TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
INFORMATION ON EUROPE-WIDE COMMUNICATION NETWORK
EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM FOR COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH (ECCR)
AND CALL FOR PAPERS
FOR CONFERENCE IN LEIPZIG, GERMANY, 31 JULY 1999
The primary goal of the <bold>European Consortium for Communication
Research (ECCR)</bold> is to exchange information and documentation
about relevant research activities and meetings, and to organize
research activities and meetings. The ECCR, like the European
Consortium of Political Research (ECPR), operates through institutions.
The Consortium welcomes institutions throughout Europe - North, South,
East and West.
However, as the ECCR wishes to serve particularly the younger
generation of scholars in the field of media, information and
(tele)communications research, the ECCR activities will be open to
interested individuals regardless of their affiliation.
The initial Steering Committee of the ECCR: Jan Servaes, coordinator
(Belgium), Jan van Cuilenburg (Netherlands), Kaarle Nordenstreng
(Finland), Michael Palmer (France) and Yassen Zassoursky (Russia).
Twenty-four institutions from 16 European countries, as well as a
number of individuals from Europe and the USA have signed the so-called
letter of intent and consequently decided to join the ECCR.
The ECCR, together with the German Association for Communication
Research (DGKF) and the German Association for Journalism and
Communication (PuK), continues to study the feasibility of a European
Association for Communication Research (ECR). This ECR may be launched
in 1999.
In the meantime, the ECCR is invited by the local organisers of the
IAMCR conference in Leipzig (July 28-30, 1999) to organise a special
plenary session on the future of European Communication Research. The
general theme of the conference is: "Media Systems in Transition on the
Eve of the Information Society of the 21th Century".
The ECCR will also organise a special one-day conference for junior
scholars on Saturday, July 31, 1999. Those interested in submitting an
abstract or paper are requested to do so before April 1 1999 for
abstracts and July 1 for full papers. Especially junior scholars and
PhD-students ars encouraged to submit.
Three theme-sessions are planned:
- Public Service Broadcasting in Europe (Convenors: Jo Bardoel and Jan
Van Cuilenburg E-mail:
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- Media Criticism Today (convenor: Risto Kunelius Email:
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- The socio-cultural consequences of the European Information Society
(Convenors: Jan Servaes and Jean-Claude Burgelman E-mail:
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Participants wishing to contribute a paper should submit an
<italic>extended abstract</italic> (not exceeding 800 words/two
pages) before <bold><underline>April 1, 1999</underline></bold> to the
convenors of a session (see email address above) Early abstracts will
be given priority. The convenors will select those to be used, inform
the authors accordingly before May 1, 1999. The deadline for the
submission of full papers is <underline>July 1, 1999</underline>.
Abstracts and papers can be sent by mail, fax or e-mail.
Abstracts and/or papers can be submitted to: <bold>Jan Servaes,
Coordinator ECCR</bold>
K.U. Brussel, Department of Communication, Vrijheidslaan 17, B-1081
Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 (2) 412 42 78 Fax: +32 (2) 412 42 00 E-mail:
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For information concerning membership in IAMCR, conference
registration, accommodation, travel to Leipzig, Germany, etc., please
write to:
International Association for Mass Communication Research (IAMCR)
IAMCR '99 Secretariat, NETCOM Institute Medienstadt Leipzig e.V.
Salomonstrasse 21, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Phone: + 49(0) 341-9926153 Fax: + 49 (0) 341-9926152 E-mail:
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Jan Servaes
Dean, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
Professor and Chair, Department of Communication
Director, Research Center `Communication for Social Change` (CSC)
Catholic University of Brussels
Vrijheidslaan 17
B-1081 Brussels - Belgium
Tel: +32-2-412 42 78
Fax: +32-2-412 42 00
http://www.kubrussel.ac.be/psw/menu1.html
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