2009 Conference: Pragmatism about Democracy and the Media Program

(Note: All sessions will be held in Salons 1 & 2, Emory Conference Center, Emory University. Continental breakfast, continuous break service, and lunch are provided for participants.)

Thursday, April 2

7:00-8:30pm: Session I: Peace and the International Promotion of Grassroots Democracy
John Stremlau, Vice President, Peace Programs, The Carter Center

Friday, April 3

9:30-11:00am: Session II: Democracy, the Public Sphere, and Manipulation
Noelle McAfee, George Mason University (Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution) and Kettering Foundation
Cynthia Gayman, Murray State University (English and Philosophy)

11:00-11:30am: break

11:30am-1:00pm: Session III: Democracy and Polling in America Today
Peter A. Brown, Assistant Director, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute and Contributor, Capital Journal, The Wall Street Journal

1:00-2:30pm: lunch break

2:30-4:15pm: Session IV: Media as Education, Education as Media: Public Journalisms and Democratic Schools
Jeff Edmonds, Vanderbilt University (Philosophy)
Zach VanderVeen, Vanderbilt University (Philosophy) and Kettering Foundation
Jessica Wahman (commentator), Dickinson College (Philosophy)

4:15-4:45pm: break

4:45-6:15pm: Session V: Democracy and the Internet
Colin Koopman, University of California, Santa Cruz (Philosophy)
Shane Ralston, Penn State University, World Campus and University of Maine--Orono

Dinner (on one’s own)

Saturday, April 4

9:15-11:00am: Session VI: Media Bias and Context: New and Old
Katherine Kinnick, Kennesaw State University (Communication)
Russell Waltz, University of Kansas (Philosophy)
Mary Magada-Ward, Middle Tennessee State University (Philosophy)

11:00-11:30am: break

11:30am-1:00pm: Session VII: Democracy and Poetry
Vincent Colapietro, Penn State University (Philosophy)
John Stuhr, Emory University (Philosophy and American Studies)

1:00-2:30pm: lunch break

2:30-4:00pm: Session VIII: Citizen Journalism and Democracy
Jeremy Iggers, Executive Director, Twin Cities Media Alliance and Twin Cities Daily Planet

7:00pm: Banquet (in the Silverbell Pavillion)

Sunday, April 5

Departure (on one’s own)

Arrangements:

In keeping with APF policies, there is no registration fee, but participants must register by March 20, 2009 by sending a request to attend the conference to americanphilosophiesforum@gmail.com. All requests will receive a formal reply by March 22, 2009. Continental breakfast, continuous break service, and lunch will be provided for all participants. Those interested in attending the Saturday banquet should note this on their request; this even also will be free to conference participants. Participants will receive electronic copies of papers or summaries of presentations about a week before the Conference, and bound versions of all papers and presentations will be available at the Conference. Speakers and presenters will summarize briefly their papers; unlike many scholarly conferences, most session time will be spent in discussion and deliberation. Out-of-town participants are encouraged to stay either at the Emory Conference Center Hotel or next door at the Emory Inn, but there are several hotels and motels within a very short drive of the Conference Center.

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