Hi folks,
For those of you considering
going to Montreal this July to attend IAMCR, I am putting out feelers among the
Our Media Nuestros Medios group for
the conformation of a possible panel that directly relates to the question of
media power. As this is a broad concept, I am thinking to narrow the focus of
the panel by seeking other presentations that focus on mediated relations between
social movements and the state (see my shortened abstract below) if possible - though I am open to other ideas. Nick
Couldry has agreed to be a respondent (via Skype) to our papers/presentations (a
great idea that Clemencia Rodriguez put forward).
I am attaching the IAMCR Community
Communication Call for Papers. I realize
this is coming in late, but let me know if anyone out there is interested, or
feel free to forward this to individuals who might be interested.
Here is an abbreviated abstract of my paper.
Extractive politics, media
power, and new waves of resistance against oil drilling in the Ecuadorean
Amazon: The case of Yasunidos
This paper discusses a highly
mediated conflict between the Ecuadorean government and a newly-emerged social movement
called Yasunidos. The
dispute is focused on the government’s proposal to drill for oil in the Yasuni, one of the most
bio-diverse regions of the planet, located in the Ecuadorean Amazon. The study
is situated within a context of the government’s expanded “media power”
(Couldry 2003), particularly its use of President Correa’s three-hour weekly
television program. Despite the government’s
multi-million dollar communications campaign designed to convince the public of
the necessity to drill for oil in the Yasuni,
and to discredit, even criminalize, those who oppose its plans, Yasunidos has been able to interrupt such
discourses. The mediated battle
between the Correa government and Yasunidos provides a window onto how media power
is being reconfigured in Ecuador, the strategies that movements use to respond
to such power, and what this landscape implies for processes of
democratization.
Thanks,
Diana
Diana CORYAT
Comunicadora Social
Doctorando, Univ. Massachusetts Amherst
Coordinadora de Investigación,
Facultad de Comunicación
Universidad de las Americas (UDLA)
Sede Granados
Quito, Ecuador
Cel: 0998-746-800 / Fijo: 223-1457
Dear OURMedias!
Just 2 weeks to go until the abstract submission deadline for the
IAMCR conference this year in Montreal! It would be great to see many
of you at the conference, and at the Community Communication Section
particularly. The ComCom section has always had close relations with
the OURMedia network and has been OURMedia's link into IAMCR.
You'll find the ComCom Call for Papers attached and here:
http://iamcr.org/s-wg/cfp-coc-2015. Please circulate the call in your
networks and submit an abstract yourselves!
Best,
Arne