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[ecrea] Fifth International Conference of Russian Communication Association

Thu Jan 21 20:59:34 GMT 2010



CALL FOR PAPERS

Fifth International Conference of Russian Communication Association

Communication Spaces: Ranges, Limits, Resources
(Communication-2010)

The Russian Communication Association (RCA) in collaboration with the North American Russian Communication Association (NARCA) and Tver State University (TvSU) announce the Fifth International Conference Communication Spaces: Ranges, Limits, Resources
(Communication-2010) to be held in Tver, Russia on September 7-12, 2010.

National Communication Association, International Communication Association, European Communication Research and Education Association, and Polish Communication Association are international partners of the Conference.

Aims of the Conference:
The space metaphor in the conference title means approaching the field with multidisciplinary research tools. We suggest to structure discussion along the main components of the basic model of communication, or conceptual domains of communication process:
   * Impact of the Author?s personality on communication
* Problems of interpretation, or looking at communication with the Addressee?s eyes
   * Specifics, limits and advantages of various communication Channels
   * Frames of reference and other linguistic aspects of the Message
   * Communication Goals:  affecting or interacting
* Sociocultural Contexts of communication process: philosophical, cultural, psychological, linguistic, political, sociological, mass-media, economic e.a. perspectives
   * Communication in the multicultural environment
   * New instruments, technology, web resources

Submission of Abstracts, Papers, and Proposals:
Papers are invited in all the above-mentioned fields of multidisciplinary discussion. The Conference organizers also invite submissions for focused panels, round-table discussions, and master classes. Papers are welcome for the interactive poster session. The deadline for conference registration and abstracts submission is March 30, 2010.
The Conference working languages are English and Russian.

Unlike the previous years, this time all the submissions to the Conference are made via website: <http://agora.guru.ru/RCA-2010/eng>http://agora.guru.ru/RCA-2010/eng, as is all communication regarding the Conference preparation. All the necessary information on registration process, abstract guidelines, review process, location and accommodation can be found on specific pages of this website.

Organizers of the Conference plan to publish an electronic version of the Conference materials.

Registration and fees: The conference fee is 1500 RUR (approximately $50) to be paid at the arrival. This includes participants? package, coffee-breaks, a conference dinner and one excursion.

Site information and accommodations: The Conference will be held in Tver, an old Russian city at the banks of the Volga river, 180 km from Mosocw, at the Tver State University. Accommodations are available at the hotel Volga (5 minutes walking from the conference venue) at approx. $ 40-45 per person/per night in double, or $75 in single rooms.

For more details on previous RCA conferences and ongoing RCA activities see <http://www.russcomm.ru/rca_projects/>http://www.russcomm.ru/rca_projects/ (Russian) and <http://www.russcomm.ru/eng/rca_projects/>http://www.russcomm.ru/eng/rca_projects/ (English)

Organizing Committee:
Andrey Belotserkovsky, Rector of the Tver State University - Chair
Irina Rozina, RCA President, Institute of Management, Business, and Law, Rostov-on-Don ? Deputy Chair
Natalia Komina, Tver State University - Deputy Chair

Program Committee:
Mira Bergelson,  Moscow State University ? Chair
Marina Raskladkina, IREX, Moscow ? Program Committee Coordinator
Steven Beebe, Texas State University ? International Participants Coordinator.


Key dates
March 30, 2010          Application deadline
May 15, 2010              Notification of acceptance
June 1, 2010               Collection of abstracts ready for print
September 5, 2010      Conference program loaded to the Conference website
September 7, 2010     Conference opening



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