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Call for papers Extended Deadline: 15 March 2014 Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ¡®Media: Theory and Practice¡¯ Hotel Continental, Skopje, Macedonia, 4©\6 September 2014 <http://cultcenter.net/> http://cultcenter.net/ Supported by: European Communication Research and Education Association International Association for Media and Communication Research The Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies (CCCS) invites proposals for papers, thematic panels and original media productions for Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ¡®Media: Theory and Practice¡¯ The aim of this conference revolves around a foundational impetus to shed greater light on all relevant aspects of media studies, including mass communication, media technology, the visual and the performing arts, TV, radio, WEB and print media, as well as other key components of media studies and mass communication. We invite proposals based on media theory (particularly critical media studies and cultural studies), and proposals that consider the relationship between media and (popular) culture, politics, arts, new media, as pertinent fields of study. We welcome submissions that offer original media productions: documentary films, fictionalized or non-narrative creative expressions. The submitted proposal needs to contain a creative or theoretical explanation of the submitted work. We invite projects by PhD students or submissions by teams of students and instructors (lecturers). Hence, the Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ¡®Media: Theory and Practice¡¯ strives to offer a dialogic space for media theorists and practitioners. Along those lines, we invite media studies¡¯ theorists as well as practitioners to offer proposals through engaging and current ideas, paper topics, workshop presentations and round table discussions. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: * Media Analyses o Content analysis o Media literacy o Media discourses * Critical Theory and Media Criticism o Media and hegemony o Media and globalization * Media and Political Communication o Media activism o Media and ideology o Media and democracy * Media and Law o (De)Regulation of media o Media and privacy o Media and copyright * Art and Media o Art-science interface o Media and aesthetics o Film o Theatre o The visual arts o The performing arts * Media and Culture o Media and gender o Diaspora, migrants and media o Media and ethnicity o Media and audience o Cultural populism o Cultural capital o Media and remembrance/forgetting o Media and heritage o Media and identity o Media representation * New Media o Media and games o Social media o Digital activism o Media ecosystem o Multimedia * Journalism studies o Journalism and social and cultural representations o The role and status of journalism in the era of digital technology Paper proposals For individual paper proposals, please fill out the following form <http://cultcenter.net/?wpgform_qv=registration-form-papers> http://cultcenter.net/?wpgform_qv=registration-form-papers If you have problems filling the form, please download offline form in MS WORD format <http://cultcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Registration-form.docx> http://cultcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Registration-form.docx Submissions for individual paper proposals should number to 250 words. Important Dates and Fees Deadline for abstracts submission: 15 March 2014 Notifications of acceptance: 1 April 2014 Deadline for full paper submission: 1 December 2014 Early registration (till 1 May 2014): €40 Late registration (till 15 August 2014): €60 On-site registration (or after 15 August 2014): €80 The registration fee includes: the welcome party, conference materials, an online publication of the abstracts, refreshment breaks. Full papers that have received a positive review will be published in the journals ¡°§¬§å§Ý§ä §å§â§Ñ/Culture¡± and/or ¡°Investigating Culture¡±. Official languages of Conference are English, Russian and Macedonian. The Conference will be held on 4-6 September, 2014 in Hotel Continental, Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia. For any further information please contact Dr. Mishel Pavlovski ( <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]) or Dr. Loreta Georgievska Jakovleva ( <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]) ============================================================================ ============== Dr. Mishel Pavlovski University ¡°Ss. Cyril and Methodius¡± Institute for Macedonian Literature <http://www.iml.ukim.edu.mk/> http://www.iml.ukim.edu.mk/ Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies <http://cultcenter.net/> http://cultcenter.net/ -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. 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