Ørecomm researchers at Nordmedia09

On August 13-15, 260 Nordic researchers gathered at the 19th Nordic Conference for Media and Communication Research. 7 of Ørecomm’s researchers were present in various forms.

Lisa Ann Richey was keynote speaker on the plenary session August 14. The panel was called What is a Healthy Soul in A Healthy Body? Ethics, Aesthetics and Sustainability in Media Society. Lisa’s presentation was: ‘Good-Looking Samaritans’. Shop till it Stops: Consumption, Development and African AIDS.

Hilde Arntsen, our new member from University of Bergen, and the first Norwegian member of the Ørecomm platform – welcome! – coordinates the Division 5 at Nordmedia: Media, Globalisation and Social Change. In this division, 4 Ørecomm researchers presented papers: Jacob Thorsen: Citizenry Negotiation by Means of Radio in Rural Nepal: Some Theoretical Reflexions; Thomas Tufte: Citizen Media, Governance and Social Change. (Re)claiming Voice, Democratic Space and Accountability in Mediated Societies; Hilde Arntsen: Drawings for Change? A View of the Zimbabwean 2008 General Elections as Interpreted by News Cartoons; Norbert Wildermuth: Reconsidering the Concept of Digital Inclusion: An Empirical Grounded Input.

Furthermore, this division co-organised a panel together with the Division on Environment, Science and Risk Communication. Here, two Ørecomm researchers had papers to present: Johanna Stenersen: Faith, Body and Freedom: Health Communication and Body Politics. Thomas Tufte & Rafael Obregon: Entertainment-Education in Health Communication. A Critical Review of Theories and Methodologies.