[Air-L] Conference: Broadcast News and the Active Citizen

[Stephen Coleman]

I hope that this conference might be of interest to list members: 
 
BROADCAST NEWS AND THE ACTIVE CITIZEN 
A Dialogue between Media Researchers and Practitioners about the changing relationship between Broadcast News and Citizenship

Monday, January 7, 2008, University of Leeds

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

PETER HORROCKS, Head of (the recently converged) BBC Newsroom
JOHN DOWNING, Southern Illinois University (author of Radical Media)

Presenters include:

Brian McNair, University of Strathclyde
Chris Atton, Napier University
Nick Couldry, Goldsmiths College - University of London
Vicky Taylor, BBC Interactive
Simon Bucks, Sky News
Mark Waddington, ITV Local


USER GENERATED CONTENT - CITIZEN JOURNALISM - INTERACTIVITY - PRODUSAGE - COMMUNITY MEDIA - LOCALISM

Broadcast news institutions are responding in unprecedented ways to a public which increasingly produces and consumes its own journalism. The conference will explore the changing relationship between Broadcast News and Citizenship.  These trends challenge traditional notions of citizenship and the role of broadcasters. While enabling exploration of a broad range of topics related to these phenomena, we seek to develop insights, in particular, into how the major news broadcasters of the UK - at the local and national levels - adapt to an increasingly active, engaged, and demanding public.


The cost of the conference (including lunch and wine reception) is £25. The reduced fee for students/unwaged is £10.  For information or to register, please visit: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/news-citizen <https://outlook.leeds.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/news-citizen> .  Contact news.citizen at leeds.ac.uk for further information or call Sarah Ventress on 0113-343-5805