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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 13:56:22 -0800
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Dear All,
Please join us for our next very interesting, full day event on Dec.
2nd, 2004. Looking forward to seeing you there !
The swissnex Team
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THURSDAY DECEMBER 2, 2004, 9.00am - 7.30pm
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Information Society, Media and Democracy - Research Findings and
Cross-Cultural Evidences
Mass media and democracy cannot be separated in modern societies. The
political process can be regarded as closely intertwined with all kinds
of public communication. Over the last decades, public relations has
not only developed as one of the most important fields of communication
research, but the numerous links between journalism and political as
well as organizational communications have gained importance for both
sides: Political decision making and the mass media have developed
close relations with interdependency as the main characteristics.
Policy has adapted to the structures of mass media as much as the media
have adjusted to the rules of policy making.
The conference provides the opportunity to learn more about the complex
relations between modern mass media and mass communication and
democracy in a comparative perspective. The Department of Communication
at Stanford University and the Institute of Mass Communication and
Media Research at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, will provide
insights into their respective research tradition as well as results
from recent research work.
Each panel will last for about 90 minutes with three or four speakers
each and time of discussion thereafter. In the evening, all conference
participants are invited for a networking-event at swissnex.
Panels
1. Journalism as a civic force / Cross-cultural perspectives
2. Online technology as a globalizing force
3. Public opinion, participation and deliberation
4. Mass media and political campaigns / Evidence from the 2004
presidential elections
For a detailed program and bios of the speakers :
http://www.swisstalents.org/enews/documents/200411/Media_Democracy2.pdf
REGISTRATION
Event is free : please register as soon as possible but no later than
November 29
http://www.sciencelink.org/about/events.htm
DIRECTIONS
swissnex is at 730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111 (between
Washington and Jackson Streets). There is nearby parking at 621
Sansome, 622 Washington, 800 Kearny, 170 Columbus, among others. For
directions :
http://www.swissnex.org/about_location.html#directions
PARTNERS
University of Zurich, San Francisco - Zurich Initiative
SAVE THE DATES
Dec. 8, 2004, 6pm, Opening of exhibit "Representing Energy"
Dec. 9, 2004, 5.30pm, Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce Business
Stammtisch
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Christian Simm - Executive Director
swissnex : connecting the dots
730 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111 (USA)
T (415) 912-5901 x104
F (415) 912-5905
www.swissnex.org
christian.simm_at_swissnex.org
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