[FoME] CfP "International Media Assistance" - Global Media Journal (GMJ-DE)

[Christoph Dietz]

http://www.globalmediajournal.de/home

Call for Papers:

Special Issue (Autumn 2014):
International Media Assistance

http://tinyurl.com/Call-GMJ-2-2014

Guest Editors: 
Christoph Dietz, CAMECO, Germany
Marie-Soleil Frère, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Mary S. Myers, Independent Media Consultant, United Kingdom

Deadline: July 15, 2014

The Global Media Journal, German Edition, invites submissions for its
autumn 2014 issue on the theme of international media assistance. This
issue is primarily focused on the ways in which international donors
have supported the media sector in developing countries over the last 25
years. 

Support to the media sector is usually understood as aid to strengthen
an independent, diverse and plural media, including press, broadcast and
digital/social media. Justifications for this kind of aid are usually
articulated in terms of promoting freedom of expression, accountability,
good governance, peace and human rights in beneficiary countries as part
of bilateral and multi-lateral aid spending. Assistance is also given to
the media as a vehicle for public education and behaviour change. This
sector has seen millions of aid dollars spent, especially since the
media liberalisation that followed the ‘democracy wave’ which, it is
said, swept across developing countries since the 1990s. Arguably this
can be dated from the fall of the Berlin Wall, 25 years ago, and the end
of the Cold War era. The practical aspects of this assistance usually
involve (but are not limited to) training in various aspects of
journalism and communications, aid to press and broadcast
infrastructure, strengthening of media businesses (both private and
public), support to legal and regulatory aspects, promotion of public
media literacy, support for the human rights of journalists and advocacy
for freedom of speech.

Original submissions are invited that look at the practical or
theoretical aspects of international media assistance or those that
question the ideological underpinning for this kind of assistance. 

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

·  media assistance in conflict-prone societies (e.g. the promotion of
peace journalism)
·  media assistance in (semi-) authoritarian regimes
·  integration of media assistance into broader democracy support and
development agenda , e.g. as part of the post-2015 Millenium Development
Goals (MDGs)
·  empirical studies on the role of media assistance in strengthening
governance and accountability
·  digital and social media and citizen journalism in international
media assistance
·  hidden agendas in international media assistance (public diplomacy,
public relations, Western values)
·  concepts and practices of impact assessment in media assistance
·  approaches to strengthen media and communication research capacities
in developing and transitional countries
·  concepts and practices of fostering media accountability and
transparency
·  approaches to strengthen media sustainability in low-income markets
·  strengthening advertising market transparency and audience
measurement capacities in developing countries
·  the role of multilateral organizations in international media
development
·  youth and youth cultures in media assistance
·  gender issues in media assistance
·  transformation of state media into public service broadcasters.

See the submission guidelines at
http://www.globalmediajournal.de/submission-guidelines/. Articles
(30.000-50.000 characters) will be peer-reviewed, but reports from the
field (20.000-40.000 characters) and essays and commentaries
(10.000-30.000 characters) are welcome as well.

Please do not hesitate to contact christoph.dietz at cameco.org or
marysmyers at btinternet.com for any queries regarding this special
issue.

Please send your submissions until July 15, 2014 to gmj at uni-erfurt.de.
 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
Christoph Dietz
CAMECO
Postfach 10 21 04 
D-52021 Aachen, Germany
Tel.: 0049 - 241 - 70 13 12 14
Fax: 0049 - 241 - 70 13 12 33
christoph.dietz at cameco.org
http://www.cameco.org


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