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UDC '98 Annual Conference
Final Conference Schedule (updated June 11, 1998)
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UDC '98 Annual Conference
June 11-14, 1998 (Thursday - Sunday)
| Thursday, June 11 | Friday, June 12 | Saturday, June 13 | Sunday, June 15 |
5:30 p.m. -- 7:00 p.m.
Glass Lounge, McLaren Center
Reception and Registration.
7:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m.
Screenings
Cowell 113, 7:00 p.m.
Truth Under Seige. A documentary about independent journalists in the
former Yugoslavia. 106 minutes. Introduced by film maker Jasmina Bojic
Harney 235, 7:00 p.m.
What Faroki Taught.
Film screening and discussion with film maker, Jill Godmilow.
Harney 235, 8:00 p.m.
Signal to Noise: Life with Television. Selections from the PBS series
introduced and discussed by produced/director Cara Mertes.
Cowell 114, 7:00 p.m.
Who's Counting? Marylin Waring on Sex, Lies and Economics.
Viewing and discussion facilitated by Susan C. Strong and Carol
Brouillet, co-founders, The "Who's Counting" Project.
All day registration, information, and coffee service in the Glass
Lounge, Second Floor, McLaren Center.
8:30 a.m. -- 10:30 a.m.
Cowell 114
Technology, Democracy, and the `Virtual Community'
Chair: John W. Higgins, University of San Francisco.
"New Technologies and Democracy," David Paletz, Duke University.
"Tele-Community Planning and Development," Richard Lowenberg, Davis
Community Network.
"The Role of Geographic Community in Providing Access to the Virtual
Community," Scott J. Patterson, San Francisco State University.
"Two, 10, 100, a Million. Does Democracy Scale With Technology?" Michael
de Beer, Technical Director, Institute for Global Communications.
"Freedom, Government and the Internet: Protecting the Fruits of
Democracy in the Digital Age," Stanton McCandlish, Program Director,
Electronic Frontier Foundation.
University Center 308
Media, Democratization and Social Change
Chair: Bob Hackett, Simon Fraser University.
"Commercialization and Democratization in China: Contradictions and
Tensions," Yuezhi Zhao, University of California, San Diego.
"The Bulgarian Media after the Breakdown of the Iron Wall, 1989 to
1998," Daniela Dimitrova, University of Oregon.
"Sub-Saharan African Democratic Quest and the Public Sphere: Press
Pressures and Politics," Jerry Kornia Domatob, Long Island University.
McLaren 251
"Public" Media, "Private" Consumption?
Chair: Jackie Byars, Wayne State University.
"From the Inside Out: Recognizing the Activist Potential of the
Historical Fan-Based Community," Chad Dell, MonmouthUniversity.
""Highlander," the Phenomenon: Mass Media, Fandom, and Community in the
Age of Cyberspace," Jackie L. Byars, Wayne State University.
"Inclusion and Loyalty: Mass Media and the African-American Consumer,"
Shannon Campbell, University of Florida.
11:00 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m.
Cowell 114
Theme Panel
Political Economy of the Public Sphere
Chair: David Paletz, Duke University.
"Why Does Capital Hate the Public Sphere?" Herbert Schiller, University
of California, San Diego.
"Dividing Practices: Segmentation and Targeting in the Emerging Public
Sphere," Oscar Gandy, University of Pennsylvania.
"Intersections of Political Economy and Feminism," Eileen Meehan and
Ellen Riordan, University of Arizona.
"The Political Economy of Celebration'/Celebrating Political Economy,"
Janet Wasko, University of Oregon.
"Peopling the Public Sphere: Power, Peace, and Procedure," Brenda
Dervin, Ohio State University.
1:30 p.m. -- 2:30 p.m.
Light Lunch Served at these Sessions
McLaren 250
Deconstructing Persuasion: Paper Tiger Tracks Sport Utility Vehicles.
Presentation, video and discussion. Robin Andersen, Fordham University
and Mike Simmonds, School of Visual Art, New York.
McLaren 251
Organizing Action: Research and Education Tools Workshop.
Brian Murphy, The Global Media and Public Space Project, Media Education
Foundation.
University Center 308
Disney and Democracy.
Roundtable discussion with Janet Wasko, University of Oregon, Mike Budd,
Florida Atlantic University and Lee Artz, Loyola University.
3:00 p.m. -- 5:00 p.m.
Cowell 114
Theme Panel
Alternative Media
Chair: Michelle A. Wolf, San Francisco State University.
"Combat Radio," David Barsamian, Alternative Radio.
"Radio That Activates," Peggy Law, Making Contact.
"Seizing the Airwaves," Stephen Dunnifer, Free Radio Berkeley.
"Alternative Communications and Global Solidarity," Jesse Drew, Paper
Tiger/Deep Dish TV.
"A Case Study for Progressive PR," Seeta Pena Gangadharan, Institute for
Alternative Journalism/S.P.I.N.
5:30 p.m. -- 7:30 p.m.
University Center 308
Communication Strategies for Social Change
Chair: Alice do Valle, University of San Francisco.
"Progressive Public Relations," Michael Shellenberger, Director,
Communication Works, San Francisco.
"An Analysis of the GLAAD Update: Strategies for Gay and Lesbian Media
Activism," Dr. Jack Banks, Northwestern University.
"Words That Make Things Happen: Communication for Empowerment in a
Grassroots Leadership Campaign," Eleanor Novek, Monmouth University.
"On Electronic Civil Disobedience," Stefan Wray, New York University.
McLaren 250
"Public" and "Private" Issues in the Cybersphere
Chair: Scott Patterson, San Francisco State University.
"Two Cheers for Anonymity: Rethinking Privacy Law in the Internet Era,"
Chad Raphael, Santa Clara University.
"Telecommunications as Public Space and Public Sphere," Lewis Kaye,
University of Oregon.
"Democratic Theory, Associations, and the Internet," Hans K. Klein,
Georgia Tech.
McLaren 251
"Implementing Alternative Video: Community-Based Access Television"
Chair: John W. Higgins, Department of Communication, University of San
Francisco.
"Community Access Television and the Public Sphere," Elliot Margolies, Mid
Peninsula Access Corporation.
"Accessibility of Major and Minor Media Outlets to Communities of
Color," Cheryl Fabio-Bradford, Educational Access Television (San
Francisco), Cable Channel 52.
"Influencing Municipal Telecommunications Policy," Zane Blaney, San
Francisco Community Television Corporation (SFCTC) and CITYWATCH.
"Community Access Television and the Public Sphere: The Contradictory
Culture of Manhattan Neighborhood Network," Kevin Howley, Northeastern University.
"Towards a Definition of Alternative Video," Carlos Fontes, Worcester
State College.
"Confessions and Conundrums of an Access Manager," Martha Wallner,
Berkeley Community Media.
7:30 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m.
University Center 308
Business Meeting:
UDC in the Next Millennium
Membership, Publications, Website, Leadership. Refreshments served.
McLaren 251
Issues of Access and Class in the Electronic Culture.
Panel Discussion with Patricia Wilburn, San Francisco State University,
Chupoo Alafonte, Institute for Global Communications, Ethel Long-Scott,
Women's Economic Agenda Project and Chester Williams, Computers and You,
Glide Memorial Church, San Francisco.
9:00 p.m. -- 11:00 p.m.
Screenings
Cowell 114, 9:00 p.m.
Fear and Favor in the Newsroom. 1996. Producer/writer: Beth Sanders. 57
min.
Harney 235, 9:15 p.m.
The Ad and the Ego. 1996. Producers, Harold Boihem and Chris
Emmanouilides. 57 minutes.
Cowell 113, 9:30 p.m.
Prime Time South Africa. Selections of post-apartheid South African
prime-time television, 1995-1996. 110 minutes. In English and South
African languages with English subtitles.
All day registration, information and coffee service in University
Center 308
8:30 a.m. -- 10:30 a.m.
University Center 413
Problematizing the "Public"
Chair: Jim Wittebols, Niagara University.
"If You Build It, They Might Not Come: Media, the Public Sphere and the
Privatization of Consciousness," Jim Wittebols, Niagara University.
"Communities, Publics, and Counterpublics: Feminist Access and the
Mass-Mediated Public Sphere," Lisa McLaughlin, Miami University.
"Taking Environmentalist Multiculturalism Seriously in Critical Media
Studies," Clay Steinman, Macalester College.
"A Proposal For A University Public Sphere Project," David Sholle, Miami
University.
Faculty Lounge, University Center
Studies of Media Practices and Public Discourse
Chair: Ted Glasser, Stanford University.
"Newsroom Reform and the Limits of Change from Within: The Case of
Public Journalism," Elissa Lee, Stanford University.
"Property Rights and Internet Policy: Lessons from the History of
Broadcasting, " Christian Sanvig, Stanford University.
"Understanding the Conditions for Public Discourse: A Critique of
Criteria for Letters to the Editor," Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Stanford
University.
"Counter-publics and the Berkeley Barb: A Study of the Prospects for
Social Change," Seeta Gangadharan, Institute for Alternative Journalism.
Larry Bensky, respondent, KPFA Radio and Cal-State Hayward.
Cowell 114
Law and Policy Spheres
Chair: Laura Stein, University of Texas at Austin.
"Does the First Amendment Protect Democratic Speech? The State of Speech
Rights in U.S. Media," Laura Stein, Department of Radio-Television-Film,
University of Texas at Austin/ University of San Francisco.
"Copyright & the Suppression of Access to Digital Information: Attacks
on the Concept of Fair Use," Howard Besser, UC Berkeley School of Info
Mgmt & Systems.
"Copyright and the Reproduction of Economic and Ideological Power," Ron
Bettig, Penn State University.
"Crash And Burn:" The Censorship Wars of David Cronenberg's "Depraved
and Corrupt Film in the United States and Great Britain," Kevin Sandler,
Sheffield Hallam University/ University of Michigan.
University Center 421
Political Economy, Media and the Public Sphere.
Chair: Lee Mazmanian, University of San Francisco.
"Democratizing Media: Policy Makers, Civic Leaders, and Gatekeepers.,"
Carla Brooks Johnson, New Century Policies.
"Ideological Implications of Increasing Concentration of Ownership in
Mass Media," Dan Nicholson, Univ. of Oregon
"Creating and Safeguarding a Public Sphere: The Role of the Supreme
Court, Print Press, Cable and Broadcast Television," Nandini Sen, Temple
University.
11:00 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m.
Cowell 114
Theme Panel
Media and Democratic Action
Chair: Dee Dee Halleck, University of California, San Diego.
"The Colombian Experience with Community Television as an Opportunity
for Media Democratization," Luis Fernando Baron, Centro de Investigacion
y Educacion Popular (CINEP).
"Radio Educacion: Its History and Its Effects on Commercial Radio
Content," Sonia Riquer, Radio Educacion, Mexico City.
"Necessity is the Mother of Intervention," Deborah Kelly, Creative
Director, Social Change Media, Melbourne, Australia.
"Community-based Media Education Projects," Norman Cowie, Fordham
University and Cara Mertes, Hunter College/Fordham University and
Producer/Director of PBS series Signal to Noise: Life with Television.
"Labor, Telecommunications and The Global Economy," Steve Zeltzer, Union
Producers and Programmers Network/ Labor Video Project.
"Transnational Media and Art on the Border: A Han Young Account, " Fred
Lonedier, University of California, San Diego and David Bacon,
journalist.
1:30 p.m. -- 2:30 p.m.
Light Lunch Served in Faculty Lounge, UC 413 and UC 308
Cowell 113
Using Media to Catalyze Transnational Democratization Processes.
Mary Beth and Jim Brangan, independent media producers and activists,
discuss their work and screen their short documentary, Bordering on
Tyranny: Thailand's Dilemma.
Faculty Lounge, University Center
Telecom Act Roundtable
Henry Kroll, former KQED Board member and producer, and Reverend Paul
Sawyer, United Unitarian Church, invite discussion about strategies to
challenge the 1996 Telecom Act.
Cowell 114
Internet Safety Workshop.
Karen Randolph, San Francisco State University, Colin Gabriel Hatcher,
CyberAngels, Debbie Mahoney, Save Our Children-United Mothers and Karen
Coyle, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR).
University Center 413
The Dumbed Down Audience: Challenges to Writers of Popular
Entertainment.
Panel discussion facilitated by Corless Smith, with Karen Caronna, Elsa
E'der, John Hu and Carol Connor, all of San Francisco Sate University.
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cowell 114
Theme Panel
Media Literacy for a Multicultural Society
Chair: Michelle Wolf, San Francisco State University.
"What is Media Literacy and How Does it Really Empower us?" W. James
Potter, University of California, Santa Barbara.
"Literacy in a Digital World," Kathleen Tyner, Media Analysis &
Practice.
"Economics of the Image," Elana Rosen, JustThink Foundation.
"Media Images: Presenting Undemocratic Values Through Visual
Manipulation," Hamid Khani, San Francisco State University.
"Response Ability: Critical Intersections of Media Literacy in Gay and
Lesbian Media
Activism," Al Kielwasser, Media Alert.
"Teens and High Tech Democratic Communication," Cassandra Van Buren, New
Technology High School.
5:00 p.m. -- 7:00 p.m.
Faculty Lounge, University Center
Reception and Dallas Smythe Award Ceremony
7:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m.
UDC Dinner, BBQ in Harney Plaza
9:00 p.m. -- 12:00 a.m.
Party at Original McCarthy's, the Mission, San Francisco.
Transportation to the party will be available at the Golden Gate
Entrance to the University by the guard shack.
All day registration, information and coffee service in the Glass
Lounge, Second Floor, McLaren Center.
8:30 a.m. -- 10:30 a.m.
Faculty Lounge, University Center
Media, Nation and Identity
Chair: Daniel del Solar, KPFA.
"Pope, Prostitutes and Prisoners: US M edia's Distorted Image of Cuba,"
Karen Wald, independent journalist working in Cuba.
"Contesting Notions of Nation: Greece's Demografiko and its Others,"
Alexandra Halkias, University of California, San Diego.
"Film, Politics and National Culture in Argentina, "Tamara Falicov,
University of California, San Diego.
University Center 413
Post-Soviet, Post-Empire, and Post-Hoffa Ideologies of Gender and Class
in Media Representations
Chair: Kate Kane, Loyola University.
"Feminine Hygiene and Post-Soviet Markets, " Kate Kane, Depaul University.
"Post-Empire Man: The Full Monty and Brassed Off," Deborah Tudor, Depaul University.
"Mother Trucker: Now You See Her, Now You Don't--Women, the Labor
Movement, and Democracy in Canadian and U.S. Media Images," Virginia
Keller, Loyola University Chicago.
Cowell 114
News, Democracy and the Public Sphere
Chair: Mike Budd, Florida Atlantic University.
"Television News, Democratic Discourse, and the Public Sphere," Mike
Budd, Florida Atlantic University.
"Returning to Vitality in a Global Age: Public Journalism and the
Rebirth of Democracy," Heike Mayer, Portland State University.
"Communicative Politics: A Critique of Public Journalism," James
Compton, Simon Fraser University.
"Public Story-telling: Reframing Public Policy Debate," Sarah Lewison,
San Francisco State University.
"Journalistic Decision-Making and the Legislative Process," Ellen
Kanervo, Patrick Jablowski, Mike Gotcher and David Kanervo, Austin Peay
State University.
11:00 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m.
Cowell 114
Theme Panel
Democratizing Media
Chair: Bernadette Barker-Plummer, University of San Francisco.
"Who's Telling All the Stories?" George Gerbner, Temple University, and
Chair, the Cultural Environment Movement (CEM).
"A Bridge Too Far: Academia and News Media." Norman Solomon, Institute
for Public Accuracy/FAIR
"Influencing News Discourse: Project Censored Canada as a Pedagogical,
Academic and Political Intervention," Robert Hackett, Canadian Project
Censored, Simon Fraser University.
"Academia as Ombudsman: Project Censored and American Media Censorship,"
Peter Philips, Project Censored, Sonoma State University.
"Building Icebergs in the Path of the Colossus: Strategic Use of
Community Media," Dee Dee Halleck, University of California, San Diego.
1:30 p.m. -- 2:30 p.m.
Light Lunch Served at these Sessions
University Center 413
California Newsreel: Thirty Years of Independent Video Distribution.
Presentation and demonstration of the work of California Newsreel.
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