[eccr] academic workshop on Connectiviy and the Media

Academic Workshop

"Connectivity of the Media - Network Society and Media Communication"

Date/Place: 31 January 2003 - 1 February 2003 in the Conference Centre Augustinerkloster in Erfurt, Germany

Organising Body: Section Media Sociology of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft

 

"Connectivity" and "Network (Society)" became key terms within academic debates of recent years: Manuel Castell's description of the current information age as characterised by connectivity on many levels leads him to perceive of societies in terms of network societies. John Tomlinson depicts - parallel to Anthony Giddens and Ulrich Beck - the globalised world as one of increasing connectedness. Furthermore, Ien Ang refers in her analysis of contemporary Asian identity to the challenges posed by the ever-growing cultural connectivity. "Connectivity" and "Network (Society)" are more and more important concepts in the academic discussion within social sciences and cultural studies.
The aim of the workshop is to prove the reach of these concepts for media research within media and communication studies and other disciplines. This will be done not only by theoretical reflections, but also by discussing empirical research within the paradigm of connectivity and network society.

 

Programme

Friday, 31 January 2003

14:30  Get Together With Coffee and Cake
15:00  Greeting
 

Part 1: Connectivity of the Media - Theoretical Approaches

15:30  John Tomlinson (Nottingham Trent University, UK) Connectivity and Immediacy: Cultural implications of Globalising Technologies
16:30  Coffee Break
17:00  Friedrich Krotz (University of Münster, Germany): Connectivity by the Media: About Concept, Conditions and Consequences.
18:00  Shaun Moores (University of Sunderland, UK): Media, Flows and Places

19:00  Dinner
20:00  Evening Programme

Saturday, 1 February 2003

9:00  Andreas Hepp (TU Ilmenau, Germany): Translocal Media Cultures: Connectivity, Deterritorialization and the Globalisation of Media
 

Part 2: Connectivity of the Media - Fields of Research

10:00  Maren Hartmann (SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium): Undercurrents: Cyberfeminism, a Mailing List and an 'Invisible' Network Society
11:00  Coffee Break
11:30  Thorsten Quandt (TU Ilmenau, Germany): Network-Working in Media Organisations: Theoretical and Empirical Concepts
12:30  Lunch
14:00  Christian Stegbauer (University Frankfurt, Germany) Network Metaphor and Network Structure: The Relation between Centre and Periphery in the Internet
15:00  Samuel Oluwaseyi Oduyela (Vernacular Media, Nigeria) Bridging the Digital Gap: A Challenge to African Media
16:00  Carsten Winter (Universität Klagenfurt, Österreich) Connectivity: Developing the Theoretical Logic of Media Communication

17:00  Result Discussion, Coffee and Cake
17:30  End of the Workshop
 

Remarks and Conditions

Every presentation has a duration of about 30 minutes. After that there
are 30 minutes discussion time. Workshop Languages are English and German.

The workshop fee is EURO 65,-. This includes a one night stay including breakfast in the conference centre Augustinerkloster Erfurt (http://www.augustinerkloster.de/), lease of the conference rooms, coffee and cake in the breaks, and a workshop folder including detailed information. The fee for participation without without accommodation is EURO 20,-. The workshop fee can be paid cash at the beginning of the workshop.

Latest information can be found at: http://www-ifmk.tu-ilmenau.de/dgpuk/smk/index.html

Please send your registration until 26 January 2003 via mail of e-mail to:

Dr. Andreas Hepp M.A.
Technische Universität Ilmenau
IfMK, FG Medienwissenschaft
D-98693 Ilmenau
Tel: +49 3677 69-4670
Fax: +49 3677 69-4695
E-Mail: (Andreas.Hepp /at/ tu-ilmenau.de)

and/or
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Krotz
Universität Münster
Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft
D-48143 Münster
Tel: +49 251 - 83 2 42 66
Fax: +49 251 - 83 2 13 10
E-Mail: (friedrich.krotz /at/ uni-muenster.de)

and/or
Carsten Winter, M.A.
Universität Klagenfurt
IfMK
A-9022 Klagenfurt
Tel: +43 463 / 2700 18 25
Fax: +43 463 / 2700 18 99
E-Mail: (Carsten.Winter /at/ uni-klu.ac.at)
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