tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55115902755779356462024-03-21T13:37:13.077-07:00Screens of Terrorrepresentations of war and terrorism since 9/11 in film, TV drama & documentaryPhilip Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936072390159298666noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511590275577935646.post-69538184119243596902010-04-30T04:30:00.000-07:002010-12-09T07:11:19.845-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvs6Ee05hk7ylgH8iu28g336Ud-I0AabTTA9ZePK9ACZ2ZrhaGKLz9Bz3z1IWR1iN1oEJdzfPbaPYsq9y92BTM6oIqi7MMpT-ODXWrWo9YTlhUSNn6PpnJLgb_2JTaKZXqbD6Y7V7XUul/s1600/war_room.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvs6Ee05hk7ylgH8iu28g336Ud-I0AabTTA9ZePK9ACZ2ZrhaGKLz9Bz3z1IWR1iN1oEJdzfPbaPYsq9y92BTM6oIqi7MMpT-ODXWrWo9YTlhUSNn6PpnJLgb_2JTaKZXqbD6Y7V7XUul/s400/war_room.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465893589852392178" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>International Conference<br />Thursday 9 – Saturday 11 September 2010<br /></b>Centre for Media & Culture Research, London South Bank University</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/news-php/news.php?newsid=577">Read the post-conference press release here</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://screensofterror.blogspot.com/p/worldbytes.html">Click here for links to film of the conference sessions</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">Following the 11 September 2001 attacks, the US government announced that it was engaged in ‘a new kind of war’. At least part of what was thought to be new was the war’s ideological importance: it would be a global battle for hearts and minds comparable to the Cold War.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">In an effort to ‘re-brand’ US foreign policy, Washington consulted with the advertising and PR industries and within days of 9/11 – itself often described as being ‘like a movie’ – also consulted Hollywood. At the time, it was widely expected that the film and television industries would help out with the ‘war on terror’ declared by the Bush administration after 9/11.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">Nearly ten years on, this conference examined whether those initial expectations had been borne out.<br /></span></div></span></span></div><p></p>Philip Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936072390159298666noreply@blogger.com