The Small Media Initiative is pleased to announce that it will be hosting its second annual event, Rethinking (small) media 2012, at the School of Oriental and African Studies on 6-7 October 2012. More information coming soon!

Listen to Annabelle Sreberny’s closing remarks at the end of a stimulating day at the Small Media Symposium 2011.

Listen to Session 4 of the Small Media Symposium 2011 below.

Chair:
Gary Garriott, Internews Network

Panelists:
Galina Miazhevich, University of Oxford, UK
Recent developments in post-Soviet small media

Amy O’Donnell, Frontline SMS
How to strengthen and harness community networks: The role of radio, mobile and SMS

George Weyman, Meedan
Small media and the dictator who didn’t give in: The risks of soliciting audio and video in repressive regimes

Respondent:
Katrin Verclas, MobileActive.org

Listen to Session 3 of the Small Media Symposium 2011 below.

Chair:
Dina Matar, Centre for Media & Film Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Panelists:
Hossein Sharif, Documentary Maker
Small media and the Green Movement: Opportunities and challenges

Khaled Koubaa, Arab World Internet Institute
Tunisia 2011: Supporting and covering the revolution

Nermeen Sayed, The University of York
Activists’ perceptions of social media for mobilization

Jacob Sommer, Department of Government, Uppsala University
The construction of identities by the Libyan Youth Movement on Facebook

Respondent:
Mohammed Ibahrine, American University of Sharjah, UAE

Listen to Session 2 of the Small Media Symposium 2011 below.

Chair:
John Barker, Free Expression Associates

Panelists:
Archippe Yepmou, Internet Sans Frontières
Unexpected use of small media during the post-electoral crisis in Côte d’Ivoire

Julie Owono, Global Voices
The role of small media in the rising of Central African citizens: The example of Gabon

Grace Githaiga, Media, Empowerment and Democracy in East Africa (MEDIeA)
Community radio in Kenya: Achievements, challenges and prospects

Respondent:
Iginio Gagliardone, Centre of Governance and Human Rights, University of Cambridge

Listen to Session 1 of the Small Media Symposium 2011 below.

Chair:
Xiao Qiang, The School of Information, University of California, Berkeley & China Digital Times

Panelists:
Muneeb Ali, Princeton University, USA
Dritte – Development through technology
(Please excuse the quality of this audio recording, Muneeb Ali joined us via Skype.)

Soe Thiha, VocalPress
Rural social media: Information ecosystem for the Base of the Pyramid via telephony voice

Pauline Cheong, Arizona State University
Understanding the cultural dialectics of small media as middle-ground resistance
(Please note: At the speaker’s request, this audio recording will not be made available. Much of Pauline Cheong’s work can however be found on her website.)

Michael Rogers, UCL
Briar, a secure news and discussion system

Katrin Verclas, MobileActive.org
Innovations and barriers to alternative news channels via mobile in repressive environments

Respondent:
Mahmood Enayat, Small Media Consultancy

Watch and listen to the introductory session of SMS2011: watch John Downing’s remote video intervention and listen to opening comments by Patrick McCurdy and Annabelle Sreberny by clicking on the links below.

John Downing, Global Media Research Center, Southern Illinois University
From 95 Theses to a Million Tweets: nano-media on the rise?

Patrick McCurdy, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Does size really matter? Media practices and theorising small media

Annabelle Sreberny, Centre for Media & Film Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
One size doesn’t fit all: Communications and face-to-face politics beyond Western democracies

The Small Media Symposium 2011 is going online! If you missed the conference held on 8 April 2011 at the School of Oriental and African Studies, you can now listen to the audio recordings on this site.

Watch this space over the next week or so as we upload the files from individual sessions.

The Small Media Symposium 2011 is now over after two days of inspiring conference sessions and stimulating ‘unconference’ workshops. A big thank you to everyone that joined in our conversation about small media at the School of Oriental and African Studies on 8-9 April.

Missed the event? Head over to Twitter and check out the hashtag #sms2011.

Don’t forget the hashtag for tomorrow’s Small Media Symposium is #sms2011.

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