Program - Porto Alegre, Brazil, July 25-30, 2004

Community Communication Program

Session 1

July 26, 2004

1:30-3:00 p.m.

Session Title: Audiences, Interactivity, and the Internet

Chair: Dr. David Holmes

The Remediation of Audience Communities

Author: Dr. David Holmes , Monash University, Australia

The Internet's Role in Cultivating Multiple Identities and Tolerance of Differences and Ambiguities

Author: Paul S.N. Lee & Louis Leung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Session 2a

July 26, 2004

3:15-4:15 p.m.

Session Title: Media, Civics and Democracy

Community Empowerment in Third Sector Organizations

Author: Dr. Luíza Mônica Assis da Silva, Catholic University of Brasília, Brazil

Session 2b

4:15-5:00 p.m.

Community Communication Business Meeting

Session 3

July 26, 2004

5:15-7:00 p.m.

Session Title: Media Activism and Social Movements

Chair: Dr. Dorothy Kidd

The Angels and the Public Interest

Author: Dr. Dorothy Kidd, University of San Francisco, USA

Citizens' Media and Peace-building

Author: Clemencia Rodriguez, Universidad del Norte, Colombia

Jair Vega, Universidad del Norte, Colombia

Lessons Learned on Community Communication in Thailand

Author: Dr. Parichart Sthapitanonda, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Session 4

July 27, 2004

1:30-3:00 p.m.

Session Title: Voices and Visions of Community

(Spanish/Portuguese Language)

Chair: Mirtha Correa Alamo

El Congreso en Los Medios

Congress agenda and Mass Media agenda

Author: Mirtha Correa Alamo

Le champ social et discoursif des ONGs dans l'internet

The social field and discourse of the NGO in the Internet

Author: Jairo Ferreira, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos -

Unisinos, Brazil

Entre mitos y deseos: deconstruir y reconstruir el desarrollo, la sociedad civil y la comunicación comunitaria

Between Myths and Wishes: Deconstruct and Construct Development, Civil Society and Community Communication

Author: Gabriel Kaplún, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

La relación fotografía y sociedad en el estudio de comunidades: el caso de Salvador de Bahía (Brasil).

The relation photographs and society in the study of communities: the case of Salvador de Bahia (Brazil).

Author: Victor Renobell, Univeritat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

Session 5

July 27, 2004

3:15-5:00 p.m.

Session Title: Alternative Media, Politics and Public Sphere

Chair: Panteleimon Vatikiotis

Crafting Alternative Identity in Virtual Community: A Study of Taiwanese Social Movement on the Net

Author: Cheng-Nan Hou

Grassroots Media Practices in Greece: A Sociological Approach

Author: Panteleimon Vatikiotis, University of Westminster, England

Session 6

July 27, 2004

5:15-7:00 p.m.

Session Title: Cultural Interventions, Representation and Memory

Chair: Dr. Susana Kaiser

The Role of Historical Memory in the Creation of Community Identity: West Bank Settlers Reconstruct the Past

Author: Ines Gabel, The Open University, Israel

I Saw it on TV: Remembering Terror in Post-dictatorial Argentina

Author: Dr. Susana Kaiser, University of San Francisco, USA

Session 7

July 28, 2004

5:15-7:00 p.m.

Session Title: Local Community Media

(Spanish/Portuguese Language)

Chair: Gisele Sayeg

Medios Y Poder: Configuarciones Y Relaciones en La RMC

Authors: Vera Regina Toeldo Camargo, Lara Bezzon, Graça Caldas, Maria José Costa,

J.T. Edmilson Manganota, Irani Machiori, Luciana Miotto, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones avanzadas en Comunicaciones, Cultura y Ciudadanía (CEPACCC), Brazil

TVs Universitárias no Brasil - um espaço para a comunicação comunitária

The University TVs in Brazil: a space to the community communication

Author: Dr. Cosette Castro, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos), Brazil

Democracia precaria y medios locales servilistas. Un análisis crítico de la televisión local en Galiza

Precarious democracy and local media. A critical analysis of the local television in Galiza.

Author: Comba Campoy Garcia, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Rádios Comunitárias e poder constituído: as relações entre os poderes locais e as novas emissoras legalizadas do Estado de São Paulo

Author: Gisele.Sayeg, University of São Paulo, Brazil

O ensino do jornalismo a partir da experiência com jornais comunitários em zonas de ocupação na cidade de Salvador (Bahia/Brasil).

The experience of teaching journalism with the production of community newspapers in illegally occupied areas in Salvador (Bahia/Brazil)

Authors: Rosana Zucolo, Jornalismo da Faculdade Social da Bahia, Brazil

Ana Cristina Menegotto Spannenberg, Jornalismo da Faculdade Social da Bahia, Brazil

Session 8

July 29, 2004

9:00-12:00 a.m.

Session Title: Local and Community Media (2)

Chair: Dr. Ellie Rennie

Voices from the Forest, Blowing in the Web: Brazilian Indian Tries Out Media

Author: Fernando Kuhn, Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, Brazil

The Right to Information - Political Action and the Reconfiguration of public spaces community communication in Belo Horizonte

Direito à informação, ação política e reconfiguração do espaço público: comunicação comunitária em Belo Horizonte

Author: Jaqueline Morelo, Centro Universitário Newton Paiva, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Supporting the Democratic Voice

Authors: Dr. Ellie Rennie, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Saba El-Ghul, Monash University, Australia

Alterative media: Mapuche community media and new tactics of intervention

Author: Juan F. Salazar, University of Western Sydney, Australia

Community Television in Brazil: history and popular participation in management and programming

Televisión Comunitaria en Brasil: antecedentes y participación popular en la gestión y en la programación

Author: Cicilia Maria Krohling Peruzzo, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Session 9

July 29, 2004

1:30-3:00 p.m.

Session Title: Diversity, Politics, Community

Chair: Dr. Louis Leung

Local (People) Mean the world to us: Australia's regional newspapers and the "close to readers" assumption

Authors: Jacqui Ewart, Griffith University, Australia

Brian L. Massey, University of Utah, USA.

Exploring the Roles of Lifestyles and Innovation Attributes on the Adoption of Electronic Service Delivery in e-Government

Ruby Wing-kei Ng and Dr. Louis Leung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Session 10

July 29, 2004

3:15-5:00 p.m.

Session Title: Theorizing Civil Society and Social Change

Chair: Stefania Milan

Civil Society Media- Developing a Theory

Gabriele Hadl, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Civil Society Media and Visions for Communication Governance: The Cases of the World Social Forum and the World Summit on the Information Society

Authors: Stefania Milan, University of Padova, Italy

Arne Hintz, University of Hamburg, Germany

Social Capital and Communication

Dr. Eduardo A. Vizer, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina