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
Delegate details:
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Please tick which sections of the conference you will be attending:
Friday 11 March 2011 (registration opens 3.30pm)
Saturday 12 March 2011 (All day)
Payment Method
Includes lunch, refreshments, drinks reception and conference materials
Main conference 11 and 12 March, standard rate: £100.00
Special rates
Main conference 11 and 12 March, for students: £40.00
Please state your student number:
PLEASE NOTE WE CANNOT ACCEPT PAYMENTS ON CONFERENCE DAYS
Cheque payable to the University of
Westminster ( to be enclosed with form)
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/ Switch) (This form must be submitted to
Helen Cohen before you pay on line.)
To pay by credit/debit card please go to
<https://epayments.westminster.ac.uk/webpublicmad/newpay.asp>https://epayments.westminster.ac.uk/webpublicmad/newpay.asp
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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
