Holberg Prize Symposium 2012: Media and Democracy

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Date: Tuesday 5 June 2012, 09:00 - 16:15
Location: Auditorium A, Studentsenteret, Parkveien 1, University of Bergen
The event is open to the public. Free of charge.

09.00	Opening Welcome Ivar Bleiklie, Director Holberg Prize and Professor of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen.
09.15	Introduction Helga Nowotny, Professor Emerita, Social Studies of Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich; President, European Research Council
09:30-11:00	Panel 1: Democracy, Power and Political Participation 1.The City and the State Göran Therborn, Professor of Sociology Emeritus, University of Cambridge 2. Citizens Engaging with the State: Understanding the Dynamics of Online Collective Action Helen Margetts, Director, Oxford Internet Institute, Professor of Society and the Internet, University of Oxford 3. The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power Andrew Chadwick, Professor of Political Science , Co-Director, New Political Communications Unit, Royal Holloway, University of London Moderator: Jostein Gripsrud, Professor of Media Studies, University of Bergen
11:00-11:30	Coffee Break
11:30-12:45	Networked Social Movements: Changing the world in the Network Society Manuel Castells 2012 Holberg International Memorial Prize Laureate Moderator: Helga Nowotny, President, ERC
12:45-14:00	Lunch Break
14:00-15:30	Panel 2: New Social Movements and New Media 1.How does the concept of Network Culture challenge the concepts of Political and Media systems in Central and Eastern Europe? Terhi Rantanen, Professor of Global Media and Communications, LSE 2. Political Moment or Social Movement? Beyond the Spectacle of Participation in the Middle East. Annabelle Sreberny, Professor of Media and Film Studies. Director, Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS 3. Social Movements and the Fifth Estate William Dutton, Professor of Internet Studies, University of Oxford, Emeritus Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, USC Moderator: Mette Andersson, Professor of Sociology, University of Bergen
15:30-16:15	Panel Discussion Moderator: Jostein Gripsrud, Professor of Media Studies, University of Bergen
16:15	Closing words Ivar Bleiklie, Director Holberg Prize and Professor of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen

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Holberg International Memorial Prize

Holberg Prize Interview with Manuel Castells

My analysis of power. This has been the overarching theme I have studied in my works, in many contexts and in different domains of society. Power in the city. Power in and by information technology. Power in globalization. Communication power, that is the power and counterpower built in the media and in the Internet networks. Read more.

About Manuel Castells

Manuel Castells' home page at Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Manuel Castells' home page at Open University of Catalonia
Manuel Castells' home page at University of California, Berkeley
The Aftermath Project

Lecture by Manuel Castells at USC Annenberg about Network Theories of Power

Manuel Castells talks about his work and his career in this 2001 interview by Harry Kreisler. The Interview is part of the Conversations with History-series from the Institute of International Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

About Holberg International Memorial Prize

Holberg International Memorial Prize is awarded annually for outstanding scholarly work in the fields of the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology. The prize amount is NOK 4.5 million (Appr. EUR 570,000/ USD 800,000)