Jon Silverman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3613458 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon Silverman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon |
| FAMILY NAME | Silverman |
| SIGNATURE | SILVERMAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bedfordshire |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
WhatsApp in Sierra Leone Politics
The text messaging application WhatsApp has been heavily criticized for acting as a vehicle for the spread of misinformation and unsubstantiated rumour, leading, in some parts of the world, to violence and even death. But the closed nature of WhatsApp groups has presented a structural problem as a subject for credible social science research. A collaborative project between the Universities of Bedfordshire (UK) and Sierra Leone has tracked messag…
Mediating identity
Migration raises many existential problems, not least, questions of identity. Over time, migrants settle and form a diaspora in a new land but does dislocation from their geographical ‘home’ inevitably subvert their sense of self? Can representation through the diasporic media mitigate this loss? The African Union considers the diaspora the sixth region of Africa and the news media helps foster amongst exiles an ‘imagined diaspora’ (Anderson), co…
Newspaper coverage of a Sierra Leone war crimes trial
The most controversial trial conducted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted leaders of the Civil Defence Force of serious violations of international humanitarian law during the country’s 11-year civil war. Many in Sierra Leone thought the trial should never have been held, on the grounds that the CDF leadership were ‘heroes’ for coming to the aid of the government in the mid- 1990s. Critics argued that pressure for a prosecution came …
The media’s reporting of war crimes trials and its impact on post-conflict democracy in Sierra Leone and Liberia
The application of international humanitarian law (IHL) to conflicts in Africa has been the subject of some scholarly and much journalistic discourse about the ending of ‘impunity’ and an extension of the normative principles of transitional justice. The trials conducted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) were brought to audiences in both countries by a media that has had scant experience in grappling with such weighty jurisprudential c…
I feel your pain’
This paper focuses on the interaction between a rapidly changing media and the policy responses of UK governments, faced with terrorist violence which has evolved in form and intent. New Labour’s final term in office was dominated by the tension between the competing claims of liberty and security, expressed in Tony Blair’s declaration after the 7/7 attacks, ‘Let no-one be in any doubt, the rules of the game are changing.’ We argue that insofar a…
Crime, Policy and the Media
Media clamour on issues relating to crime, justice and civil liberties has never been more insistent. Whether it is the murder of James Bulger or detaining terrorist suspects for long periods without trial, mediated comment has grown immeasurably over the last twenty years. So, how does it interact with and shape policy in these fields? How do the politicians both respond to and try to manipulate the media which permeates our society and culture?…
Counterblast
Counterblast
Hatred on the Air
Mediating identity
Migration raises many existential problems, not least, questions of identity. Over time, migrants settle and form a diaspora in a new land but does dislocation from their geographical ‘home’ inevitably subvert their sense of self? Can representation through the diasporic media mitigate this loss? The African Union considers the diaspora the sixth region of Africa and the news media helps foster amongst exiles an ‘imagined diaspora’ (Anderson), co…
I feel your pain’
This paper focuses on the interaction between a rapidly changing media and the policy responses of UK governments, faced with terrorist violence which has evolved in form and intent. New Labour’s final term in office was dominated by the tension between the competing claims of liberty and security, expressed in Tony Blair’s declaration after the 7/7 attacks, ‘Let no-one be in any doubt, the rules of the game are changing.’ We argue that insofar a…
Hatred on the Air
Counterblast
Counterblast
Crime, Policy and the Media
Media clamour on issues relating to crime, justice and civil liberties has never been more insistent. Whether it is the murder of James Bulger or detaining terrorist suspects for long periods without trial, mediated comment has grown immeasurably over the last twenty years. So, how does it interact with and shape policy in these fields? How do the politicians both respond to and try to manipulate the media which permeates our society and culture?…
I feel your pain’
This paper focuses on the interaction between a rapidly changing media and the policy responses of UK governments, faced with terrorist violence which has evolved in form and intent. New Labour’s final term in office was dominated by the tension between the competing claims of liberty and security, expressed in Tony Blair’s declaration after the 7/7 attacks, ‘Let no-one be in any doubt, the rules of the game are changing.’ We argue that insofar a…
The media’s reporting of war crimes trials and its impact on post-conflict democracy in Sierra Leone and Liberia
The application of international humanitarian law (IHL) to conflicts in Africa has been the subject of some scholarly and much journalistic discourse about the ending of ‘impunity’ and an extension of the normative principles of transitional justice. The trials conducted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) were brought to audiences in both countries by a media that has had scant experience in grappling with such weighty jurisprudential c…
Newspaper coverage of a Sierra Leone war crimes trial
The most controversial trial conducted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted leaders of the Civil Defence Force of serious violations of international humanitarian law during the country’s 11-year civil war. Many in Sierra Leone thought the trial should never have been held, on the grounds that the CDF leadership were ‘heroes’ for coming to the aid of the government in the mid- 1990s. Critics argued that pressure for a prosecution came …
Mediating identity
Migration raises many existential problems, not least, questions of identity. Over time, migrants settle and form a diaspora in a new land but does dislocation from their geographical ‘home’ inevitably subvert their sense of self? Can representation through the diasporic media mitigate this loss? The African Union considers the diaspora the sixth region of Africa and the news media helps foster amongst exiles an ‘imagined diaspora’ (Anderson), co…
WhatsApp in Sierra Leone Politics
The text messaging application WhatsApp has been heavily criticized for acting as a vehicle for the spread of misinformation and unsubstantiated rumour, leading, in some parts of the world, to violence and even death. But the closed nature of WhatsApp groups has presented a structural problem as a subject for credible social science research. A collaborative project between the Universities of Bedfordshire (UK) and Sierra Leone has tracked messag…
Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Economic Justice (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sierra leone (3 works)