Media, Security and Central Asia 9.12.
Date: December 9th 2014, 08:30-12:00
Place: Lecture Hall 115, University of Helsinki Language Center, Fabianinkatu 26, Ground floor.
Coffee served at 08:30, seminar at 09:00-12:00
08:45 -9:00 OPENING OF THE SEMINAR
• Researcher Hanna Smith, Aleksanteri Institute: Lessons learned from the Ukraine Crisis: Information and Security
09:00-10:00 PANEL DISCUSSION I:
Chair: Dr. Katja Lehtisaari, Aleksanteri Institute
• Senior researcher Jukka Pietiläinen, Aleksanteri Institute: Comparing Media and Democratization in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
• Dean Galina Ibraeva, Kazakh National University Al-Farabi, Kazakhstan: Media Sphere of Kazakhstan in the World and Eurasian Context
• Dr. Vicken Cheterian, Webster University Geneva: Ideas and Tensions in Media Development in Central Asia.
10:00-10:10 BREAK
10:20-11:20 PANEL DISCUSSION II:
Chair: Dr. Katja Lehtisaari, Aleksanteri Institute
• Ass. Professor Eric Freedman, Michigan State University, US: Obstacles to Journalism Professionalism and Press Freedom: The Post-Soviet Landscape in Central Asia
• Director Botagoz Rakisheva, "Public Opinion" Research Institute, Kazakhstan: Impact of Media on Public Opinion in Kazakhstan
• Dean Elira Turdubaeva, American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan: Media and Political Participation in Kyrgyzstan
11:10-12:00 COMMENTARIES AND DISCUSSION:
• Commentaries by Director of the Reasearch Unit, Ministry of Defence Juha Martelius
• Closing discussion
Please register your participation by December 2nd: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/55544/lomake.html.
More information: http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/english/news/events/2014/meseca.html.
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