***Apologies for cross-posting*** ***Details for seminar on 9th June*** MeCCSA Women's Media Studies Network and Media and Politics Research Group (Department of Communication and Media) are pleased to invite you to a jointly-hosted summer seminar taking place in the Rendall Theatre Workshop (1st Floor Rendall Building) on Thursday, 9 June 2011, 1.30pm-4.15pm. All welcome. Women, Politics, News - Same old, same old? [https://owa.liv.ac.uk/owa/attachment.ashx?id=RgAAAADDRBx9rNJSRaWsW6plXEzTBwAI2pD9g9mvQK3IgtKMY8dNAAAAi%2bpQAAA8K26nqF9YT5blE4YO%2frU5Aj2FVqVfAAAJ&attcnt=1&attid0=EACJsihJzRzvQ47vg92OdOko] PROGRAMME 1.30pm: networking lunch (BYO) 2.15 – 2.45: Emily Harmer, Loughborough University “Just another gratifyingly photogenic leaders’ wife” and “a bigoted sort of woman”: Newspaper coverage of women in the British General Election 2010. 2.45 – 3.15: Valentina Cardo, University of East Anglia Women’s activism: between old and new media. 3.15 – 3.45: Karen Ross, University of Liverpool Women and news: the Global Media Monitoring Project as barometer of change, or not. 3.45-4.15: discussion and close Please visit the website for details of our events and travel links: http://www.liv.ac.uk/communication-and-media/mediapol.htm For further details contact: Karen Ross ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ) --------------------------------------------- Karen Ross Professor of Media and Public Communication and Director of Postgraduate Research Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Liverpool Roxby Building Liverpool L69 7ZT, UK mob +44 (0)7798 884110 email: [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------