[ecrea] Call for Papers: Media and Governance in Latin America

CALL FOR PAPERS


Media & Governance in Latin America 2015
Communication, Power and Society

The University of Sheffield, 25-26 June 2015

Traditional and digital media have become key actors in the young 
democracies of Latin America and the Caribbean over the last few years. 
Media actors have influenced the configuration of good governance across 
the region, due not only to their important role as a channel between 
civil society and the state, but also to their ability to shape the 
power structures of society.

This conference will explore the connections between the media and 
models of governance in the region, from both a comparative and an 
interdisciplinary perspective.

We are inviting submissions of abstracts for papers by 6 April 2015.

Full details and call for papers
Convenors and speakers

The conference is hosted by the University of Sheffield's Department of 
Journalism Studies. The convenors of the conference will be Dr Jairo 
Lugo-Ocando, and PhD candidates Sara Garcia-Santamaria and José Antonio 
Brambila.

The following guests have confirmed their participation as plenary speakers:

    * Dr Raúl Garcés, Universidad de la Habana, Cuba
    * Professor Daniel Hallin, University of San Diego, US
    * Dr Ella McPherson, Cambridge University, UK
    * Dr Peter Watt, University of Sheffield, UK

Structure and venue

The conference will be organised in alternating plenary sessions and 
panels, each of which will include the presentation of three or four 
papers, followed by an open discussion. The initial programme includes 
four double panels.

The event will be held at the University's Interdisciplinary Centre for 
the Social Sciences (ICOSS).
Last year's conference

The first Media and Governance conference was held on 13 and 14 May 2014 
at the University of Sheffield. The conference brought together 
academics, postgraduate researchers and practitioners from around the 
world to discuss issues related to media and development in Latin 
America and the Caribbean. The conference received 60 papers, bringing 
together scholars from a wide range of countries, including Brazil, 
Sweden, Argentina, Spain, Venezuela, the UK, France, Germany, Colombia, 
Mexico, Chile, the Netherlands, and the US.
More information

Please contact Sara García Santamaría with any queries about this event 
by emailing (sgarciasantamaria1 /at/ sheffield.ac.uk).




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