[Commlist] Workshops series on Curran & Seaton's 'Power without Responsibility'

A series of online workshops centred on the legacy of James Curran and 
Jean Seaton's 'Power without Responsibility'

The full programme with registration details is now finalised below and 
here: https://bit.ly/pwr-workshops2022

#PWRworkshops

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The Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre is organising a monthly 
series of workshops celebrating 40 years since the publication of the 
seminal book on the UK media, James Curran and Jean Seaton's Power 
Without Responsibility. Now in its eighth edition, the book has been 
translated into five languages and has influenced generations of media 
academics, students and wider readers. With a scope ranging from the 
1830s to the present day, the book focuses on how market distortion and 
state sponsored public service, among other influences, have shaped the 
UK media and influenced the conduct of politics, entertainment and 
society more generally. The workshops will examine central themes of the 
book - including discussions about market corruption, media reform, 
public service and radical journalism - with presentations by 
international scholars and journalists. The workshops will take place 
online from January to May 2022 and will be open to academics, teachers, 
students, historians, media activists and anyone interested in the 
history and the future of the UK media.

*** Workshop one: Comparative national overviews (Thu, 27 January 2022, 
12:30 – 14:00 UTC)

This first workshop in the series will reflect on themes developed in 
the book from the perspective of different national contexts. It will 
explore the contribution of Power Without Responsibility in our 
understanding of media in a variety of political and cultural settings.

CHAIR: Toby Miller (Professor, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, 
Cuajimalpa)
•	Introduction: Des Freedman (Goldsmiths) and Natalie Foster (Routledge)
•	John Durham Peters (Professor, Yale)
•	Kaori Hayashi (Professor, Tokyo)
•	Tom O’Malley (Emeritus Professor, Aberystwyth)
•	Vibodh Parthasarathi (Jamia Millia Islamia)

Sign up on Eventbrite: 
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-without-responsibility-comparative-national-overviews-tickets-232119133577 


*** Workshop two – Market impoverishment (Thu, 24 February 2022, 11:00 – 
12:30 UTC)

Debating and extending themes developed in Power Without Responsibility, 
this second workshop in the series will consider the impact of the 
market on the range of possibilities in how different media systems perform.

CHAIR: Rod Tiffen (Professor Emeritus, Sydney)
•	Afonso de Albuquerque (Professor, Universidada Federal Fluminense)
•	Jonathan Hardy (Professor, UAL)
•	Dwayne Winseck (Professor, Carleton)
•	Sally Young (Professor, Melbourne)

Sign up on Eventbrite: 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-without-responsibility-2-market-impoverishment-tickets-256325595757 


*** Workshop three – Media reform: democratic choices (Thu, 24 March 
2022, 15:00 – 16:30 UTC)

This third workshop in the series reimagines the media and the internet 
as essential communication infrastructures in the democratic process. 
This session will raise questions of institutional design, governance, 
and enhanced participation.

CHAIR: Tom Mills (Dr, Aston)
•	Victor Pickard (Professor, Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania)
•	Trine Syvertsen (Professor, Oslo)
•	Klaus Unterberger (Dr, ORF)
•	Leo Watkins (Goldsmiths)

Sign up on Eventbrite: 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-without-responsibility-3-media-reform-democratic-choices-tickets-256331503427

*** Workshop four – PWR and the public interest: an historical and 
contemporary analysis (Thu, 28 April 2022, 12:00 – 13:30 BST) -- please 
note the time zone.

This fourth workshop in the series focuses on the past, present and 
future of public service communication through the lens of a range of 
national experiences. It contributes to the debate on the relevance and 
appropriate shape of public service media in the 21st century.

CHAIR: Debs Grayson (Dr, Media Reform Coalition)
•	Benedetta Brevini (Dr, Sydney)
•	Karen Donders (Professor, VRT)
•	Natalie Fenton (Professor, Goldsmiths)
•	Robert Picard (Professor, RISJ, Oxford)

Sign up on Eventbrite: 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pwr-4-and-the-public-interest-an-historical-and-contemporary-analysis-tickets-256334402097 


*** Workshop five – Radical journalism: then and now (Thu, 19 May 2022, 
13:00 – 14:30 BST) -- please note the time zone.

This fifth workshop in the series looks at the history of alternative 
forms of journalism and addresses the need for a diverse range of news 
that mainstream media and commercial platforms cannot sponsor or deliver.

CHAIR: Anthony Barnett (openDemocracy)
•	Victoria Brittain (Journalist, author, playwright)
•	Omega Douglas (Dr, Goldsmiths)
•	Des Freedman (Professor, Goldsmiths)
•	Anthony Mcnicholas (Dr, Westminster)

Sign up on Eventbrite: 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-without-responsibility-5-radical-journalism-then-and-now-tickets-256335906597 


*** Workshop six – Reflections on Power without Responsibility 
(addressing schools) – details to follow

Workshops 1-5 will take place on Zoom. If you have any access 
requirements, please contact us at (M.Klontzas /at/ gold.ac.uk) . Please note 
that we will not be recording the workshop in full, only the speakers' 
talks.

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Update: In response to the ‘recovery plan’ imposed by senior management 
at Goldsmiths that involves up to 46 redundancies, the University and 
College Union (UCU) has censured Goldsmiths by introducing a global 
academic boycott. This ‘greylisting’ means that members of trade unions 
and the international academic community are invited to express their 
opposition to the announced staff redundancies and restructure by 
refusing to participate in events organised at Goldsmiths. It is the 
ultimate sanction, designed to exert pressure on the senior management 
of the institution to reconsider its position.

As a result, this series of workshops will be relocated to the 
University of Westminster for the duration of the boycott. The new 
hosts, home to Professor Jean Seaton, are the obvious choice and have 
kindly offered their support at short notice.

The changeover will be made as smooth as possible. Registration for the 
first workshop will continue unchanged. Please register through this 
Eventbrite page as before. Those who have already registered to attend 
do not need to re-register, and will soon get instructions on how to 
access the event. More details on the international boycott can be found 
on the UCU website: 
https://ucu.org.uk/article/11947/Goldsmiths-hit-with-international-boycott

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