[ecrea] ECREA approves 6 new temporary working groups

Dear mailing list subscribers,

ECREA is happy to announce that 6 new Temporary Working Groups (TWGs) have been approved. These new TWGs were conditionally approved by the ECREA Executive Board at its 23rd Board Meeting (5-14 May 2011). As all 6 TWGs have now met these conditions, all 6 have become operational today.

ECREA members are invited to join one or more of these TWGs.

These are the 6 new TWGs:

Mediatization
Chair: Andreas Hepp (Universität Bremen, ZeMKI, Bremen, Germany)
Vice Chair: Stig Hjarvard (University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Media, Cognition and Communication, Copenhagen S, Denmark)
Vice Chair: Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics and Political Science LSE, London, United Kingdom)
http://www.ecrea.eu/divisions/twg/id/21

Media and Religion
Chair: Johanna Sumiala (University of Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland)
Vice Chair: Knut Lundby (University of Oslo, Department of Media and Communication, Oslo, Norway)
Vice Chair: Mihai Coman (Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication, Bucarest University, Bucarest, Romania)
http://www.ecrea.eu/divisions/twg/id/22

Digital Games Research
Chair: Thorsten Quandt (Institute of Communication Studies, University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany)
Vice Chair: Jan Van Looy (IBBT-MICT-Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium)
Vice Chair: Torill Mortensen (IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen S, Denmark)
http://www.ecrea.eu/divisions/twg/id/23

Crisis Communication
Chair: Andreas Schwarz (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Institute of Media and Communication Research, Ilmenau, Germany)
Vice Chair: Winni Johansen (Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences, Denmark, Aarhus V, Denmark)
Vice Chair: Alessandra Mazzei (IULM University Milan, Milan, Italy)
http://www.ecrea.eu/divisions/twg/id/24

Media Industries and Cultural Production
Chair: David Hesmondhalgh (Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom)
Vice Chair: David Fernández-Quijada (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain)
Vice Chair: Ida Willig (Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark)
http://www.ecrea.eu/divisions/twg/id/25

Media&  the City
Chair: Chiara Giaccardi (Communication and Performance Sciences Department, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy)
Vice Chair: Ursula Lulkiewicz (Katolicki Uniwersytet Jan Pawel II, Lublin, Poland)
Vice Chair: Leopoldina Fortunati (Università di Udine, Udine, Italy)
http://www.ecrea.eu/divisions/twg/id/26

The ECREA Temporary Working Groups (TWGs) have the same remit as ECREA sections, but these TWGs will only be established for a term of 4 years. After the end of the term and upon request of the Chair of the TWG, they can be renewed by the Executive Board only once for 4 more years, or they can be granted the status of a Section (see also articles 41 and 44 of the Bylaws). The activities of TWGs will include the organisation of one panel at the European Communication Conferences (ECCs) and the organisation of one event during the years when no ECC takes place. TWGs will report on a yearly basis to the Executive Board (and the membership).

We hope that these new TWGs will further strengthen ECREA, and its commitment to providing platforms for the diversity that characterises our field.

Yours sincerely,
Nico Carpentier
ECREA VP

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