[Discussion] Media Transformation in Post-Soviet Conditions

[Gonul Pultar]

CONF./CFP- Media Transformation in Post-Soviet Conditions, Yerevan,
Sept. 26-27

Conference Organized by CIMERA/CMI

www.caucasusmedia.org; www.cimera.org

Call for Papers

Conference Organized by the Caucasus Media Institute (Yerevan) and
CIMERA
(Geneva)

Mass Media Transformation in Post-Soviet Conditions

The Caucasus Media Institute (CMI) and CIMERA are pleased to announce
the
conference "Mass Media Transformation in Post-Soviet Conditions", to be
held
in Yerevan, on September 26-27, 2003.

The aim of this conference is to provide an in-depth analysis about the
trends taking place within the media sector of the post-Soviet
societies,
especially the southern republics. The conference will try study
similarities in the thematic part of the conference (state intervention,
the
impact of marketization, the social role of the mass media), as well as
specific historic developments in each country, in the second,
geographic
block of the conference. Following this analytical part the conference
will
look at the concrete experiences of various media support and
development
interventions, and draw conclusions on the practical work done, and
reflecting over the theoretical cadre determining this intervention.

Submission of Proposals

Proposals should be submitted via e-mail to Moritz Gathmann,
moritz.cmi@netsys.am

Please include:

1- Name/ Title

2- E-mail and permanent address

3- A one-page resume

4- Title of Paper (maximum 20 words)

5- Abstract of Paper (maximum 250 words)

Please submit abstracts before first of August, 2003. The organizers
will
answer by mid-August. Conference participants are invited to submit a
10-15
A4 page manuscripts two months after the conference, for preparing the
publication of the conference proceedings.

The conference organizers particularly encourage researchers and media
observers from post-Soviet countries to submit papers. Experts invited
to
take part in the conference will be assisted in travel arrangements, and
travel expenses will be reimbursed.

The Organisers

Caucasus Media Institute assists in the development of mass media in the
Caucasus. Our aim is to achieve a professional standard of journalism
capable to inform the public and offer debate through the mass media.
CMI
works in three directions: To introduce international standards of
reporting
in journalism in the Caucasus, To form journalists in the use of new
technologies which are reshaping the media profession, To offer
background
knowledge and critical analysis of recent developments in our area of
concern.

CMI brings together training and research, so that our practical
experience
is enriched by our efforts to better understand the changing
socio-political
conditions in post-Soviet Caucasus.

www.caucasusmedia.org

CIMERA is a Geneva-based non-profit organization, working in good
governance, conflict transformation, and media development projects.
CIMERA
is active in the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Balkans, as well as in
Switzerland.

This project is organized thanks to the generous contribution of the
Swiss
Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).