Post Event Summary and Resources

Summary

Modern conflict is a struggle for influence on public opinion in addition to territory and sovereign power – influence that runs increasingly over paths in a digital, networked world. This panel will review how the internet has been used in this struggle and offer recommendations for channeling online social networks towards conflict management.

Rapporteur Summary Report

• Download and read (.pdf 250KB)

Multimedia

Full Session

• Watch on YouTube
• Video Recording of Session (.mp4 151.01MB)
• Audio Recording of Session (.mp3 15.23MB)
• Photo Gallery

By Speaker

• Sheldon Himelfarb
  Associate Vice President, U.S. Institute of Peace
  Video Recording of Speaker (.mp4 12.37MB)
• John Kelly
  Founder, Morningside Analytics
  Video Recording of Speaker (.mp4 30.11MB)
• Ivan Sigal
  Executive Director, Global Voices
  Video Recording of Speaker (.mp4 27.59MB)
• Duncan MacInnes
  Principal Deputy Coordinator, State Department Bureau of International Information Programs
  Video Recording of Speaker (.mp4 23.48MB)
• Linton Wells
  Distinguished Research Fellow, National Defense University
  Video Recording of Speaker (.mp4 30.11MB)
• Question and Answer Panel
  Video Recording of Panel (.mp4 30.28MB)

Presentations

• Presentation from Ivan Sigal (.ppt 5.38MB)

Related Resources

• Transcript of Panel (.pdf)
• USIPeace Briefing: Media, Conflict Prevention & Peacebuilding
• USIPeace Briefing: The Role of Media in Conflict
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