The development of the idea of ‘User Generated Content’ (UGC) in the first ten years of he Century demands serious critical attention. As one of the three core research themes of the Digital Cultures Research Centre, we believe UGC represents a key realm of inquiry. Access All Areas focuses upon the first stage of this analysis by mapping the use of the term and its historical development. UGC has different inflections in the media fields of Television and Journalism and is different again in the discourse of participatory or social media and Web 2.0, and, of course, whatever these technologies become through their use and development.
The Access All Areas symposium will be held on the 21st May 2010 from 9:30am at Watershed Media Centre Bristol and will feature presentations from different academic fields as they try to understand the potentials and problematics of user generated content. There will be panels on the history of UGC, journalism, video, interactivity and political economy. Speakers include Mandy Rose (UWE Creative Fellow), Tony Dowmunt (Goldmiths), Sandar Gaudenzi (LCC) and Jon Dovey (UWE).
The full programme will be available at: on this website.
This exciting event is open to 30 participants at a cost of £20, with postgraduate researchers and concessions at a cost of £10. Tickets are available from: http://www.watershed.co.uk/exhibits/2344/.
