UPDATE (05-10-11): Watch Judith Ackermann's keynote here.

Thursday, 22nd September 2011 -
Saturday, 24th September 2011

University of Bonn, Alte Sternwarte, Germany

Women in the Western world have, in most part, been actively participating in the digital revolution of the Web 2.0 and social media, whereas in developing countries they often lack access, media literacy or the support of their personal environment.

Different media offer various influences, which become concrete in specific ways, depending on the social field that is mediatized. Gendered mediatization thus focuses on specific contexts and media-based activities, which are reflections of societal constructions of gender.

The aim of this international conference is to discuss this ongoing mediatization of present social and cultural fields with a gender perspective.

Keynotes:

• Judith Ackermann, University of Bonn, Germany

         "Gendered gaming - Perspectives on Teens' Digital Literacy“

• Leopoldina Fortunati, University of Udine, Italy

         “Digital women: changes in the adoption and domestication of

          the new media”

• Karen Ross, University of Liverpool, UK

         “Women Framed:  Gender, Politics and News Media“