Date: November 20th 2008

"Twenty Years at the Margins: The Herman-Chomsky Propaganda Model and Critical Media and Communication Studies, 1988-2008" - one-day conference on Friday 19 December 2008 (930am-530pm) at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne.  

2008 marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Manufacturing Consent by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky. This conference aims to celebrate the media analyses of Herman and Chomsky, to critically assess the application and ongoing relevance of the Propaganda Model in the 21st century, and to take stock of the achievements of critical media and communication studies over the past few decades. Keynote speakers will include Alison Edgley, David Miller, Tom O'Malley and Peter Wilkin. There will also be a contribution by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky. There will be panels and papers on the Propaganda Model and Marxism, the Propaganda Model and the Internet, complementary theories, the five filters and applying the Propaganda Model elsewhere. Please find attached the draft conference programme and a registration form. The conference is open to all and the cost is £20 (includes lunch and refreshments). For more information, email Andy Mullen (andrew.mullen@unn.ac.uk).

"Twenty Years at the Margins"



Conference Programme - Friday 19 December 2008



0930   Conference registration and refreshments - NB056        



1000    Welcome, introduction and opening plenary - NB252



           1005    Prof Lynn Dobbs, Dean of School of Arts and Social Sciences



           1010     Contribution by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky



           1030    Alison Edgley, 



1045    Peter Wilkin, 



1100     Tom O'Malley,            





1115      Panel Session 1 (90 mins)





Panel A: The Propaganda Model and Marxism

Chair: 



Des Freedman, "Smooth Operator? The propaganda model and moments of crisis"



Deepa Kumar, "Resistance is (Not) Futile: Towards a Dialectical Understanding of Propaganda and Consent Formation"



David Miller, "Hegemony and the Propaganda Model"



Colin Sparks, "What do we mean by propaganda in the Propaganda Model?"





Panel B: Complementary Theories?

Chair:



Maarja Lõhmus, "Filters and Censorship in the Totalitarian Media System - comparison with the Herman-Chomsky model"



Milan Rai, "Chomsky/Herman vs. Herman/Chomsky: Does it Matter?"



Andreas Scheu, "The marginalization of Critical Theory in German communication studies" 



Marc Stanton, "Herman's Permits and Chomsky's Chaos 5 forces"





Panel C: The Sourcing Filter

Chair:



Andrew Kennis, "'Indexing state-corporate propaganda?' The Media Dependence Model: An Analysis of the Performance and Structure of the US News"



Florian Zollman, "Is it either or? Professional ideology vs. corporate-media constraints"





1245    Lunch and refreshments - NB056