Colleagues,
Happy New Year! We invite you to begin 2008 by joining the head of the
newly converged BBC Newsroom and leading broadcasters, researchers, and
independent media producers to examine the new journalism -- and the new
citizen -- at our symposium on Monday, January 7th. Places are still
available; please register now by phone using the number below.
BROADCAST NEWS AND THE ACTIVE CITIZEN
A Dialogue between Media Researchers and Practitioners
Monday, January 7, 2008
For further information and the conference schedule, please visit:
http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/news-citizen
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
PETER HORROCKS, Head of BBC Newsroom
PROFESSOR JOHN DOWNING, Southern Illinois University (author of Radical Media)
Symposium presenters include
Brian McNair, University of Strathclyde
Chris Atton, Napier University
Nick Couldry, Goldsmiths College - University of London
Vicky Taylor, BBC Interactive
Simon Bucks, Sky News
Mark Waddington, ITV Local
USER GENERATED CONTENT - CITIZEN JOURNALISM - INTERACTIVITY - PRODUSAGE -
COMMUNITY MEDIA - LOCALISM
Broadcast news institutions are responding in unprecedented ways to a public
which increasingly produces and consumes its own journalism. These trends
challenge traditional notions of citizenship and the role of broadcasters.
While enabling exploration of a range of topics related to these phenomena,
we seek to develop insights, in particular, into how the major news
broadcasters of the UK - at the local and national levels - adapt to an
increasingly active, engaged, and demanding public.
The conference is hosted by the Institute of Communications Studies.
Contact [log in to unmask] for further information or call Sarah
Ventress on 0113-343-5805
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