Forward: JAMCO Online Symposium

[Jonathan M. Hall]

                                    H-Japan
                                November 4, 2004

From: "yukio oshida" <yojamco at theia.ocn.ne.jp>



14th JAMCO Online International Symposium



The Japan Media Communication Center (JAMCO) is conducting the 14th JAMCO
Online International Symposium on the JAMCO?s Website from November 1
through December 31, 2004.



Under the theme ?International Reporting by TV Media?Public Good and
National Interest,? the symposium takes a look at how the United Kingdom,
Europe, the United States, Japan, and other advanced countries are using TV
for international reporting, and discusses problems involved while
considering issues of the national interest and the public good. Finally, it
reexamines the role and responsibility of TV in a globalized world.



Five outstanding researchers and people actively engaged in some phase of TV
reporting from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan will address
that theme via online presentations, and we plan to invite discussants to
offer observations, critiques, and questions. In addition to discussion by
experts, we hope to increase participation by welcoming contributions from
the online audience. Everyone with an opinion, comment, or question is
invited to join in by responding through JAMCO?s website.



Website: http://www.jamco.or.jp

Theme: International Reporting by TV Media?Public Good and National Interest

Duration: From November 1 through December 31, 2004

Presentations?

Lecture 1

Public Good and National Interest: the BBC?s Experience

Stephen Whittle [Controller Editorial Policy, BBC, U.K.]

Lecture 2

Public Service Broadcasting in Europe and the Coverage of the Iraq War

David Ward [Director, Centre for Media Policy and Development, U.K.]

Lecture 3

Priorities of American Global TV: Humanity, National Interest, or Commercial
Profit?

Rebecca MacKinnon [Research Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society,
Harvard Law School, U.S.A.]

Lecture 4

News of the World and the World of News

Danny Schechter [Editor and ?News Dissector,? Mediachannel.org, U.S.A.]

Lecture 5

International Reporting and Responsible Media: Lessons from the United
States and Japan

Kazuo Kaifu [Executive Media Analyst, NHK Broadcasting Culture Research
Institute, Japan]

Discussion 1

Takenobu Yamamoto [Professor, Daido Institute of Technology, Japan]

Discussion 2

Kentaro Hirayama [Visiting Professor, Sogo Kenkyujo, Hakuo University,
Japan]




Co-Sponsored by: The Japan Foundation
Financially Supported by: Hoso Bunka Foundation
Supported by: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, NHK, National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in
Japan