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BEYOND EAST AND WEST: TWO DECADES OF MEDIA TRANSFORMATION AFTER THE FALL OF COMMUNISM From: Carlos Cunha Date: Oct 22 00:35 UTC Short link

Hi Steve,

This may be of interest to the list:


BEYOND EAST AND WEST TWO
DECADES OF MEDIA TRANSFORMATION AFTER THE FALL OF COMMUNISM

25-27 June 2009
Central European University, Budapest

An International Conference, organized by the Center for Media and
Communication Studies (CMCS) at Central European University (CEU) and
the COST A30 Action “East of West: Setting a New Central Eastern
European Media Research Agenda”, in cooperation with the International
Communication Association (ICA).

Deadline for abstracts and panel proposals: 15 November 2008
Please submit abstracts to: <email obscured>
Conference website: www.beyondeastandwest.net

Since 1989, a new media landscape has emerged in Central and Eastern
Europe, with new ownership patterns, forms of media organization,
journalistic practices, relationships between politics and the media,
regulation processes and modalities of media use. A new system has been
established, predominantly designed according to Western models and with
heavy influence by Western players.

Twenty years later, it is time to re-examine these changes. What went
right, what went wrong, and what can we learn from this? Were Western
media models and concepts appropriate for the post-1989 social,
political, economic and cultural realities of Central/Eastern Europe?
What are the future trajectories of media development in the region? And
how do they compare to those in other regions undergoing systemic
transformation - from Latin America to China and the Middle East?

The conference “Beyond East and West” will trace post-1989
development and look towards the future. To build research for
communication in transition, conference participants will explore the
necessary building-blocks for a research agenda.

Speakers include Miklos Haraszti, Slavko Splichal, Karol Jakubowicz,
Colin Sparks, Monroe Price, Miklos Sükösd, Gianpietro Mazzoleni, Alina
Mungiu-Pippidi, Nick Jankowski, Beata Klimkiewicz, Peter Molnar, Peter
Gross, John Downey, Inka Salovaara-Moring, Andrew Calabrese.

Core conference themes:
-> Central Eastern European Media Systems 20 Years On
-> Media Policy and Democratic Legitimacy
-> New Media Developments
-> Popular Culture: Media Uses, Media Literacy, Socialism(s) and
Nostalgia
-> Political Communication between Commercialization and Political
Influence
-> Samizdat, Alternative and Community Media
-> Global Communications, Development and Transition
-> Reviewing International Media Assistance Programs

For more information on speakers, themes and program go to
http://www.beyondeastandwest.net/

Contact:
Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS)
Central European University (CEU)
Email: <email obscured>
Website: http://cmcs.ceu.hu
Phone: +36 1 237 3000 ext 2607
Postal address: Nador u 9, 1051 Budapest, Hungary

COST A30 “East of West”: http://www.costa30.eu/
International Communication Association: http://www.icahdq.org/
Conference website: http://www.beyondeastandwest.net/