Events
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Events in 2010
Ethnography and Anthropology in Public Communication. The purpose of this seminar is to provide an opportunity for postgraduate and postdoc researchers in public and marketing communication to discuss the application of ethnography and anthropological perspectives to these emerging areas of media and communication research.
To participate in the seminar please email Carrie Hodges by Friday, June 25.
Past Events
Governance and Communication Conference. A collaboration between CPCR and the Centre for Corporate Governance and Regulation. This three day event examined the proposition "Good governance can only be achieved where organisations communicate their governance structures and processes in a clear, comprehensive, and truthful way."
Keynote speakers included: Greg Wood (Radio 4), Rosemary Martin (Reuters), Larry Stone (BT). The conference proceedings and extracts from the papers presented can be accessed here.
Anti-Terrorism, media and politics seminar. Organised by CPCR at Regents College, London this one day event brought academics, politicians, news agencies and PR people together to examine the public perception of the contemporary terrorist threat and the importance of understanding this for successful anti-terrorist strategies.
Speakers included: Lord Alderdice, Dr Ian Stewart (MOD), Jamie Shea (NATO), Dr Marie Gillespie (OU). A report on the seminar can be accessed here.
Emotional literacy, political literacy and the media Organised by CPCR in collaboration with the Centre for Creative Media Research and Ofcom.
Speakers included: Rt Hon Lord (Andrew) McIntosh of Haringey, Minister for Media and Heritage, Prof. Annette Hill, director of Research, the School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster.
The Third Way: Marketing ploy or ideological conviction? Special Roundtable: A reflection on New Labour politics and prospects, June 28, 2004
Panelists: Sarah Hale, University of Portsmouth; Will Leggett, University of Birmingham; Stephen Meredith, University of Sheffield; Kevin Moloney, CPCR; Gareth Thomas, Labour Party; Roman Gerodimos, CPCR.
The Europe Question: Politics, Media, Psychology A seminar in association with the University of Essex, held at Regents College, London.
The seminar brought together three perspectives on British attitudes towards the EU, specifically towards European monetary union. Paul Whiteley, Professor of Government at Essex, presented survey data on public opinion; Dr Darren Lilleker of the CPCR reported on an analysis of media content on the 'Europe' issue; and Bob Hinshelwood, Professor of Psychoanalytic Studies at Essex, laid out a depth-psychological approach to thinking about attitudes and opinions involving a sense of British national identity. Barry Richards, Professor of Public Communication at Bournemouth University acted as discussant, and suggested some linking themes (for instance, the primacy of the pound as a key issue) and points of controversy. Chief amongst these was the tension between rational/cognitive and non-rational/emotional models for citizen choice.
