Author: Tommaso Vitale Date: To: ML movimenti Bicocca Subject: [movimenti.bicocca] Communication and Conflict Conference 7-9th of
September
> Communication and Conflict: Propaganda, Spin and Lobbying in the > Global Age
>
> Propaganda, spin and lobbying are increasingly the topic of public
> and media debate. From the attempt to construct a ‘threat’ from
> Weapons of Mass Destruction, through the razzmatazz of political
> campaigning to the regular scandals about improper corporate
> influence on policy the relationship between communication,
> conflict and power is back on the academic research agenda.
>
> The Department of Geography and Sociology is pleased to announce an
> international conference on Communication and conflict, to be held
> in Glasgow on 7-9 September 2007.
>
> Highlights include:
>
> Ken Silverstein, founder of Counterpunch, Washington Editor of
> Harpers Magazine and author of Washington on $10 million a day
>
> John McArthur (Harpers Magazine and author of The Selling of Free
> Trade and Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War )
>
> Prof. Stuart Ewen, (New York University, author of PR! A Social
> History of Spin )
>
> Mark Curtis (author of Unpeople and Web of Deceit)
>
> Dr. Des Spence (Glasgow GP, spokesperson for No Free Lunch the
> campaign against Pharma marketing tactics)
>
> Mike Hughes, (author of a history of the Economic League, Spies at
> Work )
>
> Jeff Blankfort, (a radio producer with KPOO in San Francisco and a
> longtime commentator on the Israel Lobby)
>
> Col Sam Gardner(US Airforce – Retd, author of Truth from these Podia )
>
> Mark Daly (BBC, who exposed racism in the police in The Secret
> Policeman )
>
> Prof. William Carroll (University of Victoria, British Columbia,
> author of Forging a New Hegemony? The Role of. Transnational Policy
> Groups in the Network. and Discourses of Global Corporate
> Governance ).
>
> Eveline Lubbers (Spinwatch, Editor of Battling Big Business )
>
> Andy Rowell (Spinwatch, author of Green Backlash , Don't Worry it's
> Safe to Eat , and The Next Gulf? )
>
> Prof. Gerry Sussman (University of Oregon, Portland, author of
> Global Electioneering ),
>
> Olivier Hoedemann, (Corporate Europe Observatory , Amsterdam),
>
> Muhammed Idrees Ahmad (Spinwatch, blogger at The Fanonite ),
>
> Nick Jones (former BBC journalist, blogger at Spinwatch , whose
> most recent book is Trading Information ),
>
> Greg Philo (Glasgow Media Group ),
>
> Dave Whyte (University of Stirling, author of Embedded Expertise
> and the New Terrorism ),
>
> Prof. Sharon Beder(author of Free-Market Missionaries, Earthscan,
> London, 2006; Suiting Themselves: How Corporations Drive the Global
> Agenda, Earthscan, London, 2006.; Global Spin: The Corporate
> Assault on Environmentalism, Green Books, Devon, UK, 1997)
>
> Diane Farsetta (PR Watch )
>
> William Dinan (Spinwatch, author of Open Scotland? and editor of
> Thinker, Faker, Spinner, Spy )
>
> Registration for the conference, Communication and Conflict:
> Propaganda, spin and Lobbying in the Global Age is now open. Please
> click here to register.
>
> The conference webpage lists some of our high profile speakers and
> the List of speakers and topics is also online.
>
> We are also pleased to announce our final programme : Conference
> Programme
>
> Margaret Keoghan
>
> Postgraduate and Research Administrator
>
> Department of Geography and Sociology
>
> Graham Hills Building
>
> 50 Richmond Street
>
> Glasgow G1 1XU
>
> Tele: +44 (0) 141 548 2976
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
