FIRST DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM
FOR ARAB & MUSLIM MEDIA RESEARCHERS
Date: Saturday, 28th April 2007
Time: 10am – 5pm
Venue: King’s College, University of London, the Strand, London WC2R 2LS
CALL FOR PAPERS
Scope:
There have been unprecedented developments in Arab and Muslim media during
the last ten years. The emergence of satellite TV, the internet and
digital technology have dramatically changed the way audience receive
information and interact with the media. The sudden success of Al-Jazeera
channel and other Arab broadcasters have altered the way the Arab world
narrates itself and reports news from the region to the rest of the world.
A challenge to global media (like BBC and CNN) emerged during the invasion
of Iraq (2003) and its aftermath in what has been known as the battle to
win Arabs and Muslims’ hearts and minds.
The scope of this conference will be wide, relating to media,
communication and culture in not only the ‘Middle East’, but the 22
countries of the Arab world in addition to the rest of the Muslim
countries in Africa and Asia. In addition, research is welcome that
addresses diasporic and minority media like television, radio and the
internet especially in Europe and the USA. We will be interested to know
who their audiences are, how influential those media outlets are, how they
are consumed and what impact do they have on their audiences’ sense of
identity and belonging.
Because of the importance of understanding existing and ongoing research
on these topics, CAMMRO will be holding a research/doctoral forum to bring
together research students who are studying Arab or Muslim media of all
types. This forum will be an international symposium for academics, Ph.D.
candidates and Master’s students to debate the growing role of media and
communication in social change in the Muslim communities around the world.
Symposium organization:
Students, who will be expected to present papers based on or part of their
Ph.D. or M.A. dissertations, will be given the opportunity to relate their
important and relevant research to other students and to academics,
enabling them to form networks for future collaboration or material
resources. Panel presentations will be organized according to topic.
Keynote speakers of prestigious status will be speaking as well, and
established academics will be in attendance, which will provide further
feedback on students’ research. Exceptional papers may be published in
CAMMRO’s Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research.
Contributions are welcome regarding the following themes:
- Communication and development in the Arab region
- Media and the Construction of public opinion
- The impact of satellite TV on the perception of democracy
- Media and social change in the Arab and Muslim world
- Media coverage of the Arab/Israeli conflict
- Use of satellite TV and the internet by the Jihadi groups
- Media and women empowerment
- Diasporic media and diasporic audiences
- Media and minorities
- Global media and its impact on local cultures
- Arab media and the challenge to global news networks
- Blogging and the changing face of journalism practice
- Reality TV and the tabloidisation of Arab media
- Pan-Arab Satellite TV and the transnational public Sphere
- Media and subcultures in the Arab world
Submissions:
We welcome contributions from around the world about the above mentioned
areas of enquiry. Abstracts to be considered for symposium panel
presentations should be submitted electronically by 25th March 2007. Each
abstract should be no more than 500 words, and each presentation should be
no more than 15 minutes.
Contact us:
Please send your abstracts and all enquiries to:
Olivia Allison,
King’s College, University of London.
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
www.cammro.com
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Salvatore Scifo
Communications,
MeCCSA Postgraduate Network
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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