Chia-Lin Yang (MFA, Sequence 30) publishes new single-camera production text

Chia-Lin Yang (MFA, Sequence 30) returned to his native Taiwan after graduating in 1996, where he has pursued dual careers in commercial television production and media education.

In May 1998, his first production textbook was published in Taiwan. "Television Production: Single Camera Operation and Technique" is published by New Image Publishing Corp., Ltd.

CSWT conference at the UN: Dynamic Development or Aerial Assault?

Dynamic Development or Aerial Assault? Global Television and its Effects on the Economies and Cultures of the Developing World
An International Symposium (April 7-8, 1999)

The Center for the Study of World Television is sponsoring a major international conference to be held at the United Nations Headquarters April 7 and 8, 1999. The conference will focus on media, politics and culture in the Southern Hemisphere and bordering regions. The Center will invite noted scholars, electronic media managers, policy makers, and leading foreign correspondents of major United States news organizations to discuss developments in what will certainly be the major growth area in broadcasting and electronic communications in the years to come.

REGISTRATION - visit our website to register.

PANELS and PARTICIPANTS (subject to confirmation)

1. Geopolitical Dimensions of Globalization

Moderator:

* Katherine Fry (Brooklyn College of the City University of New York)

Panelists:
* Douglas A. Boyd, University of Kentucky; author, Broadcasting in the Arab World.
* Sandra Braman, University of Alabama; coeditor of Globalization, communication and transnational civil society.
* Fred Cohen, President, King World International.
* Vladimir Zvyagin, President and CEO, Overseas Business Communication, Inc.; NY Bureau Chief and Chief U.S. Political Correspondent for Gostelradio.

Topics: Differences between developed countries (generally Northern Hemisphere) and developing countries (generally Southern Hemisphere: Latin America, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, Southeast Asia).

* How these differences express themselves in, through and as a consequence of electronic media.
* Emerging patterns of regional and country difference with respect to diffusion of technology and its acceptance.
* Regulatory responses to technological diffusion.

2. Cultural Dimensions of Globalization

Moderator:
* Hal Himmelstein (Brooklyn College of the City University of New York)

Panelists:
* Donald R. Browne, University of Minnesota; author, Electronic Media and Indigenous Peoples: A voice of our own.
* John K. Cooley, ABC News Middle East Correspondent; author, Payback: America's Long War in The Middle East
* Drew O. McDaniel, Ohio University; author, Broadcasting in the Malay World.
* Horace Newcomb, University of Austin-Texas; author, TV: the most popular art; editor, The Encyclopedia of Television.
* Felipe Rodriguez, President, Globo International Ltd.

Topics: Cultural Barriers to Globalization: Regionalism, Nationalism, Localism, Tribalism.
* Religious barriers. Language barriers. Political barriers (e.g., authoritarianism and paternalism). Are these insurmountable?
* To what extent have electronic mass media been instrumental in causing these barriers to be erected? In tearing these barriers down?
* Cultural implications of the conversion to market economies and consumerism. The importance of the Generational Dynamic.

3. Economic Dimensions of Globalization

Moderator:
* James Day (President, Publivision)

Panelists:

* Aashish Kumar, Southern Connecticut State University; producer, "Serial for Breakfast," a video survey of post-privatization television in India.
* Toby Miller, New York University Department of Cinema Studies; author, The Avengers.
* Molefe Mokgatle, Chief Executive, Television, South Africa Broadcasting Corporation.
* Richard Parker, The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; author, Mixed Signals: The prospects for global television news.

Topics:
* Distribution: Fragmentation of television production.
* Co-production: Regional and global efforts.
* Increasing economic importance of expatriate populations and the media that have emerged to serve them in their original languages.

Regulatory responses to concentration of capital in a few large transnational media corporations.