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Hi All,
to supplement this, I'd like to add my small contribution to the 'defense'

Anna Notaro: Guest Blog post: ‘Media (studies) matters’, 8th February 2011 http://universitydiary.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/media-studies-matters-anna-notaro/ <http://universitydiary.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/media-studies-matters-anna-notaro/>
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Dr Anna Notaro
Anna


Contemporary Media Theory
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. 13 Perth Rd.
University of Dundee

Dundee DD1 4HT (UK)

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personal homepage: www.notarofam.com/annawork <http://www.notarofam.com/annawork>

 Twitter: @Notanna1

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Subject: Defending Media Studies

Colleagues may be interested in (and want to circulate more widely) James Curran's keynote address at the Derry Meccsa conference the week before last - 'Mickey Mouse Squeaks Back'.  In it, James argues that we in the field have to go on the offensive to point out the value of our subject area. So here's a start - it's at http://cmr.ulster.ac.uk/defending-media-studies/

Máire MD

Máire Messenger Davies PhD, FRSA, MBPsS
Professor of Media Studies
School of Media, Film and Journalism
University of Ulster
Cromore Rd
Coleraine, BT52 1SA
N. Ireland, UK

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