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Popular politics, populism and the leaders. Nuova pubblicazione del CMCS

communication — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:35:32 +0000

Da oggi disponibile il saggio Popular politics, populism and the leaders. Access without participation? The cases of Italy and UK.

Il saggio, scritto da Emiliana De Blasio, Matthew Hibberd e Michele Sorice, costituisce una parte delle ricerche su leadership politica, populismo e popolarizzazione della comunicazione politica che il Centro sta conducendo da oltre un anno. Sullo stesso tema è in corso di pubblicazione presso Carocci (Roma) un più ampio volume curato, oltre che da Emiliana De Blasio, Matthew Hibberd e Michele Sorice, anche da Michael Higgins.

Il saggio Popular politics, populism and the leaders è disponibile nella sezione WP di questo sito o, in versione ISSUU, a questo link. Naturalmente, come sempre, assolutamente “free”.

Conferenza del prof. Hibberd a Delhi

communication — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:50:13 +0000

Matthew Hibberd (University of Stirling and CMCS-LUISS) gave the opening keynote speech to the annual conference of the Public Relations Council of India in Delhi last Saturday 3rd April. The conference was titled Emerging Avenues in Specialised Communication. The address examined the challenges for climate change communications post Copenhagen and will tackle the thorny issue of public scepticism to climate change following Copenhagen and the so-called Climategate Affair. The speech argued that current UK media and public focus on three enquiries examining the University of East Anglia leaked emails (the Russell Review, the Oxburgh Review and this week’s publication of the Parliamentary Select Committee report in to Climategate) demonstrate an overly defensive and negative attitude to climate change at this present time. This is mirrored in public attitude surveys that have seen a rise in public scepticism in the past few months. Echoing eminent physicist Sir John Houghton’s recent comments, Matthew Hibberd argued that we are currently seeing climate scepticism arguments winning the PR battle and what is required by government and others is much more focus on work to bring about public behavioural changes to cut carbon emissions but also, and following publication of another parliamentary report published this week, to help prepare the UK public to adapt to climate change. The speech draws upon our ongoing research into climate change communications funded by UKIERI.

The PRCI conference brings together many of Indian’s leading business and government communication experts for talk and debate affecting India’s growing communication and media industries. The chief guest at this year’s conference was the former Union Minister and Governor of Tamil Nadu and Assam, Shri Dr Bisham Narain Singh with whom Matthew awarded prizes at the 2010 Chanakya Awards. The Department of Film, Media and Journalism were 2009 winners of the Best Business Communication School (International) when some 300 people attended the conference.

Congratulazioni al Prof. Hibberd!

LUISS sostenibile

communication — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:51:03 +0000

CMCS is supporting

Green Lifestyle TV

communication — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:31:50 +0000

Title: “Conference Panel on Green Lifestyle TV”.
Target participants: Media and communication studies, television studies, critical theory, cultural and gender studies, anthropology and social sciences scholars

Venue: University of Brighton, UK
Date: May 29 – May 31, 2009

The conference examines the global phenomenon of lifestyle TV through an examination of its discourses, technological contexts, regulation and varied audiences. This particular panel aims to discuss the recent growth in ‘green’ lifestyle television, in order to explore how issues of sustainability and ‘green’ consumption are being promoted through lifestyle TV.

This panel seeks to interrogate the recent rise in Green Lifestyle TV programming, by examining how the concept of lifestyle is being used in the communication and promotion of sustainability and environmental issues. It asks, how is consumption being framed; how are nature and environment being represented; how are issues of place, space and mobility being addressed; who has access to a green lifestyle; and how is citizenship being (re)framed through a greening of lifestyle? In doing so, the panel seeks to question the relationship between citizenship, consumption and power in the televisual promotion of green/sustainable lifestyles.

Contact: j.doyle@brighton.ac.uk
Call for papers: http://www.it.brighton.ac.uk/BigReveal2/papers.php
Website: http://www.it.brighton.ac.uk/BigReveal2