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width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Media-and-Mass-Atrocity-banner.png 1200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Media-and-Mass-Atrocity-banner-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Media-and-Mass-Atrocity-banner-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Media-and-Mass-Atrocity-banner-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Media-and-Mass-Atrocity-banner-700x394.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication,\u00a0in collaboration with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia University, will host a major international roundtable – Media and Mass Atrocity: the Rwanda Genocide and Beyond \u2013 from Dec. 1-3, 2017, at Carleton. The event is being chaired by Prof. Allan Thompson, a journalism professor at Carleton.<\/p>\n<p>As the 25th anniversary of the 1994 Rwanda genocide approaches, there is still much to learn about the nexus between mass atrocity and the media, an issue laid bare by the Rwanda tragedy. The roundtable will bring together an international network of more than 25 experts for discussions around the question of media and mass atrocity. Those who are interested in attending the roundtable must <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/media-atrocity.eventbrite.ca\">register online in advance<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MediaAndMassAtrocity\/\">We also encourage you to follow along on the event’s Facebook page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Event Details<\/h3>\n<p>As more information about the Rwanda genocide becomes available and as the narrative of those events continues to evolve, we still have much to learn from the important case study of Rwanda about the role of media in stimulating and responding to mass atrocities. In particular, in an era of social media saturation, near-ubiquitous mobile device penetration, and dramatic shifts in traditional news media, it is more important than ever to examine the nexus between media and mass atrocity. Advances in information and communications technology have reshaped the media landscape, rendering mass atrocities in distant countries more immediate and harder to ignore. And yet, a cohesive international response to mass atrocities has been elusive. Social media tools can be used to inform and engage, but also – in an echo of hate radio in Rwanda – can also be used to demonize opponents and mobilize extremism. With enhanced and relatively inexpensive communications technologies, ordinary citizens around the globe can capture live footage of human rights abuses before journalists have the chance, making social media itself a global actor, affecting the responses of national governments and international organizations to threats against peace and security and human rights. And yet, despite the extended reach that technological advances have afforded traditional news media and social media, the media impact in mass atrocity events is still a complex subject. Specifically, we are left with many troubling questions, still unresolved despite the passage of time since Rwanda. What role do media play in alerting the international community to looming mass atrocity? Could more informed and comprehensive coverage of mass atrocities mitigate or even halt the killing by sparking an international outcry? How do we assess the impact of hate media reporting in a killing spree? What is the role of the media in trying to encourage amelioration of the conflict or post-conflict reconciliation? What do the lessons of Rwanda mean now, in an age of communications so dramatically influenced by social media? Media and Mass Atrocity: the Rwanda Genocide and Beyond, grapples with these very questions.<\/p>\n<h3>Tentative roundtable agenda (subject to change):<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Friday, Dec. 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5:00 – 8:00 pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Atrium and Ateliers \u2013 Richcraft Hall, Carleton University<\/strong><br \/>\nRoundtable Registration \u2013 Orientation, dinner and Opening Ceremony<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening Ceremony<\/strong><br \/>\nAllan Thompson \u2013 Round table chair<br \/>\nDean of Faculty of Public Affairs Andre Plourde \u2013 welcome from Carleton University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynote: Paul Watson<\/strong> – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Dec. 2<\/strong><br \/>\nResidence Commons building, Carleton Univ. \u2013 third floor conference room<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:30-9:30<\/strong><br \/>\nAllan Thompson welcome, introduction of keynote speaker<br \/>\n<strong>Keynote:\u00a0Rom\u00e9o Dallaire<\/strong>, former commander, United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:30-10:45 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1st Panel:\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em>Looking back at Rwanda: conflicting narratives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair \u2013 Frank Chalk (MIGS)<br \/>\nLinda Melvern – \u00a0Investigative journalist (via Skype) – \u201cFake news, disinformation and the falsification of history.\u201d<br \/>\nFilip Reyntjens – \u00a0University of Antwerp – “The RPF\u2019s information and communication strategy.”<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:45-11:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11:00-12:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2nd Panel: Hate media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair \u2013 Kyle Matthews (MIGS)<br \/>\nFrank Chalk – Montreal Institute of Genocide and Human Rights Studies\u00a0–\u00a0<em>“Does Hate Propaganda Really Matter? Assessing Recent Research on the Case of Rwanda, 1993-1994.”<br \/>\n<\/em>Theo Dolan \u2013 Peacetech Lab \u2013 \u201cOnline Hate Speech in South Sudan: Towards a New Methodology for Combating Hate Speech.\u201d<br \/>\nAlan Davis \u2013 Institute for War and Peace Reporting (via Skype) \u2013 \u201cAnti-Rohingya hate speech in Myanmar:\u00a0 how and why it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:30-1:15 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lunch (Third floor – Residence Commons)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:15-2:45 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3rd Panel: International media coverage of genocide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair \u2013 Susan Harada (associate director, School of Journalism, reported from Rwanda for CBC)<br \/>\nCatherine Bond \u2013 World Bank \u2013 \u201cListening carefully and looking harder: how propaganda obscures fact.\u201d<br \/>\nJames Siguru \u2013\u00a0Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University – “We have failed as a continent: Covering Darfur for an African audience.\u201d<br \/>\nSimon Cottle \u2013 Communications, Human Security and Atrocity in Global Context Research Group, Cardiff University\u00a0\u2013 \u201cHuman Security and Communications: Ten years on from the publication of The Media and the Rwanda Genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:45 \u00a0– 3:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3:00 \u00a0– 4:30 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4th Panel: Rwanda \u2013 after the genocide Rwanda \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair \u2013 Allan Thompson (Carleton University)<br \/>\nAnjan Sundaram \u2013 author of\u00a0Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship (via Skype) \u2013 \u201cPost-colonial journalism in Rwanda.\u201d<br \/>\nPaul Rukesha \u2013 Rwanda Genocide Archive \u2013 \u201cDigitizing the Genocide.\u201d<br \/>\nMark Frohardt \u2013 Internews \u2013 \u201cThe Role of Media in Fostering a Culture of Critical Engagement in the Context of Mass Atrocity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>4:30 – 5:45 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5th Panel: Journalism and Mass Atrocity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair \u2013 Jeff Sallot (reported from Rwanda for the Globe and Mail)<br \/>\nMartha Steffens – School of Journalism, University of Missouri \u2013 \u201cFilling the gaps in foreign coverage.\u201d<br \/>\nLauren Kogen \u2013\u00a0Department of Media Studies & Production, Temple University\u00a0(via Skype) \u2013 \u201cNews you can use or news that moves? Journalists\u2019 rationales for coverage of distant suffering.\u201d<br \/>\nMette Mortensen – University of Copenhagen, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication (via Skype) –<br \/>\nPaul Watson – Freelance journalist \u2013 \u201cWhere War Lives: Redux.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, Dec. 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Residence Commons building, Carleton Univ. \u2013 third floor conference room<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:30 – 10:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6th panel \u2013 Social media \u2013 the new media actor \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair – Stephanie MacLellan \u2013 Centre for International Governance Innovation<br \/>\nGeoffrey York \u2013 Globe and Mail, Africa correspondent \u2013 \u201cSocial Media in Africa.\u201d<br \/>\nNick Monaco – Digital Intelligence Lab \u2013 \u201cComputational Propaganda: Where Digital Democracy Meets Automated Autocracy.\u201d<br \/>\nNadia Hai \u2013 School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University \u2013 \u201cThe Caliphate\u2019s imagined Soldiers: Analysing the promotion lone wolf attacks in Rumiyah magazine.\u201d<br \/>\nYannick\u00a0Veilleux-Lepage\u00a0\u2013 University of St Andrews\u00a0\u2013 \u201cA Typology of Islamic State\u2019s Social Media Distribution Network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00 \u2013 10:15\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10:15 – 11:45\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 7th panel: Echoes of Rwanda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair \u2013 Kyle Matthews \u2013 MIGS<br \/>\nMichael Petrou \u2013 2017 Nieman fellow, Harvard University – \u201cMore Important than Jihad of the Sword\u201d: Islamic State\u2019s Media Strategy and the Yazidi Genocide.\u201d<br \/>\nJoachim Savelsberg \u2013\u00a0Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota \u2013 \u201cJournalism on Darfur between social fields: global and national forces.\u201d<br \/>\nMichelle Betz \u2013 Betz Media Consulting \u2013 \u201cCommitment amid conflict: The experience of Central African Republic journalists covering their country\u2019s war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:45 – 12:15\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lunch \u2013 (Third floor \u2013 Residence Commons)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12:15 – 1:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8th panel: Prevention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair \u2013 Marie Lamensch \u2013 MIGS<br \/>\nSteven Livingston – George Washington University \u2013 \u201cGenocide Prevention and Advanced Digital Technology.\u201d<br \/>\nDavid Smith \u2013 Okapi Consulting \u2013 \u201cMedia as a tool in countering violent extremism: case study The Lake Chad Basin & Boko Haram.\u201d<br \/>\nBert Ingelaere \u2013 University of Antwerp\u00a0\u2013 \u201cRadio and Rwandan rebels (FDLR) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).\u201d<br \/>\nRafal Rohozinski, John de Boer \u2013 SecDev Group\u00a0–\u00a0“Violent Extremist Narratives and Social Media: the case of Bangladesh.”<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:30-2:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Closing Plenary \u2013 Chair \u2013 Allan Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n","contact_name":"","contact_email":"","contact_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu-events\/7317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu-events"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-type?post=7317"},{"taxonomy":"event-audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-audience?post=7317"},{"taxonomy":"event-featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-featured?post=7317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}