Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research

Defining and Understanding Media Development Strategies in Post-War and Crisis States*

Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics in association with: Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research

Monday 21st March and Tuesday 22nd March 2005 London School of Economics Vera Anstey Room, Old Building, Houghton St

Monday 21 March I. State Shaping the Media (Chair: Tim Allen) 9.00-9.20 Registration 9.25-9.40 Introduction (James Putzel, Monroe Price) 9.40-13.00 Identity, Dissent, Stability: Mobilisation, Loyalties and the Functions of Ministries of Information Background paper: Monroe Price Roundtable Charles Obbo "Death of the Old Ministries of Information; Rise of New Sinister Regulators". William Allen “In the Eye of the Storm: the Role of Liberia’s ministry of Information in the transition from War to Peace” Dr. Saad Al Ajmi- “Struggle for the abrogation of Kuwait’s Ministry of Information and the global revolution in technology and information”. Andrei Richter “Case study of Russian MOI” 13.00-14.00 Lunch

II. Media Challenging the State: Anti-politics and Agents of Destabilisation (Chair: Monroe Price) 14.00-17.30 Background papers: James Putzel and Francisco Gutíerrez, “Anti-Politics and the Role of the Media” Roundtable Hameed Haroon Brian McNair- “Impact of new technologies on political power” Naomi Sakr Philip Taylor “The media of destabilisation”

* We thank the Department for International Development of the UK government for generous funding of the Workshop. Tuesday 22 March III. Media and the Making of the Post-war State: (Re)thinking Prevalent Strategies (Chair: James Putzel) 9.30 -13.00 Background papers: Monroe Price and Simon Haselock: Re-examining media in Conflict, comparing the histories of Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq Tim Allen and Nicole Stremlau: The role of Media in State (Re)construction Roundtable: Shanthi Kalathil- Donor/USAID perspective Pierre Heuer- “Radio Okapi in the DRC Transition” Bheki Khumalo 13:00-14:00 Lunch

IV Implications for Post-war Media Development Strategies (Chair: Francisco Gutíerrez) ) 14.00-17.30 Sum up Monroe Price and James Putzel (or Tim Allen) Roundtable with Jonathan Steele, Stefaan Verhulst, Charles Firestone Further Academic Research on Media and Policy DFID Reactions Sina Odugbemi