Conference:
Children’s and Young People’s Media in Africa

by Ørecomm on 2011 February 19 14:00

Date/time:	12 March 2011 9.00am – 5.00pm
Location:	University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London
The University of Westminster’s Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) through its media centres – the Africa Media Centre, Arab Media Centre and Media Policy Group – is organising an Africa media conference on Saturday 12 March which will also debate how young people used Twitter and other media in the Tunisian and Egyptian pro-democracy protests in January/February 2011. The main theme of the conference is ‘Children’s and Young People’s Media in Africa: Evolving Markets, Producers and Audiences’. The keynote speaker is Dr. Oluyinka Esan, University of Winchester. Author of Nigerian Television: Fifty Years of Television in Africa (2009).
Roundtable 1:	Young People’s use of Social Media in the Egyptian and Tunisian Pro-Democracy protests
Roundtable 2:	Production and Broadcasting Perspectives
Panel 1:	Young Audiences in Africa, Responses and Reactions
Panel 2:	Storytelling and Narratives in Africa
Panel 3:	Using Media to Educate Children and Youths in Africa
Panel 4:	Children’s Journalism and Identity in Africa
The participants will include industry practitioners, educationists and policy-makers. Some sessions will be devoted to presentation of academic research. For more information and registration see conference web page.

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