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[ecrea] cfp: Media 2009: 20 Years After / Prague 11th-12th April, 2009

Wed Oct 01 22:11:00 GMT 2008


"Média 2009: Dvacet let poté / Media 2009: 20 Years After"

International Conference


Prague 11th-12th April, 2009


CALL FOR PAPERS

The Conference is organised by the Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague in cooperation with Goethe Institut Prag.

Conference Theme: Reflections on twenty years of the transformation of periodical print media, radio and television, in the period from the end of 1989 until the present.

The conference will be the official outcome of a research project of the Faculty of Social Sciences entitled, "The Development of the Media in Czech society and in the European Union".

The aim of the conference is to describe and explain the development of the media in the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe in last twenty years, and the development of media research and public communication in general. The social changes taking place in the last decade of the 20th century have undoubtedly influenced media and public communication. The conference should serve to open critical debate on systemic, social, political and cultural changes which have taken place in the last two decades.

Papers will be presented in six thematic panels:
M1: The Transformation of Media systems in the New Democracies post-1989.
Comparisons of state media before and after the revolutionary year of 1989, structural changes, changes in ownership, new media legislation, new concepts of the role of media in society.
M2: Changes in the Journalistic Profession.
The changing role of journalism, the development of new journalistic processes and routines.
M3: The Dynamics of Relations between Media and Politics.
M4: The Cultural and Social Consequences of Media Transformation.
M5: The Consequences of Digitalisation, the Rise of Online Media and Global Communication.
M6: The Institutionalisation and Development of the Study of Media.
The constitution of media and communication research, the institutionalisation of university programs, media literacy, and media education.

Abstracts (max 300 words) should be submitted using the enclosed form in English for peer review by 10 November, 2008. The deadline for the sending of a complete paper is 6 April, 2009. Papers should be submitted by one person, and may have up to 3 co-authors named on it. The topic of the paper should correspond to the topic of one of the thematic sessions. The timing for presentations is 15- 20 minutes, and 5- 10 minutes for discussion and questions from the audience. Papers will be combined in 90 minute panels.

Email contact: (media2009 /at/ fsv.cuni.cz)

The form/email should be entitled "Prague_2009_application_name ('name' should be replaced by the surname of the applicant).

"Media 2009: Twenty Years After"

May 11-12, 2009
Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University
Goethe Institut, Prague, Czech Republic

First name(s), Surname
Institution
Position
Address
Telephone
Fax
E-mail
Code of topic
(M1-M6)
Title
Key words
Abstract of 300 words max.

Please send the fulfilled application by email to (media2009 /at/ fsv.cuni.cz) before November 10, 2008

You will be informed about accepting/non accepting your abstract before December 8, 2008 via email.

Department of Media Studies
Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism
Faculty of Social Sciences
Charles University



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