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Up one levelNK Grantee Post-Workshop Info!
The Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere co-hosted a two-day gathering (23-24 February 2008) of grantees, program partners, scholars and advocates to facilitate discussion on strategies to improve and increase research-advocacy collaborations on media and communications issues. Materials from the workshop can be found here.
Conference on "Communication and Social Change: Theory, ICTs, Media and Francophone Spheres" May 22, 2008
On May 22, there will be an ICA Pre-conference on "Communication and Social Change: Theory, ICTs, Media and Francophone Spheres." Papers for this pre-conference must be submitted by November 15.
Call for Papers: "Exploring New Media Worlds" due November 20
Texas A&M University is sponsoring a conference on "Exploring New Media Worlds: Changing Technologies, Industries, Cultures, and Audiences in Global and Historical Context" from February 29 to March 2. Papers or proposals are due November 20, 2007.
International Conference to evaluate 75 years of the BBC World Service
From December 18-19, there will be a conference on "International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange" on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the BBC World Service, held in London, UK. The deadline for submission of abstracts for this conference is November 5.
Call for Papers: "Social Web - Towards Networked Protest Politics?"
Changing Protest and Media Cultures, funded by the German Research Foundation at the University of Siegen, requests paper submissions for a conference on the interrelations of social movements and digital networks. The conference will be held in Siegen, Germany on November 7-8, 2008. Abstracts must be received by April 14, 2008.
Call for Papers -- International Sociological Association Conference
The International Sociological Association is organizing its First ISA Forum of Sociology in Barcelona, Spain, September 5-8, 2008. The Research Committee Futures Research (RC 07) invites proposals for papers and sessions, several of which are related to new media:
Audio of Adelstein, Calhoun, and McChesney Comments at Pre-Conference available
By popular demand, we have posted audio recordings and transcripts of remarks by FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, SSRC President Craig Calhoun and Free Press founder Bob McChesney at the SSRC-Free Press 'Media Policy Research Pre-conference' held on January 11 in Memphis ahead of the National Conference on Media Reform.
Transcript of FCC Commissioner Adelstein's remarks at Media Policy Research Pre-conference
John Anderson has passed on to us a transcript of the keynote address by FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein at the Media Policy Research Pre-Conference in Memphis on January 11, 2007. Please read Commissioner Adelstein's full remarks below.
Media Research Pre-conference gathers 200+ academics to strategize on research needs for 2007
On January 11, 2007 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center, the Media Policy Research Pre-conference brought together over 200 media policy researchers, students, activists, and policy-makers to discuss media research needs for the coming year. The all-day conference featured eight working group roundtable sessions on key policy research areas, a poster session to present new scholarship, and a keynote address by FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein. A summary document will be produced as a result of the pre-conference, setting out a media policy research agenda for 2007.
Audio recordings of presentations by researchers at NCMR available online
Many of the participants in the January 11 SSRC-Free Press 'Media Policy Research Pre-Conference' also participated in the larger National Conference on Media Reform. Audio recordings of a number of these research-oriented panels are now available at the Free Press conference website.