Dear all,
We have a limited number of audience places at the postgraduate / early
career researchers one-day symposium, 'Minding the Gap': Reflections on
Media Practice and Theory, to be held at Reuters Institute for the Study of
Journalism, University of Oxford, on Saturday 12th May 2007.
A brief programme can be found below.
The event runs from 09.30am - 6pm and the keynote speaker is Professor Brian
Winston, University of Lincoln.
The cost of the event is £15.00 'waived fee', returnable on registration at
the event on the day. Delegates need to return a cheque payable to:
'ADM-HEA' and a booking form obtainable by emailing:
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Places will be offered on a first come, first served basis on receipt of the
cheque / form. The fee includes two tea breaks, a buffet lunch and an early
evening wine reception after the event. Information on accommodation in
Oxford can be obtained from Cathy Baldwin, email as above.
Travel information and directions will be sent to all paid-up delegates
together with a full programme nearer the date.
Thanks,
Cathy
SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY
09.30-10.30
Registration and tea / coffee. Co-ordinator:
Andres Schipani-Aduriz, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Venue:
Foyer, 13 Norham Gardens
10.30-11.00
Welcome and Introduction:
Cathy Baldwin, Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, University of
Oxford
Paddy Coulter, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of
Oxford
Keynote Speech:
'If it Bleeds it Leads....': Modes of Inquiry in a World of Sensation
Professor Brian Winston, University of Lincoln
Chair: Dafydd Sills-Jones, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Venue:
Osler McGovern Seminar Room, 13 Norham Gardens
Time
Workshop Name and Number
11.00-1.00pm
1. Media Practice as Research Method
Panel Number and Name:
1. Sound and Image: Alternative Methods of Research and Presentation
Name/s of Chair/s:
John Sealey, Film Studies, Department of Arts, Literatures & Languages,
University of Exeter
Panel Venue
Reuters Institute Seminar Room (1st Floor)
Presentation Number and Title
Presenter/s and Their University
1. What is Deptford TV?
Adnan Hadzi, Department of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths College,
University of London
2. I think I’m Turning Academic, I Really Think so.
Trevor Hearing, Bournemouth University
3. "High Definitions": Articulating Media Practice as Research
Dr Charlotte Crofts, Department of Arts, Media and English, London South
Bank University
4. Video Diary making as a research method: just another jargon of
authenticity?
Tony Dowmunt, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Panel Number and Name:
2. Bringing Work Back to School: Professional Experience in Media Research
Name/s of Chair/s:
Lizzie Jackson, University of Westminster / BBC &
David Lee, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Panel Venue
Osler-McGovern Seminar Room
Presentation Number and Title
Presenter/s and Their University
1. Dilemmas of Ethnographic Research: The Practitioner / Academic’s
Quandary.
Somnath Batabyal, Department of Film and Media, SOAS
2. Thoughts on the Relationship Between Media Research and Media Industry
Experience.
Ole J. Mjos, School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster
3. Indistinct Identities: Reflecting on the Role of the Researcher in a
Media Practice Setting.
Line Thomsen, Institute of Information and Media Studies, University of
Aarhus, Denmark
4. Returning to the 'Big' Discourse: Investigating the History Documentary
Dafydd Sills-Jones, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
5. Curating Film Festivals: the case of the UK Festival of Chinese Cinema:
Cinema China 2007
Dr Dorota Ostrowska, Department of Film Studies, University of Edinburgh
1.00-2.00pm
Walkabout Buffet Lunch
Venue: Oxford University Newcomers Club
Time
Workshop Name and Number
2.00-3.45pm
2. Theoretical Models in Mass Media Practice
Panel Number and Name:
1. Perspectives from the West
Name/s of Chair/s:
Lizzie Jackson, University of Westminster / BBC &
Line Thomsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Venue
Osler McGovern Seminar Room
Presentation Number and Title
Presenter/s and Their University
1. Do Journalists Listen and Should They Be Taught How To? An Investigation
of Contemporary Interviewing Practices
Gavin Rees, Centre for Public Communication Research, University of
Bournemouth
2. Documents of Ordinariness – the BBC’s Video Nation project
Jo Henderson, Institute of Education, University of London
3. Mass Media Coverage of Climate Science: Analyses in the United States and
United Kingdom
Maxwell Boykoff, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
4. Daily or Diary? Reflections about a New Approach Towards the New Profile
of E-Journalism
Cristina Perales & Mon Rodríguez, Department of Digital Communication,
University of Vic, Barcelona, Spain
5. A Shield for Whom? Implications of a Federal Shield Law for Media
Practitioners
Patrice Holderbach, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Panel Number and Name:
2. Perspectives From the Developing World
Name/s of Chair/s:
Catherine Joppart, Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research / SOAS
&
Venkata Vemuri, University of the West of England
Panel Venue
Reuters Institute Seminar Room
Presentation Number and Title
Presenter/s Name/s and Their University
1. Crossed lines: Media Theory in Afghanistan's Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Effort
Sarah Kamal, Department of Media and Communications, LSE
2. “Reporting Back”: Al Jazeera English
Nina Bigalke, Goldsmiths College, University of London
3. Journalism and Political Democracy in Brazil (1984-2004)
Dr Carolina Matos, Department of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths
College, University of London
4. Understanding the Complexity of Journalistic Practices: the Case of China
Dr Xin Xin, China Media Centre, University of Westminster
3.45-4.00pm
Tea / Coffee Break
Venue: Oxford University Newcomers Club
Time
Workshop Number and Name
4.00-6.00pm
Workshop 3: Double Vocations: Media Practice and Theory
Name/s of Chair/s: Dafydd Sills-Jones, University of Wales, Aberystwyth &
Cathy Baldwin, ISCA, University of Oxford.
Venue
Osler McGovern Seminar Room
Presentation Number and Title
Presenter/s and Their University
1. Mother Earth, A Canadian Story: Documentary Radio and Conventional Wisdom
Maureen Matthews, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University
of Oxford
2. Media Corporatism: Whither Journalistic Ethics?
George Nyabuga, University of Worcester
3. Practice Makes Theory
John Sealey, Film Studies, Department of Arts, Literatures & Languages,
University of Exeter
4. Immersing, Messing and Getting Lost: Making Sense of Theory in Practice
Fazal Malik, Institute of Cultural Analysis, Nottingham Trent University
5. TBC
Reuters Fellow
6.00pm
Delegates Wine Reception
Venue: Foyer – or Terrace and lawn (weather permitting)
8.00pm
Meal out in Oxford for remaining delegates (Pay Your Own)
Pizza Express in the Golden Cross Yard (off Cornmarket Street, City Centre)
Cathy Baldwin,
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Minding the Gap: Media Theory & Practice Conference:
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Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology,
University of Oxford
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