I. International Conference on Con�ict, Terrorism and Society Societies under Siege: The Government, Media, Politics, and Citizens’ Freedoms in an Age of Terrorism

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Yonah Alexander and Brian Jenkins (April 28-30, 2009)

28 APRIL 2009, TUESDAY08.30 AM Registration, Co�ee & Tea

09.00 AM Introductions and Opening• Prof.Dr. Deniz Bayrakdar , Dean of Faculty of Communication at Kadir Has University• Prof.Dr. Yücel Yılmaz, Rector of Kadir Has University

9.30 AM -10.20 AM Session: Drama and Narratives of Terrorism – I.Chair: TBA• Logics of the Right and the Left in the Public Contestation of the “War on Terror”• Yiannis Mylonas• Understanding the Symbiotic Relationship between the Conflicting Mass Media Strategies on the International Terrorism• Mesut Hakkı Caşın

10.30 AM -12.20 PM Session: Governance and PolicyChair: TBA• Responding to Terrorism in the Era of the Governance State • Jim Jose• Terrorism as a Communicative Action: A Proposal for the Study of Governmental Response • Cristina Zurutuza• Terrorism, Civil Society and the Binding Quality of Legal Rights• Abhik Majumdar• The Impact of Terrorism on the Right to Freedom of Religion in the European Human Rights Law• Tawhida Ahmed & Anastasia Vakulenko

12.30 PM - 1:30 PM LUNCH BREAK

1.30 PM - 3.20 PM Session: Media Discourse and FramingChair: TBA• Framing Hamas Movement during the Jewish 2009 War on Gaza in the International Online News Media: A Study of the Coverage of Two Newspapers – The Times of London & The New Straits Times of Malasyia • Basel Adwan• A Framing Analysis: How did Three Turkish Newspapers Frame News about Global Terrorism• Fatma Bilge Narin• Framing Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis of the Coverage of News on Two Terrorist Attacks in Turkey in the Media of Turkey and the United States• Şengül İnce• Framing the War in Afghanistan: A German Perspective• Gabriele M. Murry

3.30 PM - 4.50 PM Session: Keynote Lecture• Turkey Confronts International Terrorism• Yonah Alexander

5.00 PM - 6.30 PM OPENING COCKTAIL

29 APRIL 2009, WEDNESDAY

9.30 AM -10.20 AM Session: Popular Culture & Consumption of TerrorismChair: TBA• Function follows Fear: Citing – Real or Imagined – Fears Through Products• Burcu Yançatarol• Representations of Torture and Terrorists in 24 Mike Lewis

10.30 AM -12.20 AM Session: Drama and Narratives of Terrorism – Chair: TBA• Meaning of Terror through the Representation of Characters: How Characters are Constructed in Terror related Stories?• Nezih Orhon• Shooting Prime Time• Mehmet Sağnak• Paramilitary Groups and Political Violence in Northern Ireland: A Comparative Case Study of Semantics and Symbiosis in the British Media• Mark Hayes & Paul Norris• Press Coverage of Terrorism and the Use of Child Images in the Press• Nilüfer Pempecioğlu

12.30 PM - 1:30 PM LUNCH BREAK

1.30 PM - 3.20 PM Session: Regionalized Reactions to a Global PhenomenonChair: TBA• From Oslo to Cast Lead – 15 Years of Palestinian PSYOPS• Ron Schleifer• Fighting Terrorism: Failures, Challenges and Opportunities• Sheharyan Khan• Rereading the “War on Terrorism” in the Context of Transatlantic Relations after the Cold War• Hayriye Asena Demirer Akmaner• Development of the European Union Politics for Eliminating Terrorism Threat • Mesut Hakkı Caşın & Uğur Özgöker

3.30 PM - 4.50 PM: Keynote Lecture• Security Measures in an Age of Terrorism• Brian Michael Jenkins

5.00 PM - 6.50 PM Session: Content, Control and CensorshipChair: TBA• The Foundations and Forms of Journalists and Secuity Officials Interaction during the Terrorist Threat• Galina Shchepilova• The NATO’s Use of Strategic Communication in Combating Terrorism: An Overview• Viorel Mihaila• The Eye in the Storm – Access and Media Coverage of War in Gaza• Tom Clonan• Government Response to Terrorism and Freedom of the Press• Sushil Kumar Sharma• Ethical Scope of News on Terror Betül Pazarbaşı & Selma Koç Akgül

30 APRIL 2009, THURSDAY

9.30 AM -10.50 AM Session: Crosscultural Identity & PoliticsChair: TBA• World Citizens “à la Française”: Star Ac’ and the Negotiation of “French” Identities• Fabienne Darling Wolf• “Calling Out Around the World”: The Global Appeal of Interactive Reality Dance Formats• Dana Heller• That’s Me: Nationalism and Identity on Balkan Reality TV• Zala Volcic & Mark Andrejevic

11.00 AM -12.30 PM Session: Racial Politics and Reality TelevisionChair: TBA• Intertwining of Race, Gender, Culture and Social Drama: A Look at Shetty-Goody Episode.• Anirban Mukhopadhyay• Reality Television, Racism Row and a Diplomatic Dilemma• Nidhi Shah• Race on Reality TV: Theoretical Debates on the Genre’s Progressive Potential• Ji Hoon Park

12.30 PM - 1:30 PM LUNCH BREAK

1.30 PM - 3.20 PM Session: Gendered RealityChair: Itır Erhart• Sexuality and the Reality TV Politic• Misha Kavka• Pinoy Big Brother: Contested Bodies• Jonnabelle V. Asis & Hiyasmin C. Bisoy• Big Brother as a Vehicle for the Reproduction of Violence Against Women• Aimée Vega Montiel• Pick-up and Put Down: A Critical Look at VH1’s Reality Show 'The Pick-Up Artist'• Deborah Macey & Alina Padilla-Miller

3.30 PM - 4.30 PM: Sunday Keynote