>NordMedia2007
>Helsinki, Finland 16.-19.8.
>
>Second call for abstracts
>
>18th Nordic conference for media and communication research welcomes all
>media and communication researchers and PhD-students to Helsinki.
>Conference theme Generations, Communication and Media Philosophy will be
>discussed in plenary sessions and panel discussions.
>
>On Thursday at the opening session, keynote speaker is Joseph D.
>Straubhaar (University of Texas) under the title Global, Hybrid or
>Multiple? Media Flows and Identities in the Age of Satellite TV and
>the Internet. On Sunday there are three keynote speakers Marit Benthe
>Norheim, Chariclia Gounaris and Mike Sandbothe (Nomad Academy
>Copenhagen) under the title Social Arts of the Body: Pragmatist Media
>Philosophy in Action!
>
>More information on keynote speakers:
>http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/tiedotus/nordmedia2007/english/keynotes.php
>
>On Saturday afternoon, there are two panel discussions:
>- Media, economy and democracy
>- Culture and media technology
>
>More information see program.
>http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/tiedotus/nordmedia2007/english/index.php
>
>There will be 24 working groups. Groups provide a forum for discussions
>on conference theme and all current and interesting topics for media and
>communication research.
>
>The working groups are:
>2. Mediernas struktur och ekonomi / Structure and Economy of the Media
>3. Medialisering av religion och kultur / Mediatization of Religion
>and Culture
>4. Mediehistoria / Media History
>5. Filmhistoria / Film History
>6. TV:institusjon, produksjon og tekst / TV: Institution, Production and Text
>7. Radio och andra ljudmedier / Radio and Other Sound Media
>8. Politisk kommunikation / Political Communication
>9. Mediebruk: perspektiv, metoder och teori / Media Use, Perspective,
>Method and Theory
>10. Barn, ungdom och media / Children, Youth and Media
>11. Medier, IKT og Læring / Media, ICT and Learning
>12. Film- og TV-fiksjon / Fiction in Film and Television
>13. Strategisk kommunikation / Public Relations
>14. Medier, risk- och kriskommunikation samt krishantering / The
>Media, Risk- and Crisis Communication, and Crisis Management
>15. Digital tekst: genre, form och process / Digital Text, Genre, Form
>and Process
>16. Journalistikforskning / Research in Journalism
>17. Medie- och kommunikationsteori: forskning och discipliner / Media
>and Communication Theory: Research and Discipline
>18. Medier i det mångetniska samhället / Media in the Multiethnic Society
>19. Computerspil / Computer Games
>20. Kommunikationsgeografi / Communication Geography
>21. Visuella narrativer och hur det sociala (re)konstitueras i
>medierade samfund / Visual narratives and the (Re)constitution of the
>Social in Mediated Societies
>22. Feministisk mediepolitik / Feminist Media Policy
>23. Markedskommunikation og æstetik / Marketcommunication and aesthetics
>24. Visuell kultur / Visual Culture
>
>Abstracts, which will not be more than 1500 characters (with space
>characters), can be written in English, Danish, Swedish or Norwegian.
>Abstract will be submitted by a form via conference www-site.
>(https://elomake.uta.fi/lomakkeet/1701/lomake.html) Closing date for
>abstract is 15th April 2007.
>
>Descriptions of working groups are on the conferences www-site:
>(http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/tiedotus/nordmedia2007/english/workinggroups/index.php)
>If you need more information on the theme of a working group, please contact
>the chair of the group. Accepted abstracts will be published on the
>conference home page in the beginning of May.
>
>Jenni Hokka
>Koordinator / Co-ordinator
>18. Nordiska Konferensen för Medie- och kommunikationsforskning
>18th Nordic Conference for media and communication research
>Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation
>Dep. of Journalism and Mass Communication
>33014 Tammerfors universitet
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Salvatore Scifo
Communications,
MeCCSA Postgraduate Network
Communication and Media Research Institute
School of Media, Arts & Design
University of Westminster
Watford Road, Northwick Park
Harrow
HA1 3TP
MeCCSA Postgraduate Network
http://www.meccsa.org.uk/pgn/
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