[eccr] Conference on mis/representation in Media - Manchester - 17/18 June 2004

>Manchester Conference on Mis/Representation in Media
>
>
>On the 17th and 18th June 2004 the University of
>Manchester will hold the Joint Faculty of Arts and Faculty
>of Social Sciences and Law 'Mis/Representation in
>Media' Conference. This free entry event promises to be
>a most necessary and profitable occasion. The event is
>open to all interested parties but it is anticipated that
>attendees will include professionals, academics,
>researchers, and students working in media related arenas.
>
>The power of media to construct, create, demonstrate,
>reflect, generate, constrict, and confuse meaning
>promulgates representations, the accuracy of which
>becomes highly contestable, allowing for a framework of
>alternative reality within which the majority of the public
>dwell. This conference intends to rethink the notion of
>media, in its myriad forms, both as discourse and device,
>in order to examine the impact it has upon contemporary
>society. How is media susceptible to the misrepresentation
>  of social groups and individuals, guiding modern
>stereotypes into the everyday language of Western news-
>reel culture? How has media infiltrated the manner in
>which we conceptualize our world? And in what manner do
>we construct our realities based on these
>mis/representations? The premise is that representation is
>not a separate objective form from the creation of the
>subjects being represented. The relationship is inherently
>political, ambiguous and tacit, making misrepresentation
>all the more a necessary object of discussion.
>
>The conference is comprised of 6 sessions of papers
>exploring issues of mis/representation in politics, history,
>identity, social reality and advertising with an emphasis on
>discussion and debate. In addition, there are numerous
>workshops on professional and academic media through
>the direction of lecturers and practitioners from the
>University of Manchester, the BBC, the University of
>Manchester and UMIST Careers Service, and the
>Manchester University Press. This will prove invaluable
>for individuals interested in gaining media experience,
>improving career profiles and employment opportunities,
>and knowing more about routes into the media sector.
>
>Finally, a panel session of esteemed academics,
>professionals and MPs/MEPs will provide an opportunity
>for dialogue in the field of media, during which we will
>consider mis/representations of reality within media,
>questioning whether media represents reality, or creates
>only a representation of reality?The panel will also be
>discussing the topical media issues of the day.
>
>Although this is a free entry event you are asked to
>register your intentions to attend so as to assist us in our
>administration. To do this fill in the booking form on the
>website or email the conference organisers.
>
>Visit the conference website to view timetables, abstracts,
>locations and further information
>
>http://www.mediaconference.man.ac.uk
>
>
>To contact the organisers or to book a place at the event
>please emailto:
>
>(postgrad-conference /at/ man.ac.uk)
>
>
>
>Tim Clack
>PhD Research Student
>School of Archaeology
>University of Manchester
>M13 9PL
>United Kingdom

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