Throughout the Autumn and Spring terms, guest speakers will present on a range of issues that combine both international development and the media, including press freedom, entertainment education, media coverage of famines and NGO's use of social media. The student symposium, held towards the end of the spring term, will provide a forum for students taking the postgraduate module in ‘media and international development' to discuss their own specific interests in this rapidly growing field. There will also be a number of skills sessions available throughout the year, specifically regarding media coverage of development issues.

The aim of this speaker series and student symposium is to draw attention to the variety of important ways in which media matters for international development.


Student Symposium

Mainstreaming media in International development

University of East Anglia, School of International Development, Thomas Payne Study Centre, 23rdMarch 2013.

‘At the verge of drowning in success' is how one academic recently described the field of communication for social change. But if media is to play a more central role in international development, there is much work to be done. There remain many unanswered questions about how media matters for international development. The purpose of this symposium on Mainstreaming Media in International Development is to invite UEA students studying this subject to begin to offer their own answers to such questions in the form of 5-10 minute presentations.

Schedule of event (excel file)

Upcoming Speakers

Saraswati Thapa,

Training and Networking Manager for BBC Media Action in Nepal - Community radio in Nepal

Location: Arts 0.30.

Date:on Tuesday 16th April from 1-2pm

 

Previous Speakers


Prof Suzanne Franks, City University  –  ‘Famine, Politics, Aid and the Media'

  Location: UEA Arts Building,  room 1.83
  Date: 1.30pm,  16 Nov 2012

 

Dr Gerry Power, Intermedia UK  –  ‘Assumptions about Young Publics: 10 early

  considerations  from the Field'

  Location: Thomas Paine Study Centre,  room 1.7
  Date: 5.15pm,  21 Nov 2012

Sophie Chalk, International Broadcasting Trust  –  ‘Kony 2012: Success or Failure?'

  Location: UEA Arts Building,  room 01.02
  Date: 12.00pm,  7 Dec 2012

 

Kate Lloyd Morgan, Mediae  –  ‘Edutainment in Practice'

  Location: TPSC 1.6

  Date: 2-4pm Wednesday 6th February

Working in Development Forum

As part of the Working in Development Forum, 27th February, a panel was formed of the following to discuss how students can use their degree within the media sector

Grace Davies

Global Grant Manager,

BBC Media Action

 

Sally-Ann Wilson

Deputy Secretary General

Commonwealth Broadcasting Association

 

Previous Skills sessions

  1. Practicalities and essentials in making documentaries about the Global South (Sophie Chalk)
    7 Dec 2012
  2. Basic Intro to Camera Skills & Ethnographic Film (Postcode Films)
    20 Oct 2012 (only available for PG and 3rd year DEV students)*
  3. Ethnographic film-making Course (Postcode Films)
    28 Oct - 1 Nov 2012 (only available for PG and 3rd year DEV students)*

* Please note: a small fee is required for the sessions with Postcode Films.

Enquiries

Contact Martin Scott