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"Theories of International and Intercultural Communication"
International Conference - October 29-31, 2009 -
University of Mannheim, Germany
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Conference Schedule:
+++ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 +++
From 10 AM:
Check-in for PhD workshop and main conference
From 11.30 AM:
Optional lunch at 'Mensa am Schloss' cafeteria
1.30 PM:
Opening of PhD workshop
(Hartmut Wessler, University of Mannheim, Germany)
1.45 PM:
Panel I of PhD workshop
Hanna Domeyer, Hans Bredow Institute, Hamburg, Germany:
"Transcultural media repertoires and community perceptions in Europe"
Altug Akin, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain:
"Studying an international space of
communication: the Eurovision Song Contest"
3.15 PM:
Coffee break
3.30 PM:
Panel II of PhD workshop
Anika Struppert, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia:
"Promoting intercultural competence through computer games and simulations"
Sigrid KannengieÃ?er, University of Hamburg, Germany:
"Globalization - media - gender: transcultural
gender construction through global networking in local media work"
5 PM:
Coffee break
5.30 PM:
Live video lecture
(Monroe Price, Annenberg School for
Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
6.30 PM:
Optional dinner
7.30 PM:
Opening of main conference
(Hartmut Wessler, University of Mannheim, Germany)
8 PM:
Keynote address I
Oliver Boydâ??Barrett, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA:
"International communication in an unequal
world: New directions for theory and research"
9 PM:
Welcome reception
+++ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 +++
9 AM:
Keynote address II
Eytan Gilboa, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
"New landscapes and actors in international
communication: Effects and consequences"
10 AM:
Coffee break
10.15 AM:
Panel I: Actors and images in international communication
Carola Richter, University of Erfurt, Germany:
"Apart from the center: A readjustment of the
field 'Media and Democratisation'"
Beata Ociepka, University of Wroclaw, Poland:
"Public diplomacy as a tool of international
policy and an approach in theory of
international communication in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe"
Susan Schenk, Dresden University of Technology, Germany:
"Comparing the coverage of Islam in Al-Jazeera
International, CNN International and BBC World:
Themes and stereotypes of international news channels"
12 PM:
Lunch
1.30 PM:
Keynote address III
Daya K. Thussu, Westminster University, London, UK:
"Media and communication in a multipolar world:
implications for theory-building"
2.30 PM:
Coffee break
2.45 PM:
Panel II: Worldwide perspectives
Mikkel Fugl Eskjaer, University of Copenhagen, Denmark:
"Regional media systems and international communication"
Barbara ThomaÃ?, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany:
"Diversity as an ethical norm of intercultural communication"
Christine Horz, University of Erfurt, Germany:
"Partizipationstheoretische Medienmodelle und interkulturelle Kommunikation"
4.15 PM:
Coffee break
4.45 PM:
German-language keynote talk
Stefanie Averbeck-Lietz, University of Leipzig, Germany:
"Theorieentwicklung der
Kommunikationswissenschaft im internationalen
Vergleich: Zur Systematik transnationaler
Entwicklungen am Beispiel des Forschungsfeldes Interkulturelle Kommunikation"
5.15 PM:
German-language panel discussion
"Die Zukunft der internationalen und interkulturellen Kommunikationsforschung"
Uwe Hasebrink, Hans Bredow Institute, Hamburg, Germany
Martin Löffelholz, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany
Barbara Pfetsch, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Leo Van Audenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium
N.N.
Chair: Hartmut Wessler, University of Mannheim, Germany
6.30 PM:
Coffee break
6.45 - 7.45 PM:
General meeting of Network Intercultural und
International Communication, in German language
Chairs: Martin Löffelholz, Ilmenau University
of Technology, Germany & Hartmut Wessler, University of Mannheim, Germany
8 PM:
Dinner
+++ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2009 +++
9 AM:
Panel III: Comparative approaches
Heiner Meulemann, University of Cologne, Germany:
"Information and entertainment in mass media
systems: Preferences and uses of television and
newspapers in cross-national perspective"
Sven Engesser & Annika Franzetti, LMU Munich, Germany:
"The spatial dimension of media systems:
Conceptualizing centrality for international comparative research"
Frank Harbers & Bas den Herder, University of Groningen, The Netherlands:
"Newspaper history in France, England and the
Netherlands: Comparing forms and styles of different media systems"
10.30 AM:
Coffee break
11 AM:
Panel IV: Cultural perspectives I
Andreas Hepp, University of Bremen, Germany:
"Transcultural communication and de-territorial communities"
Elfriede Fürsich, Boston College, Massachusetts, USA:
"The world beyond international news: Analyzing
the global sensibility of popular journalism"
Lothar Mikos, Film and Television Academy "Konrad Wolf", Potsdam, Germany:
"Global 'Ugly Betty': International format
trade, cultural proximity and hybridity"
12.30 PM:
Lunch
1.30 PM:
Panel V: Cultural perspectives II
Donal Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA:
"Double vision: Televised texts in
cross-cultural and international perspective"
Matthias Karmasin, University of Klagenfurt, Austria:
"'Cultural Theory' as a model of transcultural communication?"
14.30 Uhr / 2.30 PM:
Closing remarks and farewell
(Hartmut Wessler, University of Mannheim)
