Washington, D.C. -- April 14, 2008
What: 2008 Beyond Broadcast – Mapping Public Media conference
When: June 17, 2008, 8 am – 6 pm
Where: Ward Room 1, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW; Washington, DC
Registration Fees:
Early-bird registration-by April 30: $100
Regular registration: $125
Students: $50
Limited scholarships are available-contact Jessica Clark for details: jessica@buildtheecho.net [1].
Please contact 1 (bowman@american.edu [2]), Center for Social Media, to arrange an interview and/or for additional quotes.
The Center for Social Media showcases and analyzes strategies to use media as creative tools for public knowledge and action. Led by media scholar Pat Aufderheide, It focuses on social documentaries for civil society and democracy, and on the public media environment that supports them. The Center is part of the School of Communication at American University. For more information about The Center for Social Media, please visit our website at www.centerforsocialmedia.org. [3]
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Since 2006, the Beyond Broadcast conference has served as a lively forum for scholars, media-makers, policy experts and programmers interested in the intersection of media and democracy. The 2006 conference, Reinventing Public Media in a Participatory Culture, took place on the Harvard campus; the 2007 conference, From Participatory Culture to Participatory Democracy, took place at MIT. This years conference is planned by AU’s Center for Social Media, in collaboration with Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, MIT’s Comparative Media Studies program, NYU’s Center for Media, Culture and History, USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and The National Minority Consortia. For more information about Beyond Broadcast, please visit our website at www.beyondbroadcast.net [4].
American University is a leader in global education, enrolling a diverse student body from throughout the U.S. and nearly 150 countries. Located in Washington, D.C., the university provides opportunities for academic excellence, public service and internships in the nation’s capital and around the world. For more information about American University, please visit our website at www.american.edu [5]
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Maggie Barrett American University Media Relations: Phone: 202-885-5951 Email: barrett@american.edu [6]
For Registration questions:
Please contact the Center for Social Media at 202-885-3107 or socialmedia@american.edu [7].
Links:
[1] mailto:jessica@buildtheecho.net
[2] mailto:bowman@american.edu
[3] http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org
[4] http://beyondbroadcast.net/blog08/
[5] http://www.american.edu
[6] mailto:barrett@american.edu
[7] mailto:socialmedia@american.edu
[8] http://www.current.org/funding/funding0509ford.shtml
[9] http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/videos/beyond_broadcast/
[10] http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/beyondbroadcast
[11] http://www.beyondbroadcast.net/blog/?p=123
[12] http://centerforsocialmedia.org/documents/BeyondBroadcastRapporteurReport.pdf
[13] http://beyondbroadcast.net/blog08/?page_id=17/
[14] http://beyondbroadcast.ning.com/
[15] http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8141494597
[16] http://beyondbroadcast.net/blog08/?feed=rss2
[17] http://del.icio.us/tag/beyondbroadcast
[18] http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_2.jpg
[19] http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/imagecache/thumbnail/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/images/thumbnails/pmiel_0.jpg
[20] http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_146.jpg
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