The DigiCult symposium Television and the Digital Public Sphere will be held in Paris 22-24 October 2008. The symposium is organised in collaboration with Institut Francais de Presse at the Université de Pantheon-Assas (Paris II).
The programme will consist of keynote presentations as well as panels and discussions. Over 50 international researchers will participate in the event. Participation is by invitation only.
The papers presented at the symposium will focus on the following areas:
- Developments in (the theory/-ies) of the public sphere, especially related to broadcasting and the internet;
- How both factual and fictional genres as well as other features of television (financing, production, reception, aesthetics etc) are affected by digitisation;
- How the world wide web functions as a channel for the distribution of television and related audiovisual material, how it is used by broadcasting institutions and corporations, how it affects journalistic and creative work, how it replaces and/or complements television in people’s everyday life as well as in political and cultural life;
- Relations between these areas.
Practical information:
Hotels:
Holiday Inn Paris Saint Germain des Prés
Hotel du Brésil