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Previous Visiting Speaker Seminars
- Media and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe 9th March 2011
- Moderation: Impossible' on Science, Media and Expertise 4th May 2011
- Newspaper reporting of crime and its impact in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century London 11th May 2011
- In Bilin, we are banging, we are screaming': Thoughts on protest, the media, and the Israeli occupation 25th May 2011
- Celebrity Stories in Twitter
- Violent Online Radicalisation: Weighing the Role of the Internet in Contemporary Terrorism
- The impact of advances in communication technologies on the practice of foreign diplomats in London
- Awareness Raising through Multiracial Media Programs in Malaysia
- Cyberspace oddity: Candidate and Parties' campaigns online in the Republic of Ireland'
Media and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
Speaker: Dr Henrik Ornebring, (Department of Politics and International Relations, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford)
Date: Wednesday 9 March 2011
Time: 3.30PM
Location: ATTENBOROUGH BUILDING Lecture Theatre 3
Moderation: Impossible' on Science, Media and Expertise
Speaker: Professor Brigitte Nerlich, (Nottingham University)
Date:Wednesday 4 May 2011
Time: 3.30PM
Location: ATTENBOROUGH BUILDING Lecture Theatre 3
Newspaper reporting of crime and its impact in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century London
Speaker: Professor Peter King, (School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester)
Date: Wednesday 11 May 2011
Time: 3.30PM
Location: ATTENBOROUGH BUILDING Lecture Theatre 3
In Bilin, we are banging, we are screaming': Thoughts on protest, the media, and the Israeli occupation
Speaker: Dr Simon Faulkner, Manchester Metropolitan University
Date: Wednesday 25 May 2011
Time: 3.30PM
Location: ATTENBOROUGH BUILDING Lecture Theatre 3
Celebrity stories in Twitter
Speaker: Dr Ruth Page (School of English, University of Leicester)
Date: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Time: 3.30PM
Location: ATTENBOROUGH BUILDING Lecture Theatre 3
Violent Online Radicalisation: Weighing the Role of the Internet in Contemporary Terrorism
Speaker: Dr Maura Conway (MA Programme Director, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University)
Date: Wednesday 9 February 2011
Time: 3.30PM
Location: ATT.BASEMENT LT3
Abstract
Is it possible for persons to be radicalised online? In particular, can online content—violent and non-violent—cause persons to become violently radicalised? There seems to be a growing consensus amongst legislators and others that the Internet plays an increasingly prominent role in violent radicalisation as evidenced by the raft of legal measures introduced worldwide since 9-11 to counter terrorist use of the Internet. Media attention to this issue has also increased significantly in recent years as a result of the role of the Internet in prominent events such as the Christmas Day airline bomb plot and the Fort Hood attack, amongst others. The significance of the role of the Internet in processes of radicalisation is open to contestation, however. Some scholars insist that the Internet’s role is significant and increasing whereas others submit that the role played by the Internet in violent radicalisation is minimal. My presentation will weigh the role of the Internet in violent radicalisation, to include a review of the relevant academic literature, with a view to identifying the major strands of research in this area and the theory and evidence underlying same.
Speaker’s Information
Maura Conway’s principal research interests are in the area of terrorism and the Internet, including academic and media discourses on cyberterrorism, the functioning and effectiveness of terrorist Websites, and online radicalisation. She has published in First Monday, the Journal of Information Warfare, Current History, and elsewhere, and is currently working on a book tentatively entitled Islamists, the Internet, and International Relations. Maura is currently MA Programme Director in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University (DCU) in Dublin, Ireland.
The impact of advances in communication technologies on the practice of foreign diplomats in London
Speaker: Dr. Cristina Archetti (Lecturer in Politics and Media, University of Salford)
Date: Wednesday 8 December 2010
Time: 3.30PM
Location: ATT.LT3
Awareness Raising through Multiracial Media Programs in Malaysia
Speaker: Dr Normaliza Abd Rahim
(Department of Media and Communication Visiting Research Fellow from Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication Universiti Putra Malaysia)
Date: Wednesday 24 November 2010
Time: 3.30PM
Location: ATT.LT3
Cyberspace oddity: Candidate and Parties' campaigns online in the Republic of Ireland'
Speaker: Laura Dudulich and -att Thomas Wall (Dept of Political Science University of Amsterdam)
Date: Wednesday November 10 2010
Time: 3.30PM
Location: BEN.LT5
