The Mediation of Migration_18 Nov 2016 London School of Economics

An LSE Department of Media and Communications Symposium

One million migrants crossed the borders of Europe in 2015, in, what came to be known as the “refugee crisis”. This Symposium focuses on the mediation of this “crisis” at a trans-European and local level, in order to address the questions:

• How is “the refugee crisis” communicated in European media?
  
• How do refugees appear in “our” media?
  
• How do border agents use media in their reception of refugees?
  

Drawing on findings from the “Migration and Media” research project, funded by the Dept. of Media and Communications at LSE, the Symposium is organized as a series of conversations between LSE scholars and leading migration and media researchers and practitioners.

The aim of Symposium is to reflect on the urgent ethico-political challenges of “the crisis”, as these emerge at the intersection of human mobility, security, care and media. But its aim is also to enable us to engage with important moments in the mediation of “the crisis”. These moments are addressed through academic work but also through creative and journalistic work.

Registration reqired (SOLD OUT)

Programme

09:00- 09:30 Registration, tea and coffee

09:30- 11:00 Welcome, Prof. Nick Couldry, Head of Media and Communications Dept, LSE

Keynote speech Dr Vicki Squire, University of Warwick

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 12:45

Panel One: Making or covering “a crisis”? Europe’s media representations

Lilie Chouliaraki, Myria Georgiou and Rafal Zaborowski, LSE

Kai Hafez, University of Erfurt

12:45 – 13:45 Lunch – with poster presentations from the Migration and Media team

13.45-15:30

Panel Two: Refugee visibilities and invisibilities

Lilie Chouliaraki, LSE

Myria Georgiou, LSE

Frank Johansson, Director of Amnesty International, Finland

15:30-15:45 Coffee break

15:45-17:15

Panel Three: Communication architectures of borders and routes  

Lilie Chouliaraki and Myria Georgiou, LSE

Marie Gillespie, Open University

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18.00-20.00 Fuoccoamare/Fire at Sea

Sheikh Zayed Lecture Theatre, NAB

Introduction and Chair: Pierluigi Musaro, University of Bologna

Film introduced by the Director via videolink