[csaa-forum] 'Beyond WikiLeaks' forum REMINDER - Friday 11th October, The University of Sydney

Tue Oct 8 17:21:33 CST 2013

*Media at Sydney *and the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights present a

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* **Sydney Ideas forum, Friday 11 October ***

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*Beyond WikiLeaks: ***

*from an international whistle-blowing platform to a global political
movement***

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More than three years have passed since the 2010 release of U.S. embassy
diplomatic cables that propelled the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks into
the international spotlight. Alongside its many other political
revelations, including the Afghan War Diaries, the Iraq War Logs,
information exposing government corruption, illegal corporate activity and
the secret dealings of the financial industry, WikiLeaks Cablegate
publication sparked intense debate in the realms of international
diplomacy, journalism, and broader society about the conduct and
representation of modern politics.

Now we are seeing WikiLeaks’ continued evolution from an international
platform for political disclosure to an international political movement,
including the launch of the Australian political party. Given its
remarkable persistence in the face of continued legal and economic
challenges what lessons does WikiLeaks represent for activism, social
justice movements, policy and democracy?

To reflect on this question this event will bring together a select group
of scholars who have observed the WikiLeaks phenomenon since its early
days, together with the editors of a new edited volume, *BeyondWikiLeaks:
Implications for the Future of Communications, Journalism and Society*,
published by Palgrave in March.

*Date:* Friday 11 October 2013

*Time:* 5.30 to 7:30 pm

*Venue:*  General Lecture Theatre K2.05, The Quadrangle, University of
Sydney

*Cost:* Free event, with registration required.

*Registration:* Click here to register online now or go to  *
http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/planning/sydney-ideas-beyond-**wikileaks
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*Panellists:*

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*Benedetta Brevini* is a Lecturer in Communication and Media at the
University of Sydney and a Visiting Fellow of Centre for Law, Justice and
Journalism at City University, London. A media reformer and journalist, Dr
Brevini has been working as a journalist in Milan, New York and London for
CNBC and RAI. She is the co-editor of *Beyond WikiLeaks: Implications for
the Future of Communications, Journalism and Society* (2013) and the author
of *Public Service Broadcasting Online: A Comparative European Policy Study
of PSB 2.0.*(2013)

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*John Keane* is Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at
the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB). He is the Director of the
newly-founded OnDemocracy.org initiative and the Institute for Democracy
and Human Rights (IDHR). Among his best-known books are *The Media and
Democracy* (1991); *Global Civil Society* (2003); *Violence and Democracy*
 (2004); *The Life and Death of Democracy* (2009) and *The Future of
Representative Democracy* (2011).

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*Peter Fray* is adjunct professor in the Department of Media and
Communications at the University of Sydney and served as an editor of *The
Sydney Morning Herald* from January 2009 to June 2012. In his 28-year media
career he has been the editor or editor-in-chief of four metropolitan
mastheads, including *The Sydney Morning Herald*, *The Canberra Times* and *The
Sunday Age.*

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*Arne Hintz* is a Lecturer at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and
Cultural Studies. His publications include the book *Civil Society Media
and Global Governance* (2009) and the co-edited volume *Beyond WikiLeaks:
Implications for the Future of Communications, Journalism & Society* (2013),
as well as chapters in volumes such as *The Handbook on Global Media and
Communication Policy* (2011) and the *Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media*
 (2010).

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*Gerard Goggin (moderator)* is the inaugural Professor of Media and
Communications at the University of Sydney. His key books are *Global
Mobile Media* (2011) and *Cell Phone Culture* (2006), as well as the edited
collections *Mobile Technology and Place* (2012), *Mobile Technology: From
Telecommunications to Media* (2009), and *Mobile Phone Cultures* (2008).

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*Alison Broinowski* was an Australian diplomat until 1996. Her last
overseas assignment was at the Australian Mission to the UN in New York.
Her PhD is in Asian Studies at ANU. She has written or edited 11 books on
Australia’s interface with Asia and with the United Nations, three of the
latest being About Face: Asian Accounts of Australia (2003), Howard’s War
(2003), and Allied and Addicted (20070. She is a Visiting Fellows at ANU
and is a research associate at Macquarie University. In 2013 she stood for
the Senate in NSW for the WikiLeaks Party.

*Media at Sydney is presented by the *

*Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney*

*Academic Contact:*
Dr Fiona Martin
T: 0428391122 or 02 90365098
E: *fiona.martin at sydney.edu.au*
M: 0428 391 122

See more at: *
http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2013/beyond_wikileaks_forum.shtml
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