CRIC seminar: Har hyper-aktive sociale medier haft politisk betydning i Syrien?

From an information black-hole Syria has turned into one of the biggest producers of user-generated content.

Has this overwhelming amount of grassroots initiatives, websites, independent news outlets, produced powerful enough counter-narratives? Can these media initiatives counterbalance regime or extremist groups' propaganda?

What are the pros and cons of such a crowded alternative media system in a heated political situation such as contemporary Syria?

PROGRAMME

14.30 – 15.00: Donatella Della Ratta, Postdoctoral fellow CRIC, University of Copenhagen

15.00-15.30: Hussam Eesa, co-founder and spokesperson “Raqqa is being slaughtered silently”

15.30-16.00: Rune Friberg Lyme, Programme Manager, International Media Support

16.00-16.30: Round table discussion moderated by Joskha Wessels, documentarist and Visual Anthropologist

To register, please send an email to [email protected]

http://cric.ku.dk/events/syria-media/

Yderligere oplysninger hos:

Jacob Didia Jensen, Research Assistant

Centre for Resolution of International Conflicts (CRIC)

Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

Direct phone 35 32 43 40, Room 25.0.4

www.cric.ku.dk