[ecrea] ICA Preconference on the 'Chindia' challenge to global communication

> International Communication Association, Singapore 2010
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> Preconference on the 'Chindia' challenge to global communication
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> 22 June 2010
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> Conceived and organized by:
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> Daya Thussu, Professor of International 
> Communication and Director of India Media Centre 
> at the University of Westminster, London
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> Supported by:
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> Mass Communication Division of the ICA and by 
> the Center for Global Communication Studies, 
> Annenberg School for Communication, University for Pennsylvania
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> Call for papers:
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> The transformation of communication and media in 
> China and India - the world¡¯s two most populous 
> countries and fastest growing economies - has 
> profound implications for what constitutes the 
> ¡®global¡¯. Jairam Ramesh, currently India¡¯s 
> Environment Minister, is credited with the 
> notion of ¡®Chindia¡¯, representing what has 
> been termed as the ¡®rise of the rest¡¯. Trade 
> between the two Asian neighbours - negligible at 
> the beginning of the 1990s - grew to $40 billion 
> by 2008, with China becoming India¡¯s largest 
> single trading partner. Such economic exchanges 
> have coincided with cracks within the 
> neo-liberal model of US-led Western capitalism. 
> The combined economic and cultural impact of 
> ¡®Chindia¡¯, aided by their worldwide diasporas, 
> is creating globalization with an Asian accent, 
> a phenomenon that is likely to influence globalized media and its study.
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> With more than 70 dedicated news channels, India 
> has one of the world¡¯s most linguistically 
> diverse media landscapes, while China has 
> emerged as the planet¡¯s biggest mobile 
> telephone market, having the world¡¯s highest 
> blogger population and as the largest exporter 
> of IT products. The study of media and 
> communication is rapidly growing in both 
> countries: more than 700 communication and media 
> programmes are operational in Chinese 
> universities, while the opening up of the media 
> and communication sector in India has led to 
> mushrooming of media institutes. In addition, 
> both countries provide a considerable number of 
> media and communication postgraduate and 
> research students to Western universities.
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> Though both countries have experienced different 
> trajectories of growth in recent decades and 
> represent two distinct political and media 
> systems, they also demonstrate interesting 
> similarities. The rise of ¡®Chindia¡¯ offers 
> exciting opportunities as well as challenges to 
> media and communication researchers. This 
> preconference - a pioneering intellectual 
> venture - aims to bring together scholars from 
> around the world, especially from China and 
> India, to examine and explore this phenomenon.
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> Among the topics we wish to cover are: The rise 
> of ¡®Chindia¡¯ and its impact on international 
> media research; globalization of Indian media 
> and cultural industries; China¡¯s soft power; 
> communication and cultural exchange between 
> China and India; re-envisioning diasporic and 
> developmental communication; Chindia - cooperation or competition?
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> The Communication and Media Research Institute 
> (CAMRI) of the University of Westminster, which 
> was officially rated in 2008 as the UK¡¯s top 
> media research department, is home to both the 
> China Media Centre and the newly established 
> India Media Centre. This unique combination of 
> expertise should ensure high-quality 
> international participation, especially from 
> China and India. A selection of papers presented 
> at the preconference will be published in a 
> special themed issue of the Sage journal Global Media and Communication.
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> Speakers to include: Professor Yuezhi Zhao, 
> Simon Fraser University, Canada; Professor Daya 
> Thussu, University of Westminster, UK; Professor 
> Ang Peng Hwa, Nanyang Technological University, 
> Singapore; Professor Bella Mody, University of 
> Colorado in Boulder; Professor Hu Zhengrong, 
> Communication University of China, Beijing; 
> Professor Vibodh Parthasarathi, Jamia Millia 
> Islamia, New Delhi; Dr Xin Xin, University of 
> Westminster; Professor Oliver Boyd-Barrett, 
> Bowling Green State University, USA and 
> Professor Joseph Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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> Registration: Participants are required to pay a 
> fee of $100, which includes tea, coffee and 
> lunch, and the payment goes through ICA.
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> Prospective participants should submit an 
> abstract (200-300 words) to Professor Daya 
> Thussu 
> (<mailto:(D.K.Thussu /at/ westminster.ac.uk)>(D.K.Thussu /at/ westminster.ac.uk)) 
> and Ranita Chatterjee 
> (<mailto:(R.Chatterjee /at/ westminster.ac.uk)>(R.Chatterjee /at/ westminster.ac.uk)) 
> by 7 December 2009.

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