Updated 24 February 2010

The School of Social Sciences has organised this conference that will gather academics, journalists, researchers, policy makers and civil society organisations to discuss youth use of new media and the implication this has on identity construction, on public opinion and social change.

Aim
The conference aims to understand the role of new media in the perceived social changes. 

Themes
The conference will cover themes such as:

• Blogging and bloggers as citizen journalists; are bloggers making a social difference?
• Satellite TV and the internet as cites of resistance/alternative media or sets of 'censored national enclosures'
• E-campaigning and political/social groups
• How are  activists/the youth interacting with platforms like 'YouTube', 'MySpace', 'Flicker', 'Faithtube', 'Facebook' and 'Blogging' to pursue their objectives?
• Challenges of the Internet in war zones
• The new media and women empowerment amongst ethnic minorities.
• Youth subcultures and new media, what is going on?
• In the absence of real democracy in some parts of the Arab and Muslim world is new media creating a new form of social/political capital: e-democracy?
• What functions are the internet and satellite TV playing in mobilising public opinion?
• What expectations and perceptions are there regarding changes in cultural and political values?

Conference Details:
Date: Saturday 8 May 2010
Venue: Lecture Theatre Cottesbrooke 101, University of Northampton,Park Campus, Northampton NN2 7AL, UK

Click here to view the conference poster

For further information visit http://www2.northampton.ac.uk/socialsciences/sshome/media-homepage/newmediaconference