[eccr] Seminar at Ofcom, London: Emotional / Political Literacy And The Media

>EMOTIONAL / POLITICAL LITERACY AND THE MEDIA
>
>A seminar at Ofcom, Wednesday 24 November 2004, 2.00-5.30
>Organised by Bournemouth Media School and Ofcom
>
>Chair: Nick Higham, BBC Media Correspondent
>
>'Media literacy' is often cited as an essential skill, for primary school
>children as well as adults. Literacy in emotional communication, and in
>political understanding, can be seen as equally important, and can also be
>fostered by the media.
>
>This event will open up new dimensions of the debate on media literacy, what
>it is, and where and how to promote it. Panelists will draw on the latest
>academic research and thinking, and set out some challenging ideas for a
>mixed audience of media professionals, academics and journalists.
>
>Registration: The event is free, and open to all interested researchers,
>journalists, teachers, and other individuals concerned with these issues.
>However places are limited, so please do email (cpcr /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)
><mailto:(cpcr /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)> as soon as possible to reserve your place.
>
>Session 1: The meanings of media literacies
>
>* David Gauntlett, Professor of Media and Audiences at Bournemouth
>University
>* Annette Hill, Professor of Media Studies at University of Westminster
>
>Gauntlett and Hill will begin by considering the relationship between
>'emotional literacy' and 'media literacy'. Annette Hill has recently
>conducted research for OFCOM which offers insights into viewers' emotional
>relationships with the new and changing factual television programming
>environment. David Gauntlett will outline a new research approach which aims
>to get 'inside' media literacy, and people's emotional investments in
>popular media, by asking individuals and groups to make, and then reflect
>upon, media artefacts themselves.
>
>Session 2: Emotional and political literacies
>
>* Barry Richards, Professor of Public Communication at Bournemouth
>University
>* James Park, Director of Antidote, the Campaign for Emotional Literacy
>
>In a dialogic presentation, Barry Richards and James Park will connect the
>idea of media literacy, and the practice of promoting it, with broad agendas
>for personal development and for citizenship which are now shaping practice
>in many organisational and educational settings. The speakers will also
>discuss the interrelationship between emotional and political literacies,
>and will identify how both content-related and access factors may impede the
>development of enhanced media literacy.
>
>PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
>1.30-2.00       Registration, refreshments
>2.00-2.15       Welcome & opening remarks
>2.15-3.30       Session 1 (Hill, Gauntlett, discussion)
>3.30-4.00       Break
>4.00-5.15       Session 2 (Park, Richards, discussion)
>5.15-5.30       Closing remarks, by the Chair
>5.30-6.30       Wine
>
>Further information can be found at
>http://media.bournemouth.ac.uk/events_ofcom.html
>
>Registration: The event is free, and open to all interested researchers,
>journalists, teachers, and other individuals concerned with these issues.
>However places are limited, so please do email (cpcr /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)
><mailto:(cpcr /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)> as soon as possible to reserve your place.
>
>This seminar has been jointly organised by The Centre for Public
>Communication Research and The Centre for Creative Media Research at
>Bournemouth Media School, and Ofcom.

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