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International and national significance

ANZCA2007 full program

The following events and speakers are offered as proof of the national and international significance of the conference in accordance with Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) publication requirements for confernce proceedings.

Keynote Speaker Thursday July 5th: Mr Francis Herman (CEO, Fiji Broadcasting)

“PSB the Pacific Way during a crisis”
[note: Mr Herman was prevented from leaving Fiji by the military government and was not able to present his speech]

Keynote Speaker Friday, July 6th: Professor Toby Miller (University of California, Riverside)

“Move away from the croissant: remaking media studies”

Special Events

  • Thursday July 5th, 5.15pm - 6.15pm
    Special session: Communication, Citizenry and Technology
    Professor Cynthia Stohl (Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara)
    “Reconceptualizing Collective Action in the Contemporary Media Environment”
  • Friday July 6th, 4.30pm - 6.00pm
    Plenary panel: Research Quality Framework and Communication/Media
    • Professor Mandy Thomas (DVC Research, Australian National University)
    • Professor Graeme Turner (Academy of the Humanities, University of Queensland)
    • Professor Brad Haseman (Director, Research, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology)
    • Moderator: Dr Andrew Kenyon, Director, Communication and Media Law Centre, University of Melbourne
  • Saturday July 7th, 10.00pm – 1.00pm
    Public Service Broadcasting in Asia-Pacific
    Speakers:
    • Francis Herman (CEO, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation) (could not attend)
    • Evelyn Wang, (Public Television Service, Taiwan)
    • Kalinga Seneviratne (Senior Research Associate, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre)
    • Murray Green (Director of ABC International, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

For Postgraduates

  • Thursday, July 5th, 12.30pm - 1.30pm, Postgraduate Lunch with Prof. Toby Miller
  • Saturday July 7th, 2.00pm – 4.00pm, Postgraduate and ECR Workshop: “Research Approaches & Methodologies for Policy Outcomes”. Workshop leader Dr. Kalinga Seneviratne, AMIC, Singapore.
  • Grant Noble Prize Awarded
    ANZCA awarded the Annual Grant Noble Award for the best refereed postgraduate paper to Mr Phillip Senior, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney for ‘Press Coverage of Televised Leaders’ Debates in Australian Federal Elections’

    The Grant Noble Award is sponsored by The Faculty of Arts at the University of New England.

The Public Service Broadcasting in Asia and the Pacific Seminar and the Methodologies for Policy Outcomes. Workshops were supported by the Asia Pacific Futures Research Network. APFRN ECR/Postgraduate travel Grant recipients were: Heather Anderson (Griffith University), Anthony Mason (University of Canberra), Clare Lloyd (University of Newcastle), Bahiyah Omar (Monash University).

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