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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.
Nominees sought for Communications & Social Change Award by November 15
The Communication and Social Change (CSC) Award is an annual award given to an individual or organisation for the contributions to the theory and/or practice of communication for social change. Major theoretical contributions, and applied communication practices that are illustrative of frontline change and long-term sustainable development will be considered for this award. Nominations are due November 15. UPDATE: the deadline has been extended to November 15.
European Parliament Issues Study on State of Community Media in European Union
The Directorate General Internal Policies of the Union of the European Parliament has published a report that investigates the state of Community Media in the European Union and examines the factors that influence their development.
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.
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Emergency Grant Winner Announced
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) announces the first recipient of a $30,000 Emergency Grant for academic-advocacy collaboration in the media and communications field.
"Case For Broadband in America Now!" Report Released
The Center for Creative Voices in Media released on October 10 a new report on the state of broadband internet access in the United States. The report details the impacts of the broadband access on economic growth, journalism, public safety, health care and democratic debate.
Grantee Profile: Study Suggests that Concentrated Station Ownership Is Detrimental to Children’s Educational TV
The children’s advocacy group Children Now worked with researcher Katharine Heintz-Knowles, PhD to examine how ownership patterns of television stations affect the amount of children’s educational programming they broadcast. In contrast to industry claims, the study found that more concentrated ownership of TV stations did not lead to more educational TV. In fact there is evidence that diversely held television markets provide more hours of educational programming. The study concludes that concentration of television station ownership in a market does not improve a station’s public service to the children in that market. Instead, this analysis suggests such concentration of ownership has a clear, negative impact on programming for children.
Call for Papers: Media@lse Electronic Working Papers
The Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science invites academics and PhD students to submit papers to the Media@lse Electronic Working Papers series. Papers should address the social, political, economic and cultural context of the media and communications.
SSRC Announces Grants Totaling $180,000 for Six Media and Communications Projects
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce six recipients of $30,000 'collaborative grants' in media and communications, on subjects ranging from Payola in the music industry to telecommunications rights in Brazil. The six projects bring together academic researchers with practitioners, advocates, and activists on issues central to creating a richer and more democratic public sphere. The grantees were chosen from a pool of 112 applicants.
APC Launches New Book on the WSIS and Civil Society
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has announced a new book, commissioned by the APC and written by David Souter, that examines how developing country delegations and civil society fared at the UN-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
Grantee Profile: What’s Meant by Digital Inclusion? An Interrogation of Municipal Broadband Policy in San Francisco
Stanford Ph.D Candidate Seeta Peña Gangadharan and activist group Media Alliance examine San Francisco's efforts to develop a "digital inclusion" strategy in the context of its highly-publicized municipal wi-fi build out planning. This research may be particularly useful for communities and groups involved in discussions with their own municipal governments about how to develop inclusive and effective access to the internet. Groups are especially encouraged to download the “Digital Inclusion Advocacy Toolkit” prepared by Media Alliance as part of this research study.
Project Profile: Understanding Barriers to Entry for Minority and Female Broadcasters
Recent studies have shown that minorities and women are very underrepresented in the population of radio and television station owners. Researchers Catherine Sandoval and Allen Hammond, IV at Santa Clara University School of Law and David Honig, Director of the Minority Media & Telecommunications Council, have developed and tested two surveys to help understand the experiences and perspectives of minority and female broadcasters, particularly with regard to public policies that affect their entry into the market.
Media Access Project Legal Internship
Media Access Project (MAP) is a non-profit, public interest law firm that has been practicing telecommunications law for more than thirty years. MAP generally has openings for 2 full-time legal interns during the summer and 1-2 full/part-time legal interns during the school year.
New study finds "poor mostly missing" from network news
The group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting has just released a report entitled "The Poor Will Always Be With Us... Just Not on the Nightly News" which examines how news shows on the three main broadcast networks in the Unites States treat issues of poverty.
EFF Internship Program for Law Students
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit legal foundation dedicated to preserving civil liberties online, invites outstanding law students to apply for internship positions at EFF offices in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Interns will work with EFF's legal team to litigate cutting-edge issues surrounding new technologies.
Arts Engine Internships
Internships in the programs department offer opportunities to learn about organizing screenings, doing community outreach and using films as a tool for social change. You will gain hands-on experience from working with community, regional and national organizations, institutions and museums on organizing screenings and events as well understand what goes behind putting together film festivals, conferences, panels and workshops. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to learn about building web content and engaging the public to use social justice issue films.
ICA Grassroots Organizers Panels available as e-book
The presentations from the grassroots discussion panels at the 2007 ICA Conference are now available in an e-book entitled "Alternatives on Media Content, Journalism and Regulation." Edited by Seeta Peña Gangadharan, Benjamin De Cleen and Nico Carpentier. You can download the complete book or access the individual chapters on the website.
Grantee Profile: Study Explores Radio as a Mobilization Tool in Latino Communities
San Francisco State University researcher Graciela Orozco examined how Latinos in California utilized Radio Bilingue, a local Spanish-language radio station, to inform, encourage, and organize political action on the issue of immigrants' rights as part of the national May 1st mobilization protests that took place last year. Orozco’s work lends evidence to the continuing importance of broadcast radio for community discourse, outreach and organizing.