[ecrea] Climate Change Communication workshop at the University of Leicester

*Registration open: Climate Change Communication workshop at the 
University of Leicester*

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the MECCSA 
workshop 'Climate Change Communication & the Internet: Challenges and 
Opportunities for Research', which will be held on 12 April 2013 at the 
Department of Media and Communication Studies, University of Leicester, 
UK. The international workshop focuses on some of the key challenges in 
researching Internet-based communication on climate change and climate 
politics, and the ways in which different methodological perspectives 
can be further developed to examine the use of online and social media 
by various stakeholders.

The registration page is on the University of Leicester website :

http://shop.le.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?modid=1&prodid=0&deptid=7&catid=744&prodvarid=344 
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Registration fee covers lunch and refreshments and is £20 for staff and 
£12 for postgraduate students. Registration closes 1 March 2013.

This event brings together leading scholars in the fields of media 
studies, science communication, information science, and 
computer-mediated communication to critically explore these issues.

Confirmed speakers:

   * Professor Brigitte Nerlich, Institute for Science and Society
     (School of Sociology and Social Policy), University of Nottingham
   * Prof. Dr.Mike S. Schäfer, Head of the Research Group "Media
     Constructions of Climate Change", University of Hamburg
   * Professor Dag Elgesem, Department of Information Science and Media
     Studies, University of Bergen
   * Dr Bernie Hogan, Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute,
     University of Oxford
   * Dr Richard Holliman, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication,
     Department of Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, the Open University

When and Where: Department of Media and Communication, Bankfield House, 
132 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7JA from 10am to 16.30 pm.

Email enquiries: Nelya Koteyko (nk158 /at/ le.ac.uk)