Media Democracy Day (this Saturday)

One of my professors told our class about this. Thought this might be useful for final projects, or just for general interest. Particularly, the talk on Greenwashing and the last talk by the Plenary panel. This will make a lot more sense if you click the link to see the schedule! 🙂

Here is what my prof emailed:

About Media Democracy Day Vancouver 2010
November 6th 2010, 12- 5pm, Vancouver Public Library, Central Library

    Media Democracy Day is an annual event that engages activists, media producers, scholars and citizens in dialogue that is centred on creating a more participatory and democratic media system. Entering its ninth year, MDD provides a day of interactive discussion panels that address key issues concerning the politics and biases linked to our increasingly corporate and concentrated media system.

    Tony Burman of Al Jazeera English will open the day with a keynote address. Panel discussions include assessing the role of alternative media in environmental communication in an age of corporate greenwash; the rise of “Fox News North” and what it means for Canadian broadcasting; the portrayal of protest and negotiation at global marquee events like the G20 summit; representations of sexual and gendered violence in media; and a close look at the shifting landscape of Canadian copyright.
   
    The Media Democracy Fair will also be open throughout the day to provide a trade-show style exhibition of the local media community. And The Pacific Cinematheque will be hosting a small film production workshop in the spirit of documentary and journalistic cinema.

            FOR THE FULL PROGRAM: http://www.scribd.com/full/39771205?access_key=key-1fdhoklsvohr6z8w6jzk

For more info: http://www.mediademocracyday.org/Vancouver
Cost: Free & all welcome but seating is limited. To pre-register your attendance, visit http://mddvancouver.eventbrite.com/

Media Democracy Day Vancouver 2010 is presented by The School of Communication at SFU, OpenMedia.ca and The Vancouver Public Library in collaboration with Media Literacy Week 2010.

MDD on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/MDDVancouver?ref=ts
MDD on Twitter http://twitter.com/MediaDemocDay

Also afterwards it looks like there is a local media fair….just keep scrolling once you click the link!

Cheers