About IYMD

The Irish Youth Media Development is an organization concerned with the impact of the mass media on the creation of contemporary culture. IYMD aims to help young people develop an informed and critical understanding of the nature of the mass media: the techniques used by the media industry, and the impact of these techniques on the image of youth in society. IYMD also aims to provide students with the ability to create their own media products and to use them in the development of relations across borders, as a tool for global citizenship and a means to work for justice and peace.

• To promote the production of quality media for youth in Ireland across all portals
• To promote awareness among Irish youth of development and multicultural issues as projected by the media in Ireland and internationally
• To encourage linking of Irish youth media projects with similar projects in the developing world, in schools, colleges, youth groups and related forum
• To provide assistance to youth / media practitioners in the developing world- through skills transfer programmes.
• To encourage third level educational institutions in Ireland to provide access to students in the developing world on media courses, with special emphasis on media for youth

• As a follow up to the experience of the all Ireland delegation the 5th World Summit on Media for Children Johannesburg 2007, to organise a Youth media Conference in Dublin for April 2008.
• The Youth media Conference will be the first academic and media professionals conference held in Ireland in which Youth will have an active and integral part to play.

• To hold a future World Summit on Media for Children in Ireland
• To hold an international youth media conference in Ireland focussing on media potential for global citizenship and development education.
• To set up a scholarship system to provide professional development opportunities for media producers especially youth media workers in developing countries
• To encourage collaboration between media colleges, independent production companies and RTE to provide high end training opportunities for producers from the South and other support as appropriate
• To advise and lobby Irish Aid on youth media development issues
• To set up an Irish youth IP channel on the lines of the Al Gore project to encourage creativity, develop media skills and encourage concepts of global citizenship among Irish youth
• To develop other projects, including research, training, conference organising in all areas of media development both in Ireland and in developing countries including the South and former Soviet territories
• To undertake other media related projects as the company directors see fit.

Background

The inaugural joint youth and academic conference on Youth, media and democracy, At DIT and Digital Hub, Dublin, 18 and 19 April 2008

There is a growing recognition of the many different ways that Media and New Technology can contribute to, or transform, the activities, roles, and relationships experienced by children and youth. The inaugural conference ‘Youth Media Democracy’ sets out to explore the effects that new media have on the younger generation, will also focus on the tremendous opportunities that new media brings.

This event offers an integrated experience of a traditional academic conference presenting recent research on topics like; new media; emerging literacies; the digital divide; new media as a platform for democracy in the lives of young people etc.

The conference will also engage the participation of Youth through showcasing an exhibition of youth media across all platforms. Youth groups from North and South will be invited to participate. The Conference will provide a unique opportunity to experience youth media culture as it is being created.

Irish Youth and Media Development first collaborated in attending the World Summit on Media For Children, held in Johannesburg, South Africa last year. www.5wsmc.com The Summit was attended by 1000 delegates from over 90 countries and 300 youth delegates.

The Irish delegation was a 32 county affair. It was brought together by RTE producer Marion Creely who was a member of the International Advisory group to the Summit and works with international children’s documentary makers . The group included youth and media workers from Kildare Youth television (KYTV), the Dán project in Fatima Mansions,the Base, Ballyfermot, Jan Pettersen, lecturer in media at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Paula Hicks of TCD Informatics department, and Prof Máire Messenger Davies, Director of the Centre for Media Research of Ulster University.

The Summit raised many issues and ideas which this group believes should be explored here in Ireland. There is a vibrant youth media scene in Ireland, but adults, including academics in our media colleges and established media, are unfamiliar with this. The Conference will be an attempt to bring these groups together and find ways to improve media literacy in Ireland, stimulate the use of media for consciousness raising among youth on democracy, active citizenship, integration and intercultural dialogue.

Invitation

Dublin, 18-19 April 2008

The Irish Youth Media Foundation are pleased to invite you to their inaugural conference ‘Youth Media Democr&cy,’ to be held in Dublin on 18th-19th April 2008.
This exciting event sets out to explore the effects that new media have on the youth, and will also focus on the tremendous opportunities that new medias bring.

The conference will be opened by the Irish Education Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan; followed by a keynote address from David Buckingham, Professor of Education; Director, Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media - University of London.
New research will be presented through both papers and workshops as well as providing an opportunity to watch youth media projects being created, as youth groups from both and south Ireland will be participating. This will provide a unique opportunity to experience youth media culture as it is being produced.

The conference programme, including further events such as youth media exhibition spaces, will be confirmed by February 22nd 2008.
Please join us at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland for this exceptional event in which youths and academics will come together to explore the world of media and democracy together.

Registration Policy:

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Conference Price:

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Adults €120 (two days)

Programme

CLICK [ HERE ] for the full schedule of events. Note that this is subject to change.

Contacts

Estelle Clements
Office 3048
School of Media, DIT
Aungier Street, Dublin 2
Ireland
Em: youthmediademocracy@gmail.com
Ph: +353 (0) 1 402 7191
     Or
Jan Pettersen
School of Social Sciences & Law
Dublin Institute of Technology
41 Mountjoy Square
Dublin 1
Em: jan.pettersen@dit.ie
Ph: +353 (0) 1 402 4278

Hotels

Here is a listing of some hotels in the area:
Shelbourne Hotel Stephens Green
O Callaghans Hotel Stephens Green
Camden Court Hotel, Camden Street, beside DIT
Radisson Royal Hotel Dublin Christchurch
Jurys Inn Christchurch
Mespil Hotel on Grand Canal
Hilton Hotel, Grand canal
A potential website for finding accommodation: http://www.lastminute.com

Sponsors