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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">With apologies for cross-postings….</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">CFP: POWER AND PLACE ANZCA08 COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Date: 9-11 July 2008</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Where: Wellington, New Zealand.</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Theme: Power and Place. ANZCA (The Australian & New Zealand Communication Association) is an inclusive organisation and welcomes a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives on communication, place, and power. See the conference website at </FONT><A HREF="http://anzca08.massey.ac.nz/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://anzca08.massey.ac.nz/</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> for inspiration and streams – including a stream dedicated to discourse and culture.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Who: The ANZCA08 speakers are all leading names in communication and cover the spectrum of approaches to power and place:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">* Maxwell McCombs (famous for his development of agenda setting theory, still one of the most influential theories of media effects); </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">* Jennifer Craik (internationally renowned in cultural and media theory, including globally cited work on the cultural power of fashion); </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">* Nicky Hager (has changed the face of politics in New Zealand through his investigative journalism work, and continues to hold politicians and public relations operators from all sectors of the political spectrum to account in his best-selling books);</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">* Karen Ross (widely published on gender, power, and communication, and is the foundation editor of a new journal, Communication, Culture and Critique which will launch in March 2008). </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Plus</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman Baltic"> an opening address by Ngatata Love (Professor of Business Development at Victoria University of Wellington). Professor Love has worked extensively on Màori land issues and Waitangi Tribunal cases, and is former Chief Executive of Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Màori Development).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ANZCA08… Join us in Wellington for a conference that will inspire, inform, and challenge your thinking. Registrations now open, see: </FONT><A HREF="http://anzca08.massey.ac.nz/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://anzca08.massey.ac.nz/</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
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