[csaa-forum] Media, Communication and Democracy conf: Melbourne, 31 August - 2 Sept

[TANIA Lewis]

Media, Communication and Democracy: Global and National Environments
Date: 31 August - 2 Sept
Venues: State Library and RMIT Storey Hall

The EU Centre within RMIT’s School of Media and Communication and the
Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe Research Project at the University
of Oxford, UK, invite you to attend the Centre's inaugural annual
conference.

Panels, papers and debate will focus on media, communication and
democracy in the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe, the
Asia-Pacific region, Latin America or Africa, as well as the established
areas of Europe and Australia. In a world of regular, unforeseen crises
and growing power of media owners, online and otherwise, various
questions about the implications for democratic processes will be
explored.

Key participants will include Professor Paolo Mancini, Associate
Professor Ingrid Volkmer, Professor Jan Zielonka and Professor Stephanie
Hemelryk Donald. 

View details and register at:
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse/Our%20Organisation%2FDesign%20and%20Social%20Context%2FResearch%2FResearch%20centres%2FEuropean%20Union%20%28EU%29%20Centre%2FResearch%2FConferences/


Dr Tania Lewis
Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow
School of Media & Communication
RMIT University
Building 36.3.7 City Campus
GPO Box 2476, Melbourne VIC 3001
Australia

ph: +61 3 9925 2406
fax: +61 3 9639 1685
email: tania.lewis at rmit.edu.au

web: www.rmit.edu.au/staff/tania-lewis