MEDIA EVENTS
a THREE DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY THE UNIVERSITIES OF
STIRLING AND WESTMINSTER
JUNE 30TH - JULY 3RD 2000
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER, HARROW CAMPUS
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Conference will consider:
+ the detailed media coverage of particular kinds of event: e.g.
sporting, ceremonial, musical events, and news coverage of disasters
(natural and human) war and violence.
+ the widern implications of media events, especially issues relating
to: publicness, spectacle, spectatorship, liveness, presence
('being-there'), narrative, history, ritual, witnessing and the spatial
and temporal characteristics of events.
+ Keynote speakers include: Jay Blumler, James Carey, Daniel Dayan,
Elihu Karz, Tamar Liebes, Philip Schlesinger and Paddy Scannell.
+ Papers should be of a length which can be presented in 20 minutes.
Please send 200 word abstracts of papers for consideration. clsoing
dates for abstracts Monday, 6th March, 2000. Those whose papers are
accepted will be notified within four weeks of that date.
Abstracts should be sent to:
Maria Way, Research Officer
University of Westminster,
Watford Road,
Harrow, Middx HA1 3TP
England.
Fax +44-207-911-5942
Tel +44-207-911-5941
E-mail: [log in to unmask] (preferred method)
John J. Pungente, SJ
Jesuit Communication Project
1002 - 60 St. Clair Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4T 1N5
Phone: (416) 515-0466 extension 224
Fax: (416) 515-0467
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
JCP Home Page: http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/JCP/index.html
Please check out information on SUMMIT 2000 to be held May 13-17, 2000 in
Toronto. A five day international gathering of media professionals and
media educators - over 280 presentations from 34 countries. Not to be
missed at http://www.summit2000.net
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