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ICS Workshop 2004: January 3 rd -10 th
Senior Researcher/Journalist: Anne Nelson
‘Transnational risks and the role of the media’
Participants and their subjects:
-Nelly Elias, Tel-Aviv University, Department of Communication (Israel):
‘The Role of the Mass Media in the Integration Process of Immigrants: A Cross-Cultural
Comparison of Russians in Israel and Germany’
-Brett Davidson, Rhodes University, Journalism and Media Studies, (Cape Town, South
Africa): ‘HIV/AIDs Media Coverage in South Africa´
-Ola’Tokunbo Awoshakin, Kettering Foundation (Dayton, Ohio USA):
‘Civic Journalsim and ‘Public Space’ in the Nigerian Niger Delta’
-Oleksandr Byelyakov, Kyyiv Taaras Shevchenko University, Department of Communication
(Kiev, Ukraine): ‘Transnational risks: and the Media in the Ukrainẻ
-Anna Salleh, University of Wollongong; Australia and Australian Broadcasting Corporation
(Sydney, Australia): “Journalism at Risk: Responsible Journalism in Debates Over New and
Emerging Technologies”
-Massoud Ansari, correspondent with Monthly Newsline (Karachi, Pakistan):
‘Religious Fanaticism in Pakistan’
-Seeneevasen Nanda Armoogum, Chief Editor with Mauritius Broadcasting Company
(Vacoas, Mauritius): ‘Trainee Programmes for African Journalists’
-Rebecca Njoki Wanjiku, The People Daily (Nairobi, Kenya):
‘The Role of African Media in Civil Conflicts’
-Svitlana Taraban, York University, Faculty of Education (Toronto, Canada):
‘Constructing ‘Aussiedler’ - Manufacturing Anxiety: Media Representations, ‘Endangered
Homeness,’ and the Politics of Integration in Germany’
-Alex Ormaza, Editor of the Washington Hispanic (Washington DC, USA):
‘Gang Franchises: The Transnationalizing of Violence’
-Thomas George, Senior Editor with Malayala Manorama (Kerala, India):
‘For a New Paradigm of Peace in Kashmir’

-Marta Vilella, Goldsmiths College, University of London and Joan Costa, London School of
Economics/ University of Barcelona, Departament de Teoria Econòmica (London,
UK/Barcelona, Spain): ‘Does the Media Influence Public Risks Perceptions of
Biotechnology’