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PSA’s Media and Politics Group event November 11 and 12th
University of East Anglia
Media, Politics and Popular Culture
Friday 11th November
Arrival 12-2 Lunch
Session 1: 2-3.30
Policy and culture
Jim McGuigan (Loughborough) Liberalism, Culture and Policy
Des Freedman (Goldsmiths college, University of London) Is anyone
listening? Academics and the media policy-making process'
Jonathan Hardy (University of East London)
Beyond Advertising? Analysing UK policy on broadcast media and
advertising integration
Coffee 3.30-4
Session 2: 4-530
Popular culture and politics
Valentina Cardo (UEA) Vote for Me: playing at politics
Mick Temple (Staffordshire University) Come on Down! Politics in the
21st century
Wine reception 530-600
Plenary: Michael Brunson (former ITV news journalist) 6-7
Then into Norwich city centre for dinner
Saturday 12th November
Session 3: 930-11
The election
Dominic Wring (Loughborough) Political communication in the 2005 election
James Stanyer (Loughborough) Online Attitude Expression and Election
Campaigns: Blogging and the British General Election Campaign of 2005.
Coffee 11-1130
Session 4:1130-1
Film and politics
Mark Wheeler (London Met) Celebrity: Campaign politics, activism and
Hollywood showbiz.
Michael Higgins (University of Sunderland) Arnold Schwarzenegger and the
rhetoric of political celebrity
1pm lunch and close
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