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CALL FOR PAPERS:
"Access and the Global Community Media Landscape"

The Alliance for Community Media
International Conference and Trade Show
July 9-12   2003
Tacoma, Washington
http://www.alliancecm.org/ <http://www.alliancecm.org/>

The White Paper Committee seeks papers and essays for presentation during a
"White Paper" session within the 2003 International Conference and Trade
Show of the Alliance for Community Media (ACM) in Tacoma, Washington, July
9-12.  Abstracts will also be considered.  Authors must attend the White
Paper session during the ACM conference.  The White Paper session is
scheduled within the track: "Community Media: Cultural and Global Issues"

A single paper or essay will be selected for presentation in one session,
chosen from competitive submissions.  Paper and presentation should be
accessible to a general audience of community media practitioners and
interested parties.  White Papers from previous ACM conferences are
available on the White Paper website at
http://faculty.menlo.edu/~jhiggins/acmwhitepaper/
<http://faculty.menlo.edu/~jhiggins/acmwhitepaper/> .  Many White Papers are

also available in the "Rethinking Access Philosophy" issue of the Community
Media Review (Summer 2002).

AREAS OF FOCUS
Submissions are invited pertaining to any area of access, but should
address more philosophical aspects of public, educational, or governmental
access/community media/alternative media, democratization of the media,
self-reflexive analysis of basic access tenets, access and activism,
international community media, etc.  Of special interest are submissions
that focus on global issues surrounding community-based, alternative media
(e.g., the World Summit on the Information Society and the role of civil
society in national and global movements toward the democratization of
communication), or compare the tenets and traditions of US community media
with alternative media in other parts of the world.  However, other works
dealing with access or media democracy in general are also appreciated.

CRITERIA
Papers and essays submitted for the White Paper session will be evaluated
according to their importance to the practice and philosophy of
community-based media; contribution to the knowledge base of community
media; interest to an audience of access practitioners, academics,
activists, and other involved groups; conceptualization; and the clarity of
presentation.  The session should include a significant amount of
interaction with session participants.

PUBLICATION
With author approval, manuscripts submitted may be published in the
Community Media Review and/or the CMR web site.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Manuscripts should be submitted in electronic form - using either an e-mail
attachment or a 3.25" floppy disk formatted for Windows.  Mac users
submitting as an email attachment, please add ".doc" to the file
name.  Please scan for viruses before submitting in either
format.  Manuscript should utilize Microsoft Word, or comparable text
format (e.g., Word Perfect, rtf format).  In the body of the cover message
please describe the document format and software version (e.g., Microsoft
Word 2000 for Widows).  On a separate page, provide contact information, a
brief biographical summary of the author, and an abstract of no more than
100 words.

Submit manuscripts or abstracts by May 15, 2003.

SEND MANUSCRIPTS OR ABSTRACTS TO:
ACM 2003 White Paper
John W. Higgins
Dept. of Mass Communication
Menlo College
1000 El Camino Real
Atherton  CA  94027   USA

for information:
Tel: +1 (650) 543-3747
Fax: +1 (650) 543-4003
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Web: http://faculty.menlo.edu/~jhiggins/acmwhitepaper
<http://faculty.menlo.edu/~jhiggins/acmwhitepaper>


ABOUT THE ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY MEDIA (ACM)
A nonprofit, national membership organization founded in 1976, the Alliance
represents the interests of over 1,000 public, educational and governmental
("PEG") access organizations and public access internet centers throughout
the country.  It also represents the interests of an estimated 1.5 million
individuals, through their local religious, community, charitable and other
groups, who utilize PEG access television centers and Internet providers to
speak to their memberships and their larger communities.

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Clemencia Rodriguez
Associate Professor
Department of Communication
University of Oklahoma
610 Elm Avenue
Norman OK 73019 USA
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