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5th International Communications Students Congress (ICSC), 2017
Communication Matters: Globalisation, Mobility and Integration
Marma Hotel, Maltepe University, Istanbul
23-24 March 2017


Call for papers
Communication has been playing a crucial and central role in the contemporary world which can be characterised as global, mobile and interactive. Today’s individuals cross international borders more than ever both in the online and offline spheres for purposes ranging from leisure to immigration. Likewise, businesses carry out geographically dispersed operations all around the globe with a growing percentage of mobilized workforce. Communication offers a key strength for facilitating and enhancing all these encounters as it provides the means by which orientation, cooperation, collaboration and integration can be achieved and maintained.

The 2017 edition of the International Communications Students Congress (ICSC 2017) will focus on the main theme of “Communication Matters: Globalisation, Mobility and Integration”.

We welcome submissions for individual papers and panel proposals (including up to 4 papers), media practice contributions (audio / video) and posters that should be addressing, but not limited to, the following topics:
· Communication and technology as a driver of globalisation
· Social media and intercultural communication
· International business, fragmented communication and communication tools for collaboration and cooperation
· Effective communication tools for the mobilised workforce
· E-businesses, global trade and innovative communication applications
· Immigration, refugees and communication needs
· Global personal-mass communication on social media and its effects in integrating cultures

Submission of abstracts
Please note that abstracts can be submitted by undergraduate students (BA/BSc) ONLY. Accepted participants will need to send proof of their student status in order to register for the conference.

There is no age limit, as long as you are a registered student (full-time/part-time) at the time of the conference. The submission is also open to students who study communication and media in other faculties and departments other than communication.

Abstracts should not exceed 300 words, submitted in Word (.docx, .doc) format and include the following information:
· author(s) name
· affiliated university, faculty/institute and department
· e-mail address
· title of abstract
· body of abstract (up to 300 words)
· keywords (up to 5)

Abstracts should be sent to [log in to unmask] and named as ‘ICSC2017 Abstract Submission’.

Please note that the deadline for the submission of abstracts is Friday 20 January 2017.

Accepted abstracts will be announced by Monday 6 February 2017, and on the same day the conference website will be open for online registration. Online registration will be open until Friday 3 March 2017.

Conference Programme
The conference programme will be including cultural events, visits to the media production facilities on campus and to exhibitions that will be displayed at the Faculty of Communication, as well as a cultural tour of the city.

Please note that accepted presenters will be able to
- attend the conference free of charge, this including access to the keynote speech, the panel sessions, the coffee breaks, lunches, the gala dinner and the full day cultural tour of Istanbul
- use the free shuttle services available on the day before and after the event for transfers to and from Istanbul Atatürk and Sabiha Gökçen airports
- be hosted for 3 nights at the Marma Hotel İstanbul (http://www.marmaotel.com/) , including Turkish/continental breakfast and high speed wi-fi, free of charge.

About ICSC
The purpose of the International Communication Students Congress (ICSC) is to give a platform to undergraduate students to present their papers in an international forum.
Congress participants will have the opportunity to share their thoughts, ideas and research findings on the changing world of media and communications and discuss their perspectives on the media content and infrastructure, audiences and producers, social media and broadcast media.

The event is organised by undergraduate students, with the support of academic staff of the Faculty of Communication at Maltepe University.

For any further information about the event, please contact the Secretary General of the ICSC 2017 at [log in to unmask]

Looking forward to welcome you to Istanbul soon!
ICSC 2017 Organizing Committee
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Dr. Salvatore Scifo
Senior Lecturer in Communication and Social Media

Bournemouth University
Faculty of Media and Communication
School of Journalism, English and Communication

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