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On Monday, January 25, a meeting of leading media development researchers and donors will be held at the Open Society Institute in New York City. This meeting is an extension of the Strengthening Independent Media Initiative (SIM) organized by the Salzburg Global Seminar. At that time, donors agreed that there is a need for a clearer, better-coordinated research agenda that helps make a stronger case for independent media as a way to build civil society and to accomplish a wide range of other development goals. The donors agreed to form a research working group to advance this agenda and find ways to communicate research results more effectively to policymakers, donors and program implementers.
The January 25 meeting will provide a platform for donors and leading researchers to examine what studies have been done and what we have learned from them. It will also explore how research is being used in program design and policy analysis. From there, we intend to explore the:
- Impact on research in a rapidly changing media ecology
- Gaps in knowledge and methodology
- Promising lines of future inquiry
- Opportunities for future collaboration
The group will also discuss additional steps to assemble the strongest evidence to support greater investment in independent media.
An underlying premise of this meeting is that many donors who support or could support media development are unaware of current research or how best to take advantage of the data and findings. By gathering donors and researchers together, the meeting aims to move beyond a technical conversation and extract lessons useful to policymakers and organizations responsible for allocating either public and private resources.
The Knight Foundation, the Salzburg Global Seminar, and the Global Forum for Media Development were the founding partners of the Strengthening Independent Media Initiative in 2008. The initiative has become a working collaboration of international donors interested in media, governance and development questions.
I have blogged in a very prelimary way about today here:
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thanks
Charlie Beckett
Hello
I teach graduate seminars on media and conflict and am also a field consultant in media development. I have worked in West Africa and the Balkans. I would like to be included in the network.
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I teach journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa, including a course on journalism and conflict. I am also developing new course material on journalism and the developing world. In addition, I manage a media development project called the Rwanda Initiative and a research program at the Centre for Media and Transitional Societies. I would like to be part of your discussions
i want to research on Impact of Online Journalism impact on Print Media. And i would like to work as Researcher in India in Online MEdia.
I blogged about the event, with a few suggestions for follow-up.
Full URL:
http://nml.ru.ac.za/blog/guy-berger/2010/01/28/media-development-industry-meets-media-research.html
Guy Berger
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Fred Obera
Like my friend Michael Keating and I’m sure others in the media-development subculture, I too would like (or would have liked) to be included in this network. (Also wondering its relationship if any with the Global Forum for Media Development.)
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Like Bill and Michael, it would be / would have been helpful to know this was in the works, and how to get involved. Looking forward to hearing what you’ll do next.
I attended Advanced Journalism 3 month course at Cambodia under The South East Asia Media Center,2003.
I’d like to attend further course and it will helpful for me.
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I am an online journalist and a journalism trainer in Zimbabwe. I want to be part of the network.
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Dear Colleague,
RE: AFRICA MEDIA & DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE 2010 ACCRA – GHANA
http://www.amdmc.org
Please find enclosed details of The Africa Media & Democracy Conference (AMDMC). The conference will take place from the 18th – 20th August 2010, in Accra Ghana. The Africa Media & Democracy Conference is a registered non-governmental organization in Ghana with Goldsmiths College, University of London as one of its academic institutional partners. The organisation’s objectives are:
• To constructively promote and ensure positive influence on the role of the media in the practice of democratic governance in Africa.
• To facilitate a stronger relation between the academia, media practitioners and governance.
• To encourage, and assist in the development of media programmes (AMDMC Media programmes for civil society e.g. radio and television) which specifically engages civil society on issues of governance, democracy and the media.
• To foster the development of a culture of democracy and promote the rule of law
• To mediate in national development, sustainable peace and growth.
The organisations key activities consists of three projects (a) The AMDMC CONFERENCE (a) AMDMC PUBLICATION (b) THE AMDMC CHAIR AWARD.
THE CONFERENCE: The Conference takes place annually in a selected African country and examines various aspects of the broader engagement of media in democracy with emphasis on local themes. The conference is addressed by speakers drawn from a range of political, media, political, academic background.
THE AMDMC PUBLICATION: The AMDMC publication aims at documenting discourses on media and democracy in Africa, material on various aspects of the media and democracy is to be published in on regional basis. The first publication aims to provide a range of essays and perspectives on the practice of media and democracy within the West Africa states (ECOWAS). The second series of publication will focus, southern African countries, eastern and northern Africa. The publication is intended to provide and contribute scholarly material for the purposes of highlighting the role of media in the practice of democracy.
THE AMDMC CHAIR AWARD: The AMDMC-Chair Award programme is awarded to a distinguished African scholar to take a one year residency at a nominated African university and non-African University. Currently Goldsmiths College, University of London is the participating European institution for the AMDMC Chair Award (residency). Future collaborations are welcome.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely
BARIMA ADU-ASAMOA
Director
Mobile: + 44 7538106491
CALL FOR PAPERS:
ACCRA CONFERENCE 2010: The Africa Media & Democracy Conference invites papers for its annual Africa Media and Democracy Conference, to be held from 18th -20th August 2010, Accra – Ghana. The theme for the Conference is: “Mediating Democracy in Africa”.
BACKGROUND: Recent development of the growing influence of the media in Africa’s fledgling democracies in particular radio and television in monitoring, pollstering, and ‘nuancing’ election results ahead of the Electoral Commissioner, has been contested by politicians, constitutional experts and media practitioners. The Conference aims to address and examine among others the location of such media practices, their constitutional legitimacy and in relation to freedom of information in a democratic dispensation. It will seek to address media practices such as the ‘announcing of elections results’ ahead of an Electoral Commission or the ‘deployment of Press Conferences’ by political parties as political posturing during voting and ballot counting period of an election. The conference will address both the constitutional and ethical issues that arise from such practices and provide context for comparison, dialogue and analysis between media practices situated in different cultural-political environment. When does ‘announcing’ become ‘endorsement’ of a particular political party contesting a democratic election? What is the impact on the electorate of such early announcements of election results from electoral constituencies? What are the implications for social and national cohesion of such practice in fiercely contested elections? what is the way forward?
The event is open to academics, media industry professionals, government agencies, policymakers, regulators, UN agencies, donors, civil society organisations, independent consultants and research groups and students.
Papers are also invited on the following sub-themes listed below; submissions could be made from a range of issues in relation to democracy & media practices in Africa. It must address specific media practices in the context of democracy in Africa, such as the role of radio commercials as political communication tool in electioneering, the corrosive effects of partisan media practices in popular democracy or the role of the media in the concept of popular democracy etc.
Sub-Themes
Media, democracy and governance
Media, ethnic identity and democracy
Media ownership, democracy and governance
Media, concept citizenry and democracy
Media and the concept ‘good of governance’
Media and political communication
Media, political rhetoric’s and political violence
Media and coupe d’états
Media reportage and democracy
Media, democracy and political education
Media, democracy and traditional governance
Media , political activism and governance
Media, conflict and crises management
New Media and democracy
Media, democracy and aid
Media Law and regulation
Media, Gender and democratization
Media, Democracy and Human Rights
Community media and democracy
Media and Ethics
Media and African centeredness
Digital media and the renewal of local democracy
Media and cultural politics
New Media and the renewal of local democracy
New media, democratic theory and public sphere
In addition to those listed above the organisers will consider other relevant sub-themes from contributors.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION: ABSTRACTS & PAPERS: Please email abstracts (maximum one page) along with contact information and a 500-word bio to: info@amdmc.org.
All Abstracts must be in English, full papers may be submitted in either English or French.
•Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 30th April 2010
•Notice of acceptance of abstracts: 5th May 2010
•Deadline for receipt of full papers: 30th May 2010
CONTACT: UNITED KINGDOM: THE AMDMC @ DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS, GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, NEW CROSS LONDON SE 14 6NW UK – MOBILE: + 44 7538106491 – TEL: + 44 207 919 7171- EMAIL: b.adu-asamoa@gold.ac.uk – g.stanton@gold.ac.uk
GHANA: THE AFRICA MEDIA & DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE (AMDMC)
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E-mail: info@amdmc.org http://www.amdmc.org
i teach journalism at one of the universities in somallia specially Mogadishu i also lecture semenars so iwould have liked to join your network.
thank you
I am a freelance journalist based in the United Kingdom. I am in the field of media for over 15 years and would like to share ideas and experiences with media professionals.
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I’m a Journalist from Somalia, and the project Coordinator of Somali Exiled Journalists Association (SEJA). as far as journalism is concerned Somali journalists would want to participate the international symposiums, seminars and all the journalism education worldwide. We welcome any part offering perfect training fellowship for journalists from Somalia, at a hard time and their country in a position of more news effective requirements.
I m a journalist from Lebanon – annahar daily newspaper , would want to participate the international symposiums and seminars .
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