[ecrea] media and sports mega-events

>MEDIA AND SPORTS MEGA-EVENTS
>The I International Conference on Media and Sport (INCOMES), jointly
>organized by the University of Porto and the Universidad Autónoma de
>Barcelona aims to address the media construction of mega-sport events
>as well as its social, economic and political significance related to
>media studies.
>
>The relationship between media and sport has become intermingled over
>the last decades and prompted a growing quantity of academic attention
>and interest. Indeed, sport and sports mega events, in particular,
>such as the football World Cup and the Summer Olympics Games, have
>flourished  and grown in importance over the years to the point of
>being considered nowadays as an important popular content of the
>media. This has been favored, among other factors, by developments in
>media technology and the formation of a sport-media-business alliance
>with implications in terms of professional sport.
>
>Possible topics, but note exclusive, include:
>- the televisation of sport
>
>- the representation and identity, gender and race
>
>- globalization and nationalism
>
>- marketing and commodification of sport
>
>- Audiences in mediated sports
>
>
>Co-organised:
>
>"University of Porto
>"C2COM (UP)
>"MA In Communication Sciences   (UP)
>"MA in Communication and Sport (UP)
>"Centro de Estudios Olímpicos ­ Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
>
>To be held at University of Porto, Porto- Portugal, 27-28 October 2010
>
>
>Confirmed guest speakers:
>
>"Andrew Billings ­ University of Indiana (USA)
>"Richard Haynes ­ Stirling University (UK)
>
>Sponsors:
>
>"ECREA
>"O Jogo
>"Global Media Journal ­ Portuguese Edition
>
>
>An electronic version of the extended abstract, with a preferred
>length between 750 to 1000 words, accompanied by contact details and a
>brief bio on a separate page, should be sent no later than August 15.
>Abstracts should be written in Portuguese, English or Spanish
>(although presentations will be in English) and should summarize the
>paper contents, explain relevance to conference theme, outline
>methodology, contain a clear argument, theoretical framework,
>methodology and key results, according to requirements of the call for
>papers of the conference.
>
>All proposals should be submitted to the following email:
>(incomes2010abstracts /at/ icicom.up.pt)
>
>Participants may submit more than one proposal, but only one paper by
>the same first author will be accepted into the program.
>
>
>Notification of acceptance will be sent by August 30 2010
>
>
>A selection of the best papers delivered at the conference will be
>considered for publication in a special issue of the Global Media
>Journal ­ Portuguese Edition.
>
>Conference fees:
>
>50¬ general
>
>25¬ UP, UAB and ECREA members
>
>10¬ students
>
>5¬ Euros for UP students
>
>
>For more information, please visit: http://incomes2010.wordpress.com/
>
>If you have any further question, please contact program chair, Rui
>Alexandre Novais, at (incomes2010info /at/ icicom.up.pt)
>

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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