2017 AMIC Annual Conference
— DAY 1 —
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Welcome Messages
Crispin C. Maslog
Chairman, AMIC Board of Directors
Rosario O. Lapus
President, Miriam College
Herbert M. Bautista
Mayor, Quezon City Local Government
Opening Remarks from AIJC–AMIC–PWU Consortium
Jose Francisco B. Benitez
President, Philippine Women’s University
Mel V. Velarde
Chairman and CEO, Asian Institute of Journalism
Video Messages
Frank La Rue
(Assistant
Maria Leonor C. Robredo
(Vice President, Republic of the Philippine)
Inaugural Address
Conchita C. Carpio Morales
Ombudsman of the Republic of the Philippines
Plenary 1: AMIC Distinguished Forum – Rethinking Communication in a Resurgent Asia
Florangel Z. Rosario Braid
President Emeritus, Senior Adviser & Trustee Asian Institute of Journalism & Communication
Dhavalasri Shelton A. Gunaratne
Professor Emeritus, Minnesota State University
Ronny Adhikarya
Former Founder/ Manager of KULT
(Knowledge Utilization through Learning Tech.)
John A. Lent
Founder/Publisher /
Moderator: Crispin C. Maslog
Chairman, AMIC Board of Directors
Parallel Session A
Parallel Session B
Philippine Folk Festival
— DAY 2 —
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Keynote Message
Dasho Kinley Dorji
Former Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications, Bhutan
Former Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications, Bhutan
Plenary Session 2: UNESCO Emeritus Dialogue – Asian Philosophies, Religions and Communication
Franz – Josef Eilers, SVD
Director, Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication (ARC) at St. John’s University, Bangkok Program Coordinator for Pastoral Communication, University of Santo Tomas Graduate School/Theological Faculty, Manila
Director, Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication (ARC) at St. John’s University, Bangkok Program Coordinator for Pastoral Communication, University of Santo Tomas Graduate School/Theological Faculty, Manila
Imtiyaz Yusuf
Lecturer and Director, Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding College of Religious Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Senior Fellow at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA
Lecturer and Director, Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding College of Religious Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Senior Fellow at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA
Su-Kyung Han
Founder, My Green News.com
Founder, My Green News.com
Lorna Q. Israel
Professor, Miriam College/ University of the Philippines
Professor, Miriam College/ University of the Philippines
Moderator: Binod C. Agrawal
AMIC Board of Directors/Co-founder, Himgiri Zee University, Dehradun/ Co-founder, Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA)
AMIC Board of Directors/Co-founder, Himgiri Zee University, Dehradun/ Co-founder, Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA)
Google Talk
Via Gail T. Tan
Head of Communications and Public Affairs Google Philippines/ Thailand
Head of Communications and Public Affairs Google Philippines/ Thailand
Parallel Session C
Parallel Session D
Plenary Session 3: Freedom of Expression in Post-Truth Era
Cherian George
Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University/
Director, Center for Media and Communication Research Hong Kong Baptist University/ Editor, AMIC Media Asia
Lars H. Bestle
Head of Department for Asia International Media Support (IMS)
Peixin Cao
Professor, Communication University of China
Yvonne T. Chua
Asst. Professor, Department of Journalism
UP College of Mass Communication/Co-Founder, VERA Files
Moderator: Ang Peng Hwa
Chairman d’Honneur, AMIC Board of Directors
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Closing Plenary
Ma. Jose
Vice-Mayor, Quezon City Local Government
Ramon R. Tuazon
AMIC
AMIC Business Meeting
4. Parallel Session Powerpoint Presentations (Upload pending)
Editorial Board:
Editor in Chief:
Crispin C. Maslog
Chairman, AMIC Board of Directors
Editor of Abstracts:
Ramon R. Tuazon
AMIC
Editorial Assistant:
Fernando M. Academia Jr.
AMIC Project Officer
AMIC nat’l confab livestreaming at amic.nowplanet.tv
Live streaming of Deconstructing toward Understanding: The Communication Content and Style of President Duterte. 25 November 2016 from 9 am to 4 pm (Philippine time). Visit amic.nowplanet.tv.
It will also be available in Inquirer.net Facebook Page (Live) and Twitter account.
Broadband facility for the live streaming is provided by NOW Corp.
The forum is organized by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Inc. (AMIC) with the Philippine Women’s University (PWU) and Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC)
Deconstructing Toward Understanding: The Communication Style of President Rodrigo R. Duterte
President Rodrigo R. Duterte is a communication phenomenon who needs “deconstructing” to be better understood and appreciated.
On November 25, some of the country’s top social scientists, communication scholars and practitioners will join government spokespersons in a forum aimed at dissecting the communication style that made Rodrigo R. Duterte capture the imagination of 16 million voters, receive high trust rating, and mobilize passionate defenders including the so-called “social media trolls.”
Deconstructing towards Understanding: the Communication Content & Style of President Rodrigo R. Duterte is being organized by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Inc. (AMIC). It will be held at the Philippine Women’s University from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
According to AMIC chairman Dr. Crispin C. Maslog, deconstruction is a social science method of critical text analysis that does not actually mean “demolition.” The term was coined by French philosopher and semiotician Jacques Derrida in the 1960s. Social scientists use this as method to discover, recognize, and understand the underlying assumptions, ideas, and frames that form the basis for thoughts and beliefs.
Among the confirmed speakers are Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, presidential social media expert Nicanor “Nic” Gabunada Jr., communication experts Charlie Agatep and Ramon “Bong” Osorio, sociolinguist Prof. Farah Cunanan, political scientist Dr. Clarita Carlos, historian Prof. Clement Camposano, and journalists Ellen Tordesillas, Marites Vitug, John Nery and Ging Reyes.
AMIC is a media international non-government organization (INGO) committed to promote communication and media development in the Asia Pacific region. It seeks to provide a platform for discussion of current and emerging communication issues.
During the event, AMIC will also inaugurate its new headquarters at PWU. Established and registered in 1971 as a non-profit NGO in Singapore, AMIC transferred its operation to Manila, Philippines in 2015. It is managed by the Philippine Women’s University-Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication consortium.
Those interested to attend must pre-register with Mr. Anthony G. Roman (09276996475) or Ms. Nora O. Gamolo (09323125802). You may also call AIJC at + 63 2 743-4321. Register here.
Watch the live stream!
George’s Hate spin to be released globally
This November 18, 2016, the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies and the Communication and Media Research Institute of the Westminster School of Media Arts and Design is marking the global release of Professor Cherian George’s new book Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy.
Published by the MIT Press, the book was earlier released in September 2016. Authored by Prof. Cherian George, this tome touches on religious intolerance, one of the main problems that beset many nations today.
Prof. George sees religious intolerance not as random and isolated, but part of a dangerous pattern of politics that he calls ‘hate spin’. A two-pronged weapon of identity politics, hate spin combines incitement to hatred with orchestrated outrage against perceived insults. It is not spontaneous, but manufactured by political opportunists to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents.
He argues that hate spin requires a public response that is at least as resolute as the campaigns engineered by modern purveyors of intolerance.
Prof. George is Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is editor of the Asian Journal of Communication, one of two journals published by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Inc.