Are the Olympic Games Good for humanity?

Just before the London 2012 Games began, I gave a talk for South Place Ethical Society, whose Wikipedia entry says it is 'the oldest surviving freethought organisation in the world, and is the only remaining Ethical society in the United Kingdom'. Now the Games are over, people will most likely have a wider perspective on this question. One person in my talk thought I was terribly negative about the Games, which is kind of ironic. Nevertheless, I wanted to champion their capacity to create tensions as a reason for judging them positively. Their worth is born out of their being inherently contested processes and this value goes far beyond the feelings of national pride attached to medal wins.

Future Sport

Talk given at the Royal College of Art for their Design Interactions programme.

Social Media Week Glasgow

On 25th Sept, I'll be giving a talk at the Glasgow Science Centre as part of Social Media Week Glasgow. The talk focuses on the London 2012 Olympic Games, dubbed as the 'first social media olympics' by organizers. I'll be scrutinizing the legitimacy of this claim, the way that the Games are a lens into media change, and giving the low down on just what happened in social media terms over the Games. The Olympics have always been a space for media experimentation and London was no exception. The event is FREE and starts at 730pm. For more information, click/tap here

London 2012: The First Social Media Olympics?

I've given a lot of interviews over the Olympic Games about social media, also writing a few pieces, including this one for the BBC. Here's a glimpse of some of the presentations I've given at recent conferences too. Here it is as a slideshare too, this is from the talk at Oxford University

Genetically Modified Athletes at the London 2012 Olympic Games?

This week, I am in Sao Paulo for the 1st Congress on Genomics and Sport, taking place at the Federal University of Sao Paulo. Some of the good and great in this area are here, many are among my oldest colleagues. My first talk on this was in 1999 at the 1st Conference on Human Rights and Sport, in Sydney. I'm aiming to give a retrospective on what's happened in bioethics and sport over the last decade, while presenting my typology of human enhancements. We'll also have a book presentation of both the Brazilian translation of 'Genetically Modified Athletes' and the new 'Olympics: Basics' book.

Among the questions I am asked about this topic is whether there will be genetically modified athletes at the next Olympic Games and I've been asked this for Athens, Torino, Beijing, and Vancouver. The honesty answer is, we don't know. IF there are, they may not win and they could certainly be risking serious health problems, but for some years now scientists have argued that it is technically feasible to achieve with limited means.

Debating Matters

Last week, I took part as a judge in the Debating Matters programme, part of the Institute of Ideas work, funded by Wellcome Trust. It was one of the most rewarding work days I've had in a while and so exciting and inspiring to see the school students get into debates about contemporary issues. This is an awesome international programme and every school in the country should try to compete.

Edinburgh International Science Festival

Over the next week, I'll be speaking at 2 events within the @edscifest. The first is on Thursday 5th April titled 'Designer Athletes: Fair Play or Foul?' and the other is called 'Human 2.0' Hope you can join us.  

Digital Futures, European Commission

Today I hit the road again to Brussels for an EC Digital Futures foresight workshop.

Here's the plan:

The workshops will address the following four elements:

a) Visions describing possible futures (i.e. snapshots of the world in the future), with perceived likelihood and year of maturity (if and when the visions would materialise), desirability, and impacts associated to them.

b) Trends identifying complex phenomena observable today that may have an influence on the futures, either directly or because they would lead to intermediate situations that would in turn generate other trends affecting 2040-50's scenarios.

c) Issues stemming from the envisaged futures, i.e. possible opportunities and risks that can be associated to them.

Furthermore, the workshops will identify opportunities for intervention to shape the above visions, together with associated actors ('implementers'), and possibly roadmap sketches towards the futures. These will then be translated intopolicy options underpinning possible paths to the futures.

Taiwan and Social Media

Last week, I was in Taiwan and gave a lecture about social media and sport at Da-Yeh University. I focused on aspects of the London 2012 Olympics, while also talking about other dimensions of my next book titled 'A Digital Olympics', which covers everything digital in sport, from citizen journalism to virtual reality simulations. Taiwan is an amazing place, unlike any other place in Asia I have visited.

Political Studies Association

On Friday this week, I'll give a keynote at the PSA Sport & Politics annual conference in Southampton. It's titled Citizen Journalism & the London 2012 Olympic Games: Ambush Media, Celebrating Humanity & Political Resistance

PODIUM & DCMS London 2012 Conference

On Thursday, I'll give a talk for the DCMS and PODIUM conference 'Evaluating and Researching the Games'. I'll give a talk titled: '#media2012: the regenerative potential and economic value of citizen journalism',

Here's the programme for the day:

Researching and Evaluating the Games Conference

Thursday 23rd February 2012 Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2-4 Cockspur Street London SW1Y 5DH

09:30 – 10:00 Registration

10:00 – 10:05 Welcome from the Chair Professor Ian Henry Director of the Centre for Olympic Studies and Research Loughborough University

10.05 – 10.15    Opening Address, David Brooker, DCMS

10.15 – 10.35 Overview of the Meta-Evaluation, Alex Wilkinson, DCMS

 10.35 – 10.50   Games Experts. Gareth Smith, Podium

10.50 – 12:05     Panel discussion on the London 2012 ‘Legacy Plan’ – Sport Dr Geoff Nicholls, University of Sheffield Dr Ian Richards, Leeds Metropolitan University Barbara Bell, PhD, Manchester Metropolitan University Professor Mike Weed, Canterbury Christ Church University

12:05 – 12.20   Introduction to the ICSEMIS 2012  Professor Celia Brackenbridge OBE, Chair of ICSEMIS 2012 Local Organising Committee

12:20 – 13:10    Lunch

13:10 – 14:25  Panel discussion on the London 2012 ‘Legacy Plan’ – Economics and East London Regeneration Professor Gavin Poynter, University of East London Dr Andrew Smith, University of Westminster Professor Allan Brimicombe, University of East London Professor Andy Miah, University of the West of Scotland

14:25 – 14:40  Knowledge Legacy of the 2012 London Games

Dr Vassil Girginov, Brunel University

14:40 – 15:00   Coffee Break

15:00 – 16:15   Panel discussion on the London 2012 ‘Legacy Plan’ – Community Engagement

Sarah Minshull, PhD, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Beatriz Garcia, University of Liverpool Chris Charlton, Sky Blue Dr Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, Canterbury Christ Church University

16:15 – 16:20  Closing remarks Professor Ian Henry, Loughborough University

Democratizing the Web

Film from Roy Stringer event with Martha Lane Fox, Patrick Fox, Peter Barron, Herb Kim and me.

Design for Evolution

film from my lecture at Aalto University Helsinki in January.

Wasted Debates

Wednesday 8 February, 6pm -7.30pm, at the Bluecoat.

Watch live streaming video from wasteddebates at livestream.com

Chaired by Roger Phillips of BBC Radio Merseyside

Next week, I'll be part of a panel on this debate related to artist Gina Czarnecki's exhibition at the Bluecoat Liverpool.

Should people be allowed to donate parts of their body to an artist?

Is it right for galleries to exhibit artwork made of real human bones, teeth or fat? Who owns our body parts when they are removed from us?

Does the use of human tissue in art serve any purpose, or is this just sensationalism? Should this type of art require formal approval?

The Bluecoat is inviting people to discuss these fascinating questions at a ‘Question Time’ style event with a panel including:

•       Dominic Hughes, BBC Health Correspondent
•       Canon Jules Gomes, Artistic Director of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
•      Andy Miah, academic and specialist in cultural ethics, and
•      Rt Hon Jane Kennedy, former MP for Liverpool Wavertree and Minister of State for Health.

At present, there are strict ethical rules relating to the use of human tissue from living people. Doctors and medical researchers must follow codes of conduct and get ethics approval (from the Human Tissue Authority) and consent from individuals to obtain tissue from living donors, for example to use tumour biopsy samples for scientific research. However, there is no ethical committee that has the authority to decide whether anyone else, an artist or museum curator for example, can obtain tissue from living consenting donors, for the purpose of making art and displaying it.

The Wasted debate seeks to open up a discussion about the ethics of ‘bio-art’ with a wider audience.

Background

Gina Czarnecki has sought to make sculptures using human fat from liposuction operations, and bones from hip replacements. Even though legally, all she needs is the consent of an informed patient, doctors are reluctant to release the ‘waste products’ from operations because there is no way of getting formal approval.

Gina’s exhibition at the Bluecoat documents this process. Significantly the exhibition introduces her latest works. Wasted is a series of sculptures that explore the use of human tissue in art, the life-giving potential of ‘discarded’ body parts and their relationship to myths and history. The works draw attention to timely concerns such as stem cell research and issues surrounding the process of informed consent. Co-commissioned by the Bluecoat and Imperial College London, Palaces is a resin sculpture and participatory artwork made from thousands of milk teeth donated by children around the UK.  Palaces will tour to the Science Museum, Imperial College and the Centre of the Cell, London in 2012, and the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry in 2013.

Free tickets are available from the Bluecoat information desk. Call 0151 702 5324 for details.

Anyone can join in the debate by visiting www.wasteddebates.info or tweet us @wasteddebates.

For further information or interview requests, please contact the event organizer

Kate Rodenhurst

07956 352 779

katerodenhurst@mac.com

Would life be better without death?

Here's the film from my talk with Aubrey de Grey at Die Untoten in Hamburg last year.

Transhumanism and Technoethics

Here's the footage from my first talk at Die Untoten in Hamburg last year.

Design for Evolution

On 23rd, I give a talk in Helsinki for a lecture series at Aalto University, thematically associated with the World Design Capital in 2012.

Here's more info about the series, titled 'Human Design or Evolution', which includes Natasha Vita-More, Stelarc, Laura Beloff, Fiona Raby, James Auger & Jimmy Loizeau, Ritta Hari and Sissel Tomas (sadly not all at the same time).

Here's my talk, titled 'Design for Evolution':

How should we imagine the future of humanity in order to permit the utilization of human enhancement technologies, while remaining mindful of the risks that could arise from tampering with evolutionary processes. How can humanity design for its evolution, taking into account the range of capacities that humans may require in the future and considering the kinds of lives people wish to lead in the present? This talk will address the interface of design and evolution, so as to approach a responsible approach to human enhancement.

Why Anti-Doping Will Not Last

Presentation from Universitat Pompeu Fabra Law School last month

Journalistic Cultures, Moscow

Tomorrow, I'll be heading to Russia to speak at Moscow State University for a Journalism conference. Here's the programme.

The 3rd International Media Readings in Moscow
Mass Media and Communications – 2011

JOURNALISTIC CULTURES:
FACING SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES

CONFERENCE PROGRAM 

November 10, 2011 (Thursday)

Registration / Coffee
14.00

Round Table
(Russian Language)
16.00-18.00
Room 103
Moderators Dr. Olga Minaeva / Dr. Irina Prokhorova

To the 300th Anniversary of Mikhailo Lomonosov, the Founder of MSU

Session 1-1
16.00-18.00
Room Newsroom
Moderator Dr. Józef Kloch

Religious Impact on Journalism Cultures

A SPOKESMAN OF A CHURCH INSTITUTION AS A COMMUNICATOR, INTERPRETER AND NEGOTIATOR OF CHURCH’S REALITY IN THE ERA OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Monika Przybysz, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland

RELIGION IN PUBLIC LIFE OF RUSSIA TODAY
Roman Lunkin, Woodrow Wilson International Center, Washington, D.C., USA
Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

THE JOURNALIST ETHOS AND BIBLE PROFANATION
Józef Kloch, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland

RELIGIOUS ETHOS AND JOURNALISM ETHICS: RUSSIAN CONTEXT
Victor Khroul, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

COMMEMORATIONS: THE BATTLE OVER MEMORY
Mihai Coman, Universite Stendhal, Grenoble3, France
College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Bucarest University, Romania

FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN WRITING ABOUT RELIGION - TOO HARD A TASK?
Anna Danilova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

MEDIA EVANGELISATION AS A TECHNICAL MEDIATISATION OF RELIGION
Daria Klimenko, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Session 1-2 (Russian Language)
16.00-18.00
Room 333
Moderator Prof. Svetlana Balmaeva 

ЖУРНАЛИСТ, СМИ И ДОВЕРИЕ ОБЩЕСТВА
JOURNALIST, MEDIA AND THE SOCIETY’S TRUST
Алла Александровна Ширяева, МГУ имени М. В. Ломоносова (Alla Shiryaeva, Lomonosov Moscow State University)

СОВРЕМЕННАЯ ЖУРНАЛИСТИКА: РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ ЦЕННОСТЕЙ?
MODERN JOURNALISM: REVOLUTION OF VALUES?
Татьяна Ивановна Фролова, МГУ им. М. В. Ломоносова (Tatiana Frolova, Lomonosov Moscow State University)

ЦЕНТР И РЕГИОНЫ РОССИИ В МОДЕЛИРОВАНИИ МЕДИАСИСТЕМЫ
RUSSIAN FEDERAL CENTER AND REGIONS IN MEDIA SYSTEM MODELLING
Юрий Михайлович Ершов, Томский государственный университет (Yury Ershov, Tomsk State University)

ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ НОВЫХ СТАНДАРТОВ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ ЖУРНАЛИСТОВ В ТРАНСФОРМИРУЮЩИХСЯ ПРАВОВОМ ПОЛЕ И КОРПОРАТИВНОЙ СРЕДЕ
FORMING NEW STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CULTURE FOR JOURNALISTS IN TRANSFORMING LAW AND CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT
Сергей Павлович Булах, Дальневосточный федеральный университет (Sergey Bulakh, Dalnevostochny Federal University) 

ЭТИКА ФОТОЖУРНАЛИСТИКИ: ОБЛАСТЬ МОРАЛЬНОГО И ПРАВОВОГО РЕГУЛИРОВАНИЯ
ETHICS OF PHOTO JOURNALISM: FIELDS OF MORAL AND LAW REGULATION
Алексей Маслов, Воронежский государственный университет (Alexey Maslov, Voronezh State University)

INSTANT PUBLISHING: РАСШИРЕНИЕ ПРОСТРАНСТВА МЕДИА
INSTANT PUBLISHING: EXPANDING MEDIA SPACE
Владимир Владимирович Харитонов, Гуманитарный университет Екатеринбурга (Vladimir Kharitonov, Humanitarian University in Ekaterinburg) 

Session 1-3 (Poster Session)
14.00-18.00
By the Registration Desk

Excursions
18.30

November 11, 2011 (Friday)

Opening Ceremony and Welcome Addresses to the Conference Participants
9.30-9.40
Room 232

Session 2
(Plenary – English Language / Synch. Translation)
9.40-11.30
Room 232
Moderator Prof. Elena Vartanova

Yassen N. Zassoursky, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

GLOBAL JOURNALISTS: WHAT DO WE KNOW AND WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW?
David H. Weaver, Indiana University, U.S.A.

ACCOUNTING FOR DIVERSITY IN JOURNALISM CULTURES
Thomas Hanitzsch, University of Munich, Germany

POLISH JOURNALISTS TWO DECADES AFTER THE COMMUNISM
Prof. Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska, University of Wrocław, Poland

REINVENTING COMMUNICATION: FROM SAGAS TO TWITTS
Andrey Korotkov, State Institute of International Affairs (University), Russia

Coffee Break
11.30-12.00

Session 3
(Plenary – Russian Language / Synch. Translation)
12.00-13.30
Room 232
Moderator Prof. Boris Lozovsky 

ЖУРНАЛИСТИКА В УСЛОВИЯХ ИНСТИТУЦИОНАЛЬНОГО КРИЗИСА
JOURNALISM UNDER INSTITUTIONAL CRISIS
Светлана Дашиевна Балмаева, Гуманитарный университет Екатеринбурга (Svetlana Balmaeva, Humanitarian University in Ekaterinburg)

ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНАЯ КУЛЬТУРА И ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЕ СООБЩЕСТВО: МЕХАНИЗМЫ ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ
(PROFESSIONAL CULTURE AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY: MECHANISMS OF INTERACTION)
Иосиф Михайлович Дзялошинский, Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики» (Josef Dzyaloshynsky, National Research University – The Higher School of Economics)

СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ РАБОТЫ РЕДАКЦИЙ МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЙ ГАЗЕТНОЙ ГРУППЫ METRO И ИХ ВЛИЯНИЕ НА РЕДАКЦИОННУЮ КУЛЬТУРУ
MODERN WORKING TECHNICS FOR NEWSROOMS OF METRO INTERNATIONAL AND THEIR IMPACT ON NEWSROOM CULTURE
Борис Васильевич Коношенко, Генеральный директор-шеф редактор газеты Metro Москва (Boris Konoshenko, CEO/Editor-in-Chief Metro Moscow)

РЕГИОНАЛЬНЫЕ СМИ РОССИИ: МУЛЬТИМЕДИА И ЭКОНОМИКА
REGIONAL MEDIA IN RUSSIA: MULTIMEDIA AND ECONOMICS
Валерий Викторович Бакшин, Дальневосточный федеральный университет (Valery Bakshin, Dalnevostochny Federal University)

К ПРОБЛЕМЕ ТРАНСОФРМАЦИИ РЕГИОНАЛЬНЫХ  МЕДИАКУЛЬТУР В СОВРЕМЕННОЙ РОССИИ: ЛОКАЛИЗАЦИЯ  ИЛИ ГЛОБАЛИЗАЦИЯ?
TRANSFORMATION OF REGIONAL MEDIACULTURES IN MODERN RUSSIA: LOCALIZATION OR GLOBALIZATION?
Александр Валентинович Чернов, Гуманитарный институт Череповецкого государственного университета (Alexander Chernov, Cherepovets State University)

Lunch
13.30-14.30

Session 4
Presentations of the European Journalism Research Groups
14.30-15.30
Room 232
Moderator Dr. Maria Anikina 

EUROPEAN JOURNALISM OBSERVATORY
Natasha Fioretti

THE WORLDS OF JOURNALISM STUDY
Thomas Hanitzsch 

JOURNALISM IN CHANGE - PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTIC CULTURES IN RUSSIA, POLAND AND SWEDEN
Gunnar Nygren

Session 5-1
15.40-17.10
Room 333
Moderator Dr. Anastasia Alekseeva

SOCIOLOGICAL CULTURE AS THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTIC CULTURE
Maria Anikina, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

MOTIVATION BEHIND THE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AMONG YOUTH IN INDIA
Khattri Neeraj, Trinity Institute of Professional Studies, India

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPACT OF NEW MEDIA ON USERS IN INDIA
Usha Rani Narayana, University of Mysore, India

JOURNALISM IN AN INNOVATION SOCIETY – A NEW ONTOLOGICAL STATUS?
Marina Shilina, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

ETHICS IN JOURNALISM AND SOCIAL VALUES IN A PERIOD OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
Inessa Filatova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Session 5-2
15.40-17.10
Room 103
Moderator Dr. Thomas Hanitzch

JOURNALISM IN CHANGE – PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTIC CULTURES IN RUSSIA, POLAND AND SWEDEN
Gunnar Nygren, Södertörn University, Sweden

THE IMPORTANCE OF JOURNALISTIC COMPETENCES FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
Carmen Koch, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM)
Vinzenz Wyss, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM) 

MEASURING PRESS DIFFERENCES: AN UPDATE
Xu Xiaoge, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

THE INSTITUTIONAL ROLE OF JOURNALISM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CAMPAIGN FUNDING CRISIS IN FINLAND
Sinikka Torkkola, University of Tampere, Finland
Anne Koski, University of Tampere, Finland

Session 6-1
17.20-18.50
Room 333
Moderator Annina Stoffel

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION OF JAPANESE JOURNALISM IN THE INTERNET AGE
Watanabe Takesato, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

JOURNALISM RELOADED – OR WHAT JOURNALISTS NEED FOR THE FUTURE
Alexandra Stark, MAZ – The Swiss School of Journalism, Switzerland

NEW GENERATION OF RUSSIAN JOURNALISTS: FROM DIGITAL ADVANCEMENT TO DIGITAL ADDICTION
Olga Smirnova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

NEW BRANDED MEDIA: THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM
Anastasia Alekseeva, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Session 6-2
17.20-18.50
Room 103
Moderator Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska

RUSSIAN AND SWEDISH JOURNALISTS – PROFESSIONAL ROLES, IDEALS AND DAILY REALITY
Elena Degtereva, Södertörn University, Sweden, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Gunnar Nygren, Södertörn University, Sweden

TRANSFORMING JOURNALISTIC CULTURES IN RUSSIA: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE
Maria Anikina, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

RUSSIAN JOURNALISM AS A SOCIAL LIFT
Svetlana Pasti, University of Tampere, Finland

DIFFERENT JOURNALISTIC CULTURES AND THE NATIONAL IDENTITY IN LATVIA
Ainars Dimants, School of Business Administration Turiba, Latvia 

Dinner
19.00
November 12, 2011 (Saturday)

Session 7
Plenary
(English Language / Synch. Translation)
9.30-11.30
Room 232
Moderator Dr. Mikhail Makeenko 

RUSSIAN JOURNALISM; THE CLASH OF PROFESIONAL CULTURES
Elena Vartanova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

THE LONG PASSAGE OF HISTORY: THE EVOLUTION OF PROFESSIONALISM AMONG JOURNALISTS AND THEIR INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS
Kaarle Nordenstreng, University of Tampere, Finland

MEDIA ETHICS IN AN AGE OF CONTROVERSY AND CONFUSION
Clifford Christians, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

CRISIS OF THE FOURTH ESTATE AND RISE OF THE FIFTH ESTATE
Gregory Simons, Uppsala University, Sweden

SOCIAL MEDIA: CITIZEN JOURNALISM AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES Andy Miah, University of the West of Scotland 

Coffee Break
11.30-12.00

Session 8-1
12.00-13.50
Room 103
Moderator Dr. Greg Simons

ARE JOURNALISTS REALLY THAT DIFFERENT? A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, ROLES AND VALUES OF JOURNALISTS AROUND THE WORLD
David H. Weaver, Indiana University, U.S.A.

BETWEEN NEWS DESKS, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND CLICK COUNTS – CATALYSTS OF CHANGE IN SWISS JOURNALISM
Vinzenz Wyss, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM)
Annina Stoffel, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM) 

AUTONOMY AND JOURNALISTIC CULTURE THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Jöran Hök, Södertörn University, Sweden

NEWS CONTENT SHARING IN CONVERGENT AUSTRALIAN NEWSROOMS: THE ETHICS OF ONLINE REUSE CULTURE
Tim Dwyer, University of Sydney, Australia

POLISH JOURNALISTS AND NEW MEDIA: MAINTAINING PROFESSIONALISM OR DEPROFESSIONALIZATION?
Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska, University of Wrocław, Poland
Michał Głowacki, University of Warsaw, Poland

Session 8-2
12.00-13.50
Room 333
Moderator Dr. Galina Perypechina

PUBLIC DISCUSSION AS A HOLISTIC POLISUBJECT TEXT
Irina Fomicheva, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT OF DOCUMENTARY CINEMA THROUGH THE MEANS OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Renate Cane, School of Business Administration Turiba, Latvia

RADIO EKHO MOSKVY AS A PHENOMENON OF CONTEMPORARY BROADCASTING JOURNALISM
Ludmila Bolotova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
EkaterinaBolotova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

JOURNALISTIC CULTURE OF THE RUSSIAN TV POLITICAL OBSERVERS: CONDITIONS FOR FORMATION
Yulia Dolgova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

TRAGEDY ON THE RUSSIAN TV SCREEN'11: ETHICAL AND NORMATIVE ASPECTS
Yuliya Yakusheva, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

SPECIFIC FEATURES OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT IN JOURNALISM
Diana Kulchitskaya, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Closing Remarks
14.00-14.20
Room 232

Lunch
14.30

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Roy Stringer Lecture

On Nov 1st, I'll take part in a panel debate that will take place as part of FACT's Roy Stringer Lecture, which is given this year by Martha Lane Fox. The title for the event is 'The Democratising Role of the Web'

Here's a brief on the event:

FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), in partnership with Amaze, presents the next Roy Stringer lecture with respected entrepreneur and digital champion, Martha Lane Fox. Martha is the UK's Digital Champion and heads up the Race Online 2012 campaign which aims to get the 8.3 million UK residents who have never used the Internet online. She came to prominence after setting up lastminute.com with Brent Hoberman in 1998. She is also a non-executive director of Marks & Spencer, Channel 4 and mydeco.com. Martha joins a panel of guests including Professor Andy Miah, community engagement expert Patrick Fox (FACT / Arena Housing), Director of Strategy at Aurora Media John Eagan, and Natalie Gross, Managing Partner at Amaze, to discuss the democratising role of the web, how digital content can help encourage people who have never been on the Internet to take their first steps online, and the role the cultural and creative industries can play in introducing off-liners to digital content. Andy Miah is Director of the Creative Futures Research Centre and Chair of Ethics and Emerging Technologies in the Faculty of Business & Creative Industries at the University of the West of Scotland. A Fellow of FACT, Miah regularly publishes in major newspapers around the world, which have included The Washington Post, the Guardian and the Independent and the Huffington Post. He is currently a columnist for the Guardian. Peter Barron is Google's head of public relations for Britain, Ireland and the Benelux countries. Before joining Google in 2008, the Belfast-born journalist was editor of the BBC programme Newsnight. Jon Eagan has worked as a communications professional for 25 years as a charity campaigner, political strategist and consultant. He is a regular contributor to regional print and broadcast media and is a director at Liverpool-based communications agency Aurora Media. Aurora developed the 'It's Liverpool' campaign to promote the city. The event will be chaired by Herb Kim (@herbkim). Herb is the CEO of Codeworks, founder of the Thinking Digital Conference and is included in the Wired Magazine & Media Guardian Top 100 lists.

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