Crisis, Communication and Society

The Crisis, Communication and Society (CCS) Research Network is ideal for bringing together a community of researchers from diverse academic and professional backrounds, which is vital for an interdisciplinary approach.

If You are interested, please don't hesitate to contact us!

 

Past events

Crisis, Trauma and Journalism Seminar

Time: 27 January, 2012
Venue: Main Building, University of Helsinki, Small Hall

The seminar aims at analyzing the coverage and reporting of crises in the media from a perspective of media research and ethics: How to encounter people in distress? How to shoot visual material of them and how to interview them? How does the news media get organised during a crisis? What are the experiences of a field reporter in connection to the newsroom? Why do some disasters become media spectacles?

International phenomenon, national tragedies:
Symposium on School Shootings

Time: 16 June,.2011
Venue: Publicum-building, University of Turku, Finland

In recent decades, countries in Europe and North America have repeatedly experienced shooting sprees by young perpetrators at schools and university campuses. The Finnish research project Everyday life and Insecurity will organize an international symposium at the University of Turku, on June 16th, 2011, to introduce and share research findings on rampage shootings in Finland and the United states. The consequences of
the shootings for local communities and societies at large, as well as the media coverage of the incidents will be discussed. The speakers are international and Finnish researchers on school and campus violence.

Contacts and further information: Johanna Nurmi, johnurm(at)utu.fi

12th European Conference on Traumatic Stress:
Human Rights and Psychotraumatology

Time: 2-5 June, 2011
Venue: University of Vienna, Austria

Since World War II a comprehensive body of law has been developed to protect and promote human rights. Since then the influence of human rights violations on both physical and mental health has been increasingly studied, with the focus on trauma and PTSD in particular. Mental health professionals have played a prominent role in documenting the consequences of human rights abuses, such as torture, forced displacement or massive rape associated with political conflict. Since late 1970`s specialized centers provide care and rehabilitation for survivors of political violence, new therapies and medication have been developed to ease the suffering of survivors of severe human rights violations.

News in Crisis?
Challenging News Cultures in a YouTube Era

Time: 12.15-16.00, Friday, 18th of March, 2011
Venue: University of Helsinki, Main building room 6 

Registration (expired) by Monday 14th of March, 2011.

Programme

YouTube matters for news. It offers a platform and a community in which different actors come together to make news from the events around the world. But instead of an organized harmony, this news platform is often characterized rather as a cacophony of constant uploading, circulation and remediation of video clips. On YouTube, everyone can, at least in theory, have his/her own news channel and thus contribute to a global news culture.

This one day conference: "NEWS IN CRISIS? Exploring News Cultures in a YouTube Era", examines how YouTube and other social networking sites challenge and offer opportunities for news making today and how these emerging media should be changing the study of news.

This conference will bring together academics and journalists engaged in research and practice about news and news cultures (old and new) and online news. Speakers include i.a. Professor Terhi Rantanen, LSE, Professor John Downing, Southern Illinois University, Editor-in-Chief Kaius Niemi, Ilta-Sanomat, Docent Kaarina Nikunen, University of Tampere, Visiting researcher, PhD Student Tanja Aitamurto, Stanford Center for Design Research/ Tampere University, Researcher Gavan Titley, National University of Ireland Maynooth/ University of Helsinki.