BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EuroSEAS 2024//EN X-WR-CALNAME:EuroSEAS 2024 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241222T023100 UID:euroseas-2024-democratization-of-communication-and-communication-for-democratization-breakthroughs-and-challenges-in-thailand-and-myanmar-1 SUMMARY:Democratization of Communication and Communication for Democratization: Breakthroughs and Challenges in Thailand and Myanmar (1) LOCATION:REC A2.09 DESCRIPTION:People in Thailand and Myanmar have been facing a set of common struggles such as climate change, conflicts, pandemic, inequality, politic al exclusion, and social division. In response, an increasing number of peo ple have started to take actions for their societal grievances. They use di verse instruments to communicate with each other, express dissenting views, and organize protests.\n\nThrough social media, they can extract an abunda nce of information in a timely and efficient manner, which is not available from conventional mass media, as well as establish their own platforms to disseminate information and mobilize public opinions. In addition, they can reach out to diverse population inside and outside their communities. Ther efore, their grassroots social movements are often more inclusive and plura listic cutting across ethnic, religious, geographical, social and the bound aries of all kinds. On the other hand, the roles of media also grow increas ingly important in preventing unnecessary escalation of tension and public mobilization based on misinformation and fake news as well as promoting loc al soft power towards a more open society. Therefore, both democratization of communication and communication for democratization are essential for ad dressing challenges in both societies.\n\nThis panel is therefore designed to share the research findings in relation to communication and open societ y which address issues such as: post-coup or post-conflict community respon ses, disinformation related to elections, cooperation of media in network, multicultural socio-political processes, and tensions, podcasting in bridgi ng generational divides, grassroots political engagement, and the practice of culture of peace URL:https://euroseas2024.org/panels/democratization-of-communication-and-communication-for-democratization-breakthroughs-and-challenges-in-thailand-and-myanmar DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240724T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240724T103000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241222T023100 UID:euroseas-2024-democratization-of-communication-and-communication-for-democratization-breakthroughs-and-challenges-in-thailand-and-myanmar-2 SUMMARY:Democratization of Communication and Communication for Democratization: Breakthroughs and Challenges in Thailand and Myanmar (2) LOCATION:REC A2.09 DESCRIPTION:People in Thailand and Myanmar have been facing a set of common struggles such as climate change, conflicts, pandemic, inequality, politic al exclusion, and social division. In response, an increasing number of peo ple have started to take actions for their societal grievances. They use di verse instruments to communicate with each other, express dissenting views, and organize protests.\n\nThrough social media, they can extract an abunda nce of information in a timely and efficient manner, which is not available from conventional mass media, as well as establish their own platforms to disseminate information and mobilize public opinions. In addition, they can reach out to diverse population inside and outside their communities. Ther efore, their grassroots social movements are often more inclusive and plura listic cutting across ethnic, religious, geographical, social and the bound aries of all kinds. On the other hand, the roles of media also grow increas ingly important in preventing unnecessary escalation of tension and public mobilization based on misinformation and fake news as well as promoting loc al soft power towards a more open society. Therefore, both democratization of communication and communication for democratization are essential for ad dressing challenges in both societies.\n\nThis panel is therefore designed to share the research findings in relation to communication and open societ y which address issues such as: post-coup or post-conflict community respon ses, disinformation related to elections, cooperation of media in network, multicultural socio-political processes, and tensions, podcasting in bridgi ng generational divides, grassroots political engagement, and the practice of culture of peace URL:https://euroseas2024.org/panels/democratization-of-communication-and-communication-for-democratization-breakthroughs-and-challenges-in-thailand-and-myanmar DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240724T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240724T123000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR