gendered violence and 
dismantling pervasive cultural constructions.

Keynote Speakers include:Professor Jessica Ringrose, Dr Kaitlynn Mendes 
and Dr Nicola Henry.For a full schedule see below.

*SCHEDULE *

9:30-10am Arrival

10-10:15 Opening Remarks

10:15-11:15 _Keynote_:

·Dr Nicola Henry (La Trobe University) – 'Rape Culture in the Digital Era'

11:15-12:15 _Constructing Rape_

·Dr Hannah Frith (Brighton University) - 'Conversation consent: 
Revisiting saying "no"'

·Professor Lesley Jeffries (Huddersfield University) 'Truth, Whole Truth 
and re-victimisation: cross-questioning of rape victims in the context 
of war trials'

12:15-1pm Lunch

1pm-2:30pm _Sexual Violence in the Media_

·Dr Ulrike Tabbert (Huddersfield University), 'The linguistic 
construction of rape in the news'

·Dr Theresa Cronin (Middlesex University), 'Representing War Rape'

·Dr Jennifer Wallis (Queen Mary University London) '"This woman is about 
to become a statistic": Rape myths and female agency in the 1970s TV movie'

2:30-2:45pm Break

2:45-3:45pm _Sexual Violence and Digital Media_

·Dr Karen Lumsden (Loughborough University) '“Best way to rape a witch, 
try and drown her first then just when she’s gagging for air that’s when 
you enter”: Analyzing the construction and enactment of rape culture and 
misogyny in online spaces'

·Dr Tanya Horeck, (University of East Anglia) 'Public Rape in the 
Digital Age'

3:45-4:45pm _Keynote_:

·Professor Jessica Ringrose (UCL Institute of Education) & Dr Kaitlynn 
Mendes (Leicester University) 'Documenting Digital Feminist Activism: 
Girls and Women Fight Back Against Rape Culture'

4:45-5pm Closing Comments

5pm-6pm Drinks


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