(IAMCR Conference at Braga, Portugal, July 18-22, 2010)
The Journalism Research & Education Section
invites submissions for its open sessions at the
IAMCR that will be held in Braga (Portugal) 2010
from July 18-22. The overall conference theme is
"Communication and Citizenship. Rethinking Crisis and Change".
Making this connection between Journalism and
Citizenship not only helps citizens all over the
world to enhance their level of engagement, but
also satisfies a global news-hungry appetite as
a sound investment in better policy-making and a
core element of good governance.
The Journalism Research & Education Section
invites papers within the general theme to
promote conduct and dissemination of research
into all facets of journalism research and journalism education.
The JRE Section covers five main themes:
First Themes: International Collaborative
Research in Journalism Research: New Challenges and Emergent Perspectives.
§ Pros & Cons of International Research Projects in Journalism
§ Diversified Journalism Values in Different Journalism Cultures
§ Qualitative Versus Quantitative Methods
§ How to further internationalization and
integration of journalism studies?
§ Means of facilitating the dialogue between
different schools of thought and regional traditions of studying journalism.
§ New methods and approaches to the
methodological arsenal of empirical journalism
studies, particularly methods that are of use
for cross-cultural comparative research.
§ How to link between the convergence with
training, vocational expertise and journalism
research, with news media as an actor?
§ Revisiting within the current parameters
the new methods of journalism education, and
what incentives that drives improvement and leveling of the journalism quality.
Second Theme: Innovations in Journalism:
§ What evidence for journalists as stakeholders in innovation systems?
§ How do current innovation diffusion models treat the role of media?
§ What available models and evidence for the
innovation communication system (interplay
between journalists/ communicators/others)?
§ What lessons could be derived from
historical evidence about the role of media systems?
§ What is the role played by media in the social construction of reality?
§ What measures and metrics to identify the
influence of journalism on community identities?
§ How does journalism education could be optimized?
§ How does journalism contribute to the
formation of the public perception of an emerging industry?
§ Will journalism increase economic growth?
Third Theme: The Professional Journalism:
§ What are the conflicts of interest in Journalism practice?
§ How similar/dissimilar is it to other
emerging areas of Journalism coverage?
§ What obstacles derive from journalism as a
profession (systems of jurisdiction, the role of
the state, education, ideologies, etc.)?
§ What are best ways to teach Professional journalism?
§ How do journalists currently think about journalism innovations?
§ What makes innovation difficult for journalists to cover as 'news'?
§ What variation of Professional Education
worldwide and across the full spectrum of media?
Fourth Theme: Methods for Quantifying Professional Journalism:
§ How to map current practices of Professional Education?
§ How to evaluate and rank Professional
Education? quality, standards, & effectiveness?
§ How to establish and monitor Professional Education credentials?
§ How to compare Professional Education?
volume, focuses, specialties, and neglected areas?
§ How to attribute (or introduce?)
Professional Education to underdeveloped and
developing countries, especially to local media?
§ How to compare Professional Education trends in all media?
Fifth Theme: Generic Studies of Journalism:
§ How to evaluate the general education
component of journalism and mass communication
using a uniform assessment formula?
§ How to judge student and program
performance; and policy analysis and decision making?
§ Studies involving Institutional profiles, background information?
§ Descriptions of the evaluation efforts how
work and occupations influence organizations innovation and entrepreneurship?
§ How different media practices shape
emerging technologies, markets, and industries?
§ Different experiences of validation and
accreditation of journalism and mass communication programs?
The Journalism Research & Education Section has
already scheduled two panels in Braga 2010 that
deal with Journalism Education in Challenging
Environments, and Emerging Journalists &
Cross-media Publishing Skills. However, the
section is opened for other panel suggestions
that can resonate with the JRE themes.
Abstracts should be sent to the JRE Section
Chair only through the Conference website, and
should be between 300-500 words long. Each
abstract must include title, name(s),
affiliation, institutional address and email address of author(s).
The deadlines are as follows:
- Submission of abstracts: January 31, 2010
(papers will be assessed and provisionally
accepted on the basis of the abstracts).
- Announcement of acceptances: March 15, 2010
- Full papers due: April 30, 2010
IAMCR accepts presentations in English, French
and Spanish. However, it is requested that
abstracts, if at all possible, be submitted in English.
Further information about IAMCR and this
conference is available on the respective
websites: <http://iamcr.org/>http://iamcr.org/
and <http://www.iamcr2010portugal.com/>www.iamcr2010portugal.com
As part of the JRE restructuring that was
introduced in Mexico City 09,a blind referee
process of six members (steering committee) will
review the research papers to optimize the
quality of research in the best objective and
professional level. Authors interested in the
Journalism Research & Education Section on-line
publication will be requested to send their full
papers after final modifications no later than September 2010.
Ibrahim Saleh
Chair, Journalism Research & Education Section
IAMCR
Email: <mailto:(jre09is /at/ gmail.com)>(jre09is /at/ gmail.com)
JRE site: <http://www.jre-iamcr.org/>http://www.jre-iamcr.org
JRE Blog: <http://jre09.blogspot.com/>http://jre09.blogspot.com
