[Commlist] IAMCR/MEDAS 21 online series "Teaching Media Development"

We are pleased to announce a seminar series called „Teaching Media 
Development“ which focuses on innovative curricula, creative teaching 
techniques and networking opportunities for emerging scholars in the 
field of media development. University teaching is a crucial aspect when 
it comes to establishing media development as an academic field. 
Students from BA to PhD level constitute the upcoming generation of 
journalists, communication researchers or media policy advisers who will 
shape debates on how to develop media sectors all over the world – be it 
in media outlets, NGOs, ministries, law offices, research centers, or 
think tanks. Therefore, it is hugely important to spark students’ 
interest in questions of media and development and to qualify them to be 
able to conduct sound analyses thereof. The seminar series 
attempts to 
start a conversation about best practices of teaching media development 
at university level this July. In the long run, it is supposed 
tocontribute to improvedacademic training of media development experts 
as professionals who are skilled at thoroughly considering and analyzing 
local circumstances and developing localized solutions.

*Convenors: *Ines Drefs, Mira Keßler, Michel Leroy

*Location: *Zoom. Free and open to all.

This series is organized by MEDAS 21 <https://www.medas21.net/>and the 
IAMCR Media Sector Development Working Group
 
<https://iamcr.org/s-wg/working-group/msd>.

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*SEMINAR 1 "Media development curricula from around the world“*

Friday, July 2, 20201, 1.00-2.30 pm CEST (7.00-8.30 am New York; 
7.00-8.30 pm Manila)
*Registration: 
*https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4vmnqzlDTDSKfDWEvTjW6Q 
<https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4vmnqzlDTDSKfDWEvTjW6Q>


*Chair: *Ines Drefs (MEDAS 21/Erich Brost Institute)
*Confirmed speakers:*Joya Chakraborty (Tezpur University), Christoph 
Dietz (Catholic Media Council), Winston Mano (University of 
Westminster), viola milton (University of South Africa)

*Outline:*Efforts aimed at developing the media sector are being 
discussed in university classrooms all around the world. The related 
courses are sometimes offered by departments of journalism studies, 
sometimes by departments of communication and sometimes as part of 
development studies, oftentimes they are interdisciplinary. What are the 
implications of where media sector development sits within university 
structures? What skills do teachers of these courses need to impart to 
the students and how to make sure these can be localized? Is there a 
canon of essential literature for students learning about media sector 
development? If so, what is and what should be in there? These are the 
guiding questions of this session in which course leaders, university 
teachers and curators of literature collections present and discuss 
their approaches.

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*SEMINAR 2 "**Creating opportunities for the next generation: speed date 
with media development PhD students!“ *

Friday, July 9, 20201, 1.00-2.30 pm CEST (7.00-8.30 am New York; 
7.00-8.30 pm Manila)
*How to apply:*Applicants interested in networking with peers should 
submit a short description (1,000 characters max.) of their research 
project to (michel.leroy /at/ tu-dortmund.de) <mailto:(michel.leroy /at/ tu-dortmund.de)>
*Deadline for submission: *June 21st, 11:59 pm CEST

*Chair:*Michel Leroy (MEDAS 21/Erich Brost Institute)

*Outline:*Within the relatively new IAMCR working group focusing on 
efforts of shaping and developing media systems, early-career scholars 
sometimes feel isolated or that communication links with professionals 
in the sector are difficult to establish. The aim of this session is 
therefore to provide a framework for networking among peers. We invite 
PhD students working on media development issues to an online 
“speed-dating session”. It is an opportunity for junior scholars from 
the “Global North“ and “South“ to network and to meet with practitioners 
and senior researchers to voice their concerns and challenges such as 
(but not limited to) choosing a relevant topic, grants and funding 
issues, access to data and literature. More information on the session: 
https://www.medas21.net/news/#PhDspeeddate 
<https://www.medas21.net/news/#PhDspeeddate>

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*SEMINAR 3 "**Creative techniques in classroom and applied training“ *

Friday, July 23, 20201, 1.00-2.30 pm CEST (7.00-8.30 am New York; 
7.00-8.30 pm Manila)
*Registration:*https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bWxky1Q7QZqYSUWx1CqfLw 
<https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bWxky1Q7QZqYSUWx1CqfLw>


*Chair:*Mira Keßler (MEDAS 21/Ruhr University Bochum)

*Confirmed speakers: *Linje Manyozo (School of Media and Communication, 
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), Saleh Masharqeh (Media 
Development Center, Birzeit University, Palestine), Martin Scott (School 
of International Development, University of East Anglia, England)and more

*Outline: *The training of media development experts must be ahead of 
its time to meet future challenges. This is not only about technical 
innovation, big data, and new ways of storytelling. It is also about a 
creative approach to educational content and teaching methods. Here it 
is important to note that media development is on the one hand based at 
a university level; on the other hand, it is based on practical 
trainings. For this reason, it is our aim to connect scholars with 
practitioners, if both hearts are not already in one chest. For both 
realms, creativity means innovation by using imagination and critical 
thinking. Breaking free from repetition and simple reproduction clears 
the way for new development and implementation approaches. It is 
important to us to bring different experts together, different in the 
sense of different living- and working environments, different 
institutions, and different experiences with their own best practices. 
Our guiding questions for this multi-disciplinary panel on “creative 
teaching techniques” are: When and why do we need to be creative for 
teaching media development? How could this creativity look like?






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