Dear All,
for further information about this event please contact directly Dr. Winston
Mano at [log in to unmask]
All the best,
Salvo
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CAMRI Africa Media Series: March 2007
African Media and Democracy Conference,
30-31 March 2007, University of Westminster, London, UK
Please note the changed dates.
This is a 2nd Call for Papers for the CAMRI conference on ‘African Media and
Democracy: Challenges and Changes’. If the mass media are the bedrock for
freedom and democracy, what has been the relationship between democracy and
the mass media in Africa? Has it been a case of poor democracy, poor media?
How have the media influenced processes of democracy in Africa? The
conference will on the one hand explore the relationship between African
democracy and ‘traditional’ African media such as newspapers, radio
stations, and televisions. On the other hand, it will examine the role
played by alternative and new media channels and formats in African
democracies. Africa now has different kinds of media servicing democratic
processes. Individual papers may, amongst other topics, focus on the:
* Media Ownership and African democracy
* NGOs and Activist Media in Africa
* Protest Music, Theatre, Drama and other Alternative
Media in Africa
* Political Party Media in Africa
* New Media and Democracy in Africa
* Foreign Media and African Democracy
* Rural and Urban Citizenship in Africa
* Elections, Elites and the Media in Africa
* Human Rights and the Media
* Media Access and Openness
* Media Democracy and Freedom
* The ‘African’ Public Sphere
* Media Controls and Constraints in Africa
Papers are invited on African Media and Democracy. The deadline for
abstracts is 15th January 2007. All submissions ‘must’ include a title and
an abstract of 100 to 300 words. They should also list the full name of the
submitter, with contact information and affiliations. Those whose papers are
accepted will be notified by 30th January 2007. Completed papers (not more
than 6000 words) must be e-mailed to us not later than 15th March 2007. Send
200-word abstracts to Ogo Charity Ekwenchi at [log in to unmask] or
Wilberforce Dzisah at [log in to unmask]
Fees:
Unwaged/Students: £40
Non-Students: £100
Fees cover registration, conference pack, lunch, coffee and tea.
Conference Team:
Prof. Colin Sparks, Dr. Winston Mano, Wilberforce Dzisah and Ogo Charity
Ekwenchi
CAMRI Africa Media Series
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication,
School of Media, Arts and Design
University of Westminster, Harrow Campus
Watford Road, HA1 3TP, UK
Phone: +44 (0) 2079115000 Fax: +44 (0)2079115942
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Salvatore Scifo
MeCCSA Postgraduate Network,
Mailing List Manager
Communication and Media Research Institute
School of Media, Arts & Design
University of Westminster
Watford Road, Northwick Park
Harrow
HA1 3TP
MeCCSA Postgraduate Network
http://www.meccsa.org.uk/pgn
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