ABOUT OUR CONFERENCE
There has been a great deal of interest in terrorist use of the Internet, particularly in the role online materials play in radicalization and recruitment. However, given the amount of effort jihadist groups have put into video production for the internet, and the fact that videos are an intrinsically visual medium, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the visual element of these materials. This gap is especially notable in light of the wide variety of disciplines that have documented the power of visual images to persuade and influence. This conference brings together top scholars from the U.S. the Middle East, and Europe to address the visual component of those videos, in the belief that the better we understand these materials the better positioned we are to develop effective countermeasures.
Conference Access
Attendance is free and open to the public, however seating is limited, so you do need to register in advance (which you can do on this site by clicking on the button marked RSVP.) Lunch will be provided for all registered attendees. For anyone interested in the conference, but unable to travel to Atlanta, the entire conference will be live streamed on this site. Anyone participating via the web will also be able to ask questions of the speakers in the final 15 minutes of each session through a chat box included on the video player. Comments are also welcome. Unfortunately we will not be able to provide simultaneous translation of the conference, however, we have made arrangements to translate any questions asked via twitter in Arabic if you prefer to ask your questions in that language.
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CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Hussein Amin is a Professor and a former chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the American University ... Learn more
Matt Armstrong is immediate past Executive Director of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy ... Learn more
Saeid Belkasim (Ph.D) is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgia State University. He is a well-known expert ... Learn more
Cori Dauber is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she is also ... Learn more
Doug Jordan is currently the Chief of Cultural Programs, Regional and Cultural Division, Strategic Studies Department, Joint Special Operations ... Learn more
Jad Melki is Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the Media Studies Program at the American University of Beirut ... Learn more
David Perlmutter is Director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a Professor and Starch Faculty Fellow at ... Learn more
Shawn Powers is an Assistant Professor at Georgia State University and an Associate Director at the Center on International ... Learn more
Scott Ruston is currently an Assistant Research Professor with Arizona State University's Center for Strategic Communication ... Learn more
Anne Stenersen is a Research Fellow with the Terrorism and Political Violence Project at the Norwegian Defence Research ... Learn more
Carol Winkler is Associate Dean of Humanities and Professor of Communication Studies at Georgia State University ... Learn more