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

Wed Sep 03 16:30:25 GMT 2008


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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