[ecrea] Call for papers - Digital Dialogues: Moving Media Education

>NATIONAL MEDIA EDUCATION CONFERENCE (SAAME)
>ADELAIDE 26-28 SEPTEMBER 2008
>Conference Theme, Digital Dialogues: Moving Media Education
>
>HAWKE BUILDING
>CITY WEST CAMPUS
>UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS
>
>The digital future is upon us and we ought to be 
>talking about the digital present. How are 
>students, teachers and media education 
>accommodating and responding to the changes 
>brought by the digital revolution ? Where is 
>Media Education now and where is it heading?
>
>Children and young people now have more choices 
>as consumers, readers, viewers, creators and 
>producers of media than their parents and even 
>older siblings had, and their communicative 
>power is considerable. Media that used to be 
>exclusive and expensive is now everywhere and 
>everyday. With so much availability and 
>opportunity for creativity, what are the 
>practices that we find ourselves engaged with as 
>consumers, producers, educators, and citizens?
>
>This conference invites papers and workshops 
>that engage with the most current issues, 
>challenges and practices in media education. 
>Papers will be accepted in peer-reviewed and 
>non-reviewed streams. Workshops may provide 
>examples of teaching and learning innovation, 
>excellence, and engagement with media practices and projects.
>
>We welcome papers and workshops on a broad range 
>of topics and here are a few suggested themes:
>
>Fostering Media Cultures; Me Media: More Than 
>Just a Marketing Mantra?; Media Making; 
>Developing Digital Literacy; IP: 
>Creating/Quoting; Teaching Ethics in a Changing 
>Media Culture; Indigenous Media Communities; Who 
>are the Net Gen and What Do They Do?; Media 
>Regulation; New Media and Old Moral Panics; 
>Relevant Education for Media Workers; Social 
>Networking Sites and Services; Encouraging 
>Childrens Creativity with Media; Open-source in 
>the Classroom; Personal Technologies, Creativity 
>and Education; Cyber-bullying in Youth Culture
>
>All abstracts and papers will be double blind, peer-reviewed.
>
>Submit 200 word abstract by 28th April, 2008 to 
>www.conferenceplus.com.au/mediaeduconf08
>Follow the instructions under Lodge Abstracts
>
>Response Schedule:
>
>Notification of Abstract Acceptance 12th May
>Full Paper Due 16 June
>Notification of Paper Acceptance 7 July
>Final (Revised) Paper Due 4 August
>
>Early Bird Registration Closes 11 August
>
>All peer-reviewed papers will be considered for 
>publication in Southern Review.
>
>Please submit any questions relating to your 
>abstarct to Grant Brindal at (bigred /at/ chariot.net.au)
>
>Grant Brindal
>Conference Convenor
>

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
T: ++ 32 (0)2-629.18.56
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Office: 5B.401a
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Katholieke Universiteit Brussel - Catholic University of Brussels
Vrijheidslaan 17 - B-1081 Brussel - Belgium
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Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis
Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 43  - B-1000 Brussel - Belgium
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Participation and Media Production. Critical Reflections on Content Creation.
Edited by Nico Carpentier and Benjamin De Cleen
(January 2008)
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European Communication Research and Education Association
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ECREA's Second European Communication Conference
Barcelona, 25-28 November 2008
http://www.ecrea2008barcelona.org/
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E-mail: (Nico.Carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
Web: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~ncarpent/
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