In 1973, the first Nordmedia conference took place in Oslo. 40 years later we are happy to bring the conference back to the Norwegian capital for the first time since then. The conference will be arranged and hosted by the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, located in downtown Oslo. The conference theme is “Defending Democracy. Nordic and Global diversities in Media and Journalism”. We can promise interesting discussions on important…

O I Seminário de Comunicação Comunitária e Mídias Digitais (Seccomidi), que acontecerá em Ponta Grossa/PR, entre os dias 29 e 31 de agosto, está com inscrições abertas para envio de trabalhos, em duas categorias: artigo científico (de 10 a 15 páginas) e relato de experiência (de 5 a 8 páginas). O evento tem como objetivo constituir um espaço de debate e reflexão sobre as perspectivas do jornalismo diante de novos cenários comunicacionais e compartilhar experiências de mídia comunitária. Serão aceitos…

We are delighted to welcome you to Social Media, the fourth in the Transforming Audiences series, in central London on 2-3 September 2013. The previous Transforming Audiences conferences, in 2007, 2009 and 2011, have seen this event become Europe’s major international conference series for audience/user studies, bringing together researchers from all over the world. The Social Media conference is organised by the Centre for Social Media Research at the University of Westminster’s Communication and Media Research Institute. The event will…

Ce colloque est conçu comme une journée d’orientation et d’échanges. Deux conférences, quatre présentations, suivies chacune d’un atelier, sont proposées. Pour ces ateliers, les organisateurs et organisatrices se permettront d'y répartir les participant-e-s afin de s’assurer les meilleurs échanges possibles et d’obtenir le plus d’apports pour la suite de ce colloque. Cette répartition se fera selon les fonctions et les champs d’activités pour avoir dans tous les ateliers une vue globale des problématiques proposées. Les organisateurs et organisatrices comptent beaucoup…

The 6th national summit for media education across all sectors will be hosted this year by Sheffield Hallam University. Confirmed keynote speakers include David Buckingham, Susan Orr and Natalie Fenton. Sarah Pink will present to the Media Education Research Journal pre-conference workshop. Some themes that have emerged from previous Summits include: -Learning and teaching in the digital age -The role and purpose of media education Innovative pedagogy -Media learning practices for ‘Media 2.0’ and beyond -The relationship between theory and…

The symposium will convene leaders from four decades of media literacy to discuss the field’s historical frameworks and to engage the next generation of researchers and practitioners in exploring how the past informs the present and future of the field. WHO: Scholars, practitioners, and students in education, media studies, library sciences, history, cultural studies and other fields. WHAT: Experience a variety of print, audiovisual and curriculum artifacts from the Elizabeth Thoman Media Literacy Archive. WHY: Explore research agendas regarding the…