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[ecrea] CfP Reminder: Populism, Authoritarianism, and Media

Tue Jun 02 15:12:42 GMT 2015




This is a kind reminder that you can still submit your abstracts for the second edition of the Prague Media Point conference series called
*Populism, authoritarianism, and the media: The age of mediocracy and
mediacracy*, which will take place on November 12-14, 2015. It will
feature panel and poster presentations focused on examining the
transformation of media in an age of information being used and abused
by authoritarian rulers. For updates on speakers please follow the
conference website <http://toleducation.org/courses/populism-authoritarianism-media-conference/>.You can also follow the conference on Facebook and Twitter at #PragueMediaPoint <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PragueMediaPoint&src=typd>.

*The Prague Media Point*project evolved from the 25 Years After
Conference <http://toleducation.org/courses/25-years-after/>, which took place in 2014 and focused on the transformation of the media industries in Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It will offer a series of annual academic conferences in Prague, which will bring together the relevant actors involved in the process, including academics, media practitioners, political analysts, and representatives of NGOs.

The call for papers
<http://toleducation.org/courses/populism-authoritarianism-media-conference/call-for-papers/>is now open (see the attachment for more information); please send all submissions *byJune 29, 2015.* You can submit your paper and/or poster proposals through our online submission form <http://crm.keynote.cz/civicrm/event/register?id=119>.

We are proud to announce that the following keynote speakers will join
the conference:

·*Endre B. Bojtár*, /Editor-in-chief of the Hungarian weekly paper
Magyar Narancs/

·*Benjamin De Cleen*, Lecturer at /Vrije Universiteit Brussel and
Researcher at the Brussels Platform for Journalism/

·*Anna Matušková*, /Political Marketing Expert and Assistant Professor
at Charles University/

·*Jiří Pehe*, /Director of New York University Prague, Writer, Political Commentator/

·*Peter Pomerantsev*, /TV Producer, Writer, and Senior Fellow at the
Legatum Institute/

·*Christopher Walker*, /Executive Director of the National Endowment for Democracy’s International Forum for Democratic Studies/

The conference is supported by the European Communication Research and
Education Association (ECREA) <http://www.ecrea.eu/>_,_the Institute of
Communication Studies and Journalism at Charles University
<http://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/>, and the Comparative Interdisciplinary
Studies Section (CISS) of International Studies Association (ISA). It
<http://www.isanet.org/ISA/Sections/CISS>is organized in partnership
with Visegrad Insight <http://visegradinsight.eu/>, Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty <http://www.rferl.org/>, and New York University in Prague <http://www.nyu.edu/global/global-academic-centers/prague.html>(Male namesti 11, Prague 1), which will serve as a host for the conference.

We look forward to meeting you in Prague,

KEYNOTE and Transitions




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