[ecrea] CfP "International Media Assistance" - Global Media Journal (GMJ-DE)

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Call for Papers:

Special Issue (Autumn 2014):
International Media Assistance

http://tinyurl.com/Call-GMJ-2-2014

Guest Editors:
Christoph Dietz, CAMECO, Germany
Marie-Soleil Frère, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Mary S. Myers, Independent Media Consultant, United Kingdom

Deadline: July 15, 2014

The Global Media Journal, German Edition, invites submissions for its 
autumn 2014 issue on the theme of international media assistance. This 
issue is primarily focused on the ways in which international donors 
have supported the media sector in developing countries over the last 25 
years.

Support to the media sector is usually understood as aid to strengthen 
an independent, diverse and plural media, including press, broadcast and 
digital/social media. Justifications for this kind of aid are usually 
articulated in terms of promoting freedom of expression, accountability, 
good governance, peace and human rights in beneficiary countries as part 
of bilateral and multi-lateral aid spending. Assistance is also given to 
the media as a vehicle for public education and behaviour change. This 
sector has seen millions of aid dollars spent, especially since the 
media liberalisation that followed the ‘democracy wave’ which, it is 
said, swept across developing countries since the 1990s. Arguably this 
can be dated from the fall of the Berlin Wall, 25 years ago, and the end 
of the Cold War era. The practical aspects of this assistance usually 
involve (but are not limited to) training in various aspects of 
journalism and communications, aid to press and broadcast 
infrastructure, strengthening of media businesses (both private and 
public), support to legal and regulatory aspects, promotion of public 
media literacy, support for the human rights of journalists and advocacy 
for freedom of speech.

Original submissions are invited that look at the practical or 
theoretical aspects of international media assistance or those that 
question the ideological underpinning for this kind of assistance.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

·  media assistance in conflict-prone societies (e.g. the promotion of 
peace journalism)
·  media assistance in (semi-) authoritarian regimes
·  integration of media assistance into broader democracy support and 
development agenda , e.g. as part of the post-2015 Millenium Development 
Goals (MDGs)
·  empirical studies on the role of media assistance in strengthening 
governance and accountability
·  digital and social media and citizen journalism in international 
media assistance
·  hidden agendas in international media assistance (public diplomacy, 
public relations, Western values)
·  concepts and practices of impact assessment in media assistance
·  approaches to strengthen media and communication research capacities 
in developing and transitional countries
·  concepts and practices of fostering media accountability and transparency
·  approaches to strengthen media sustainability in low-income markets
·  strengthening advertising market transparency and audience 
measurement capacities in developing countries
·  the role of multilateral organizations in international media development
·  youth and youth cultures in media assistance
·  gender issues in media assistance
·  transformation of state media into public service broadcasters.

See the submission guidelines at 
http://www.globalmediajournal.de/submission-guidelines/. Articles 
(30.000-50.000 characters) will be peer-reviewed, but reports from the 
field (20.000-40.000 characters) and essays and commentaries 
(10.000-30.000 characters) are welcome as well.

Please do not hesitate to contact (christoph.dietz /at/ cameco.org) or 
(marysmyers /at/ btinternet.com) for any queries regarding this special issue.

Please send your submissions until July 15, 2014 to (gmj /at/ uni-erfurt.de).

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Christoph Dietz
CAMECO
Postfach 10 21 04
D-52021 Aachen, Germany
Tel.: 0049 - 241 - 70 13 12 14
Fax: 0049 - 241 - 70 13 12 33
(christoph.dietz /at/ cameco.org)
http://www.cameco.org



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