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Subject: Media Policy Research Pre-Conference Jan 11, 2007 in Memphis -
Oct 15 deadline for abstracts

Apologies for cross-posting of this announcement.

Social 

Science 

Research 

Council

SAVE THE DATE NOTICE

SSRC and Free Press Announce Media Policy Research

Pre-conference on January 11, 2007 in Memphis, Tennessee

Researchers Invited to Submit Abstracts of Papers by October 15, 2006

The Media Policy Research Pre-conference is a one-day event leading into
the National Media Reform Conference
<http://www.freepress.net/conference/>  on January 12-14th, 2007.  The
Pre-Conference is intended to facilitate stronger academic research
engagement with policy processes, advocacy needs, and other aspects of
media reform.  Scholars and researchers from a wide range of disciplines
will gather on January 11 to discuss ways of coordinating research
efforts on policy opportunities and reform agendas in 2007.

The program will include

*	A keynote address on expected policy battles in 2007; 
*	A poster session for researchers to present and discuss their
work; 
*	Working group / roundtable sessions on specific research areas; 
*	A closing strategy session as we look toward 2007 and 2008. 

About the Poster Session

Researchers will have opportunities to present new work on media policy
and changes in the media environment during a morning poster session.
Short presentations will be followed by an interactive session for
smaller conversations and sharing of work.  Papers can be on any topic
related to media policy or reform.  Presentation time and travel awards
may be allocated to papers based on the working group topics listed
below.

Researchers interested in submitting papers should send an abstract and
researcher biography to mediahub at ssrc.org by October 15, 2006.
Preference will be given to early drafts of papers submitted along with
the abstracts.  Completed papers will be due on December 1. Accepted
papers will be circulated publicly at the poster session and online
prior to the session.

Submission of a paper to the poster session is not a condition of
participation in the conference.

Travel Funds: Matching Support

Matching travel support of $300 will be available for up to 20 graduate
students and junior faculty participants in the poster session.   These
funds must complement equal or greater travel support from home
departments or institutions.  Please request such support in your email
to us.  Individuals selected to receive travel support will be informed
by November 5.

About the Roundtables

The roundtable sessions will involve discussions of current media issues
and policy windows of opportunity.  They will also explore opportunities
to coordinate efforts on media policy and reform topics as these
opportunities develop in 2007.  Two afternoon sessions will provide time
for parallel meetings on:

*	Media Ownership: The Media Ownership Group formed after the 2005
NMRC event to prepare for renewed battles over the regulation on media
ownership.  The group has worked since then to bring a collection of
studies to bear on FCC deliberations.   The group will continue into
2007 as the ownership debates proceed. 

*	Local Newspaper Ownership: What are policy measures that could
be put in place that would foster local ownership of local newspapers,
i.e. legal and tax code measures?  This working group will study
different models for creating and sustaining viable journalism at the
local level into the digital era, from community-owned to
journalist-owned papers.  

*	Universal Access: As access to broadband services becomes a
condition of full participation in economic, social and cultural life,
strategies for expanding access have evolved.  Municipal broadband
provision, in particular, signals the emergence of a 'public utility'
approach to access.  Lessons from these and other experiments in access
will help shape the meaning of social inclusion in the next decade.  The
Universal Access working group will contribute to this process. 

*	Radio Spectrum : Radio spectrum supports a growing range of
telephony, data, and location-based services, making it a basic natural
resource for the information society.  Policy debates over the use and
regulation of spectrum are wide ranging, touching on questions of public
access, technological innovation, media diversity, and privacy.  The
spectrum session will work to coordinate research inputs on policy
questions in this area. 

*	Media Representations and Media Justice:  Media content and
media representations have been key points of entry for public interest
in media policy, and a longstanding subject of concern for media
research.  This roundtable will explore the relationship between
contemporary justice concerns-including racial and gender
inequalities-and the 'content' of the media.

*	Public Access TV and New Media: This roundtable would discuss
how public access television ("access TV") can pursue its existing
mission using new media, especially as changes to the franchise system
for public access TV are debated in 2007.  We begin with the recognition
that access TV possesses an invaluable infrastructure of organizations
and funding, and we then consider how that could be better connected to
media like municipal wi-fi, Internet video, and content management
systems.

*	Network Neutrality and Internet Regulation: 'Network neutrality'
is one of a handful of regulatory issues with the potential to reshape
the Internet.  The network neutrality debate in 2006 was heated and
marked by many conflicting accounts of what was at stake.  As this
debate continues in 2007, this working group will seek to clarify the
stakes and coordinate research that can support the participatory,
democratic characteristics of the Internet. 

Expressions of interest in particular working groups and round tables
are very welcome.  We may also be able to support groups on other topics
if there is sufficient interest.

Attendance

Registration for the Pre-conference on Media Policy Research will be
available free of charge through SSRC via email to mediahub at sscr.org.
With the exception of a limited number of travel support recipients,
participants are expected to pay their own costs of travel and lodging.
Participants in the pre-conference are encouraged to attend the
subsequent National Conference for Media Reform January 12-14 and to
register at www.freepress.net/conference.

For all communication: mediahub at ssrc.org or call Rik Panganiban at
1-212-377-2700 x644. 

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