Cuban Media and Media Studies in Transition

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Marwan Kraidy

School Affiliation: Annenberg School of Communication
Country or Region Engaged: Cuba
Fund: Global Engagement Fund
Year Awarded: 2016-17
Expertise: Media, Communications
The purpose of this project is threefold: (1) to organize a major international conference, Cuban Media and Cuban Media Studies in Transition, with strong participation from FCOM-Havana, along with Annenberg and Penn faculty and graduate students, and several leading scholars of Cuban media from US and European universities, (2) publish a bilingual journal issue/edited volume, and (3) to seed the launch of a long-term collaboration among Annenberg School for Communication, the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, and La Facultad de Communicación de la Universidad de La Habana (FCOM-Havana).