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

Sun Jan 13 18:43:30 GMT 2013




*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 <http://shop.le.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?modid=1&prodid=0&deptid=7&catid=744&prodvarid=344>


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)







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