The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) is holding the sixth round of its International Winter School (IWS) on “Media in Wartime”, from 11 -16 January 2025, in Doha, Qatar.
The new round of the IWS will address the interaction between media and war, exploring how conflicts and the media mutually influence each other, and examining how war coverage is shaped by ideological and cultural biases.
The school agenda includes topics such as media framing of war, war coverage and agenda setting, ideology, culture, and ethnocentrism in war coverage, propaganda of war, embedded journalism and media-military relations, media and cyberwars, visuality in wars and conflicts, journalistic ethnography of war, trust in journalism and the news industry in wartime, security and safety for journalists in new wars, grassroots challenges to official narratives of war, propaganda and psychological warfare, visuality in wars and conflicts, disinformation in war and conflicts, and other related topics. Click here for the full concept note.
The IWS is an annual programme that seeks to provide an in-depth and critical understanding of selected topics. It provides an opportunity for participants (advanced PhD students and early career scholars) to network with international scholars, gain substantive knowledge and insight, and receive feedback from respected scholars and experts in their field. The program will feature public lectures, workshops, and roundtables.
Date: 11- 16 January 2025.
Location: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Qatar.
Language of the IWS: English.
* The Concept Note
** The Booklet
*** The Timetable
