Archive for February, 2008

On the role of media in political transitions

The societies of central and eastern Europe have become, in just a decade, the Soviet yoke for integration into the European Union. But far from behaving as enthusiastic new members, the Central cultivate a skepticism that any suspicion of a supranational empire that remind you of the USSR. Amid this rapid transition from communist to the rationing of anarcocapitalismo mafias are post-Soviet media and the civil societies of these countries. The painful democratization of the European heart is at communicating on two fronts: the traditional, with journalists as advance party of civil liberties, and the horizontality of the innovative viral interpersonal communication supported by mobile telephony and the Internet. The rebellion against the political power of workers in the Czech public television and the recent orange revolution in Ukraine are examples, respectively, of these two trends .

’s role Media and civil society in the democratization of societies Central is the central theme of the summer course “Media, Democratization and Civil Society”, which will take place in Budapest (Hungary) from 16 to June 27, 2008. It is organized by those responsible for the European research project “East of West: Setting a New Media Research Agenda for Central / Eastern Europe,” the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCs) of the Central European University (CEU). The deadline to apply for scholarships to finance assistance to the seminar ends next Feb. 14, 2008, although the deadline for application for admission to attendees who pay the registration fee is extended until April 30, 2008 .

During the symposium will present the latest edition of the yearbook Global Civil Society , whose 2007/2008 edition is entitled, precisely, “Communicative Power and Democracy .”

Despite its focus on central and eastern Europe, the seminar also invited the participation of scholars of the role of media in the democratization of other companies in any country in the world .

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