[eccr] can vote, won't vote: the media and political disengagement

>CAN VOTE, WON'T VOTE - OUTLINE PROGRAMME
>Goldsmiths College, University of London
>
>Thursday 6th November, 2003
>
>09.15           Opening by Warden of Goldsmiths Prof. Ben Pimlott
>
>09.30           Andrew Marr Political Editor, BBC
>                 Jon Snow, Presenter Channel Four News
>                 Julia Hartley-Brewer (awaiting confirmation)
>
>10.30           Coffee
>
>10.45           Trust Me, I'm a Politician  (main venue)
>                 David Miller (Stirling)
>                 System Failure: it's not the media, it's the whole bloody 
> system.
>                 Catherine Bromley and John Curtice  (Crest & Strathclyde)
>                 Are Non-Voters Cynics anyway?
>                 Barry Richards (Bournemouth)
>                 Politicians, media and audiences as psychological actors
>                 Darren Lilleker (Bournemouth)
>                 Where the real responsibility lies: party strategies and 
> voter disaffection
>
>
>12.00           The Disaffection of the Young  (main venue)
>                 Janine Dermody (Gloucester)
>                 the influence of the media in creating a distrusting, 
> cynical and alienated             young electorate: an exploratory analysis.
>                 Jan Haworth (City)
>                 Political awareness and media consumption among the 13-16 
> year olds.
>                 Janet Jones (Aberyswith)
>                 Wired, disenfranchised, but not necessarily out of touch
>                 Andrew Russell (Manchester)
>                 Media portrayals of  youth and politics
>
>                 or
>
>                 Going  Local (smaller venue)
>                 Bob Franklin (Sheffield)
>                 Talking past each other: journalists, readers and local 
> newspaper reporting             of general election campaigns in the uk
>                 Colin Rallings (Plymouth)
>                 Making a difference - the impact of local media and 
> campaigning
>                 James Thomas (Cardiff)
>                 Stirring up apathy? The media and the Welsh Assembly 
> elections
>
>13.15           Lunch
>
>
>14.15           After Alastair - Government Communications back on track?
>                 Ivor Gaber (Goldsmiths)
>                 Going from bad to worse: why Phillis (and the Government) 
> have got it wrong
>                 Mark Wheeler (London Met.)
>                 Spinning out of control?: the Labour Government and the 
> Government      Information and Communication Service
>
>15..00          Rt. Hon. Peter Hain M.P.
>                 Leader of the House of Commons
>
>15.45           Tea
>
>16.00           'Doing' Politics on the media (main venue)
>                 Daya Thussu (Goldsmiths)
>                 The Impact of the 'dumbing down' process on the coverage 
> of politics
>                    Jerry Palmer (London Met.)
>                 Spinning into Control: scandal and political reporting.
>                 Justin Lewis (Cardiff)
>                 Images of citizenship on TV news:breaking the cycle of 
> decline in       political participation.
>
>
>                 Strand Two: Lessons from Abroad (smaller venue)
>                 Geoff Andrews (Open University)
>                 From salesman to statesman: the post modern populism of 
> Silvio  Berlusconi.
>                 Raymond Kuhn (Queen Mary Westfield)
>                 Lessons of Le Pen: the media and voter mobilisation in France
>
>
>17.00           Prof. Robert Entman
>                 The US perspective speaker
>
>17.45           Final Observations - Professor James Curran
>
>18.00           Conference Ends
>
>For info, contact: Des Freedman
>
>
>*****************************************************
>Dr Des Freedman
>Department of Media and Communications
>Goldsmiths College
>University of London
>New Cross
>London SE14 6NW
>
>http://www.gold.ac.uk/cms/index.html
>
>

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