Professional Documents
Culture Documents
SMS2011 Programme (Provisional)
SMS2011 Programme (Provisional)
SMS2011 Programme (Provisional)
The Small Media Symposium 2011 will take place at the School of Oriental and African Studies in
London, UK on 8-9 April 2011.
DAY 1: CONFERENCE
Friday 8 April 2011
Khalili Lecture Theatre
Main Building, Main Campus
School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
Annabelle Sreberny, Centre for Media & Film Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London
John Downing, Global Media Research Center, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts,
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Patrick McCurdy, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Erasmus University
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Does size really matter? Media practices and theorising small media
Chair:
Xiao Qiang, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley
Panelists:
Muneeb Ali, Princeton University
Dritte.org: An ICTD Research Agenda from the Trenches
Respondent:
TBC
Chair:
John Barker, Free Expression Associates
Panelists:
Archippe Yepmou, Internet Sans Frontieres
Unexpected use of small media during the post-electoral crisis in Côte d'Ivoire
Julie Owono, International Relations consultant and Global Voices Online Author for Sub-Saharan
Africa
The role of small media in the rising of Central African citizens: example of Gabon
Respondent:
Iginio Gagliardone, Centre of Governance and Human Rights, University of
Cambridge
1345 – 1500 Session 3: Lessons for/from the Maghreb and the Middle East
Chair:
Dina Matar, Centre for Media & Film Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of
London
Panelists:
Jacob Sommer, Department of Government, Uppsala University
The Construction of Identities by the Libyan Youth Movement on Facebook
Hosein Sharif
Small Media and the Green Movement
Khaled Koubaa
TBC
Respondent:
Mohammed Ibahrine, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Chair:
Gary Garriott, Internews Network
Panelists:
George Weyman, Meedan
Small media and the dictator who didn't give in: The risks of soliciting audio and video in repressive
regimes
Respondent:
Mahmood Enayat, Small Media Initiative
Annabelle Sreberny, Centre for Media & Film Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London