CAMRI is a global centre for media and social change.
It has 25
researchers and 50 doctoral students, and provides expertise in
media policy and economics, media history, and media
audiences. CAMRI has a strong international dimension, with
interests in the study of global and transnational media. The
Africa Media
Centre, the Arab Media Centre, and the China Media Centre
provide a focus for high quality research, policy analysis and
industry training. CAMRI is also developing work in
Indian media. The Media Audiences Centre is a new initiative
for research into contemporary audience transformations.
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CAMRI
CAMRI Seminars - Semester 2
Harrow Campus,
2.00-4.00pm, Room A4.4
3 February, Graham Murdock; 17 February, Helga Tawil-Souri; 24
February, Peter Dahlgren, 10 March, Hannu Nieminen; 17 March,
Tangeni Amupadhi; 14 April,Helle Sjøvaag; 21 April, Jeanette
Steemers.
> Full details and
abstracts
Children’s TV in the Arab World
5th Annual
International Conference of the Arab Media Centre, Cavendish
Campus, 115 New Cavendish Street, 4 June 2010
> Conference
information
Journalism's Next Top Model:
Meeting the Cost of Journalism Tomorrow
Event organised by the Department of Journalism and Mass
Communication, University of Westminster
Regent Campus, 309 Regent Street, 8-9 June 2010
>
Call for papers and conference information
Public Service Media After the
Recession
RIPE@2010 Conference
8-11 September 2010
> Conference
information
Global Media and the ‘War on Terror’: an international
conference
Event organized by CAMRI) in collaboration
with the Department of Media
and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London.
Regent Campus, 309 Regent Street,13-14
September
> Call for papers and conference
information
Previous Events
Is the Public Interest under threat? Media Policy responses
to the private sector recession in Europe (2 October 2009)
> Full papers
and presentations now available
CAMRI Professor
awarded prize for Best Paper on Media and Communications
Policy
At the last MeCCSA conference, held in London
on 6-8 January 2010, LSE's Department of Media and Communications
offered a £300 prize and publication in its Electronic Working
Paper Series for the best paper addressing critical perspectives on
key issues of policy relevance in a convergent media and
communications industry. The prize was awarded to Steven Barnett for the paper
'What’s Wrong with Media Monopolies? A Lesson from History and a
New Approach to Media Ownership Policy'.
Fully funded research studentships starting October
2010
> Further information and application links
New Doctoral Research in CAMRI
Carlos Barreneche, Localizing the Media, Locating Ourselves:
the Cultural Politics of Geotagging
> Read further details
on this research
If you are interested in conducting
research with us, please contact
Erica Spindler.