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Politics/Media Conference 12-13 February 2008 Conference Program Gryphon Gallery, 1888 Building |
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Day 1: Tuesday 12 February
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| 9:00 - 9:15 | Registration | |
| 9.15 - 9.30 | Welcome | Sally Young |
| 9.30 - 10.30 | Keynote Address | Professor Brian McNair Politics and the Media in the Age of Dissolutions. |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Morning Tea Pierre Gorman Room | |
| 11.00 - 12.30 | Political Reporting | Julianne Schultz Perception, Politics and Power: How Realpolitick Shapes Content. |
| Denis Muller Media Accountability and Self-Regulation. |
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| Geoffrey Craig Kevin Rudd and the Framing of ‘Politics’ in News Media Interviews. |
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| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch | |
| 2:00 - 3:30 | The 2007 Election | Rodney Tiffen Media Coverage and Campaign Tactics in Explaining the 2007 Election. |
| Sally Young The Media Story of the Campaign: Sky News and the 2007 Election. |
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| Nick Economou Leading or Following? Correlating Editorial Alignments and Voter Swings in the 2007 Election. |
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| 3:30 - 4:00 | Afternoon Tea Pierre Gorman Room | |
| 4:00 - 5:00 | The 2007 election cont… | Stephanie Younane Australian Political Rhetoric: Constructions of National Identity and Belonging in the 2007 Election Campaign. |
| Cathy Greenfield and Peter Williams Communicating Sustainability: The Limits and Possibilities of Ecological Campaigns in a Federal Election Year. |
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| 6:00 | Drinks in The Karagheusian Room, University House | |
Day 2: Wednesday 13 February
| Time: | Session: | Papers: |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Political Communication In Practice | Michael Gawenda A Practitioner’s View: The 2007 Election Campaign Road Trip. |
| Helen Ester Political Communication and Political Journalists. |
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| Wayne Errington and Narelle Miragliotta From Journalist to Politician: Measuring the Extent of Career Crossover. |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Morning Tea Pierre Gorman Room | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Representations, Ideologies and Bias | David McKnight News Corporation and Global Warming: A Genuine Change in the Weather? |
| Saskia Bourne The Rise of the Australian Commentariat: A Discussion of Metacoverage and Research Directions. |
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| Mugdha Rai Globalisation, Sovereignty and the Media: News Discourses Surrounding Refugees. |
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| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch | |
| 2:00 - 3:00 | Media, Politics and Society | Trish Payne The Australian Media and the Reporting of Foreign News. |
| David Nolan A Genealogy of Infotainment: Journalism as a Shifting Political Technology. |
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| 3:00 - 4:00 | Afternoon Tea Pierre Gorman Room | |
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Workshop | Methodology Workshop: Researching Media/Politics led by Rodney Tiffen. |
| 5.15pm | Conclusion and drinks at the Deep Dish Bar, back of 1888 building. | |
Conference Details
The Gryphon Gallery is located on the first floor of the Graduate Centre, 1888 Building (Building 198 - Grid ref K 12). Pedestrian entrance gates 7 and 8. For a PDF copy of the campus map please click here.
Morning and afternoon tea will be served in the Pierre Gorman room (Room 102) close by the Gryphon Gallery, with a light lunch also offered to delegates.
Parking
There are several parking options available.
Grattan Street - University Square (closest to the Gryphon Gallery)
Limited parking is available. Parking rates are $2.50 per hour or $7 per day with a flat rate of $2 after 4 pm. Payment is made using the automated ticketing machine on Level 1A of the car park.
Parking is also available at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (Cnr. Royal Parade and Grattan Street) and Royal Women's Hospital (Cnr Grattan and Cardigan Streets)
4 hour meter parking is available near the venue. All day meter parking is available further down Royal Parade, toward College Crescent.
Transport
Melbourne University is extremely accessible by public transport. All trams from Flinders Street Station travelling down Swanston Street stop at Grattan Street.
Inquiries: Sally Young (03) 8344 3348 or s.young@unimelb.edu.au.
