CALL FOR PAPERS

ACCE  19% 10th Biennial Conference

Communication and the Empowerment of Civil Society
Pre-Conference Workshop "Images of Africa in the Media"

November  15 - 17

Main Conference: November 18 -  22,1996

Cape Town, South Africa

The following are the ten working groups:

1 Working Group Na  1  Communication and Empowerment of Civil Society (NGOs, Trade Unions, the
Church and Pro-Democracy Groups, etc).

• Working Group Na  2  Communication and Human Rights (Ethnic Conflicts, Wars, Peace and Justice).

• Working Group Na 3 Communication and Gender Issues (Men, Women, Children and Gender Equality).

• Working Group Na 4  Communication, Civil Society and the State (Evolution and Sustenance of Multi

Partyism and Media Pluralism).

• Working Group No. 5 Communication Research and Civil Society (Research Traditions, Methods and

Applications of Results).

• Working Group Na 6 Communication, Global Partnership and Interdependence (International Currents).

• Working Group No. 7  Communication Training, Ethics and Education for Civil Society (Curricula and
Ethical Standards, Content and Instructional Methods and Materials, Media Education and Technology).

• Working Group Na 8  Africa COMNET  Information for Empowerment of Civil Society (Information

Sourcing, Documentation and Management).

• Working Group No. 9  Communication, Culture and Environment (Cultural Practices, Environmental
I  Education and Empowerment of Civil Society).

I  • Working Group No. 10  Civil Society and Religious Organizations (Christian, Muslim and Traditional).

Ill  • Special Interest Group. IEC and Development

I  Please submit your full papers written in APA style, before 15th August, 1996 to:

Mr. Charles Nyambuga,
ACCE Secretariat,
P. O. Box 47495, Nairobi, Kenya
Fax: 254-2-216135/750329.

Editorial Advisory  Board

Dr. Waithera  Gikonyo

Dr. Jacques  Habib-Sy

Prof. Gees Hamelink

Mr. Reihard  Kuene

Prof. Ali Mazrui

United Nations Population  Fund,
Nairobi, Kenya.

Information  Sciences Division,
IDRC Regional Office for Eastern
and Southern Africa,  Nairobi,
Kenya.

Institute of Social Studies, The
Hague, Netherlands.

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, New
York, USA.

State University of New York,
Binghamton,  New York, USA.

Dr. Joseph Mbindyo

School of Journalism,  University
of Nairobi, Kenya.

Prof. R. L. Nwafo Nwanko  Department of Mass Communi-
cation Arts and Sciences, How-
ard University, Washington DC,
USA.

Prof. James  Scotton

College of Journalism,  Marquette
University, Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin, USA.

Dr. Peter Wanyande

Department of Government,
University of Nairobi, Kenya.

We acknowledge the financial  assistance of the Friedrich
Ebert Foundation in publishing this issue.

The  Following  Back  Issues  of  AMR
are Still  Available:

AMR Vol.  1, Nos.  2  & 3,  1987.

AMR Vol.  2,  Nos  1,  2  & 3,  1988.

AMR Vol.  3, Nos.  1, 2  & 3,  1989.

AMR Vol. 4,  Nos.  1 & 2,  1990.

AMR Vol.  5,  Nos.  2  & 3,  1991.

AMR Vol. 6f  Nos.  1,  2  & 3,  1992.

AMR Vol.  7,  Nos.  1 & 2,  1993.

AMR Vol. 8,  Nos.  1,  2  & 3,  1994.

AMR Vol. 9,  Nos.  1,  2  & 3,  1995.

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