[ecrea] Media and Democracy in Africa

>CAMRI Africa Media Series: April 2007
>Democracy and the Media in Africa Conference,
>6-7 April 2007, University of Westminster, London, UK
>
>This is a 1st Call for Papers for a two-day 
>CAMRI Africa Media Conference on Democracy and 
>the Media in Africa: Challenges and Changes. If 
>the mass media are the bedrock for freedom and 
>democracy, what has been the relationship 
>between democracy and the mass media in Africa? 
>Has it been a case of poor democracy, poor 
>media? How have the media influenced processes 
>of democracy in Africa? The conference will on 
>the one hand explore the relationship between 
>African democracy and traditional African 
>media such as newspapers, radio stations, and 
>televisions. On the other hand, it will examine 
>the role played by alternative and new media 
>channels and formats in African democracies. 
>Africa now has different kinds of media 
>servicing democratic processes. Individual 
>papers may, amongst other topics, focus on the:
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>·                     Media Ownership and African democracy
>·                     NGOs and Activists Media in Africa
>·                     Protest Music, Theatre, 
>Drama and other Alternative Media in Africa
>·                     Political Party Media in Africa
>·                     New Media and Democracy in Africa
>·                     Foreign Media and African Democracy
>·                     Mediating Rural and Urban Citizenship in Africa
>·                     Elections, Elites and the Media in Africa
>·                     Human Rights and Citizenship
>·                     Media access and openness
>·                     Media Democracy and Freedom
>·                     Media and the African Public Sphere
>·                     Media Controls and Constraints in Africa
>·
>Papers are invited on Democracy and the Media in 
>Africa. The deadline for abstracts is 15th 
>January 2007. All submissions ''must'' include a 
>title and an abstract of 100 to 300 words. They 
>should also list the full name of the submitter, 
>with contact information and affiliations. The 
>abstracts should be provided as ''plain text'', 
>and not as file attachments. Those whose papers 
>are accepted will be notified by 30th January 
>2007. Completed papers (not more than 6000 
>words) must be e-mailed to us not later than 
>15th March 2007. Send 200-word abstracts to Ogo 
>Charity Ekwenchi at 
><mailto:(ekwenchiogo /at/ yahoo.co.uk)>(ekwenchiogo /at/ yahoo.co.uk) 
>or Wilberforce Dzisah at <mailto:(Wdzisah /at/ Yahoo.Com)>(Wdzisah /at/ Yahoo.Com)
>
>Fees:
>Unwaged/Students:                         £40
>Non-Students:                                   £100
>Fees cover registration, conference pack, lunch, coffee and tea.
>
>Conference Team:
>Prof. Colin Sparks, Dr. Winston Mano, 
>Wilberforce Dzisah and Ogo Charity Ekwenchi
>CAMRI Africa Media Series
>University of Westminster, Harrow Campus
>Watford Road, HA1 3TP, UK
>Phone: +44 (0) 2079115000 Fax: +44 (0)2079115942
>________________________________________________________________________

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