?Bolyai University Media Center & Journalism Department invite you to
Interdisciplinary New Media Studies International Conference May 21â??23 2009
Trajectories in Researching New Media Systems,
Eâ??business Management and Eâ??publishing
â??Call for Papersâ??
As the impact of new media grows each day, more
and more young researchers approach this
emerging field. There is a serious lack of
coherent theoretical background fieldâ??wide and
the fast development of the field has made it
difficult to outline specific research
methodology. The interdisciplinary nature of the
field determines lack of unity in existing
approaches towards new media research.
In this context, this conference aims to provide
researchers and other participants with both a
coherent theoretical framework for general
research in the field of new media. Also, some
presentations will serve as starting points for
debates meant to clarify known issues such as
information reliability, content management and
censorship, language and style on the Web and so on.
Another important section of this conference
deals with new media entrepreneurship, starting
small and making it big on the new media market
today with specific focus on online television,
videoâ??sharing portals, online radios, blogs,
advertising and research methodology to approach
the study of their development and overall
social, economical and cultural impact both in
Western and Eastern European countries as well as globalâ??wide.
Deadline for submission of papers (draft): April 15 2009
Notification of acceptance: April 25 2009
Deadline for submission of cameraâ??ready papers: May 5 2009
Papers will be written in English and should
contain abstracts. Abstracts should be no more
than 300 words (plus a list of 4â??10 keywords).
Please include a full list of authors, their eâ??mails and their affiliation.
Full papers should be 6â??15 pages long and
should contain references. A template will be
available on the organizersâ?? websites.
Papers will be peerâ??reviewed.
The conference proceedings will be published and available at the conference.
Contact and Submissions:
(radu.meza /at/ polito.ubbcluj.ro)
Extra information will be available at:
http://cmedia.ubbcluj.ro/
http://www.polito.ubbcluj.ro/jurnalism/
Organizing Committee
Senior Lecturer Ph.D. Elena Abrudan Head of
Journalism DDepartment and Director of BBU Media Center
Assistant Radu Meza â?? Contact person (radu.meza /at/ polito.ubbcluj.rro)
Lecturer Ph.D. Cristina Nistor
Lecturer Ph.D. Mihaela MureÅ?an
Assistant Ph.D. Andreea MogoÅ?
Assistant Andrei Costina
International Scientific Committee
Professor Ph.D. Mauri Kaipainen
Senior Lecturer Ph.D. Georgeta DrulÄ?
Senior Lecturer Ph.D. Alina Andreica
Senior Lecturer Ph.D. Rodica Mocan
Senior Lecturer Ph.D. Dan ChiribucÄ?
Lecturer Ph.D. Cristian SÄ?cÄ?rea
Lecturer Ph.D. Robert Buchmann
Panels:
Researching New Media Systems
Scope:
Complex New Media Systems Research Methodology
Case Studies: Popular Online Systems Research
Data Mining
Gathering Qualitative Data Online
Gathering Quantitative Data Online
Knowledge Representation
Applied Network Analysis
Data Representation for Large Datasets
Statistical Inference Methods for Large Datasets
Formal Concept Analysis
Data Reliability
New communicational paradigms
Eâ??business Management
Scope:
Case Studies: Successful eâ??businesses
Building Online Capital
Blog Marketing
Word of Mouth Marketing Strategies Online
Advertising Online
Online Media and Eâ??Publishing
Social Networking and Social Media Optimization
Media Company Branding Online
Attracting User Generated Content
Producers vs. Prosumers
Sequential Consumption vs. Hypertextual Consumption
Content Management
Social media communities as game setups
Mechanisms of power in new media
Digital Media and Eâ??publishing, Online Society Dynamics
Scope:
Digitally Compositing Reality
Photojournalism in the Digital Age
Visual Culture in New Media Journalism
Cultural interfaces
Visual Communication Methods Used Online
Styles and Layouts in New Media Journalism
The New Journalistic Language
Online Radio
Podcasting
Online Television
Videoâ??sharing Portals
Alternative Media
Tribal Virtual Communities
Slang and Web Jargon as Social Aggregators
Public Relations Online
Political Blogs
Internet Voting
Blogs and Freedom of Speech
New social structures
Participatory media
Multiâ??perspective media
Any submissions on other topics in the field of
new media research, eâ??business management and eâ??publishing are welcome.
Related event:
Interactive Multimedia Student Competition
Multimedia content production requires the joint
efforts of journalism, media and communication
students as well as design and computer science
students. Finding the best idea, defining a
concept and finally developping a succesful
product depends on teamwork in an
interdisciplinary context, accesing the best
resources, marketability and knowâ??how. The
Interactive Multimedia competition aims to
stimulate creativity in the context of new
technogy use. Students are required to work
together and develop multimedia projects in the
following content areas: ? Online Multimedia ?
Interactive narratives es (Documentary &
Reporting, Gaming) ? Offline Multimedia ?
Interactive guides and tutorials Deadline for
submisssion of projects: May 5 2009 Final
presentations: May 23 2009 Contact, Support and
Submission: Senior lecturer Ph.D. Rodica Mocan:
(rodicamocan /at/ gmail.com) assist Radu Meza: (radu.meza /at/ polito.ubbcluj.ro)
assist.Andrei Costina: (andrei.costina /at/ polito.ubbcluj.ro)
