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> Subject: First Doctoral Symposium for Arab and Muslim Media Researchers
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> Dear friends and colleagues
> Please forward,
> Many thanks
>
> N. Miladi
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>
> FIRST DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM
> FOR ARAB & MUSLIM MEDIA RESEARCHERS
>
> Date: Saturday, 28th April 2007
> Time: 10am – 5pm
> Venue: King’s College, University of London, the Strand, London WC2R 2LS
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> Scope:
> There have been unprecedented developments in Arab and Muslim media during
> the last ten years. The emergence of satellite TV, the internet and
> digital technology have dramatically changed the way audience receive
> information and interact with the media. The sudden success of Al-Jazeera
> channel and other Arab broadcasters have altered the way the Arab world
> narrates itself and reports news from the region to the rest of the world.
> A challenge to global media (like BBC and CNN) emerged during the invasion
> of Iraq (2003) and its aftermath in what has been known as the battle to
> win Arabs and Muslims’ hearts and minds.
>
> The scope of this conference will be wide, relating to media,
> communication and culture in not only the ‘Middle East’, but the 22
> countries of the Arab world in addition to the rest of the Muslim
> countries in Africa and Asia. In addition, research is welcome that
> addresses diasporic and minority media like television, radio and the
> internet especially in Europe and the USA. We will be interested to know
> who their audiences are, how influential those media outlets are, how they
> are consumed and what impact do they have on their audiences’ sense of
> identity and belonging.
>
> Because of the importance of understanding existing and ongoing research
> on these topics, CAMMRO will be holding a research/doctoral forum to bring
> together research students who are studying Arab or Muslim media of all
> types. This forum will be an international symposium for academics, Ph.D.
> candidates and Master’s students to debate the growing role of media and
> communication in social change in the Muslim communities around the world.
>
> Conference organization:
> Students, who will be expected to present papers based on or part of their
> Ph.D. or M.A. dissertations, will be given the opportunity to relate their
> important and relevant research to other students and to academics,
> enabling them to form networks for future collaboration or material
> resources. Panel presentations will be organized according to topic.
> Keynote speakers of prestigious status will be speaking as well, and
> established academics will be in attendance, which will provide further
> feedback on students’ research. Exceptional papers may be published in
> CAMMRO’s journal, the Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research, the first
> edition of which will be published soon.
>
>
> Contributions are welcome regarding the following themes:
> - Communication and development in the Arab region
> - Media and the Construction of public opinion
> - The impact of satellite TV on the perception of democracy
> - Media and social change in the Arab and Muslim world
> - Media coverage of the Arab/Israeli conflict
> - Use of satellite TV and the internet by the Jihadi groups
> - Media and women empowerment
> - Diasporic media and diasporic audiences
> - Media and minorities
> - Global media and its impact on local cultures
> - Arab media and the challenge to global news networks
> - Blogging and the changing face of journalism practice
> - Reality TV and the tabloidisation of Arab media
> - Pan-Arab Satellite TV and the transnational public Sphere
> - Media and subcultures in the Arab world
>
> Submissions:
> We welcome contributions from around the world about the above mentioned
> areas of enquiry. Abstracts to be considered for symposium panel
> presentations should be submitted electronically by 30th January 2007.
> Each abstract should be no more than 500 words, and each presentation
> should be no more than 15 minutes.
>
>
> Noureddine Miladi (PhD)
> Lecturer in Media Studies & Sociology
> University of Northampton
> Director, Centre for Arab and Muslim Media Research
> www.cammro.com
>
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