Today, war is conducted not only by the dispatch of Tomahawks in the air or Kalashnikovs and suicide attacks on the ground but also by means of bytes, tweets, digital images, and social networking forums. (New) media technology, in other words, has become a medium of war and diplomacy.
This multidisciplinary two-day symposium on 7-8 October hosted by the Department of International Relations at the ANU will map the shifting arena of war, conflict, terrorism, and violence in an intensely mediated age. The symposium will bring together international relations academics, media scholars and media practitioners, policymakers and defence staff. It will explore cultural, political, strategic, and technological transformations in media platforms and media participation and assess their impact on policy, publics, and outcomes of political conflict.
The symposium addresses questions such as: What is 'new' about new media? How have the transformations in media technology influenced media-military relations? How have these transformations impacted upon traditional media actors? How are war, conflict, terrorism and violence represented; what are the consequences of these representations? In what ways has new media technology empowered marginalised voices in war, conflict, and terrorism? And how has the transformation of the media landscape impacted on the way states conduct their foreign policy? ...
From: War 2.0: Political Violence & New Media, ANU, 2009
Symposium Program
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| 7 October |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Introduction |
| 9:30 - 10:45 | Keynote address by James Der Derian
From the Image of War to the War of Images
(Live webcast from Brown University) |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Morning tea |
| 11:15 - 12:45 | Panel One: Traditional Voices
Responding to New Toys, New Challenges
Kate Geraghty, Sydney Morning Herald photographer
Prakash Mirchandani, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU
Bill Paterson, Ambassador for Counter-terrorism
Peter Mantello, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
Brigadier Brian Dawson, Director General Public Affairs, ADF |
| 12:45 - 1:45 | Lunch |
| 1:45 - 3:00 | Keynote address by Eric Beecher, Crikey.com
The Changing Media Landscape |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Afternoon tea |
| 3:30 - 5:00 | Panel Two: New Voices
New Media Empowering New Actors
Lisa Goldman, political blogger from Tel Aviv
Sophie McNeill, SBS Dateline video journalist
Mark Andrejevic, University of Queensland
Matthew Hornsey, University of Queensland
Nicholas Farrelly, ANU
Mehran Mortezai, Iranian student and Twitterer |
| 5:00 - 6:30 | Reception |
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| 8 October |
| 9:30 - 10:45 | Keynote address by Paul McGeough, Sydney Morning Herald
A Correspondent's Journey |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Morning tea |
| 11:15 - 12:45 | Panel Three: War 2.0 - What are We Facing?
How is New Media Shaping Conflict?
Thomas Rid, Authors of War 2.0
Peter Leahy, University of Canberra
Seb Kaempf, University of Queensland
Julie Posetti, University of Canberra
Hugh White, ANU |
| 12:45 - 1:45 | Lunch |
| 1:45 - 3:00 | Concluding Plenary
Politics by Other Means? |
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