[ecrea] CFP IAMCR Pre-conference at Leeds: Media and Governance in Latin America

CALL FOR PAPERS

Dear colleagues

We are very pleased to announce that the call for papers for the third
edition of the conference Media and Governancein Latin America *is now
open*. *Abstracts are due February 28.*

The conference will be hosted by the School of Media and Communications
of the *University of Leeds* and will take place 25-26 July as a
*pre-conference to the IAMCR 2016*.

We are aiming to congregate a wide range of academics interested in the
intersections between media, communications, governance and development
in the region to examine questions such as the following:

In which ways media actors and media technologies are changing
relationship between the state, the private sector, civil society and
the media?
What is the role of the media in promoting democratic governance and
sustainable development?
What are the main changes in the formation, interaction and evolution of
publics/audiences in the new mediaenvironment?
What sort of relationships are emerging from the crossroads between
traditional and non-traditional mediaactors?
How are media reforms strengthening democratic governance across the region?
To what extent do public and private media reproduce populist and
polarising discourses?
To what extent are digital and community media challenging traditional
hegemonic information flows?
Are new power imbalances emerging as a result of the spread of new
technologies in the region?
What patterns of governance are shaping Latin American media systems?
What patterns of change and resilience can we find in political
communication practices in the region?

We are delighted to have confirmed the attendance of a superb line-up of
guest speakers, including* Sallie Hughes (University of Miami), Claudia
Mellado (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso) and Carolina
Matos (City University London).*

Please find more details about the conference and the CFP here:
http://mgla.leeds.ac.uk/call-for-papers/

Please direct questions and abstracts to this email:
(conference.mediagovla /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(conference.mediagovla /at/ gmail.com)>

We look forward to welcoming you in Leeds,

Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Ximena Orchard, Sara Garcia Santamaria, Antonio Brambila.



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