20 Nov 2013 2:00pm - 5:00pm The Pitt Building (Darwin Room)

Description

This event is now full and registration has  closed. If you are interested in attending please email Michelle Maciejewska.

Alastair Campbell will give  two public lectures and participate in this concluding symposium, Media and Politics in a Changing World. The event is free to attend but registration is required. 

Respondents

Natalie Fenton (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Aeron Davis (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Angela Phillips (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Charlie Beckett (LSE)

Events in this series:

Humanitas
Why Journalism, and Why it Matters in a World in Flux
13 Nov 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Faculty of Law (LG19)

The first lecture by CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media 2013-14, Alastair Campbell

Journalism and Democracy: Grounds for Optimism in the Face of the Future?
14 Nov 2013 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site (NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE)

The second lecture by CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media 2013-14, Alastair Campbell

Media and Politics in a Changing World
20 Nov 2013 2:00pm - 5:00pm, The Pitt Building (Darwin Room)

A symposium with CRASSH Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media 2013-14, Alastair Campbell

Programme

1.45-2.00pm

Registration

2.00pm

INTRODUCTION

John Thompson (University of Cambridge)

2.05-2.15pm

A brief overveiw of lecture themes with Alastair Campbell

2.15-3.30pm

PANEL 1

  • Natalie Fenton (Goldsmiths, University of London)
  • Aeron Davis (Goldsmiths, University of London)

Response by Alastair Campbell and audience Q&A

Chair: John Thompson (University of Cambridge)

3.30-3.45pm

Tea/Coffee Break

3.45-5.00pm

PANEL 2

  • Angela Philipps (Goldsmiths, University of London)
  • Charlie Beckett (LSE)

Response by Alastair Campbell and audience Q&A

Chair: Allegre Hadida (University of Cambridge)

About the Professorship

The Humanitas Chair in Media has been made possible by the generous support of the Blavatnik Family Foundation.

At a time when new forms of communication, and in particular social media, are being used as tools for revolution and revolt, the Humanitas Chair in Media will address the intertwined issues of journalism, freedom and democracy in what is an increasingly digital age. Visiting Professors in the fields of social sciences and humanities will explore the impact of the internet and new technologies as well as new media’s relationship to more traditional forms.

Previous Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media

2012-13: Eric Schmidt (Executive Chairman, Google)
2011-12: Manuel Castells (University Professor and the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles) 2010-11: Mathias Döpfner (CEO Axel Springer)

Standing Committee

John Thompson (Sociology)
Allègre Hadida (Judge Business School)
John Naughton (Wolfson College) 
Anne Alexander (CRASSH/POLIS)

Hosting College

St John's College

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