The annual APRICOT conference is a unique and successful educational forum for Internet builders in the Asia-Pacific region, to learn from their peers and leaders in the Internet community. Senior practitioners from the Asia Pacific and around the world contribute their time to APRICOT as presenters, teachers and trainers, to produce a non-commercial high quality conference. Since …
Tag Archive: United States
Oct
11
Aug
29
The Call for Papers: “Social Networks and Public Opinion”
The Sixth Annual Forum of Saudi Association for Media and Communication (SAMC) “Social Networks and Public Opinion” Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 15-16 April, 2011 The Saudi Association for Media and Communication (SAMC) is pleased to announce the 6th Annual forum on Social Networks and Public Opinion to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 15& 16, …
Jul
12
“Copyright Alerts”: A Fair Compromise, or End of Internet Freedom as We Know It?
Since last week, a controversy has been building concerning a deal between ISPs and copyright organizations to issue “copyright alerts” to users, and punish further offenses with “mitigation measures”. While some hail the deal, others find it a big step in a very dangerous direction. Last Thursday, the final details were worked out between major …
Jun
03
Information Session on Graduate Programs in Communication in NTU
Graduate Research Programmes in the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) is one of the top Schools in communication and information in Asia. The School is recruiting students to the following graduate research programmes: · Doctor of Philosophy · …
May
27
AEJMC Summer Opportunity for Journalism Faculty
Social Media and Multiple Platforms: Learning from the Pros, Bringing it to the Classroom Deadline to apply: 5 p.m. Eastern June 8. In a special pilot program, AEJMC is offering three journalism faculty the opportunity to spend two weeks this summer learning first hand how newspapers and broadcast stations use social media across multiple platforms. …
May
25
AMIC Pre-Conference Workshops 1: Content Analysis Method
AMIC will be offering capacity building pre-conference workshops at the 2011 AMIC Annual Conference, to be held in Hyderabad from 24 to 27 June 2011. These pre-conference workshops will be held on the 23rd June, 2011 from 9 am to 6 pm at the Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad campus. …
Mar
21
Taiwan: Proposed Public Television Act amendments a step back
Last week the Cabinet finally approved draft amendments to the Public Television Act. The proposed amendments do away with guaranteed funding for the Public Television Service (PTS) group of channels. Regulations about the provision of channels for minority groups have disappeared from the draft law and the number of members on the PTS Foundation’s board …
