Organized by the New Political Communication Unit at Royal Holloway, University of London, the conference brings together international scholars and journalists working in the fields of political science, history and communication, as well as members of the military and NGO professionals. The conference aims to serve as a forum showcasing leading research in this area, while providing an opportunity to take stock of how these fields have developed and to identify the newly emerging challenges they face.

The paper presented by Crisóstomo and Oliva, "The New Role of the Domestic Terrorist Character in the War Against Terrorism. The Case of Nick Brody in Homeland", seeks to get to grips with the role played by terrorism in Homeland.

Homeland is a drama-cum-thriller series created for American television by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa. The series revolves around the character of Carrie Mathison, a Central Intelligence Agency officer, who comes to suspect that a U.S. Marine who has returned home after spending years as an Al Qaeda prisoner of war, has defected to the enemy's side and now poses a serious threat to national security.