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[RRE]Culture & Communication-Call for papers
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 18:41:26 -1000
From: Richard Vincent 10th MacBride Round Table
Amman, Jordan; 24-26 November 1998
Call for Papers (for 26 November) and Participation CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION:
A GLOBAL INFORMATION SOCIETY The Tenth MacBride Roundtable on Communication will hold its annual
meeting in Amman, Jordan from November 24th to 26th, 1998, in
conjunction with the Jordanian Institute of Diplomacy and Jemstone,
a network of journalists. We are inviting papers for pre sentation
on the final day, November 26th. The theme of this Round Table is
"Culture and Communication: A Global Information Society," and the
emphasis of the Round Table portion of the program will be on
building global governance structures for media and communication
that includes civil society. Potential conference sessions may
involve the exploration of international institutions, laws and
ethics and their interface with communication. This marks the 10th year of the MacBride Round Table. The Round
Table is an international communication rights advocate with an
agenda to accommodate scholars, activists, journalists and other
communication experts devoted to the monitoring of world commu
nication, legal ramifications, and information imbalances; and then
disseminating its findings to community groups, UN agencies,
non-governmental organizations and the news media. The MacBride
Round Table was created in 1989 to stimulate discussion of is sues
embodied in the 1980 UNESCO MacBride Report. This report was
critical of imbalances in world information flows. Nine Round Tables have been held to date: Harare (1989), Prague
(1990), Istanbul (1991), São Paulo (1992), Dublin (1993), Honolulu
(1994) , Tunis (1995) Seoul (1996), and Boulder (1997). For the upcoming Round Table we are calling for papers that offer
insight into the dynamics of world communication. Of particular
interest at this meting will be the discussion of the
institutions, laws and ethics and interfaces with communication.
Related to this would be the role that civil society might play in
governance structures for media and communication globally. Past
Round Tables have focused on information flow and equity, the new
communication technologies, the information super highway, the
role of women, indigenous people and other marginalized groups in
society, and grassroots communication activities. The Round Table
is also a sponsor for the World Congress on Media and
Communication, currently in its planning stages. The Amman Round Table will run alongside the Jordanian Institute
of Diplomacy and Jemstone meeting. VENUE: Amra Forum Hotel (tentative), Amman, Jordan ABSTRACTS BY:
Monday, October 5th; ACCEPTANCE NOTICES: by October 10th For MORE
INFORMATION on the MacBride Round Table and the Conference, see: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rvincent/macbride.htm or contact: Dr. Richard C. Vincent: rvincent@hawaii.edu
Past President/Vice Chair, MacBride Round Table
2560 Campus Road, Room 336, Department of Communication
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
telephone: +1 808.956.3352; fax +1 808.956.5589 or +1 808.956.5591
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