Friday, February 24, 2012

Thursday March 1st


Paul Attallah Keynote Lecture – 7:00-8:30 pm (Le Salon)

Profiling Anonymous

Agents of activism and naughty mischief, Anonymous has been a constant fixture in the news due to their blizzard of interventions from taking down half a dozen websites in a single day to protest web censorship to assisting the historic revolutions in the Middle East and Africa.
Drawing on three years of ethnographic research, this talk will examine Anonymous's profile in the media and the speaker's role in mediating between an anonymous collective and a media enterprise unable, so far, to fully unveil the mystery behind the mask.

Reception to follow


Friday March 2nd

8:00 – 8:45 am            Registration & Breakfast (Le Salon)

8:45 – 9:00 am            Opening Remarks (Le Salon)

Panel Session 1 – 9:00 – 10:00 am

Le Salon
Topic: Profiles of The Other
Chair: Dr. Dwayne Winseck, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication
Claire Morrison - Profiling the “Other” Nuclear Threat: Modern Imperialism, Iran, and the “Axis of Evil”
Loveleen Kang - Not in my Canada: The recurring image of the 'Sikh Extremist' in Canada

Break – 10:00 – 10:05 am

Panel Session 2 – 10:05 – 11:05

Le Salon
The Fountain Room
Topic: Profiling Sexual Identity
Chair: Dr. Mary Francoli, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication
Jaigris Hodson - What, a Drag? Avatar ‘gender swapping’ in World of Warcraft
Kelly DeBono - Surveilling the Gay Body through MTV’s 1 girl 5 gays
Katrin Tiidenberg- NSFW micro-bloggers and reflexive self-narratives

Topic: Profiling Popular Culture
Chair: Dr. Ira Wagman, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication
Yaqi Zhu – Celebrity Culture: From Celebrity to the Public
Shuang MaFunction  of Social Media: How Social Media Mobilize Political Activism
Samantha van Hooydonk Good, Clean, Nuclear-Family Fun: An Analysis of Ivory Soap Advertisements within a Cultural Studies Framework
Lianrui Jia Exporting Technologies of Control: the contemporary role of network technology companies and intermediaries
David LogieHyperlinks: Social Media and Online News Dissemination

Break – 11:05-11:15

Panel Session 3 – 11:15 – 12:15

Le Salon
The Fountain Room
Topic: Generating Profiles
Chair: Dr. Chris Russill, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication
Denise Bedford- Profiling Self as a Source of Intellectual Capital
Andreas Weich- "Plus Your World”: Profiling the Self between Analytics and Self-expression
Adeel KhamisaAlgorithims as Aestheticizing Agents: Embedding Meaning in Cultural Objects through Circulation
Topic: Profiling Gender
Chair: Dr. Eileen Saunders, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication
Laura Carlson - Feminist filmmaking: An analysis of American suffrage films screened in Canada during the 1910s
Rebecca Elliott - Gendered Profiles: Mediated Prescriptions of Ideal Female Identities in Advertising
Danielle Deveau - Navigating the Boys Club:
Female stand-up comedians and the negotiation of gendered spaces in the Canadian comedy industry

Lunch – 12:15 – 1:15

Panel Session 4 – 1:15 – 2:15

Le Salon
The Fountain Room
Topic: Surveillance and Metrics
Chair: Derek Noon, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication
Jennifer Whitson - You've Been Played:
The Gamification of Governance
Marco Giardina- Social Search: Leveraging Digital Profiles?
Dara Byrne- Digilante Culture: The Rhetoric of Justice and Punishment Online
Topic: The Aesthetic in Profile
Chair: Dr. Miranda Brady, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication
Ghadah Alrasheed- Beauty
Katarina Kuruc- Fashioning the Self – Identity Construction Through Fashion in Communist Czechoslovakia
Krista Hatfield Voluntary Simplicity: Profiling the Lifestyle Activist


Refreshment Break – 2:15 – 2:30

Panel Session 5 – 2:30 – 4:00

  The Fountain Room
Topic: Profiles for Politics and Protest
Chair: Dr. Ira Wagman, Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication
Vladlena Mitskaniouk - UStream: The Potential of Citizen Reporting to Challenge Activist and Hacktivist Relations and Profiles
Andrew Patrick - Profiling the BC Carbon Tax: Different Discursive Angles on Climate Action
Derek Antoine - Just watch me: A utilitarian use of Facebook profiles in Canadian political marketing

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