NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA FACULTY OF HUMANITIES INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA IN AFRICA (ILMA) CONFERENCE JUNE 27 – 28, 2020 NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY, MAFIKENG CAMPUS, MMABATHO, SOUTH AFRICA The advent of social media (such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube etc.) has brought about democratisation of communication as the public that hitherto had been considered to be consumers …
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16:00, Saturday, 12.10.2019, AFDA Johannesburg Pamela Addie is a Nigerian based queer rights activist. She will be visiting South Africa to engage with activist organisations here. GALA is working with these activist organisations such as Iranti and ISLA who are hosting Pamela. On Saturday, 12 October, 2019 (16:00) her film “Under the Rainbow” will be screened at …
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Call for Papers Valenti Global Communication Summit 2020 “@frica: digital media conference” Houston, TX – February 27/28, 2020 Deadline for extended abstracts: November 22, 2019 While the economic, political, cultural and social transformations brought about by the rise of digital technologies, particularly in the media and telecommunications sectors, are visible all over the world, it …
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The Mini-INPUT will be showcasing productions screened and discussed at the INPUT 2019 conference which was held in Bangkok in May 2019. More than 400 delegates (all TV professionals) gathered in Bangkok to discuss and showcase the state of broadcasting. Mini-INPUTs are designed, to disseminate know-how and solutions to local broadcasting professionals and are scheduled …
The Wits LINK Centre and WitsX are pleased to announce that registration is open for a free, six-week, online course on “Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression in Africa”. The course begins on Friday 4 October 2019. This free-of-charge MOOC (massive open online course), available on the global edX platform, aims to empower activists, students, …
Dear Colleagues, As we wrap up and take stock of SACOMM 2019 at the University of Cape Town, I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your engagements and collegiality – for what was truly an exciting and inspiring conference. We owe the occasion to showcase our research and to foster relationships …
Sean Jacobs is founder and editor of Africa is a Country, a site ofcriticism, analysis and new writing. He is also associate professor ofinternational affairs at The New School. He is a Ford Foundation#AfricaNoFilter Fellow and author of ‘Media in Postapartheid SouthAfrica: Postcolonial Politics in the Age of Globalization’ (IndianaUniversity Press, 2019) SACOMM 2019 – …
You may download the Programme for SACOMM 2019 here. NOTE FROM THE CONFERENCE ORGANISERS: We look forward to welcoming you on Wednesday, 28.08.2019 For any queries please contact: Jaqui Hiltermann sacomm2019@gmail.com
Pier Paolo Frassinelli, Borders, Media Crossings and the Politics of Translation: The Gaze from Southern Africa (Routledge 2019). Available on Taylor & Francis ebooks (as well as in hardback–paperback to follow): https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429029387 Summary This book examines concepts of the border and translation within the context of social and cultural theory through the lens of southern Africa. …
Call for ARTICLES Image & Text (ISSN: 1020 1497, accreditation 1997)is dedicating a special themed edition, aimed for publication in 2020, to articles that draw attention to rhetorical aspects of visual culture. These rhetorical facets may include the communicative strategies utilised towards making visual products persuasive but also the verbal rhetorical arguments that accompany the …
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