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The next public lecture of Studia Generalia entitled "Social Imaginaries of
Technologies" will be delivered by Professor Robin Mansell, London School
of Economics and Political Science, UK. The lecture will take place in the
auditorium M-218 (TU Mare building, Uus-Sadama 5) on Thursday, November 3
at 16:00.Professor Mansell's lecture will look at the future of
contemporary communication systems. Conflicting social imaginaries in the
Internet Age have major implications for governance of the modern
communication system. A critical systems analysis shows these conflicts are
at the heart of modern challenges related to media policy and
telecommunications regulation. Analysing such conflicts and paradoxes
associated with digital information and the increasing complexity of the
technological system offers insight into adaptive actions, actions
suggesting new approaches to policy and governance in the interests of the
‘good society’. The lecture will focus on selected paradoxes and
challenges and will discuss the related regulative actions to arrive at
better forms media and the Internet services and technologies.Robin Mansell
(born 1952) is Professor of New Media and Information Society at the London
School of Economics and Political Science. She is one of the world's
leading researchers providing a wider conceptualization of information
society. Her research is concerned with the social, economic and policy
issues associated with information and communication technologies. She
examines the integration of new technologies into society, interactions
between engineering design and the structure of markets, and sources of
regulatory effectiveness and failure. Professor Mansell has a special
interest in research concerning the governance of new technologies and
social networks, and the relationships between technological innovation,
social transformation and the causes and consequences of social
inequality.Professor Mansell has also published extensively. One of the
most important publications is  “Mobilizing the Information Society:
Strategies for Growth and Opportunity” co-written with Edward W.
Steinmüller. The following collections of essays edited by Professor
Mansell are also noteworthy: “The Oxford Handbook of Information and
Communication Technologies” (Oxford University Press, 2007), “The
Information Society” (four volumes, Routledge, 2009), “Handbook on
Global Media and Communications Policy” (Blackwell-Wiley, 2011).Robin
Mansell is visiting Tallinn as a University Guest.Studia Generalia is a
series of public lectures delivered by the teachers, researchers and
visiting lecturers of TU. Anyone who enters the University building can
listen to what prominent thinkers have to say on current topics that affect
society, and also participate in the discussion. The lectures are held once
a month on Thursdays. Students can obtain two credits after participating
in the whole series. Participation is free of charge. In order to watch
past lectures, please visit the Tallinn Virtual University.Lectures of
Studia Generalia of Tallinn University are part of the programme of the
Year of Research in Estonia. For further information about the Year of
Research, please visit www.tlu.ee/teadusaasta või http://www.miks.ee/.For
further information please contactKaie LepikProject Manager, TU Studia
GeneraliaPhone: +372 641 0089Email: studia@tlu.ee
www.tlu.ee/studiageneralia