Archive for calls, May 2017
Symposium: News practices and media law in Africa: Developing a research agenda.
Date: 1 June 2017 Venue: University of Portsmouth Park Building, Room 2.07 Information: https://www.dropbox.com/home/Public?preview=News+Practices+%26+media+law+in+Africa.pdf Event registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/news-practices-media-law-in-africa-developing-a-research-agenda-tickets-34797501263 Description:This symposium will examine the changes and tendencies of news practices, media freedom and media law in Africa. This meeting aims at further developing a research agenda to explore political and cultural influences and post-colonial and post-conflict legacies on the development of journalism practices and media law and regulation in Africa.
Elements to be discussed (but not limited to):
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Empirical and theoretical approaches to the study of news practices
in African contexts, including news values, editorial lines,
journalism ethics and media ownership
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Empirical and theoretical approaches to the examination of media law
in African contexts, including defamation, privacy/data protection,
contempt of court and source protection
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The origin and development of media legislation, development of case
law and news regulatory systems
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Country/region-specific case studies
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Media and democratisation
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The relevance or irrelevance of former colonising countries and
conflict in the development of news practices and legal/regulatory
systems
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The ‘right to know’ and the ‘right to be forgotten’
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The globalisation of news and inter-jurisdictional influences
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Press freedom and journalists' security in fragile contexts
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New technologies and social media including digital divide, ‘fake
news’ and online media regulation
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African media image outside Africa
Organisers: Susana Sampaio-Dias, University of Portsmouth
((susana.sampaio-dias /at/ port.ac.uk)
<mailto:(susana.sampaio-dias /at/ port.ac.uk)>), and Judith Townend, University
of Sussex ((judith.townend /at/ sussex.ac.uk) <mailto:(judith.townend /at/ sussex.ac.uk)>)
Guests:
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Winston Mano, Director of the Africa Media Centre at the University
of Westminster
https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/mano-winston
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Olivia Rutazibwa, Senior Lecturer, International Development
Studies, University of Portsmouth
http://www.port.ac.uk/school-of-languages-and-area-studies/staff/dr-olivia-rutazibwa.html
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Ivor Gaber, University of Sussex http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/49646
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/Idil Osman/, SOAS University of London
https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff114111.php
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