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Three-D Issue 16, April 2011 – Higher Education Funding Cuts

4 April, 2011 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

I have just published the April 2011 issue of Three-D, the MeCCSA’s newsletter. Hope you enjoy it – any questions or comments, please do let me know.

Three-D, issue 16 (PDF, 2.5 Mb) – Latest

In this issue:
1 HE cuts: refuse, resist (Einar Thorsen)

Features
2 What are we fighting for? (Michael Chanan)
4 Young people, protest and education (Lee Salter)
7 Student occupation against the cuts (Anthony Killick)
9 Funding crisis: the view from Scotland (Raymond Boyle)
11 Manifesto for the Public University (Gurminder K. Bhambra, Michael Farrelly, John Holmwood, Lucy Mayblin)
12 BFI relocation (Heather Stewart)
12 BFI National Library: modernising or mothballing? (Ian W. Macdonald)
14 Media Studies 1.0: Back to Basics (Dan Laughey)

MeCCSA Annual Conference
17 Salford 2011 (George McKay)

Reports and initiatives
18 Chair’s report (Sue Thornham)
19 Membership and Treasurer’s Report (Karen Ross)
20 Climate Change Network (Neil Gavin, Einar Thorsen, Jenny Alexander)
23 Policy Network (Máire Messenger Davies)
24 Practice Section (Joanna Callaghan)
25 Race Network (Sarita Malik)
26 Women’s Media Studies Network (Heather Nunn)
27 Postgraduate Network (Ashley Woodfall, Andy Tedd, Vincent M. Gaine)

Media and Climate Change at Annual MeCCSA Conference 2011 #meccsa2011

7 January, 2011 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

The MeCCSA Climate Change, Environment and Sustainability Network is hosting a panel at the 2011 Annual MeCCSA Conference, 12-14th January at Salford.

Our panel Media and Climate Change is scheduled for Friday 14th January at 13:30 – 15:00 in Studio 3, with the following lineup:

Chair: Muhammad Shabir Khan

Mass media role for climate change communication and global environmental sustainability
Ronju Ahammed, Sustainable Environment & Climate Change Programme, Bangladesh
Mediated Climate Change: Scepticism on the Web and on Television Around Copenhagen
Neil Gavin, University of Liverpool and Tom Marshall, University of Aberystwyth
Towards a (Re)Materialisation of the Spectacular (Celebrity) Objects of Climate Change
Mike Goodman, King‘s College, London
Cosmopolitanism and Justice in British Newspaper Coverage of COP15 Copenhagen 2009 and COP16 Cancun 2010
Unn Laksa, University of Liverpool

There is also another panel that might be of interest, on Wednesday 12th January at 15:45 – 17:15 in Studio 3, entitled Mediating animals: exploring commodification and affect. [Read more…]

Call for Papers – extended deadline:
Mediating Environmental Change: Exploring The Way Forward

9 November, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

Friday 4 March, 2011

Symposium organised by the

Centre for Journalism and Communication Research at
The Media School, Bournemouth University

In collaboration with the

MeCCSA Climate Change, Environment and Sustainability Network

Call for Papers

The Mediating Environmental Change symposium will facilitate a debate on emerging and established forms and practices of environmental reporting – including climate change, conservation and sustainability. We aim to provide a lively discussion forum evolving around pertinent issues arising from a series of panels and keynote speakers.

You are invited to express interest in contributing your reflections or findings from relevant research as outlined below. [Read more…]