Irish Media Conferences

Images of Africa: How is Africa presented in the media?

This is a seminar for media practitioners, students of journalism and community groups on issues relating to how the continent of Africa is presented in Ireland.

Day: Thursday
Date: 25th October
Time: 4-5.30pm
Venue: DCU – Henry Grattan Building, C124
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International Conference 2007 at the National Film School, IADT Dun Laoghaire

DOCUMENTARY FILM in the 21st Century

Bringing academics, practitioners and policy-makers together in a series of panel discussions and key-note addresses, alongside documentary screenings, this conference provides a forum for an interactive debate from diverse perspectives on documentary in the 21st century.

The conference will focus on three challenges to the documentary form: the increasing dominance of the reality television format, the current impact of documentary in the public sphere and the changing nature of the form in the digital age.
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