8th Annual MeCCSA-PGN Conference

Sunday, 3rd July 2011
18.00 – Late                                 Welcome reception

Monday, 4 July 2011
08.30 – 09.30                              Registration &
                                                    refreshments
09.30 – 11.00                              Welcome & opening
                                                    keynote
11.00 – 11.15                              Networking break &
                                                    refreshments
11.15 – 13.00                              Paper Session 1    
13.00 – 13.45                              Lunch
13.45 – 14.45                              Workshops
15.00 – 16.30                              Paper Session 2
16.30 – 16.45                              Networking & refreshments
16.45 – 18.15                              Paper Session 3
18.15 – 19.15                              MeCCSA-PGN Annual General
                                                    Meeting
18.30 – 19.00                              Leave conference venue for
                                                    beach barbecue
19.30 – Late                                Barbecue & evening social
                                                    event

Tuesday, 5 July 2011
08.30 – 09.00                              Refreshments
09.00 – 10.45                              Paper Session 4
10.45 – 12.15                              Women’s Media Studies
                                                    Network plenary
12.15 – 13.00                              Lunch
13.00 – 14.30                              Paper Session 5
14.30 – 16.00                              ADM-HEA teaching workshop
16.00 – 16.30                              Networking & refreshments
16.30 – 18.00                              Keynote & closing remarks
18.00 – 18.30                              Networking

Writing and Publishing workshop: the skill, the art and the game
Monday, 4 July, 13.45-14.45

Dr. Darren Lilleker has published over thirty articles in academic journals, several book chapters, three books and co-edited three collections of essays. In this workshop he will reflect back on the joy and pain, perils and pitfalls of getting published while also looking forward to the challenges posed by the Research Excellence Framework and how publishing contributes to employability and your value as an academic.

Creating Engaging Conference Posters
Monday, 4 July, 13.45-14.45

Mark Shufflebottom is an Interactive Design lecturer who has many years experience of presenting information visually. Mark is regularly asked to speak at major events including NAB, Adobe Max, Emerging Technologies conference and at the BBC. Mark will be giving practical pointers on how to present information for your conference poster so your research is read instead of overlooked.

Teaching Exchange workshop
Tuesday, 5 July, 14.30-1600

What are your key challenges in teaching and supporting learning in media, communications and cultural studies higher education? This short workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to discuss some of these challenges and explore some of the solutions with other postgraduate students who teach.
 
The workshop will use activities developed as part of an ADM-HEA funded project Quality Enhancement and Prospective Quality Assurance through Teaching Exchange workshops in Media and Communications:

Abstracts for the MeCCSA Post Graduate Network Conference
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Opening Keynote session
Monday, 4 July, 09.30-11

Freedom of speech, extremism and the emotional public sphere (PDF 1kb)
Prof. Barry Richards, Bournemouth University

Women’s Media Studies Network Plenary
Tuesday, 5 July, 10.45-12.15

From ‘Caterpillars to Butterflies’:  the ‘work ready’ makeover on reality TV (PDF 1kb)
Dr Anita Biressi, Roehampton University, London

Retreat TV: frugality, emotional investment and home (PDF 1kb)
 Prof. Heather Nunn, Roehampton University, London

Television Celebrity: naturalising class difference (PDF 1kb)
Dr. Milly Williamson, Brunel University

Closing Keynote Session
Tuesday, 5 July, 16.30-18.00

The Colour of Sound – Poetic Modes of Making Radio (PDF 1kb)
Prof. Sean Street, Bournemouth University

In addition to frequent tea breaks at the conference, you’ll have a chance to network and socialise with other delegates at a variety of social events during the conference.

Sunday, 3 July, from 18.00
Welcome Reception

Come join the Bournemouth University conference organisers for drinks at 60 Million Postcards, 19-21 Exeter Road, Bournemouth. We'll be at the bar from 18.00 on 3 July and would love to welcome you to Bournemouth. It's a casual affair, so come as you are. You'll find us in brightly coloured BU shirts, so you can't miss us.

Monday, 4 July, from 19.30
Beach Barbecue

We’ll be capping off the first day of conference activities with a beach barbecue near Bournemouth Pier. So come put your feet in the sand of a blue flag beach and enjoy traditional barbecue fare. Walking guides will be leaving the conference venue intermittently from 18.30 to bring you to the beach. We’ll also have a guide at Bournemouth Pier from 19.00 to point you in the right direction if you venture back to your hotel or into Bournemouth Square before the event.

Monday, 4 July, from approximately 21.00
Pub Quiz & Evening Social

After the barbecue winds down, we’ll head to Aruba – the restaurant, not the island – for the traditional MeCCSA pub quiz and other fun. The restaurant and bar is located on Pier Approach and overlooks the beach. So, be ready for some fun and challenging questions around media, communications and cultural studies… among other topics.