[ecrea] 10th Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media, 14-17 May 2012, Athens, Greece

*Athens Institute for Education and Research-ATINER (www.atiner.gr 
<http://www.atiner.gr/>) *

*Call for Papers and Participation at the 10^th Annual International 
Conference on Communication and Mass Media, 14-17 May 2012, Athens, Greece*

Dr.* Gregory T. Papanikos* (President of the Athens Institute for 
Education and Research & Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde, 
U.K.) and Dr. *Yorgo** Pasadeos*, Professor of the University of Alabama 
and Head of the Mass Media & Communication Research Unit 
<http://www.atiner.gr/docs/MEDIA_UNIT.htm>, Athens Institute for 
Education and Research (ATINER) would like to invite you to submit a 
proposal for presentation at the *10^th Annual International Conference 
on Communication and Mass Media, 14-17 May 2012, Athens, Greece. *The 
registration fee is €300 euro, covering access to all sessions, two 
lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements 
will be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a 
special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be 
organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day 
cruise in the Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a 
one-day visit to Delphi. The aim of the conference is to bring together 
scholars and students of Communications, Mass Media and other related 
disciplines. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one 
paper, chair of a session or observer. Past conferences drew 
participants from five continents and more than 50 countries, presenting 
papers on diverse topics such as political communication, EU 
enlargement, Website design, cross-media ownership, war correspondence, 
cultural studies, film, public relations, telecommunication policy, 
advertising, agenda setting, juvenile audience preferences, and 
cross-national communication, among others. For programs of previous 
conferences and other information, please visit the conference website 
www.atiner.gr/media.htm <http://www.atiner.gr/media.htm>

Papers (in English) from all areas of mass media and communication are 
welcome.  Selected papers will be published in a Special Volume of the 
Conference Proceedings or in Edited Books as part of ATINER's mass media 
and communication book series. For Books and Proceedings of previous 
conferences you may visit 
http://www.atiner.gr/docs/MEDIA_PUBLICATIONS.htm where you can download 
tables of contents and order forms. Please submit a 300-word abstract by 
*_17^th October 2011_*, by email ((atiner /at/ atiner.gr) 
<mailto:(atiner /at/ atiner.gr)>) to Yorgo Pasadeos, Professor of the 
University of Alabama and Head of the Mass Media & Communication 
Research Unit, Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), 8 
Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, 10671 Athens, Greece. Tel. + 30 210 363 
4210 Fax: + 30 210 3634-209. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name 
(s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email address and at least three 
keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Please use 
the abstract submitting form available at 
http://www.atiner.gr/docs/2012FORM-MED.doc. Decisions are reached within 
4 weeks.

If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a 
session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or 
books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, 
please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos ((gtp /at/ atiner.gr) 
<mailto:(gtp /at/ atiner.gr)>), Director, ATINER.

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established 
in 1995 as an independent academic organization, with the mission to 
become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all over the 
world - could meet in Athens to exchange ideas on their research and 
discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER 
has organized more than 150 international conferences and has published 
over 100 books <http://www.atiner.gr/docs/BOOK_PUBLICATIONS.htm>. 
Academically, the Institute consists of four research divisions 
<http://www.atiner.gr/docs/RESEARCH_DIVISIONS.htm> and nineteen research 
units <http://www.atiner.gr/docs/RESEARCH_DIVISIONS.htm>. Each unit 
organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and 
large research projects.

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