[ecrea] IAMCR post-conference - Governance and Public Service Media in Knowledge Societies

From: 
http://iamcr.org/congress/montreal2015/prepost/governance-and-public-service-media

Organised by Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la 
communication, l’information et la société <http://cricis.ca/> (CRICIS) 
in collaboration with the International Association for Media and 
Communication (IAMCR) and the PANAM network, /Governance and Public 
Service Media in Knowledge Societies/ is an IAMCR 2015 post-conference 
that will take place on 16 and 17 July.

The detailed conference theme can be consulted in English 
<http://panam.cricis.ca/conference-theme/>, French 
<http://panam.cricis.ca/theme-du-colloque/>, Spanish 
<http://panam.cricis.ca/tema-de-la-conferencia/> or Portuguese 
<http://panam.cricis.ca/conferencia-tema/> on the post-conference website

Proposals should be in line with the conference theme, focussing 
particularly on one of these questions:

   * The impact of social, economic and political changes on the
     governance of communication systems.
   * Patterns of governance for communication systems in the knowledge
     societies.
   * The legitimation of public service media in the age of digital
     networks.
   * The importance and the role of public service media in kwnoledge
     societies.
   * The role of the State, the private sector and the civil society in
     the governance of communication systems.
   * What kind of financing sources for the public service in the
     contemporary capitalist societies?
   * The participation or lack of participation of civil society in the
     functioning of public service media.
   * Public service programming strategies facing the proliferation of
     media content.
   * Social networks and the public service media.
   * Comparative analysis of different public service media.

Proposals of 500 to 600 words in English or French must be submitted via 
the conference website by 31 January 2015. Full papers, in English or 
French and no more than 5,000 words, must be sent by 30 June 30 2015.

For further details, visit panam.cricis.ca <http://panam.cricis.ca/>