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CALL FOR PAPERS
MEDIA, PROFIT AND POLITICS
Competing Priorities in an Open Society
Paper Presentations
If the events that unfolded at Kent State on May 4, 1970, teach us anything, it is that
communication of divergent points of view has to take place in an atmosphere of
inquiry and trust if difficult social issues are to be resolved peacefully.
The need for reflection encounters fundamental difficulties in the face of
economic forces, technological changes, and an often apathetic body politic.
This symposium will look at questions arising from the clash of those
societal forces in an attempt to learn from the past some
important lessons for the future.
- Three papers will be selected for each of the four panels listed below.
- Each presenter will receive a $1,500 stipend.
- Selected papers will be published, along with discussants' comments, in a Kent State University Press book commemorating the symposium.
- Send a single-page proposal, with a copy of your curriculum vitae, by November 6, 2000 to:
Thomas Yantek and Joseph Harper, Symposium Co-Chairs
Department of Political Science
Kent State University,
Kent, OH 44242-0001
E-mail contact: tyantek@kent.edu
Session Topics
Session One
The Proper Role of the News Media in a Democratic Society:
Is It Enough Simply to Cover the News?
Session Two
Media and the Vanishing Voter:
What Accounts for Declining Political Participation?
Session Three
New Technologies of Communication:
Can We/Will We/Should We Achieve Participatory Democracy?
Session Four
Media Concentration and Democratic Discourse:
Are Media Corporations Profiting at the Public's Expense?
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Symposium Web site created October 2, 2000
Updated February 28, 2001
Web site contact:
Margaret Garmon at mgarmon@kent.edu
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