[FoME] Fwd: [ecrea] Media and Democracy in Africa

[Leo Van Audenhove]

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>> CAMRI Africa Media Series: April 2007
>> Democracy and the Media in Africa Conference,
>> 6-7 April 2007, University of Westminster, London, UK
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>> This is a 1st Call for Papers for a two-day CAMRI Africa Media  
>> Conference on ‘Democracy and the Media in Africa: 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:
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>> ·                     Media Ownership and African democracy
>> ·                     NGOs and Activists 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
>> ·                     Mediating Rural and Urban Citizenship in  
>> Africa
>> ·                     Elections, Elites and the Media in Africa
>> ·                     Human Rights and Citizenship
>> ·                     Media access and openness
>> ·                     Media Democracy and Freedom
>> ·                     Media and the ‘African’ Public Sphere
>> ·                     Media Controls and Constraints in Africa
>> ·
>> Papers are invited on Democracy and the Media in Africa. 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. The abstracts should be provided as  
>> ''plain text'', and not as file attachments. 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  
>> <mailto:ekwenchiogo at yahoo.co.uk>ekwenchiogo at yahoo.co.uk or  
>> Wilberforce Dzisah at <mailto:Wdzisah at Yahoo.Com>Wdzisah at Yahoo.Com
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>> Fees:
>> Unwaged/Students:                         £40
>> Non-Students:                                   £100
>> Fees cover registration, conference pack, lunch, coffee and tea.
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>> Conference Team:
>> Prof. Colin Sparks, Dr. Winston Mano, Wilberforce Dzisah and Ogo  
>> Charity Ekwenchi
>> CAMRI Africa Media Series
>> University of Westminster, Harrow Campus
>> Watford Road, HA1 3TP, UK
>> Phone: +44 (0) 2079115000 Fax: +44 (0)2079115942
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Prof. dr. Leo Van Audenhove
Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (SMIT)
Interdisciplinary institute for BroadBand Technology(IBBT)
Vakgroep Communicatiewetenschap
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium
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e-Mail Leo.Van.Audenhove at vub.ac.be




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