[ecrea] Europe and US media democracies compared at San Francisco conference

Different Democracies, Same Media Power? Elections and Governance in Europe and the United States

Friday 5th to Saturday 6th September 2008, San Francisco

Conference website:
http://www.swissnexsanfrancisco.org/activities/events/Democracy-Media

Full conference programme (PDF):
http://tinyurl.com/595zdc

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4th September de 2008

Pre-Conference roundtable discussion:
How Do News Media Impact Elections?
A roundtable discussion on the media/politics nexus inside election campaigns

04 Sep 2008 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM Pacific Time

Location:
730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111

6:30 pm:     Doors open
7:00 pm:     Roundtable discussion with panelists:

    * Amy S. Mitchell - Deputy Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism, Washington DC
    * Lance Bennett - Professor of Political Science, R. C. Lawrence Professor of Communication, University of Washington
    * Claes de Vreese - Professor and Chair of Political Communication, University of Amsterdam
    * Shanto Iyengar - Harry and Norman Chander Chair Communication, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
    * Frank Esser - Professor and Chair of International & Comparative Media Research, University of Zurich
    * Moderated by Gregory Dalton, Vice-President The Commonwealth Club of California    7:00 p    

8:30 pm:   Networking, food and drinks
9:30 pm:   Doors close

5th September 2008

Different Democracies, Same Media Power? (Day 1)
Day 1: Democracy and mass media in Europe and the USA - exploring power relations and the media's democratic performance

05 Sep 2008 from 9:15 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific Time

Location:
730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco CA 94111

19:15am   Doors open, registration

19:45am   Welcoming remarks:

    * Elmar Ledergerber, Mayor of the City of Zurich
    * Hans Weder, Rector of the University of Zurich 

10:30am   Keynote speakers:

    * Shanto Iyengar, Stanford University: Changing Patterns of Political Communication
    * Lance Bennett, University of Washington: Media Structures and Democracy

12:00pm   Lunch break

11:00pm   Panel 1: Media Power and Media-Politics-Relations in Europe and the United States

Panelists: Steve Reese, University of Texas, Austin

Panelists: Daniel Hallin, University of San Diego

Panelists: Jesper Stroembaeck, Mid Sweden University

Panelists: Frank Marcinkowski, NCCR-Democracy

Panelists: Patrick Donges, University of Zurich

13:45pm   Panel 2: Monitoring the Democratic Performance of the Media: Research and Records in the United States and Europe

Panelists: Mark Whitehouse, IREX Europe

Panelists: Amy Mitchell, Project for Excellence in Journalism, Washington DC

Panelists: JGabriele Siegert, University of Zurich

Panelists: Matthias Gerth, University of Zurich

Panelists: Josef Trappel, University of Zurich

Panelists: Tanja Maniglio, University of Zurich

16:00pm   Program ends


6th September 2008

Different Democracies, Same Media Power? (Day 2)

Day 2: Mediated political communication and campaign dynamics - power structures and governance in the US and Europe

06 Sep 2008 from 9:15 AM to 5:15 PM Pacific Time

Location:
730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco CA 94111

19:15am   Doors open, registration

19:45am   Mediated Political Communication: Campaign Dynamics and Media Effects

Panelists: Claes de Vreese, University of Amsterdam

Panelists: Hanspeter Kriesi, University of Zurich

Panelists: Erik Bucy, Indiana University

Panelists: Markus Prior, Princeton University

Panelists: Heinz Bonfadelli, University of Zurich

12:30pm   Lunch break

12:00pm   Media Power Structures and Media Governance: Similarities and Differences between USA and Europe

Panelists: Robert B. Horowitz, UC San Diego

Panelists: Robert Picard, Joenkoeping University

Panelists: Werner A. Meier, University of Zurich

Panelists: Markus Prior, Princeton University

Panelists: Pietro Rossi, University of Zurich

16:15pm   Program ends


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Francisco Seoane Perez
PhD student and researcher
Institute of Communications Studies
University of Leeds
E-mai: (icsfsp /at/ leeds.ac.uk)
Webpage: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/f.perez



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