Ethics and the War on Terror: Politics, Multiculturalism and Media
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leicester
Department Name: Media and Communication
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Bhattacharyya G
(2009)
Spectatorship and the War on Terror: Creating Consensus through Global Audiences
in Globalizations
Gunter B
(2009)
The Public and Media Coverage of the War on Iraq
in Globalizations
Hyde-Price A
(2009)
Realist Ethics and the 'War on Terror'
in Globalizations
Jones P
(2009)
International Toleration and the 'War on Terror'
in Globalizations
Nowicka, Magdalena; Rovisco, Maria
(2008)
Cosmopolitanism in Practice
Reading A
(2009)
Mobile Witnessing: Ethics and the Camera Phone in the 'War on Terror'
in Globalizations
Youngs G
(2009)
Media and mediation in the 'war on terror': issues and challenges
in Critical Studies on Terrorism
Youngs G
(2015)
Women and Violence
Youngs G
(2011)
War, Ethics and Justice: New Perspectives on a Post 9/11 World
YOUNGS G
(2010)
The 'new home front' and the war on terror: ethical and political reframing of national and international politics
in International Affairs
| Description | The series featured 10 seminars covering the areas of ethics and the war on terror in relationship to politics, multiculturalism and the media. The series opened up critical approaches to ethics and the war on terror across theoretical, philosophical and practice boundaries. Its method in bringing diverse practitioners together with community-based actors and researchers to address political and practice issues was a substantial part of its achievement. In other words the aim was to create new kinds of connections and dialogues. This resulted in a greater awareness of the ethical breadth of the terrain from different perspectives in the war on terror and indicated the importance of further research and policy engagement with that breadth and the diversity of perspectives within it. The importance of new work and collaborations across cultural and ideological boundaries was highlighted. The media's role was seen as complex in both reflecting divides that exist as well as offering potential for assisting better communication across them. |
| Exploitation Route | The findings of this series on ethics and the war on terror pointed to ways forward for a broad range of actors including those in research, policy and community work. The challenge of developing better understanding across different divides was highlighted as was the need for new kinds of collaborative work to achieve this. This would involve examining cultural and ideological divides from joint perspectives. Media actors could take the findings forward by further critical engagement with their coverage and the ways in which it reflects existing divides. The media could also contribute to new ways of achieving better communication across these divides. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Government, Democracy and Justice,Security and Diplomacy |
| Description | The main impact of the series was its method in bringing diverse groups of people together across war on terror divides. These represented a cross-sector of academic researchers, activists, policy makers and community actors. The mix of theory and practice discussions around ethical issues provided challenges which were productive in highlighting areas where new understandings needed to be generated. In addition three well-attended public keynote talks were organized featuring Guardian journalist Gary Younge, Phil Shiner (human rights lawyer), and US feminist academic Cynthia Enloe, as well as a final expert panel for a policy audience at the House of Commons. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2006 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Government, Democracy and Justice,Security and Diplomacy |
| Impact Types | Societal,Policy & public services |