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[ecrea] University of Westminster Media Conference to include Panel on Egypt and Tunisia Protests

Sat Feb 05 10:32:50 GMT 2011



University of Westminster Media Conference to include Panel on Egypt and Tunisia Protests LONDON -The University of Westminster?s Communication and Media Research Institute Africa (CAMRI) through its media centres ? the Africa Media Centre, Arab Media Centre and Media Policy Group - is organising an Africa media conference from 11-12 March which will debate how young people used Twitter and other media in the Tunisian and Egyptian pro-democracy protests in January/February 2011. The main theme of the conference is ?Children?s and Young People?s Media in Africa: Evolving Markets, Producers and Audiences? and the full programme will include a keynote address, film screenings, receptions and the following:
Roundtable 1: Media Producers? Perspectives
Roundtable 2: ?Twitter Revolutions in North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa?
Panel 1: Young Audiences in Africa, Responses and Reactions
Panel 2: Storytelling and Narratives in Africa
Panel 3: Using Media to Educate Children and Youths in Africa
Panel 4: Children?s Journalism and Identity in Africa
The participants will include industry practitioners, educationists and policy-makers. Some sessions will be devoted to presentation of academic research. The conference reflects three specialist areas of research being developed within the University of Westminster?s Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), namely Africa media, Arab media and the ecology of media production for children. In its 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, the UK?s Higher Education Funding Council ranked CAMRI as the best media and communication research centre in the country, with all of its submissions rated as being of international standard, including 60 per cent classified as ?world leading? and a further 30 per cent as ?internationally excellent?. CAMRI runs numerous international conferences every year. In September 2008 it held a conference on ?Making Television for Young Children: Future Prospects and Issues?. In March 2009 it held another on ?Arab and African Audiences: Shared Agendas for Research? and ?Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa? was the topic for the annual African media event in 2010.
Conference fees
Students: £40 (1-day fee £20)
Non-Students: £ 100 (1-day fee £80)
Fees cover registration, conference pack, lunch, coffee/tea and wine reception. For more information, please visit the conference website: <https://webmail.wmin.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://webmail.wmin.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/media/camri/events/camri-events-calendar/2011/childrens-and-young-peoples-media-in-africa-evolving-markets,-producers-and-audiences>http://www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/media/camri/events/camri-events-calendar/2011/childrens-and-young-peoples-media-in-africa-evolving-markets,-producers-and-audiences


Contact: Helen Cohen, Short Courses and Events Administrator
T: +44 (0) 20 7911 5000 ext 4298, F: +44 (0) 20 7911 5995, E: <mailto:(H.Cohen02 /at/ westminster.ac.uk)>(H.Cohen02 /at/ westminster.ac.uk)

Registration Form

Children?s and Young People?s Media in Africa

University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London
11 and 12 March 2011

Registration Form

Please register by Friday 4 March 2011


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        Friday 11 March 2011 (registration opens 3.30pm)

        Saturday 12 March 2011 (All day)






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Includes lunch, refreshments, drinks reception and conference materials

        Main conference 11 and 12 March, standard rate: £100.00


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        Main conference 11 and 12 March, for students: £40.00



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Please complete this form, save it and email to Helen Cohen:
<mailto:(H.cohen02 /at/ westminster.ac.uk)>(H.cohen02 /at/ westminster.ac.uk)
Or send by post to Helen Cohen, Conference Administrator, Room FG-03
University of Westminster, Watford Road , Northwick Park, Harrow, Middx HA1 3TP, UK
Or by fax: +44 (0) 20 7911 5995 .
Phone for enquiries: +44 (0) 20 7911 5000 ext 4298.
Refunds carry £20 admin charge. No refunds after 1 March 2011


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