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ICA will have six preconferences scheduled prior to the start of the
conference in Dresden.
Preconference #1 - Influencing Outcomes: Communications Research and
Global and Regional Policy Transformations
Preconference #2 - Internet Governance: New Political and Regulatory Frameworks for Global
Network Communication
Preconference #3 - Messages from Abroad – Foreign Political News in Globalized Media Landscape
Preconference #4 - After the Mobile Phone? Social Changes and the Development of Mobile Communication
Preconference #5 - International Symposium on Women and News: Exploring Research and Social Change Agendas
Preconference #6 - Prominent Social Theorists and Their Significance for Public Relations
Preconference #1
Joint Preconference of the Philosophy of Communication and Political
Communication Divisions; sponsored by the Project Global Communication Studies,
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania; the Center for Media & Communication Studies,
Central European University, Budapest; and the COST A30 Media Scholars Network
Title: Influencing Outcomes: Communications Research and Global and
Regional Policy Transformations
Time: June 16-17, 2006, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Cost: $100.00USD (Includes meals, materials and entertainment fees)
Limit: 60 Participants
Given the theme of the Dresden ICA conference "Networking, Communication, and
Research," it is appropriate and timely to offer a pre-conference that deals
with the interplay between policymakers and the scholarly community.
Globalization, internationalization, and a strong sense of inter-dependency as
is documented by current political and economic realities has reinforced the
need to understand how policy is made, what its impact is, who and how it
influences, and whether local, national, regional or international laws and
policies are called for and the most effect means of governance. The drive
towards democratization and the many transitions that have taken place in the
post-1989 period have cast a new light on the importance of creating meaningful
and useful media policy. As one of the central pillars of a modern democracy,
media institutions, comprising both traditional and new technologies, play a key
role in the functioning of society.
Against this backdrop, the Project for Global Communication Studies at the
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, and the Center
for Media and Communication Studies, Central European University, propose a
two-day pre-conference that will discuss the relationship between research and
policymaking, how the scholarly community can impact and influence the policy
agenda and policymaking institutions, as well as engage in a critical dialogue
that will produce an agenda for future research, especially on issues and
questions related to how media laws and policies affect and impact
democratization and social transition.
The pre-conference has the added bonus of the inclusion of the COST A30 European
Media Scholars Network, which will host a special meeting to coincide with the
ICA Budapest pre-conference. CEU is the coordinating university for the COST A30
Action “East of West: Setting a New Central and Eastern European Media Research
Agenda.” The project brings together more than 40 outstanding scholars from 20
European countries. The main objective of the Action is to develop a cutting
edge, joint European social science research agenda with a clear focus on newly
emerging problems of Central and Eastern European media in a comparative
perspective.
Budapest, as one of the principal points of the post-communist transition,
provides a fitting backdrop for a pre-conference of this nature, giving
participants the opportunity to engage with Hungary's media law and policy
reform leaders from academic, civil society, as well as commercial and industry
sectors. The Annenberg-CEU pre-conference sessions will feature:
- Participation from many of Europe’s leading media scholars who are part of the
EU COST A30 Action European media studies network;
- Two keynote addresses;
- Panel discussions;
- A tour of Hungary's famous and beautiful Parliament building, with a guided
tour by a former member of Parliament and leading figure of Hungary's media law
and policy transformation;
- A roundtable on contemporary issues of nationalism and ethnic identity; and
- Optional guided tours of Budapest's famous cafes and outdoor garden pubs, a
trip to one of Budapest's relaxing mineral baths, and visit to one of many local
music attractions, like the Hungarian Opera.
PRELIMINARY BUDAPEST PRE-CONFERENCE AGENDA:
Thursday, June 15
Arrival and check-in – hotel details TBA
Friday, June 16
8:30 – 9:30 am – Registration, coffee reception provided
9:30 – 10:00 am – Opening remarks featuring:
Monroe E. Price, Director of the Project for Global Communication Studies,
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, and Ingrid
Volkmer, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Special guests: Yehuda Elkana, Rector, Central European University, and Michael
Delli Carpini, Dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of
Pennsylvania
10:00 am – 11:30 pm – COST A30 “East of West: Setting a New Central and Eastern
European Media Research Agenda,” panelists TBA
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Break
12:00 – 1:45 pm – Lunch, featuring a special keynote address, on “European Media
Policy, the Current State of Play,” by Dr. Christina Holtz-Bacha (Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg)
1:45 – 2:00 Break
2:00 -3:30 pm – Panel One: The Politics of Making Media Policy
- Peter Dahlgren (Media and Communication Studies, Lund University)
- Miklos Sukosd (Political Science Department, Central European University;
Hungary)
- Andrei Skolkay (Faculty of Mass Media Communication University of SS. Cyril
and Methodius in Trnava)
- Beata Ociepka (Section of International Communication, Institute of
International Studies, University of Wroclaw)
- Karol Jakubowicz (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Chair: Nick Jankowski (Dept. of Communication University of Nijmegen,
Netherlands)
3:30 – 3:45 pm – Break
3:45 – 5:15 pm – Panel Two: What do Policymakers Want? Making Research Relevant
in the Public Policy Domain.
- Dr. Norbert Schneider, Landesanstaltfuer Medien, Dusseldorf, Germany; Director
of the Broadcasting Regulatory Authority, “Media Concentration in Today’s Policy
Discourse”
- Ivan Nikoltchev (Council of Europe)
- Other panelists TBA
Chair: Ingrid Volkmer, University of Otago, New Zealand
5:15 – 5:30 pm -- Break
5:30 – 7:00 pm – Panel Three: Media Policy and Democratization
Chair: Gianpietro Mazzoleni (Dipartimento di Studi Sociali e Politici,
Università degli Studi di Milano) (confirmed)
7:00 – 9:00 pm – Dinner/Keynote Address Two – Special Guest – TBA
9:00 – 11:30 pm – For those with energy left, a nighttime tour of Budapest's
garden cafes will be offered
Saturday, June 17
8:30 am – Coffee Reception
9.00 - 10:30 am - Panel One: Open Society Institute: EU Monitoring Accession
Project
OSI's Network Media Program and OSI's EU Monitoring Accession Project (EUMAP)
have worked closely together on a project to analyze the state of television in
Europe, with a special focus on the independence of broadcasters and regulators,
and the transformation of state media into public service media. Country reports
were initiated for over 20 countries, including a number of current EU
member-states, EU accession countries, and countries in South Eastern Europe.
This panel will feature commentary and analysis from various authors of the OSI
Report as well implications that this sort of mapping exercise could have for
media policy in Europe.
10:30 – 11:00 am – Break and meet to walk over to Parliament. After the 9 am
session, meet outside of CEU (Nador 9 entrance) and walk over.
11:00 pm – 12:30 pm – Tour of Hungarian Parliament with Peter Molnar, former
Member of Parliament and one of the drafters of Hungary's Media Law, meet with
other members of Parliament.
12:30 – 2:00 pm – Lunch, with Special Guest Speaker
2:00 – 3:30 pm – Panel Two: ‘RE:Activism’ Project
The fall 2005 RE:activism conference addressed what role social activism can
play in the broad process in which emerging new media technologies transform
existing structures of cultural, economic and political power. This panel will
showcase highlights of the conference and report on any outcomes generated by
the gathering. This panel will feature various representatives from the
Re:Activism conference, and will be chaired by Peter Gyorgy, ELTE Media Centre,
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. For more information see the
Re:activism site: http://mokk.bme.hu/index_html-en?set_language=en&cl=en.
3:30 – 4:00 pm – Coffee Break
4:00 – 6:00 pm – Roundtable Discussion on “Nationalism, Ethnic Identity,
Conflict and the Media.” with invited guests, including:
- Professor Christina Slade (Macquarie University, Sydney and University of
Utrecht, The Netherlands, Chair of the Philosophy of Communication Division,
International Communication Association)
- Beata Klimkiewicz (Institute of Journalism and Social Communication,
Jagiellonian University Poland)
- Snjezana Milivojevic (Faculty of Political Sciences, the Belgrade University,
Serbia and Montenegro)
- Brindusa Armanca (ZIUA Press Group, Romania)
- Others TBA
6:30 pm – Closing Reception – Venue TBA, with special musical guests.
Dinner – on your own. A list of options and recommendations will be distributed.
Sunday, June 18
While no pre-conference activities or sessions are programmed for this day, we
can recommend the following excursions for self-guided exploration around
Budapest. Make sure to leave time to travel to Dresden in time to register and
get ready for the ICA conference.
- Baths – choose from Ottoman era baths or more modern co-ed options
- Tour of St. Istvan Basillica
- Walk across Chain Bridge and up to Castle Hill
- Sunday brunch at the Gellert Hotel (they have a bath there, too)
- Sunday brunch at Gundel – located just behind Hosok ter (Heroes Square),
followed by a walk in the park or a swim at the Szechenyi Baths.
COST AND REGISTRATION DETAILS
Costs associated with the Budapest
Pre-conference will include: hotel, some meals and a conference registration
fee. Participants of the Budapest Pre-conference are encouraged to arrange their
travel such that they connect through Budapest en route to Dresden. The
Pre-conference organizers will also assist with travel to Budapest, and
depending on interest with either organize low-cost air travel or a group bus
from Budapest to Dresden.
Registration and deposit due in advance, by May 5, 2006..
Contact people:
Susan Abbott, Sr. Research Coordinator at the Project for Global Communication
Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania –
E-mail: sabbott@asc.upenn.edu
Laura Ranca, Project Coordinator, Center for Media and Communication Studies,
Central European University – E- mail: rancal@ceu.hu
Pre-Conference Registration Fee: $100 USD (payable to ICA, at the time of
registering and paying for ICA Dresden Conference). Items included in this fee:
- Meals, Materials and Entertainment Fee: $50 USD
- ICA Administration Fee: $25 USD
- Annenberg-CEU Administration Fee: $25 USD
BUDAPEST COSTS – ACCOMMODATION AND TRAVEL
Pre-conference participants can either book their travel directly to Budapest
(roundtrip) or they can book their travel (roundtrip to Berlin) and transfer to
Budapest. We suggest the following itineraries:
Travel to Budapest for the Pre-conference
Participants must arrange their travel to arrive in Budapest on Thursday, June
15, 2006 for arrival and check-in. The pre-conference starts on Friday, June 16,
2006 at 9 am.
Option A: Budapest direct
Roundtrip ticket from your home city to Budapest.
Easyjet flight from Budapest to Berlin, with bus transfer to Dresden (We will
arrange for bus transfer for those interested—contact
sabbott@asc.upenn.edu or
rancal@ceu.hu for more information). Estimated cost of the Easyjet flight, and
bus transfer is $100 USD roundtrip (Budapest to Berlin and back to Budapest).
With Easyjet, it is best to book early to get the cheapest fares, i.e. by March
2006.
Option B: Berlin direct
Roundtrip ticket from your home city to Berlin.
You arrange your own travel to Budapest – options include Easyjet or other
low-cost airlines or going by bus or train. (We will not arrange bus transfer
with this option, but can provide advice and suggestions for ways to get from
Berlin to Budapest—contact sabbott@asc.upenn.edu or
rancal@ceu.hu or more
information).
From the Budapest Airport there is a Shuttle Service into the city. You can buy
a round trip ticket (good for your ride to your hotel and back to the airport)
upon arrival in Budapest, just after you get out of baggage claim. The cost of
the ticket is roughly $20 USD.
It is recommended that you change some money at the airport upon arrival or use
the cash machines at the airport to get Hungarian Forints – the local currency.
Budapest has a wide selection of banks, cash machines and change kiosks. Credit
cards are accepted most places (mostly Master Card and Visa). English and German
are widely spoken in Budapest, in addition to Hungarian, the national language.
Accommodation
We will do our best to help participants find the accommodation that meets their
budget. Please contact Laura Ranca at rancal@ceu.hu for assistance with choosing
accommodation. We suggest the following options:
Hotel Options – You can choose from hotel rooms that start at 50 euros a night
(around $60 USD). We will book your hotel for you, and will work with area
hotels to find a rate that is suitable for your budget. Please email Laura Ranca
(rancal@ceu.hu) to let her know your preferences. Hotel rooms can be shared, but
you must indicate this before check-in. We will make the reservation, but you
are required to pay the hotel bill at the time of checkout. Hungarian hotels
accept Visa, and Master Card, and American Express, as well as cash. It is also
possible to prepay your hotel bill with a wire transfer or credit card payment
over the phone. The hotel fee is not included in the registration fee, so please
plan ahead and get in touch with Laura Ranca to reserve a room.
Youth Hostel Option – There are many Youth Hostels in Budapest to choose from.
For a list of available hostels, please visit this website:
http://www.reservations.bookhostels.com/europeanrailguide.com/findabed.php?ChosenCountry=Hungary&ChosenCity=Budapest.
For people choosing to stay in a Youth Hostel, you must take care of reserving
and paying for your stay on your own. The conference organizers are unable to do
this for you. Hostels are an affordable option for accommodation in Europe, and
are generally clean and safe and centrally located, with access to public
transportation. The hostels closest to CEU are the ones situated in districts 5,
6, 7 and of Budapest (CEU is situated in district 5). Some of the near-by
hostels are:
Hostels fill up fast, so it is best to book in advance.
CEU Dormitory Option (http://www.ceucenter.hu/ENG/index_eng.html)
CEU operates a residential hall that is approximately 45 minutes from the center
of Budapest and CEU by public transportation (bus + one Metro ride). The rooms
are all wired with Internet access, and the hall has a swimming pool, tennis
court, café and a dining facility. People from all over the world stay there and
it is a nice way to meet people. For those interested in this option, please
email Laura Ranca for more information and for reservations.
Costs:
30 Euro – for single room
38 Euro – for shared room
Rooms are subject to availability and space is not guaranteed.
Student Guest-Stay Option – On a first-come, first-served basis, we will match
interested graduate students with graduate students in Budapest attending CEU or
other Budapest-centered universities. Space is limited. This option offers the
budget-minded student traveler the opportunity to stay in Budapest for the
pre-conference, without the worry of how to pay for accommodation, i.e. it is
free, although we encourage you to bring a small gift for your host. It is
recommended that you bring a sleeping bag or sheets and a blanket for the
duration of your stay, although your hosts may already have bedding. We will
facilitate email contact between ICA graduate student participants and their
hosts in Budapest before the conference, so that you can know what to expect and
how to best prepare. For those interested in this option, please email Laura
Ranca at rancal@ceu.hu.
Note: This is a preliminary program. Please check
www.pgcs.asc.upenn.edu for
updates after February 1, 2006.
Preconference #2
Jointly Sponsored Preconference of the ICA Communication Law and Policy
Division, the Communication Law and Policy Division of the IAMCR, and the
Singapore Internet Research Centre (SIRC) of the School of Communication and
Information (SCI), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Title: Internet Governance: New Political and Regulatory Frameworks for Global
Network Communication
Time: June 15-18, 2006 - Hotel Rathener Hofe, Saxonian Switzerland, Dresden, Germany
Cost: $120.00USD - Includes three night’s accommodation and all meals during the
conference - no other booking necessary. Rooms are shared double-rooms assigned
at the hotel. Note that the rate is being subsidized from sponsorships.
Directions from Dresden Airport/Train Station to follow.
In 2003, at the UN World Summit on the Information Society, many governments
around the world asked the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to set up a ”Working
Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)” with the mandate to elaborate a working
definition on Internet Governance, to identify public policy issues related to
Internet Governance, to define the role and responsibilities of different
stakeholders – governments, private sector, civil society - in this process and
to make proposals, as appropriate. The SIRC Director, Peng Hwa Ang, who is also
the Dean of the SCI and Professor Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, professor of
International Communication Policy and Law at the University of Aarhus, were
members of the WGIG.
In 2005, the 40-member Working Group on Internet Governance presented a 95-page
report to the UN Secretary-General. Among its recommendations were that the
governance of the root of the Internet be internationalized, that issues
concerning use of the internet be discussed at an international forum, and that
a special emphasis be placed on ICT for development. The report has been used as
the basis for the intergovernmental negotiations for the second phase of WSIS,
which is scheduled for November 2005 in Tunis. The report specifically rejects
an overly technical orientation to internet governance, and proposes a
broad-based involvement in both the technical and the political issues
associated with governance.
This symposium will analyze the results of the Tunis summit and discuss in
particular for key areas of Internet Governance as follows:
- Internet Oversight and the Management of the Internet Core Resources
- Internet and Human Rights: Freedom of Expression, Access to Knowledge and
Protection of Privacy
- Internet Security and Stability: Cybercrime, Spam and Identity Theft
- Internet and Development: Bridging the Digital Divide
The aim of this preconference is to form a network of scholars to monitor the
progress of and to research Internet Governance, with a special emphasis on the
international aspects. If you are working in this area, we welcome your
participation.
The pre-conference sessions will also include dinners, coffees and walks topped
off with a boat ride to the ICA conference site to facilitate discussions and
the development of the social bonds among the participants.
Proposals for papers should be sent no later than January 31, 2006 to either of
the Co-Conveners of the Symposium. Participants will be selected based on their
potential contribution to the research agenda of Internet Governance.
Dr. Peng Hwa Ang
Singapore Internet Research Centre,
School of Communication and Information,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Email: sirc@ntu.edu.sg
Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwæchter
Department of Media and Information Studies
University of Aarhus, Denmark
Email: wolfgang@imv.au.dk
The tentative programme of the Pre-Conference is as below:
Hotel bookings from June 15 - 18, 2006
Hotel "Rathener Hofe", Kurort Rathen,
Saxonian Switzerland, Dresden, Germany
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Arrival
19.00 – 20.00: On the Road to Athens: From WGIG to the Internet Governance
Forum:
Introduction by WGIG-Members: Dr. Peng Hwa Ang, Singapore Internet Research
Centre, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore and Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwæchter, Department of Media and
Information Studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark
20.30: BBQ
Friday, June 16, 2006
8.30 – 9.30: Breakfast
9.30 – 11.00 Plenary I: Internet Oversight and the Management of the Internet
Core Resources
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 13.00 Workshop I
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00: Plenary II: Internet and Human Rights: Freedom of Expression,
Access to Knowledge and Protection of Privacy
16.00 – 16.30: Coffee
16.30 – 18.00 Workshop II
19.00: Buses will leave for evening reception at “Festung Königstein”
Saturday, June 17, 2006
8.30 – 9.30: Breakfast
9.30 – 11.00: Plenary III: Internet Security and Stability: Cybercrime, Spam and
Identity Theft
11.00 – 11.30: Coffee
11.30 – 13.00: Workshop III
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 15.30: Plenary IV: Internet and Development: Bridging the Digital
Divide.
15.30 – 16.00: Walk to Bastei
16.00 – 17.30: Coffee at “Panorama Restaurant Bastei”
17.30 – 18.30: Walk to Hotel
19.30: Gala Dinner
Sunday, June 18, 2006
8.30 – 9.30: Breakfast
9.30 – 11.00: Workshop IV
11.00 – 11.30: Coffee
11.30 – 13.00: Final Plenary
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch
15.00: Departure by Boat to Dresden
19.00: Arrival Terassenufer Dresden
Preconference #3
Political Communication Division Preconference and the Institute of
Communication and Media Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Title: Messages from Abroad – Foreign Political News in Globalized Media
Landscape
Time: Saturday, June 17, 2006, LMU Munich, Kleine Aula, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz
1, Munich, Germany
Cost: Free of charge; however, interested participants must contact Alexander
Haas (haas@ifkw.lmu.de) who will give you further information, register you for
the preconference and assist in booking the hotel room. Important notice: Munich
will be busy at the time of the preconference due to the FIFA World
Championship. Please book before March 1, 2006, otherwise it could be hard to
find a place to stay. We reserved special preconference rates in five different
hotels (all of them small, cozy and close to the city center) until March 1,
2006.
Limit: 40 Participants
One week prior to the German “Bundestag”-election in September 2005, CNN
International started a massive advertising campaign with the following slogan:
“Germany Votes But It Is an International Affair”. The campaign obviously
aimed at attracting foreign spectators located in Germany or elsewhere in the
world. On election day, CNN International not only broadcast an exhaustive
coverage of the election, but its coverage and even its advertising campaign
found its way into German media. Moreover, some parts of the German public
relied on CNN International and its German partner NTV.
The relationship between the media, politics, and the public has always been at
the centre of interest in political communication. When it comes to foreign news
and foreign policy, interactions between these three basic systems become
complicated. Traditionally ¬ one could assume the domestic public learned
about foreign politicians and policy mainly from the news coverage of domestic
media. The domestic media itself received its information basically from their
own correspondents, from news agencies, from domestic politicians or the
coverage of foreign media.
In the last few years, major developments in the media sector have taken place,
altering the production, content and reception of foreign messages in numerous
ways. Digitalization made it much easier and less expensive to distribute
political messages. Moreover, the so-called “New Media” offered a wide array of
possibilities for professional as well as non-professional actors to create and
distribute political messages worldwide. Commercialization of the media business
and the deregulation of media markets lead to the formation of global players in
the media business like CNN or Al-Jazeera that are more or less not tied to one
nation. Moreover, the public itself increasingly relies on these channels,
bypassing the mainstream, domestic media. Furthermore, politicians may consider
not only addressing their domestic media, but also foreign media to find support
for their ideas in international affairs.
The preconference aims at further disentangling the complex interactions between
media, politics, and the public on an international level.
Sponsored by:
 
Program
8:30–8:45: Opening
Hans-Bernd Brosius (Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences)
8:45-9:15: Keynote
Robert L. Stevenson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
09:15- 09:30: Coffee Break
09:30-11:00: Panel 1 - Foreign political news production
Chair
Yassen N. Zassoursky (University of Moscow, Russia)
Participants
Network Journalism: Current Trends within the Global News Space
Ansgard Heinrich (University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand)
The Television News Agency Role
Chris Paterson (University of Ulster, UK)
Voices from Abroad -The Use of Foreign News Sources in Belgian
Television News Broadcasts
Knut De Swert & Sarah Schueremans (University of Antwerp,
Belgium)
11:00-11:15:
Coffee Break
11:15–12:45: Panel 2 - Content and patterns of coverage
Chair
Wayne Wanta (Missouri School of Journalism, USA)
Participants
European Coverage in Slovenian and German Newspapers
Peter Lah (Saint Louis University, USA)
Framing “Axis of Evil”: Analyzing News Coverage of North Korea in
the U.S. News Media
Jinbong Choi (Bemidji State University, USA)
Worlds Apart - Structures and Tendencies in the Foreign Coverage
of German, English, U.S., Arab and South African Television News
Christian Kolmer (Institute MediaTenor, Germany)
12:45-13:45:
Lunch
13:45–15:15:
Panel 3 - Media and international relations
Chair
Hans-Bernd Brosius (Ludiwg-Maximilians-University Munich)
Participants
Media about Neighbours. News Values Theory Revisited
Beata Ociepka (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
The Media and Public Diplomacy: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in
Foreign Media
Tamir Sheafer & Itay Gabay (Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Israel)
Foreign Political News in Russian Media
Yassen N. Zassoursky, Anastasia Grusha, Oleg Bakulin & Elena
Rymanova (University of Moscow, Russia)
15:15–15:30:
Coffee break
15:30-17:00: Panel 4 - Media use and effects on the domestic public
Chair
Gianpietro Mazzoleni (University of Milan, Italy)
Participants
Audience reaction to international and political news segments in
in television newscasts: an empirical study in Belgium
François Heinderyckx (University of Brussels, Belgium)
Dark Areas of Ignorance - Distribution of International Affairs
Knowledge in Switzerland and California
Mirko Marr (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Shanto Iyengar (Stanford University, USA)
Frank Marcinkowski (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Heinz Bonfadelli (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Media Management and the Coverage of Security Issues in Israel
Yaron Katz (Holon Institute of Technology, Isreal)
17:30–?:
Beergarden Tour
We will provide a free sightseeing tour on Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
For further information (accommodations, logistics, travel possibilities and other
offers) please contact Alexander Haas (haas@ifkw.lmu.de).
For further questions on the preconference, please contact
Dr. Oliver Quiring, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Institut für
Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung, Oettingenstr. 67, 80538 München,
Germany, Phone: ++49 89 2180-9833, Fax ++49 89 2180-9429, E-Mail
quiring@ifkw.lmu.de
Alexander Haas, M.A., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Institut für
Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung, Oettingenstr. 67, 80538 München,
Germany, Phone: ++49 89 2180-9403, Fax ++49 89 2180-9429, E-Mail
haas@ifkw.lmu.de
Preconference #4
Communication and Technology Division Preconference, co-hosted by the German
Telekom
Title: After the Mobile Phone? Social Changes and the Development of
Mobile Communication
Time: Saturday, June 17 – Sunday, June 18, 2006, University of Erfurt, Erfurt
Germany
Cost: $30.00USD for non-presenters
Limit: 50 Participants
Accommodations: Reservations
for participants have been made at the conference venue, but capacity is rather
limited. If you are interested, please contact my Christine Dietmar at
christine.dietmar@uni-erfurt.de
as soon as possible.
Note: If arriving from Dresden, there is the German speed
train ICE traveling from Dresden directly to Erfurt. it takes approximately two
hours one way.
In a very short period of time the mobile phone has become a permanent fixture
in everyday communication. It changed existing communication practices and led
to new social arrangements in terms of mobility and connectivity. It has become
a ‘personal medium’ and a medium for the presentation of the self. It is also a
medium that is used not only for individual, but for collective communication
and even for political mobilization. Furthermore, traditional boundaries of mass
communication have been blurred as many contents are developed for cross-media
applications – one-to-many content provision (Internet, news messages, games,
etc.) gets more and more popular as the technical devices become more and more
powerful.
Worldwide research has turned to the mobile phone and its uses and effects. Such
international and interdisciplinary research has by now led to considerable
achievements, based on both qualitative and quantitative studies. But it would
be improper to claim that all questions have been answered, especially since
many new research areas and questions emerge all the time with new media
developments. For the title of the preconference we have thus intentionally
chosen a provocative question: Have we indeed reached the end of the era of the
mobile phone? Or is this true only in some contexts within some communities?
What is the current status of mobile communication in different countries?
The mobile phone will continue to exist as a medium for mobile communication.
But it will also continue to develop as a hybrid medium – and will also continue
to be ‘reinvented’ by its users. At the same time it is part of an overall
development in mobile communication, in which the use of the mobile phone is
only a small part of overall media use.
The aim of the preconference is not some prediction for the future of the mobile
phone (many of which have already been made and disproved). Instead, we aim at a
view on what is happening at the moment, but also a view on what will drive us
in the future: what do we know and where are the most urgent research questions?
What has been the focus of research thus far and what has to become a focus? How
far do existing realizations suffice to explain and explore further developments
in the mobile communication field? In particular, the multiple uses of a mobile
hybrid medium need to be looked at more closely, including the embeddedness
within other forms of media use. We will also discuss processes of convergence,
such as the relationship of the mobile phone to other (mass) media. Our special
interest is in development beyond the mobile phone, e.g. in terms of
Blackberries, the mobile computer, or the mobile Internet, where the diffusion
of wireless LANs plays a crucial role. We particularly invite submissions from a
media economy or technological perspective.
Erfurt, as one of the few German media and communication departments that
specifically addresses mobile communication, constitutes the perfect place for a
preconference of this kind. The Erfurt preconference will offer:
- Two keynote addresses
- three sets of parallel sessions
- roundtable discussions
- a pre-conference dinner
- the experience of the beautiful old town of Erfurt
- onward travel to Dresden on Monday
Agenda:
Saturday, June 17, 2006:
All day Arrival
18:30-19:00 Get together
19:00-19:15 Welcome: The local organizers’ team
19:15-20:00 Keynote:
Wulf Bauerfeld (T-Systems): Community Services over Communication Networks.
20:00 Dinner
Sunday, June 18, 2006:
9:30-9:45 Introduction: Local organisers
9:45-10:30 Keynote:
Prof. Richard Harper (Microsoft): After Talk & Sight: Communication after the
Mobile.
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:45 Parallel sessions I
Session I: LOCATIONS
- Heinrich Schwarz (Colorado): Knowing Spaces: Mobile and Location-Aware
Technologies, Smart Spaces, and New Forms of Knowledge.
- Florian Resatsch; Laura Forlano; Daniel Michelis; Thomas Nicolai; Thomas
Schildhauer (Berlin, New York, St. Gallen): Talking Walls: The Interactive
Architecture of the City.
- Christian Licoppe (Paris): Living in a Location-Aware Community, in an
Augmented Public Space. The Uses of a Geo-Localized Mobile Multiplayer Game in
Japan.
- Timo Saari, Niklas Ravaja, Antti Oulasvirta, Giulio Jacucci (Helsinki):
Adaptation of Mobile Media Experiences for Mobile Use Content.
Session II: REGIONS
- Lu Jia & Ian Weber (Texas): China’s Mobile Telephony Development: The Good,
the Bad and the Profitable.
- Mohammed Ibahrine (Erfurt): Arab Mobile Media Environments: Social and
political impacts.
- Mike Traugott; Sung-Hee Joo; Rich Ling; Ying Qian (Michigan & Telenor): The
Mobile Phone: an Essential Item for the US Public.
- Radhika Gajjala (Bowling Green): Urban and Rural Mobile Phone Use in Andhra
Pradesh: An Ethnographer’s Observations.
12:45-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-14:45 Parallel sessions II
Session III: MOBILE MEDIA – MEDIA MOBILITY
- Concetta Stewart & Susan Jacobson (Temple): From Blacksburg, VA, to Wireless
Philadelphia: Changing Paradigms of Community Networks in the United States.
- Sonja Kretzschmar (Münster): Journalistic Content & the Football World
Championship 2006: Multimedia Services on Mobile Devices.
- Juan Miguel Aguado & Immaculada J. Martinez (Murcia): The Construction of the
Mobile Experience: The Role of Advertising Campaigns in the Domestication of
Mobile Phone Technologies.
- Kathleen M. Cuminskey (New York): Mobile Fantasies on Film: Fostering
‘Co-Presence’ Through the Integrated Use of Real and Imagined Mobile Technology.
Session IV: CONVERGENCE
- Leopoldina Fortunati & Fabio Pozzobon (Udine): Media Mobiles: When
Interpersonal Media Become Mass Media.
- Kwang-Suk Lee (Texas): The Mobile Phone as Personalized Broadcasting Media:
the DMB Service in South Korea.
- Christina Spurgeon; Gerard Goggin & Michael Keane (Queensland): Mobiles into
Media: Premium Rate SMS and the Adaptation of Television to Cultures of
Interactivity.
- Anxo Cereijo Roibas (Brighton): Mobile iTV: The Extinction of Couch-Potatoes?
14:45-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-17:00 Round Tables: Concepts & Research
17:15-19:00 Parallel sessions III
Session V: APPROPRIATION
- Andreas Hepp (Bremen): Communicative Mobility after the Mobile Phone: The
Appropriation of Mobile Digital Devices in Diasporic Communities.
- Werner Wirth; Veronika Karnowski & Thilo v. Pape (Zürich & München): How to
Measure Appropriation? An Integrative Model of Mobile Phone Appropriation.
- Virpi Oksman (Tampere): Mobile Visuality and Family Life.
- Lin Proitz (Oslo): Queering the Eye/I. Gender and Sexuality Performances in
OYung People’s Camphone Self-Portraits.
Session VI: SOCIAL NETWORKS
- Hyo Kim; Gwang Jae Kim & Han Woo Park (Ajou, Sogang, Young Nam): The
Configurations of Social relationships in Communication Channels: F2F, Email,
Messenger, Mobile Phone, and SMS.
- Lee Humphreys (Pennsylvania): Mobile Devices and Social Networking.
- Theresa M. Senft (New York): Web/Mobile Hybrids and the ‘Ex-Girlfriend
Problem’.
- Kakuko Miyata & Jeffery Boase (Tokyo & Toronto): Longitudinal Effects of
Mobile Internet Use on Social Networks in Japan.
19:30 Dinner
Monday, June 19, 2006:
Bus travel to Dresden to the ICA Conference (arranged by the conference
organizers)
Preconference #5
Feminist Scholarship Division Preconference
Title: International Symposium on Women and News: Exploring Research and
Social Change Agendas
Time: Sunday, June 18, 2006, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Conference Room, Artotel,
Dresden, Germany
Cost: $60.00USD (Includes lunch and breaks)
Limit: 50 Participants
There has been a longstanding relationship between feminist scholarship on news
and political action carried on by women working in popular fronts. And, while a
large, diverse, scholarly, and quite international literature examines both the
problems and the changes associated with women-and-news issues, there exist a
number of gaps both in what is known and in what paths academic research should
take to fill those gaps. For example, while the women-and-news research has been
international, the literature is weighted toward western nations in Europe and
North America and only a few developing nations – India, southern Africa, and
Taiwan leading the second of these. Therefore, we wish to assess what has been
done, what is known, and what should be undertaken to advance new projects
within and across nations.
Second, the research has focused disproportionately on the content of news
(e.g., women’s absence or image), and, though to a lesser extent, on women’s
employment in the industries. Greatly under-investigated areas include women’s
relationship to financial structures of the news industry, media policy
(national and international), media globalization processes, news audiences, or
the relationship between women’s liberation movements and changes in news (i.e.,
the dynamics of news and social change). Therefore, we wish to encourage
expanded women-and-news research agendas, using a range of methodologies.
Third, feminist news scholarship has produced almost no new theory specifically
related to women-and-news. Instead, feminist scholars have tended to draw on and
extend existing theories, most of which were developed by male scholars whose
original formulations did not include concerns about gender relations. Some
research is not theorized at all. Therefore, we wish to explore approaches to
feminist theory-building for use in new investigations of women and news issues.
Fourth, feminist scholars have increasingly undertaken some collaborative
cross-national women-and-news research projects but language differences, lack
of funding, and other barriers inhibit these developments. Therefore, we wish to
explore how to strengthen the infrastructures needed for feminist scholarship on
women and news to expand internationally. The discussion will include the
identification of resources, existing mechanisms for collaboration, development
of new collaborative mechanisms, and the translation of existing research into
multiple languages.
Symposium planners and speakers (tentative, to be expanded):
- Carolyn M. Byerly, Howard University (USA)
- Danna L. Walker, American University (USA)
- Ammu Joseph, Bangalore scholar and journalist (India)
- Karen Ross, Coventry University (UK)
- Marlene Coulomb, Toulouse University (France)
- Simone Bonnafous, Paris University (France)
- Colleen Lowe Morna, Gender Links (South Africa)
- Gertrude Robinson, McGill University (CANADA)
- Margaret Gallagher, Global Media Monitoring Project (UK)
Goals:
We invite all interested academics, journalists, and media advocates interested
in the topic to join us. Panels and interactive working sessions are expected to
produce agendas for the development of theory and research on women and news,
and new policy directions. A report of proceedings will be disseminated after
the symposium.
Preconference #6
Public Relations Preconference
Title: Prominent Social Theorists and Their Significance for Public Relations
Time: Monday, June 19, 2006, 8:15 am – 12:00 pm, Dresden International
Conference Center
Cost: Members: $60.00USD
Students: $40.00USD
A handful of scholars and a limited number of theoretical approaches have
dominated public relations as an academic field. The purpose of this
pre-conference session is to discuss how the publications of prominent social
theorists can help broaden the theoretical scope of public relations and develop
new insights for public relations research at the same time.
The panel will focus on the works of the scholars Jürgen Habermas, Niklas
Luhmann, Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens, and Pierre Bourdieu. The panelists will
seek to demonstrate how the theories of these scholars might have a bearing on
how public relations can be understood in relationship to political, social,
cultural and economical processes. This approach takes a different route than
the many current theories of public relations that are dominantly instrumentally
oriented and those that focus primarily on organizational processes.
The panelists will give short overviews of the theorists’ key concepts and
contributions, and it is discussed how these can be applied to understand public
relations as a practice. The papers will be distributed prior to the
pre-conference in order to facilitate thorough discussion and interaction with
the participants. It is therefore essential that we know before who will attend.
Participants
- Chair: Betteke van Ruler, University of Amsterdam
- Respondent and moderator: Günter Bentele, University of Leipzig
- “Erving Goffman,” Catrin Johansson, Mid-Sweden University
- “Niklas Luhmann,” Susanne Holmstrøm, Roskilde University
- “Ulrich Beck,” Magnus Fredrikson, Gothenburg University
- “Anthony Giddens,” Jesper Falkheimer, Lund University
- “Pierre Bourdieu,” Øyvind Ihlen, University of Oslo
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