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Call for papers Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations Special issue - 2012 "New Research Perspectives on Communication and Public Relations" The Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations (RJCPR) is now seeking papers for its upcoming special issue on "New Research Perspectives on Communication and Public Relations". This issue is addressed to PhD students and is scheduled to appear in autumn 2012. We welcome scholarly contributions from the broad field of communication studies, from public relations research, political communication research or media studies, as well as from related areas. This issue seeks to explore different views on the most debated topics and concepts in the European and world-wide academic research community. Whether we refer to the increasingly popular instruments of new media and their role in political and electoral communication, to media framing or to EU communication, the fields of communication and public relations lend themselves well to academic inquiry. Papers may cover (but are not limited to) the following topics: - Brand communication: nation branding, brand management, corporate branding, corporate communication, brand communities; - Media discourse and representations on minority/ethnic communities; - The role of new media in shaping political communication: blogs and political discourse, social networks and civic participation; - Media framing, its potential effects on public opinion, conceptual clarifications; - Communication strategies and instruments in: education, sports, civic engagement; - Discourse analysis: political communication, national and transnational media discourse on European topics; - EU Communication, European public sphere and media Europeanization; - Identity and representations: perceptions of "self" and "otherness", the role of media in shaping identity, European identity and national identity, European identity and intercultural communication; - Dynamics of the European Union: legitimation strategies, the Euro crisis, EU Constitution, democracy and supranational governance; - Agenda setting on European topics; - New research directions in communication studies and related fields. The deadline for submission of full papers is July 10, 2012. Papers should be submitted at the following address: [log in to unmask] Cristinela Velicu PhD. Candidate Department of Political Science National School of Political and Administrative Studies Mobile Phone: + 32493401228