The "Countdown to Conflict" session that opened the News World 2002 conference began calmly enough, with Martin Howard, director general of corporate communications for the UK Ministry of Defense, explaining his efforts to get British officers to understand that "part of their duty is to explain" military operations to the …

Remarks by Peter Einstein, President and CEO of Showtime, at the MIT Arab Alumni Association Conference at Beirut's Sheraton Coral Beach on March 24, 2002. Good morning distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to welcome you to this session on regional television networks which I have called: The digital dilemma: …

Papers from the Cambridge conference.    Nineteen Mass Communication scholars and leading Arab professional broadcasters gathered for three days in Cambridge, UK, to consider the issue of "Furthering Integration and Enhancing Fragmentation in the Arab World." The conference was sponsored by the Center of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (CMEIS) …

Alternately provocative and entertaining, Cramer asked the question "Did our world really change after September 11?" The following is a transcript of his address.     "All of us need to change the way we think. If we don't we are going to die—and none of our audiences are going …

The sixth annual conference of the Arab-US Association of Communication Educators (AUSACE) took place in Atlanta, Georgia, October 31 to November 3, 2001. The conference was hosted by Georgia State University and was co-sponsored by AUSACE; the Department of Communication, GSU; the Center for International Media Education; and the Middle …

MUMBAI: The FICCI-FRAMES (Films Radio Audio-Visual Music) 2002 Business of Entertainment Conference (March 15-16) in Mumbai proved that there are increasing global entertainment opportunities in India. Globalization was a focus of the discussions of this conference, which included a seminar "The Emergence of Convergence," dealing with e-commerce and with an e-entertainment …

The roundtable "Professional Ethics, Media Legislation and Freedom of Expression in Lebanon," held in Beirut March 1-2, 2002, debated a proposed code of ethics for journalists in Lebanon and around the Arab world. The event was sponsored by the Institute for Professional Journalists at Lebanese American University, working in cooperation …

The following transcript is from a panel discussion at the News World Asia conference, held May 9 to 11 in Singapore. Many thanks to Sue Phillips, managing director of News World, for granting TBS permission to print these proceedings.The transcript has been edited for clarity. Moderator: Mike Wooldridge, BBC South Asia correspondent …