Information on International Conference:China and America Media Transformation in a Changing World--大阳城娱乐43335(中国)有限公司

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2005-08-26

Information on International Conference:China and America Media Transformation in a Changing World

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As changes continue to occur throughout the world in the political, economic, cultural and technological spheres, the same is true in the news media realm. China has over the past twenty-five years changed greatly as it has undergone economic and social reform. Needless to say for those in China's news industry, the changes in how news is dealt with have been equally, if not more so, great. Today news professionals find themselves confronting a host of challenges and opportunities in an ever-evolving and highly competitive setting, one that defies simplistic analyses or explanations from scholars, Chinese and Western alike. Meanwhile on the other side of the Pacific, people in the American news media find themselves, particularly following 9/11, trying to sort things out anew as well. Academics and news professionals on both sides, in brief, are well aware of how their respective news industries have evolved and many of them would like to see the how the media works be made better. Indeed, today calls for media reform have become all the louder.

Given the timely interest in redoing how the news media operates, a comparison between China and America media is in order. In the Cold War era it was thought that the media systems in these two countries were guided by two radically different ideologies, but today it is obvious that neither the Chinese nor the American news industry can be neatly placed into ideological boxes. Thus the time has come to join together and review the past, describe the recent changes that have occurred over the past fifteen years and then focus attention on the critical issues of the present and for the years to come. The international conference will provide a platform for media researchers, educators and practitioners to exchange their ideas on transformations in the Chinese and American news industries over the past half century and then focus attention on the critical issues of the present and for the years to come.

Conference Program

The program of the international conference China and America Media Transformation in a Changing World will consist of 6 panels:

Two News Traditions — Ideals and Realities

Two Media Transformations — Opportunities and Obligations

The State, the Market and the Public — Journalism Today and Tomorrow

National Interests and International News — Reporting and Fitting the News

Archimedean Perspectives — News from Abroad*

Training Journalists — Ethics and Issues

*(i.e. panelists from neither China nor US)

Conference site, time and schedule

The conference is supported by Freeman Foundation and co-organized by School of Journalism & Communication, Wuhan University, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, UIUC, and College of Communication, UIUC.

The conference is to be held in Wuhan City, China in Fall 2005 (November 17-20) and hosted by Wuhan University. The conference schedule will cover 4 days (4 nights) as follows:

11/17/2005 registration, reception and keynote speech #1

11/18/2005 four panels, banquet

11/19/2005 two panels, keynote speech #2, special forum and closing remarks

11/20/2005 visit to newspaper & TV station in Wuhan City

Papers Submissions:

The conference calls for completed research papers in any of the topic areas listed above.

The paper should typed in double-space, 10-11 point font and 7000-10000 words (5000-6000 Chinese characters) are needed. The deadline for title of paper — July 30^th and for final draft of paper — October 15^th sending to the Conference e-mail: whmedia2005@gmail.com

For any further information on the Conference, please contact to:

WANG Handong

Tel：+86 27 6269 1710

ZHANG Zhuo

Tel：+86 27 6787 6257

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