Modern Media in International Conflict Course

December 14-16, 2016 Lowlands Solutions Netherlands (LSN) will be presenting a three-day, 24 hours, course on Modern Media in International conflict at the Park Hotel in The Hague, the Netherlands.

This three day (24 hour) program will provide the attendee with a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of the use of Modern Media, basic techniques of persuasion, framing, embedded journalism and agenda-setting of the big international operating news cooperation’s like CNN, BBC, NBC, AFP, Russia Today (RT), Al-Jazeera and Al- Arabya. In the course we will also focus on the way (terrorist) organizations like the Islamic State (ISIS), AQAP and AQIM are using Social Media for recruitment, ideological purposes and psychological warfare.

Registrations

In previous courses we received registrations from Bosnia, Canada, Lithuania, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Tuition Fee

Tuition fee: 879 euros (ex VAT), course enrolment via lsn.info@mail.com. For additional inquiry: lsn.csnijders@mail.com

Lecturers

The following speakers were programmed in previous courses: Cor Snijders, Fouad El Haji, Paolo de Mas, Willem Post and Nawaf Abdelhay-Altamimi (UK).

Student Comments

"Hope you will be able to continue with these programs that proved to be really useful for media members and other active professionals."

Liudas Dapkus, UAB Lrytas, Lithuania, May 2015.

"A lovely conference. I learned a lot!"

Meerah Haq, Toronto University, Canada, May 2015.

"I enjoyed the course very much and especially liked the opportunity to engage with both media experts and media practitioners. I also valued the contributions of the other students, who brought a wide range of experience to the table. Highly recommended."

Tristan James Mabry, Naval Graduate School, Department of National Security Affairs, United States, May 2015.

"The lecturers were true experts and I enjoyed listening to them to a point were I planned to write a report or start a project this Summer on the influence of ISIS in Europe, especially on the Balkans. So these three days made me more interested in the 'IS-issue'."

Drazen Huterer, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Balkan Service, Bosnia-Herzegovina, May 2015.