Dear Colleagues,
This is a reminder to register your interest in the newly-established MeCCSA Local and Community Media Network and to sign up for our first event.
The network aims to draw together scholars to raise the profile of research in this field both in the UK and internationally, and to strengthen its future trajectory. It also seeks to support and promote the development of research and teaching in the field. We welcome scholars at all stages of their career.
The inaugural event will be held at Canterbury Christ Church University, thanks to network co-founder Professor Agnes Gulyas, starting at 11am. We expect to finish around 3pm. Lunch will be provided. This meeting will determine priorities for actions and plan future events.
The organisers would ask anyone planning on attending to register, for catering purposes, by April 23, 2019 via the Eventbrite link here
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meccsa-local-media-network-tickets-59689807822
The organisers are also able to offer a limited number of travel bursaries to PhD students and those who may not be able to access institutional funding for attendance. Please apply in the first instance to Dr Rachel Matthews at [log in to unmask] Please add ‘bursary application’ to your subject line.
Areas for consideration for the network might include, but are not limited to:
• reconceptualising ‘community’
• ‘hyperlocal’ media
• community media
• local news and journalism
• the political economy of legacy and emerging local media
• local public spheres
• cultures and practices of local and/or community media workers
• political communication in the local sphere
• the sustainability of local and/or community media and journalism platforms
• the impact of social media on the meaning and making of the local/the local on social media platforms
• changing local media ecosystems
• the cultures and practices of local media production and consumption
• policy interpolations
• the significance of history in contextualising ‘crises’ in the local
• local communications
• alternative local media: process, content and narrative
If you would like to join the network but cannot attend, please send an Expression of Interest to Dr Matthews, [log in to unmask], briefly outlining your own area of interest. These will be taken forward for consideration on April 30.
Please address any queries in the first instance to Dr Rachel Matthews.
Network organisers:
Dr David Baines, Newcastle University. Professor Agnes Gulyas, Canterbury Christ Church University. Dr Rachel Matthews, Coventry University.
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