[ecrea] New Directions in Media and Sociology Research Conference

We would like to warmly invite you to attend this year's *New Directions 
in Media and Sociology Research 2018 Conference *which will be**held at 
the University of Leicester, The School of Media, Communications, and 
Sociology on *Wednesday, September 19th 2018**. *

The topic for this year's conference is *“Digital Lives and Alternative 
Politics”. *Confirmed keynote speakers are Professor Natalie Fenton from 
Goldsmiths, University of London and Dr. Lina Dencik from Cardiff 
University.

Please find below the conference outline and the registration link.

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Theme: Digital Lives and Alternative PoliticsDate: Wednesday 19th 
September 2018 Venue: School of Media, Bankfield House, New Walk, 
University of Leicester

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PROGRAM OUTLINE

New Directions in Media and Sociology Research 2018

Conference “Digital Lives and Alternative Politics”

NDiMS 2018 Programme Outline

Twitter: @Ms2018N

9.00 am - 9.45 am Registration
9.45 am – 10.00 am Opening Ceremony and Welcome Speech by Dr. Athina 
Karatzogianni, University of Leicester
10.00 am – 11.00 am Keynote lecture by Dr. Lina Dencik, Cardiff University
11.00 am – 11.15 am Break, tea and coffee

Session I: Offline/Online surveillance and counter/alternative politics

11.15 am – 11.30 am “Reflections on the WeMakeThe.City festival: a 
discursive- material perspective”Daphne Mangalousi, University of Leicester
11.30 am – 11.45 am “Unit: hacktivism resistance to surveillance 
realism” Silvia Semenzin, University of Milan
11.45 am – 12.00 pm “Indigeneity Discourse within Kurdish Political 
Movement and Its Significance for the Indigenous Peoples of the Middle 
East’ Aynur Unal, University of Leicester 12.00 pm – 12.15 pm “The 
Battle against ISIS/Daaesh and Beyond (?): A Case Study of British 
Muslims and the #NotInMyName Movement” Kartini Kamaruzzaman, University 
of Leicester 12.15 pm – 12.35 pm

Q & A and Discussion (20 minutes)

12.35 pm – 13.35 pm Break and Lunch

Session II: Minority populations in the web and representation and 
fighting back

13.35 pm – 13.50 pm “Intersectional Feminist Collective” INTRSKTR, Leicester

13.50 pm – 14.05 pm “Coping with Media Suppression: A critical 
discussion of online-circulation utilization by filmmakers in Malaysia” 
Amin Affendi, University of Glasgow
14.05 pm – 14.20 pm “Post-gay, Pre-gay, or Non-gay? The Negotiation and 
Self-Presentation of Non-normative and Non-binary Women on the mainland 
Chinese Internet” Eva cheuk –Yin Li, King’s College London
14.20 pm – 14.35 pm “Social media, charities and people with rare health 
conditions” Iain Riddel, University of Leicester
14.35 pm – 14.55 pm

Q & A and Discussion (20 minutes)

Session III: Independent/ investigative journalism and 
commercialization of information

14.55 pm – 15.10 pm “Investigative journalists in Beijing and Online 
Information” Nairui Xu, Lancaster University
15.10 pm – 15.25 pm “Selecting the news in the UK, Sweden and Greece” 
Andreas Anastasiou, University of Leicester
15.25 pm – 15.40 pm “Is the Chinese Online Public Opinion Valuable for 
Policy Reference? A study of online news comments from Sina and Sohu on 
the Tianjin Explosion Case” Zipeng Li, University of Edinburgh
15.40 pm – 15.55 pm “Video content reception in the land of telenovelas: 
a case study of Brazilian connected youth” Flavio Garcia da Rocha, 
University of Leicester
15.55 pm – 16.15 pm

Q & A and Discussion (20 minutes)

16.15 pm – 16.25 pm Break, tea and coffee

16.25 pm – 17.20 pm Keynote lecture by Professor Natalie Fenton, 
Goldsmiths, University of London

17.20 pm – 17.40 pm Closing remarks  by Dr. Maria Rovisco, University of 
Leicester

17.40 pm Social event


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