Simon Cottle

Professor at Cardiff University appearing on Panel 3: International media coverage of genocide Dec. 3, 13:15–14:45

Simon Cottle is a professor of media and communications at the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC) at Cardiff University where he served as Deputy and Head of School (2008-2015). Previously, he acted as the Inaugural Chair and Director of the Media and Communications Program at the University of Melbourne. He is also director of a new research group at Cardiff: “Communications, Human Security and Atrocity in Global Context.”

He has authored numerous books on media, globalization and the communication of conflicts, crises and catastrophes. Recent titles include: Disasters and the Media (with M. Pantti and K. Wahl-Jorgensen, 2012), Humanitarianism, Communications and Change (Ed. with G. Cooper, 2015) and Reporting Dangerously: Journalist Killings, Intimidation and Security (with R. Sambrook and N. Mosdell, 2016).

Cottle is also series editor the Global Crises and Media Series for Peter Lang Publishing.

Cottle will bespeaking on the International Media Coverage of Genocide panel — Dec 2. from 1:15–2:45 p.m. His talk — Human Security and Communications: Ten years on from the publication of The Media and the Rwanda Genocide — is a response to the arguments and findings in Allan Thompson’s 2007 publication.