IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

Community Communication Program
2006 IAMCR in Cairo, Egypt

Monday, 24 July

Session 1 (12.00-1.30)
Session Title: Ethnic Communities and Media
Chair: Arul Aram

Author: Arul Aram
Paper Title: Media Coverage of Conflict in Jaffna

Author: Shehina Fazal
Paper Title: Web Networks Among Minority Communities in the UK

Author: Robin Stanback Stevens
Paper Title: Resurrecting Racism: The Strategic Use of News Icons in Ethnic Media

Author: Yonca Ermutlu
Paper Title: Public Sphere in Multi-ethnic Society

Session 2 (3.00-4.30)
Session Title: Empowering Communities through New and Old Media
Chair: Naila Hamdy

Author: Suchada Pongkittiwiboon
Paper Title: The Empowerment of the Local Media for Strengthening the Community: A Case Study of “Teng-Took” Chaolao, Taa-mai, Chantaburi

Author: Jacob Srampickal
Paper Title: No-profit Video Production and Dissemination of Community Awareness Building in India

Author: Naila Hamdy
Paper Title: Alternative Arab Voices: A Depiction of the Usage of Blogs in Cyberspace

Author: Weerapong Polnigongit
Paper Title: Participation in Community Radio in Thailand: A Case of Thai-Laotian Border

Session 3 (5.00-6.00)
Session Title: Community Communication Business Meeting


Tuesday, 25 July

Session 1 (8.30-10.00)
Session Title: Media Movements and Movement Media
Chair: Pantelis Vatikiotis

Author(s): Gabi Hadl and Arne Hintz
Paper Title: Framing “Our Media” for Transnational Policy

Author: Micky Lee
Paper Title: The Discourses of Fair Trade as a Social Movement in the Context of Globalization

Session 2 (12.00-1.30)
Session Title: Local Media and the Nation
Chair: Hanzada Fikri

Author: Antoni Castells-Talens
Paper Title: When Nationalism Backfires: Indigenous Iconography in Mexican State-Controlled Radio

Author: Hanzada Fikri
Paper Title: Tunis Village: Changing Lifestyles, but Still Hooked on Radio

Session 3 (5.00-6.30)
Session Title: Community Building and Media (Joint Session of the Participatory Communication Research and Community Communication Divisions)
Chair and Respondent:

Author: Mohammad Sahid Ullah
Paper Title: Community Radio Movement in Bangladesh: Will they Work as Citizens’ Media?

Author: Tomoko Kanayama
Paper Title: Community Ties and Revitalization: the Role of Community FM in Japan

Author(s): Robert L. Jones and Doris Jones
Paper Title: Community Media-Lessons Learned for Building and Sustaining Democratization in South African Townships

Author: Poungchompu Chaiala
Paper Title: Participation of People in Community Radio: A Case Study of the Failure of Community Radio in Mahasarakham Province, Thailand