Join fellow alumni and current students and faculty for a free afternoon symposium:

Deliberative Democracy: The Internet and Civic Engagement

Thursday, March 25

Keynote address: 1:00-2:00 PM
Panel discussion: 2:00-3:00 PM
Breakout sessions: 3:15-4:30 PM

Symposium begins in the Fox-Gittis Room of the Liacouras Center (1776 North Broad St., Philadelphia, PA)

"Deliberative Democracy" is the idea that democracy is best served when there are opportunities for citizens to share ideas, participate in public dialogue and think about how opinions are formed. Traditionally, the press has played a role in facilitating news and information about the government to the citizenry. But now, as newspapers search for ways to better inform the public in a more media-saturated environment, the Internet has become an alternative space for expressions of opinion.

The "Deliberative Democracy: The Internet and Civic Engagement" symposium will address the issues of theorizing about deliberative democracy, learning about case studies in the world in which deliberative democracy models have succeeded or failed and how the role of the journalist as a prime interpreter of news and deliberation is changing.

Keynote speaker:
Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University

Panel members:
Michael X. Delli Carpini, dean of the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania

Sina Odugbemi, director of The World Bank's Communication for Governance and Accountability Program

James MacMillan, professor of convergence journalism at the University of Missouri and former senior photographer at the Philadelphia Daily News

Breakout sessions:
For details on breakout sessions, visit myowlspace.com.

Questions? Contact Alina Hogea, program director, at alina.hogea@temple.edu.

This symposium is being supported in part by the Verizon Chair in Telecommunications. The endowed chair was created in 1986 by Bell of Pennsylvania, and provides funding for a visiting professor to teach and research telecommunications at Temple University.