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[ecrea] "The Revolution will not be televised?" Media and Protest Movements after 1945
Tue Feb 05 19:20:35 GMT 2008
"The Revolution will not be televised?" Media and Protest Movements after 1945
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BeiträgerRolf Werenskjold/ Martin Klimke <(rebekka.weinel /at/ t-online.de)>
Veröffentlicht am03.02.2008
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Klassifikation
Regionaler Schwerpunkt Ohne regionalen Schwerpunkt
Epochale Zuordnung 1945-1989
Thematischer Schwerpunkt Kulturgeschichte, Film- und Mediengeschichte
Hosted and organized by Volda University College
and the Interdisciplinary Research Forum on
Protest Movements, Activism and Social Dissent
(IFK Protest, Interdisziplinäres Forschungskolloquium Protestbewegungen).
Supported by The Freedom of Expression Foundation, Norway.
Supported by the Marie Curie Research Network
European Protest Movements Since 1945 (www.protest-research.eu)
The conference will direct its attention towards
central aspects of the interaction of
social/political protest movements and the media
in the era after Second World War. Given the
40-year anniversary of the international revolt
of 1968, a special focus will be laid on the
1960s and 1970s and the notions of mass media and
democracy in a globalized news world.
Recent research has emphasized the role of the
mass media in the dissemination of protest ideas
and practices across different countries and
regions. However, the crucial role of the media
played in a time of instantaneous satellite
communication and increased time-space
compression has largely been seen taken for
granted. Only few studies have analyzed the way
in which various media systems covered the
protest movements around the world and their
exchange and recontextualization of ideas and
cultural practices. The relationship of protest
movements relationship to the mass media in the
period was often ambiguous, fraught with both
interaction and conflict. In consequence,
activists often sought to establish alternative
media structures or their own news services.
The conference therefore follows a twofold goal:
It aims to investigate the journalists covering
protest and dissent in various geographical
regions and political circumstances, thus
creating the public images of the protest
movement and their goals. From such a
perspective, the mass media can be seen as a
vantage point from which to further evaluate the
establishments reaction to domestic and
international protest. On the other hand, the
conference will also focus on the various ways in
which activists tried to reach out and presented
themselves to the public, whether it was through
the traditional mass media such as newspapers,
radio and television or other channels of communication.
In doing so, we want to examine the complex
interrelation between instrumental and expressive
protest actions and the media coverage more
closely: How do protesters design their protest
actions in order to attract media attention of
the media? And how, conversely, does the media
assimilate the visual and performative aspects of
the symbolic protest actions? Keeping these two
strains in mind, the conference is dedicated to
the creation of new approaches on the ways
social, cultural and political protest is mediated.
Thematically, we therefore call for contributions from studies within:
- theoretical perspectives on the medias
coverage of the protests and dissent (including
reception research, framing theory and discourse analysis)
- protest and media worldwide (comparative or
studies of trans-national communication are encouraged)
- the depiction of protest movements in mass
media (television, radio, newspapers)
- the role of imagery and pictures in news coverage of protest
- the use of political cartoons in framing protest movements or events
- studies of journalist covering protest and dissent
- editorial processes that directed or influenced news coverage
- international media structures and news transmission
- protest movements featured in the media debate
(including the womens liberation, the
environmentalist or peace movement, or new and contemporary social movements)
- media strategies of activists (including the
use of posters, pamphlets, underground radio and newspapers, and the internet)
The conference will feature workshops with
leading media scholars and historians; panel
discussions of trans-disciplinary and general
thematical approaches. The purpose is also to
promote a lively international and
interdisciplinary dialogue and create a basis for
future scholarly teamwork across national, cultural and regional borders.
Applications from postgraduate students, early
stage researchers (PhD-students), postdocs and
young scholars from all disciplinary and national
backgrounds are strongly encouraged.
Successful applicants will be provided with
living allowance that should cover all necessary
expenses during the conference. The organizers
will also provide a limited travel grant.
The conference language will be English.
Deadline for applications and abstracts: April 1, 2008.
Selections will be made by: May 1, 2008.
Please use online application at: www.hivolda.no/protest
Further questions or suggestions: (rof /at/ hivolda.no)
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