Freedom of Information in Crisis Zones
Freedom of Information in Crisis Zones
A by-invitation experts’ workshop to be held at
City University London
May 26-27, 2016
in collaboration with the Penn State Center for Global Studies
PROGRAM
May 25, Wednesday
Welcome Reception: TBA
May 26, Thursday
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome Remarks, Logistics
TOPIC ONE: Government policies
9:15 - 10:15 Session I: Almost as important as the military battle? Government media policy in 21st Century Conflict – Dr. James Rodgers, City University London
Respondent: Dr. Maria Michalis – University of Westminster
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 11:30 Session II: Cyber Security Hegemony and Compromised on-line voices in Korea: The Enactment of the 2016 Anti-terrorism Act and the Silencing of the Media – Dr. Dong Hyung Song, Asia Research Institute, University of Singapore (presenter) and Dr. Chang Yong Son, Mnistry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, South Korea
Respondent: Dr. Bingchun Meng – London School of Economics and Political Science
11:30 – 12:30 Session III: Bigger Data, Bigger Divide? The role of Big Data and GI Analysis in redrawing the digital information divide – Mr. Doug Specht, University of Westminster
Respondent: Dr. Ben Cramer – Penn State
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Break
TOPIC TWO: Risk and crisis communications
1:30 – 2:30 Session IV: Changing the Conversation: How Developing Countries Handle the International Media During Crises and Conflicts – Prof. Eli Avraham, University of Haifa
Respondent: Dr. Melanie Bunce, City University London
2:30 – 3:30 Session V: The role of social media in facilitating information flows between citizen-activists and journalists in the context of the 2011 Egyptian revolution – Mr. Aljosha Karim Schapals, City University of London and the Financial Times
Respondent: Prof. Jean Chalaby, City University London
3:30 – 4:00 Concluding remarks for the day
7:00 p.m. Dinner: TBA
May 27, Friday
TOPIC THREE: Journalism under pressure
9:00 – 10:00 Session VI: The normalisation of targeting of international broadcast facilities and equipment by the United States – Dr. Chris Paterson, University of Leeds
Respondent: Prof. Annabelle Sreberny, SOAS
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break
10:15 – 11:15 Session VII: The Logic of Anti-Press Violence: Patrons and Predictors in Mexico’s states – Mr. Jose Brambila, University of Leeds
Respondent: Prof. Petros Iodifidis, City University London
11:15 –12:15 Session VIII: Access no areas: how BBC journalists navigate the use of eyewitnesses’ content and intelligence from inaccessible conflicts – Dr. Lisette Johnston, BBC
Respondent: Prof. Ivor Gaber – University of Sussex
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:15 Session IX: Social responsibility, journalistic values, and ethics of conflict coverage: A critical analysis of the coverage Mumbai attacks in Indian and Pakistani elite press, Dr. Azmat Rasul, (presenter), Ms. Defne Bilir, Prof. Stephen D. McDowell, Prof. Barbara Robinson, Florida State University
Respondent: Prof. Krishna Jayakar – Penn State
2:15 – 3:00 Summaries, Concluding Remarks, Closing