‘the language used to report incidents of violence has changed, not just in official channels but in wider cultural contexts, and shows the impact this has on social perceptions … language and the media are implicated in global terrorism and the US-led reprisals in the war on terror …’

- Jeff Lewis

You can listen to a recording of the evening here (MP3 37 Meg) or here (OGG 46 Meg)

You can download a copy of the flyer here

When: 7pm Tuesday 16 May 2006
Where: Evatt Room @ Trades Hall (cnr Lygon St and Victoria St Carlton)
Cost: $5 (Free for ACDJ members)

Speakers:

• Assoc Prof Jeff Lewis
  Jeff Lewis is Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the Globalism Institute, RMIT University. He is the author of Cultural Studies (Sage, 2002) and Language Wars: The Role of Media and Culture in Global Terror and Political Violence (Pluto, 2005). He has written extensively on the relationship between the media and cultural politics, focusing specifically on Indonesia and terror attacks in Bali. He is working with a research team at the London School of Economics on development, terrorism and transitions to civil society. He is currently writing a book entitled Bali: Forbidden Crisis, due for release in 2007.
• Assoc Prof Peter Horsfield
  Assoc Prof Peter Horsfield is Associate Professor of Communication at RMIT University and has researched and written extensively on media and religion. He is joint editor of a recent volume in the area, Belief in Media: Cultural Perspectives on Media and Christianity (Ashgate 2004)