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[ecrea] ICA Pre-Conference - Global Communications and National Policies: The Return of the State? 16th June

Mon May 13 18:32:14 GMT 2013




Global Communications and National Policies: The Return of the State?

2013 International Communication Association (ICA) Pre-Conference
London - Sunday 16th June, 2013
University of Westminster Regent Street Campus, London

Hosted and sponsored by the Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), University of Westminster, with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation.

Sponsored by the Global Communication & Social Change Division; Communication Law & Policy Division; and the Communication & Technology Division.

Organizers: Professor Terry Flew (ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology), and Professor Jeanette Steemers (CAMRI, University of Westminster).

If you would like to attend this conference, places are available.
For further details and to register go to www.icahdq.org to register online; or via Fax/Mail directly to the ICA. Deadline for registrations 20 May.

Conference Outline:

There has been much discussion as to whether forces associated with globalization (economic, political, cultural) weaken the capacity of nation-states to regulate media institutions and media content. These debates intersect with the shift towards convergent digital media, with the associated rise of user-created content, multi-platform content distribution, and moves from the mass communications paradigm that dominated 20th century media policy.

At the same time, arguments have been made that the scalar shift towards media globalization has been overstated, and national governments remain key players in shaping the media environment, with media corporations responding to the legal and policy frameworks they deal with at a national level.

Discussion of the relationship between global communications media and nation-states has often oscillated uneasily between two poles. On the one hand, comparative national studies of communications law and policy are open to the criticism that their objects of analysis – media technologies, platforms, content and audiences – are increasingly transnational. On the other, arguments that the nation-state is in decline as a political-economic entity, as part of a scalar shift of global power to empires and networked multitudes, are not well supported by empirical evidence. While some aspects of media and communication law and policy are being addressed by transnational entities (both governmental, corporate and NGOs), much policy activity remains at the level of the nation-state.

The Leveson Inquiry into phone hacking by journalists in the U.K. and the political influence of News International is a reminder that even the most global of media corporations can face concentrated national scrutiny into their operations, There is also a significant recent history of ‘developmental states’ in Asia and Latin America marshaling national resources in order to become lead players in the global communications economy. Moreover, countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia, as well as China, have chosen to focus upon public investment rather than market competition as the primary means of developing national broadband infrastructure. There has also been reconsideration of claims that the Internet cannot be regulated, and the rise of apps as a primary vehicle for accessing media content may be challenging earlier assumptions about the World Wide Web.

This one-day pre-conference event will consider the relationship between global communications and national policies from a multidisciplinary perspective, incorporating global media studies, political economy, technology studies, and law and policy studies.

This proposed pre-conference event themes to be considered include:

• Nation-states and global media: does media globalization weaken the power of nation-states, or do nation-states actively foster the engagement of ‘national champions’ in the global communications economy? • Transformations in national laws and policies in light of media globalization: is there a “return of the state” in managing the consequences of media convergence, in areas such as ownership and content policies, and copyright and intellectual property laws? • Public media and globalization: how is the role of public media being reconfigured in the context of global media convergence (e.g. soft power and cultural diplomacy, cross-platform operations, public value tests)? • Legal globalization: what pressures are there to harmonize national laws and regulations across national boundaries, and what distinctive elements can communications research bring to bear upon such questions? How are civil society organizations and NGOs engaging with such questions? • Internet governance, global media platforms and nation-states: are Google and Apple now global media companies? How are communication scholars and policy-makers engaging with such questions?

Speakers: A range of prominent speakers from throughout the world have been confirmed for this event, including: Professor Sandra Braman (U. Wisconsin, US); Professor Anthony Fung (Chinese University of Hong Kong); Professor Colin Sparks (Hong Kong Baptist University); Professor Silvio Waisbord (George Washington University, US); and Professor Dwayne Winseck (Carleton University, Canada). SEE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME BELOW

The cost will be $65, inclusive of morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea. Drinks and dinner at a nearby venue will be confirmed for after the all-day event.

Enquiries about the pre-conference event should be directed to Professor Terry Flew at (t.flew /at/ qut.edu.au)< <mailto:(t.flew /at/ qut.edu.au)> mailto:(t.flew /at/ qut.edu.au)> .

PROGRAMME

ICA Preconference Program

Opening Session: 9.20 – 11am

* Chair – Terry Flew (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
* The Re-emergence of the Regulatory State - Petros Iosifidis (City University, UK) * Legal Globalization and Communication Law - Sandra Braman (U. Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA) * Media Policies under Populism and the Blindspots of Media Globalization - Silvio Waisbord (George Washington University, USA) * One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Media, States and the Global Dimension - Colin Sparks (Hong Kong Baptist University, China) * Return of the State @ the Heart of the “New Internet-centric Media Order” - Dwayne Winseck (Carleton University, Canada) * Global Communications and National Policies: The View from the EU - Maria Michalis (University of Westminster, UK)

11-11.30am Coffee Break
11.30am – 1pm Parallel Session 1a: The Emergence of New Global Online “Media” Companies

* Chair - Jeanette Steemers (University of Westminster, UK)
* State Control, Media Hierarchies and Globalization: The Case of Xinhua News Agency - Xin Xin (University of Westminster, UK) * Public Broadcasters meet Google: National Cultural Policy vs. Global Competition - Hallvard Moe (University of Bergen, Norway) * Between Google and Godliness: Government Regulation of Blasphemy - Cherian George (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) * National vs. Global Media Policies: The Case of Mediaset and SkyItalia’s Struggle over the Italian Television sector - Cinzia Padovani (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA)

11.30am – 1pm Parallel Session 1b: National Regulation and Global Tensions (Part 1)

* Chair – Graeme Turner (University of Queensland, Australia)
* Cultural Policy, Chinese National Identities and Globalization - Anthony Fung (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China) * The Implications of Transnational TV for Broadcasting Regulation in Small States - Manuel Puppis, Matthias Künzler (University of Zurich, Switzerland) * Media Regulation and the Tensions between a Global, Regional and National Perspective - Joan Barata Mir (Blanquerna Communications School, URL, Barcelona, Spain) * Challenges for Media Regulation given the Context of Convergence and Global/regional Media in the East African Community - Nassanga Goretti & Nakiwala Sembatya (Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda) * From “Foreign Propaganda” to “Cultural Soft Power’: Reading the National Regulations on Global Media in China Min Tang - (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA)

1.00-2.00pm Lunch
2.00-3.30pm Parallel Session 2a: National Regulation and Global Tensions (Part 2)

* Chair – TBC
* The Nation-State and Media Globalization: Has the state returned – or did it never leave? - Graeme Turner (University of Queensland, Australia) * The State that never left: Policy Laundering in Global Communication - Katherine Sarakakis (University of Vienna, Austria) * Enforcement of National Legislation on Global Social Networks: Mission Impossible? - Eva Lievens (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT, K.U.Leuven - ICRI – iMinds, Leuven, Belgium)
* Media and Citizenship - Christina Slade (Bath Spa University, UK)
* The Media Welfare State: Nordic Media in the Era of Globalization - Ole Mjos, Hallvard Moe (University of Bergen, Norway), Gun Enli & Trine Syvertsen (University of Oslo, Norway)

2.00-3.30pm Parallel Session 2b: Rights, Regulation and the State

* Chair – Dwayne Winseck, (Carleton University, Canada)
* The Return of Speech: Concepts of Free Speech in Changed Media Regimes - Andrew Kenyon (University of Melbourne, Australia) * Digital Copyright and the State: Enforcing International Norms on Citizens Lucas Logan - (Texas A&M University, USA) * Public and Private Ordering: The Case of Search Engines - Joelle Farchy (Paris Panthéon Sorbonne, France) & Cecile Meadel (Mines ParisTech, France) * The Emergence of New Players in the Southern Europe Media Markets - Nelson Ribiero & Rita Figueiras (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal) * Global E-commerce and National and EU Policies: The Case of Value Added Tax on Ebooks in Europe - Terje Colbjornsen (University of Oslo, Norway)

3.30-4.00pm Coffee Break

4.00-5.30pm Parallel Session 3a: Economic Perspectives and Commercialisation

* Chair – Peter Goodwin (University of Westminster, UK)
* The Sound of One Hand Computing: IT Policy and the Indian State - Biswarup Sen (University of Oregon, USA) * A Dwarf Fighting Giants: Flemish Media Policies in an Age of Globalization - Karen Donders (Vrijie U., Brussels) & Hilde Van den Bulck (University of Antwerp, Belgium) * Between Economic Objectives and Public Remit: Positive and Negative Integration in European Media Policy - Eva Nowak (Jade University, Germany) * Harmonisation and Autonomy of Media Policy within the European Union - Cornelia Wallner (Ludwig- Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany)

4.00-5.30pm Parallel Session 3b: Media Policy Transformations and Disruptions

* Chair – Maria Michalis (U. Westminster, UK)
* Need for a Helping Hand? Media Policy Paradigm Shifts in Times of Crisis - Corinna Wenzel, Stefan Gadringer & Josef Trappel (University of Salzburg, Austria) * Global Social Media and the Challenges to European Audiovisual Regulatory Frameworks - Ole Mjos (University of Bergen, Norway) * Power Behind the Scene: State-Aided Media Concentration in Transitional Taiwan - Chen Ya-Chi (Chinese Culture University, Taiwan) * Narrating Neoliberalism via Financial Media: Comparing China’s Accession into WTO in Economist and Caijing - Amy Piao (University of Westminster, CAMRI, UK) * Building a Regional Film Space through National Policies? Analysis of Film Policies of Mercosur Countries aimed at Regional Integration - Daniele Canedo (iMinds-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil)


5.30-6.00 Concluding Comments
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