<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Language Wars: The Role of Media and Culture in Global Terror <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">[<A href="http://democracyandjustice.org/content/view/68/52/">http://democracyandjustice.org/content/view/68/52/</A>]</SPAN></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Assoc Prof Jeff Lewis discusses his new book ‘Language Wars’ in which he deals with the relationship between the media, culture and new forms of global, political violence. Assoc Prof Peter Horsfield will respond and discuss the relationship of media and religion.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">‘the language used to report incidents of violence has changed, not just in official channels but in wider cultural contexts, and shows the impact this has on social perceptions … language and the media are implicated in global terrorism and the US-led reprisals in the war on terror …’ - Jeff Lewis</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">When: <B>7:00pm Tuesday 16 May 2006</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Where: Evatt Room @ Trades Hall (cnr Lygon St and Victoria St Carlton)</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Cost: $5:00 (Free for ACDJ members)</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Contact: </FONT><A href="mailto:centre@democracyandjustice.org"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0016FF">centre@democracyandjustice.org</FONT></FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Please forward to anyone you think might be interested.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>