Polpit conversations
The fourth of our Polpit conversations, reviews what political communicators need to do, to respond effectively and meet the needs of their young audiences.


Programme

Prof. Stephen Coleman - Moderator

Professor of Political Communication and Director of Research, Institute for Communication Studies, University of Leeds, UK

Prof. Coleman has vast experience in the areas of European Political Communications and mobilisation, Media, Internet, Web media and popular culture, Broadcasting, Journalism... and e-democracy.

Before coming to Leeds, Stephen Coleman was Cisco Professor in e-Democracy at the Oxford Internet Institute and Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. In recent years he has served as specialist adviser to the House of Commons Information Select Committee inquiry on ICT and public participation in Parliament, policy adviser to the Cabinet Office, a member of the Royal Society committee on public engagement in science, a member of the Puttnam Commission on parliamentary communication with the public and chair of the Electoral Reform Society's Independent Commission on Alternative Voting Methods.



Oli Henman

European Citizens Consultations Coordinator, The Power Inquiry

The Power Commission was established to discover what is happening to British democracy. The commission of 10 people developed a set of proposals and recommendations to increase and deepen political participation, which were presented in a final report - Power to the People - published in February 2006.



Joel Levy

Director of Strategy and Research for Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates' London office.
Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates is a leading strategic communications firm that brings the lessons learned on the campaign trail into the boardroom, providing its clients with strategic, actionable recommendations to help them win in the most competitive situations.


Neil Hughston

Managing Director, Saatchi Interactive, UK





Jag Singh

Blog consultant specialized in online politics & 'social media', CIO MessageSpace UK.



MPs Panel:
Morten Oestergard (DK); Katy Clark (UK); Ott Lumi (EE); Jo Swinson (UK); Roel Deseyn (BE); Paul Ruebig (AT); Marko Mihkelson (EE); Jeremy Wright (UK);
Podcasts for politicians
is a series of conversations between the effective doers and thinkers in new media.... sharing their thoughts with the panel of parliamentarians.

Polpit has produced this series of podcasts for the EPRI network of parliamentarians. The EPRI project is an EU funded IST project.

Effective web communications with young people?
Politicians: How to respond
Thursday July 26th, 1-2.30 PM (+1GMT)