[ecrea] Rethinking Media and Journalism Practice Conference CfP

Call for Papers

Rethinking Media and Journalism Practice Conference

School of Media and Film, University of Winchester

Much has happened in recent times that put the media in the spotlight. 
Those who scrutinise others must themselves come under serious scrutiny 
for the role they play in society and their manner since the media 
remain crucial in structuring power relations and social life. The media 
are indispensable to governments, businesses and the third sector 
(charities and community based organisations). The media serve personal 
and collective interests, within communities and across nations in 
social contexts which have altered much since the media were first 
conceived of. There are new configurations of power since the end of the 
Cold War, the era in which the mass media were established. Economic 
stability, adequate public services, community participation in service 
delivery are now no longer development issues confined to the third 
world. So how adequate are the theories and models that have guided 
media organisations, media operations and audience expectations of 
these? This conference seeks to convene academics, critics, journalists 
and media practitioners to review this broad area of concern.

We seek to go beyond issues of press freedom and media regulation in the 
UK, etiquettes in the reporting and production process which have 
recently dominated the British press. Presenters are encouraged to 
reconsider existing theories and models in a global knowledge based, 
post-industrialised context. They could reflect on media management 
models, nature of media power, audiences in new media era; media, 
governance and the three sectors. They should be mindful of the 
priorities expressed in the media and the new realities. How should 
media organisations now be organised and funded? Where is the place of 
national media institutions in an increasingly integrated world? What 
opportunities are there for the marginalised? How seriously do

 Papers are therefore invited to rethink (practice, theory or policy) 
on any of, but not restricted to the following areas:

·         Theories of Media, Press and Journalism

·         Models of Media Ownership and Management

·         Citizen Journalism and Social Media Practices

·         Tenets of Journalism Education

·         De-Westernising Journalism Practice and Education

·         Non-Western Media Practices

·         Locating Media Audiences

·         Changes in Media Education

·         Effecting Social Change audiences take the media? What new 
cultures are evolving in the media, with the emergence of new opportunities?

Confirmed Speakers:



Professor Denis McQuail - Emeritus Professor University of Amsterdam, 
Visiting Professor University of Southampton

Professor Keyan Tomaselli – University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South 
Africa

Professor Kevin Williams - Swansea University, Swansea UK

Professor Daya Thussu – University of Westminster, London UK

Dapo Olorunyomi - Managing Director/Editor in Chief, Premium Times, 
Executive Director, Wole Soyinka Journalism Centre Abuja, Nigeria





The conference is scheduled for the 31st of May 2013.



New deadline for submission of abstracts February 28th 2013.



Please send your 250 word abstracts for individual presentations to 
(Mediaconferences /at/ winchester.ac.uk)



Proposals for panel presentations are also welcome.



The conference is free to attend.



http://www.winchester.ac.uk/academicdepartments/SchoolofMediaandFilm/newsandevents/Pages/NewsEvents.aspx




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