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Our work is increasingly work on and with computers, what we know about politics is mediated and, hence, staged by technical media, but also these days education and religion cannot be thought of beyond technical media.

The previous Transforming Audiences conferences, in 2007 and 2009, have seen this event become Europe's major recurring international conference for audience/user studies, bringing together researchers from all over the world.

Blog de réflexion sur les enjeux démocratiques liés à la protection de la liberté de communication sur Internet. Il s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un travail de thèse réalisé à l'EHESS.

Facebook n'est pas un site Internet. C'est un mode de vie. Réseaux sociaux, sites de rencontres en ligne, jeux en réseau, tchats, smartphone : qu'on le veuille ou non, ces techniques créent de nouvelles habitudes qui révolutionnent nos relations amicales, amoureuses et familiales.

Exposition proposant d'initier le grand public à la démarche scientifique. Organisée comme un parcours ludique et même artistique, elle vise à distinguer la méthode scientifique de la croyance, sans pour autant les opposer de manière dogmatique, tout en clarifiant certains thèmes de débats.

The Digital World Research Centre (DWRC) aims to develop and apply a process of user-centred innovation in digital media technology, based on the interplay of user, design, business and technology research.

COST (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research) is one of the longest-running instruments supporting co-operation among scientists and researchers across Europe.

The Small Media Initiative invites submission of abstracts for its 2011 Small Media Symposium to be held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London on 8 – 9 April 2011.

This is an introduction to the media industries, a topic that sometimes has its own course but is also incorporated into courses on media criticism, media literacy, and even a basic mass media course where the instructor wishes to teach from topical paperbacks as opposed to a big textbook.

The Symposium aims to generate discussion on cutting-edge ideas in political communication and encourage international cooperation.

This national summit will provide valuable insights into the opportunities and challenges facing media education both now and in the future. The summit builds on three previous successful meetings, each of which attracted over 150 delegates from 65 Higher Education Institutions.

Amid the silly videos and spam are the roots of a new reading and writing culture, says Clay Shirky.

" Since discovering the net in 1993, the things I’ve spent my time thinking through, working on, and writing about have varied widely. I have been a producer, programmer, professor, designer, author, consultant... "

Les jeux vidéo sont fabriqués comme des objets de consommation courante, vendus en grandes surfaces, condamnés ou encensés par les médias, soutenus par la puissance publique, promus exemples du savoir-faire hexagonal.

Clay Shirky's blog with his thoughts in process on the use of new technologies and the evolution of related social practices.

Un exposé à préparer, une question à débattre, une soif de connaissances à assouvir ? RSR Savoirs vous offre un choix de sujets et d'inédits de la Radio Suisse Romande, tous programmes confondus. Egalement disponible en mobile, sur http://savoirs.rsr.ch

Jane McGonigal, PhD is a world-renowned designer of alternate reality games — or, games that are designed to improve real lives and solve real problems. She believes game designers are on a humanitarian mission — and her #1 goal in life is to see a game developer win a Nobel Peace Prize.

Lift is a series of events built around a community of pioneers who get together in Europe and Asia to explore the social implications of new technologies.

Jeremy Hunsinger received his Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech. He teaches in the Political Science department and within its related programs. His research agenda analyzes the transformations of knowledge in the modes of production in the information age.

This is the 6th international conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis: Discursive Spaces, Politics, Practices and Power. Held at Cardiff University.

Examines the transformation of politics through digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing.

The MIC (My Ideal City) project aims to encourage a European dimension in the communication of science and technology through museums events targeting the public.

Un media web de discussion autour des sciences et techniques qui réunit les contributions de blogueurs, chercheurs, journalistes et “médiateurs”. En partenariat avec le C@fé des Sciences et Knowtex.

L’image, objet problématique, est devenue omniprésente dans nos sociétés. Ses supports, ses vecteurs se sont multipliés. C’est, à l’évidence, une gageure que de tenter de répondre à la question qui sert de titre à ce dossier : Que nous enseigne l’image, qu’enseigner par l’image ?

A variety of writers’ summations of their reasoning for media education.

Say you're on Mustafar and need to swing by Endor to pick up an illicit shipment of Ewok chitterlings. Where do you go? This map from Star Wars: The Essential Atlas will show the way. [Entertainment Weekly, thanks Ryernl!]

Les Journées Internationales de l’Education Scientifique de Chamonix (JIES) s’ouvrent cette année sur L’idée de Nature dans l’éducation et la médiation scientifiques.

New Communication Media Laboratory and the Department of Communication, Media and Culture of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, welcome you to the 5th International interdisciplinary conference on Philosophy of Computer Games- 6/9 April 2011.

The Pew Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center [...]. The Project produces reports exploring the impact of the internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life.

Internet et ses communautés en ligne ont apporté une nouvelle dynamique aux relations sociales autour de produits de consommation, comme les fictions cinématographiques ou télévisées ou encore de communautés de marque.