[ecrea] 'Watching the Media'

Registrations are now open for the symposium 'Watching the Media -

Censorship, Limits and Control in Creative Practice', which is
joint-organised by Edge Hill University and the MeCCSA practice session.
The symposium investigates the impact and role of censorship for media
and creative practice.

The symposium will take place at Edge Hill University (Ormskirk, outside
of Liverpool) on the 15th April 2011.

Keynote speakers are:

Prof. Julian Petley, Brunel University: Freedoms of Expressions versus
the Need for Protection. An Overview of Current Laws and Regulations

Prof. David Nash, Oxford Brookes University: Models of censorship. The
example of blasphemy

Prof. Dennis Hayes, University of Derby: Fear and Self-Censorship in the
Academy

Other papers include:

Esra Arsan, İstanbul Bilgi University: Killing me softly with his words.
The impact of censorship and self-censorship on Turkish journalists

Jennifer Skellington, Oxford Brookes University: Silencing sounds - an
investigation into the censorship of music criticism within the English
broadsheet press from 1981 to 2011.

Prof. Tomasz Malinowski, Edge Hill University and Lincoln University:
Film-makers and censorship in communist Poland

The day will start at 9.30am and will finish at 5pm.

If you would like to register, please contact the symposium
administrator Debbie Chadford (chadford /at/ edgehill.ac.uk).

Best wishes,

Elke Weissmann

Dr Elke Weissmann
Edge Hill University
Media Department
Ormskirk, L39 4QP





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