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Thematic Workshop: JCER Special Issue 2008 ‘Media and Communication in Europe: Babel Revisited’
By admin | May 18, 2008
10 April 2008, Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol
The UACES Student Forum Specialist Study Group ‘Media and Communication in Europe’ organised a one-day thematic workshop in preparation of the forthcoming JCER | Journal for Contemporary European Research Special Issue 2008 ‘Media and Communication in Europe: Babel revisited’ held at the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol. The initial call for papers resulted in a large number of responses and expressions of interest from both junior and senior European scholars as well as academics in Australia and the U.S.A. The workshop, held on 10 April 2008, attracted 20 international scholars from Universities in Belgium, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the U.K. The furthest traveller to attend the workshop was Alina Hogea from Temple University in Philadelphia who presented a paper on “The Public Sphere and Collective Identity in the European Union – Kosovo’s Independence in the European Media.” The workshop format allowed scholars to use the intimate and intense working environment to give each other feedback, to revise and reflect on their future articles. As a special feature each participant received written feedback from each scholar in one of the thematic groups.
The workshop, organised by Study Group members Dr. Asimina Michailidou (University of Bristol) and Agnes I. Schneeberger (University of Leeds), comprised an introductory session by Professor Paul Statham (University of Bristol), a plenary and question and answer session with JCER editor Dr. Eamonn Butler (University of Glasgow), and four parallel workshop sessions on specialised themes including Internet, Identity, Language and the Public Sphere.
The opening presentation by Professor Paul Statham reflected on the European public sphere, the transformation of political processes through Europeanised communication and responses of civil society to institutional actions. The session held by Dr. Eamonn Butler informed workshop participants about JCER, the publishing process and comprised a workshop session on how to publish research work as a journal article and a feedback, questions and answers session. The parallel workshop sessions were divided in four groups where participants had the chance to give each other feedback on their working papers. The first group focused on EU and the Internet with papers addressing issues such as the European web sphere and organised interests, EU communication in the Facebook era, the European communications gap, online diasporas, and digital divides. The Identity group dealt with news coverage of Turkish EU Membership, the construction of European identity in modern mass media, cultural borders and border identities. The language group addressed language barriers, emerging multilingual arenas, and linguistic minorities. The Public Sphere group focused on public spheres and collective identities and actions, discursive dynamics in the public spheres and biometrics in the European public space.
The JCER special issue ‘Media and Communication in Europe: Babel revisited’ is guest edited by Dr. Katharine Sarikakis (University of Leeds), Agnes I. Schneeberger (University of Leeds), and Daithí Mac Síthigh (Trinity College, Dublin). The special issue will be published in December 2008.
Workshop Agenda:
| Thursday, 10th April 2008 | |
| 10:00 - 10:30am | Welcome Talk
Welcome talk by Professor Paul Statham, Director of the International Research Network in European Political Communications (EurPolCom) and Assistant Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship (CSEC), University of Bristol Introductions Introductions by JCER editor Dr. Eamonn Butler and workshop organisers Dr. Asimina Michailidou and Agnes I. Schneeberger |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | Morning plenary and question and answer session JCER editor Dr. Eamonn Butler will answer questions about the forthcoming JCER special issue and will also explain the publication process and what authors will need to do to develop their papers into coherent research articles JCER thematic workshop PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Eamonn Butler |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 3:00pm | Parallel Workshop sessions
Group 1: Internet |
| 3:00 - 3:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 - 4:00pm | Finishing plenary session |
Workshop Groups:
| Group 1: Internet | |
| Moderator: | Michailidou, Asimina Dr. |
| Participants: | |
| Berkhout, Joost | Politics, European integration and the internet: European organized interests as part of the web sphere around the European Union institutions |
| Michailidou, Asimina Dr | EU public communication in the Facebook era: Official rhetoric, institutional culture and civil society |
| Seoane Perez, Francisco | Delving into the EU’s conundrum: Five theses for the European communications gap |
| Trandafoiu, Ruxandra | European Micro-Politics: Romanian Work Diasporas Online |
| Tsatsou, Panayiota | Digital divides and the role of policy and regulation: a qualitative study. The Greek case |
| Group 2: Identity | |
| Moderator: | Trefas, David Dr. |
| Participants: | Paper topics: |
| Bryce, Derek | Support for Turkish EU Membership in the UK Press: the implicit deployment of a discourse of historical-cultural exclusion |
| Huyst, Petra | We have made Europe, now we have to make Europeans. Researching European identity among Flemish youngsters |
| Trefas, David Dr. | The construction of Europe - images of identity in European mass media |
| Roberts, Simon Gwyn | Shut out but switched on: web fora, border identities and the evolving narrative of post-devolution Wales |
| Schneeberger, Agnes Inge | European identity and cultural borders: The framing of Turkey’s quest to EU membership in the British press |
| Group 3: Language | |
| Moderator: | Meyer, Gitte Dr. |
| Participants: | Paper topics: |
| Meyer, Gitte Dr. | Varieties of journalism: Language barriers and potential bridges |
| Doerr, Nicole | Communication across language barriers? Euro-Babel’s emerging multilingual arenas for citizen participation |
| Sierp, Aline | Minority Language Protection in Italy. The representation of linguistic minorities in the media |
| Winkvist-Noble, Lilian | European Citizens’ Consultations - A Possible Way Forward? An analysis of media coverage in the UK, Finland and Sweden |
| Group 4: Public Sphere | |
| Moderator: | Butler, Eamonn, Dr. |
| Participants: | Paper topics: |
| Hogea, Alina | The Public Sphere and Collective Identity in the European Union Kosovo’s Independence in the European Media |
| Mattoni, Alice | Reconsidering the European Public Sphere. Media for Collective Action in the Euro Babel |
| Passos, Catarina | Discursive dynamics of the Portuguese public sphere in relation to European issues: 13th December 2007 Following-up The Treaty of Lisbon through newspapers and blogs |
| Rodriguez Amat, Joan Ramon | The remains of the day: building Europe and still thinking nationally |
| Sprokkereef, Annemarie C.J. | Biometrics and the Emerging European Public Space |
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