[Air-L] Terrorism & New Media Conf. Reg. Now Open

[Maura Conway]

*** Apologies for cross-posting ***

Registration for the TERRORISM and NEW MEDIA conference is now open at 
http://www.dcu.ie/~cis/TNM/registration/ 
<http://www.dcu.ie/%7Ecis/TNM/registration/>

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Conference: TERRORISM and NEW MEDIA

Dublin City University, Ireland
8 to 9 September 2010

WEBSITE: http://www.dcu.ie/~cis/TNM/index.html 
<http://www.dcu.ie/%7Ecis/TNM/index.html>

ORGANISERS

- Conference Chair: Dr. Maura Conway
- Co-Organiser: Lisa McInerney

All queries and conference-related correspondence should be directed to:
terrorisminternetconf at dcu.ie

PLENARY SPEAKERS

- Dr. Jarret Brachman, North Dakota State University
- Dr. John Horgan, International Center for the Study of Terrorism, 
Pennsylvania
State University
- Prof. Philip Seib, Annenberg School, University of Southern California

RATIONALE

The purpose of this conference is to bring together academics from a broad
range of disciplines with policy-makers and security practitioners that have
knowledge and/or expertise that can facilitate advances in the study of 
Terrorism
and New Media, particularly the Internet, in novel ways.

PROGRAMME

This is the first academic conference to subject the relationship between
terrorism and new media, particularly the Internet, to truly 
multi-disciplinary
scrutiny. The one-day conference (Wednesday, 8 September) will feature c.19
panels and a number of plenary addresses. The conference will be followed
on Thursday, 9 September by a workshop devoted to the robust debate and 
analysis
of currently 'hot' topics in the realm of terrorism and the Internet, 
particularly
the question of the role of the Internet in processes of radicalisation.
Accepted proposals include the following topics:

- Online radicalisation
- The Internet and recruitment
- Old terrorism and new media
- Methodologies for terrorism-related Internet research
- Terrorism informatics
- Network analysis and online terrorist activity
- New Internet tools/platforms and radicalisation/terrorism (for example,
online gaming, video-sharing, photo-sharing, social networking, 
micro-blogging,
online payment mechanisms, etc.)
- Violent Islamism and the Internet
- The content and functioning of jihadi Internet forums
- Jihadi video producers and content
- Children/youth, terrorism, and new media
- Women/gender, terrorism, and new media
- Case studies of particular groups? use of new media (incl. al-Qaeda, 
Hizbollah,
dissident Irish Republicans, etc.)
- Policy/legislative responses to terrorists? online presence
- Critical responses to research on, reporting of, and governmental 
responses
to the conjunction of terrorism and the Internet
- Ethical issues surrounding online terrorism-related research

The workshop scheduled for September 9, will comprise of the following 
working
groups (TBC):

- Methodologies and Tools for Researching Online Radicalisation
- Online Radicalisation: Arguments 'For' and 'Against'
- Ethical and Legal Issues in Researching Online Radicalisation
- Countering Online Terrorist Activity
- FP7: Future Research Planning


REGISTRATION

The conference is now open for registration at 
http://www.dcu.ie/~cis/TNM/registration/ 
<http://www.dcu.ie/%7Ecis/TNM/registration/>

Registration Fees are as follows:

Standard: €130 (Late reg., post 8 July: €195)

Graduate Student (full-time): €65 (Late reg., post 8 July: €110)

Accompanying partner (welcome reception and conference dinner only): €60

Conference fee includes refreshments, lunch, welcome reception on the 
evening
of Tuesday September 7 and the conference dinner on the evening of Wednesday
September 8.

DEADLINES

- Early bird registration deadline: 8 July 2010
- Registration closes: 26 July 2010

CONVENORS

This conference is convened by the Centre for International Studies, School
of Law & Government, Dublin City University in partnership with the 
International
Communication Working Group of the British International Studies Association
(BISA) and sponsorship from the following:

- Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences
- Office of the Vice-President for Research (OVPR), Dublin City University
- British International Studies Association
- Centre on Public Diplomacy, Annenberg School, USC
- School of Law & Government, Dublin City University


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Dr. Maura Conway
MA Programme Director
School of Law & Government
Dublin City University
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Ireland

Tel. +353 1 700 6472
E-Mail. maura.conway at dcu.ie 

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Terrorism & New Media Conference
DCU, 8 - 9 September 2010
http://www.dcu.ie/~cis/TNM/index.html