[ecrea] Budapest summer school on media, democratization and civil society

>*** scholarship deadline February 14 ***
>
>Summer school course announcement
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>Media, Democratization and Civil Society
>June 16 - 27, 2008
>
>Organized by the COST A30 Action "East of West: 
>Setting a New Media Research Agenda for Central/Eastern Europe";
>the Annenberg School for Communication at the 
>University of Pennsylvania; and the Center for 
>Media and Communication Studies (CMCS) at the Central European University (CEU)
>
>Application deadline for scholarship applications:      14 February, 2008
>Application deadline for fee-paying applications:       30 April, 2008
>
>
>For information and to apply, go to 
>http://www.sun.ceu.hu/02-courses/course-sites/media/index-media.php
>
>Course Directors:
>Monroe Price, Center for Global Communication 
>Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
>Miklós Sükösd, Department of Political Science, CEU, Budapest
>
>Co-organizers / Faculty:
>Kate Coyer, Research Fellow & Lecturer, 
>Annenberg School; Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS)
>Arne Hintz, Program Director, Center for Media 
>and Communication Studies (CMCS)
>
>Additional Core Faculty:
>Michael Delli Carpini, Dean, Annenberg School for Communication
>Nicholas W. Jankowski, Associate Professor, 
>University of Nijmegen, Netherlands; Working Group Leader, COST A30 Action
>Karol Jakubowicz, former Chairman of the 
>Steering Committee on the Media and New 
>Communication Services, Council of Europe; 
>Working Group Leader, COST A30 Action
>Beata Klimkiewicz, Assistant Professor, 
>Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Working Group Leader, COST A30 Action
>Hakan Seckinelgin, Lecturer, London School of Economics, London, UK
>Peter Molnar, Senior Research Fellow, Center for 
>Media and Communication Studies (CMCS)
>Kristina Irion, Assistant Professor, Department 
>of Public Policy, Central European University, Budapest
>
>Course Coordinator      Laura Ranca, Center for 
>Media and Communication Studies (CMCS)
>
>
>
>The demand for accountability, transparency and 
>democracy resonates in many corners of the 
>world. Media and civil society constitute core 
>elements of societies which are grounded on such 
>principles. However, lack of media pluralism and 
>a dominant position by either state or private 
>media can have adverse effects and have been 
>criticized by civil society groups. The 
>increasing commercialization and dominant 
>position of global media institutions have given 
>rise to new forms of resistance, which may take 
>the form of grassroots media-making, 
>transnational broadcasting, and institutional 
>and regulatory responses. Thus, there is a 
>complex relationship between media, democracy 
>and civil society responses that exists across national boundaries.
>
>Examining this interconnection between media, 
>democratization and civil society will be the 
>main purpose of this course. It will focus on 
>the Central/Eastern European region, but will 
>also be relevant in other contexts where media 
>and civil society have played crucial roles in 
>processes of democratization but where the 
>deficiencies and shortcomings are also clearly 
>visible. This course will examine the role of 
>non-governmental organizations and individuals 
>in the process of democracy building and 
>sustainability, and address the complex 
>negotiation around media privatization and 
>liberalization. In doing so, this course will 
>consider what kind of enabling environment is 
>necessary for a diverse and pluralistic media, 
>and what is the role and potential for civil 
>society intervention in the development of such 
>an environment. The course will provide an 
>introduction to a range of research agendas and 
>methodologies applicable to the study of media 
>systems and civil society in the context of 
>post-communist/post-conflict transformation, and 
>political/social/economic change.
>
>The Civil Society Yearbook 2007 will, for the 
>first time, focus on the connections between 
>media and civil society, while the European 
>media research network "COST A30: East of West" 
>is developing new approaches to understand the 
>role of media in transitional and 
>post-transitional contexts. The course will be 
>embedded in these current discourses, and 
>students will benefit from insights into current research on these issues.
>
>
>For information and to apply, go to 
>http://www.sun.ceu.hu/02-courses/course-sites/media/index-media.php

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