[ecrea] Fifth Annual PhD Student Conference in Journalism and Communication Studies

CALL FOR PAPERS
The Fifth Annual PhD Student Conference in Journalism and Communication 
Studies (APSCJC)
December 17-18 2011, Communication University of China (CUC), Beijing, China

With success in the past four annual conferences, the Institute of 
Communication Studies and the Graduate School at Communication 
University of China are pleased to announce the fifth annual PhD student 
Conference in Journalism and Communication Studies to be held December 
17-18, 2011 in Beijing China. We invite PhD students who work in the (or 
relevant) fields of journalism, media, cultural and communication 
studies, both in mainland China and from overseas, to submit their 
papers and workshop proposals regarding issues in media and 
communication theory and practice.
Organizers of the conference:
„h Main organizers: CUC Graduate School, Center for International 
Communication,
„h Supporting Organizations: CUC Academic Administration, the 
International League of Higher Education in Media & Communication
„h Academic journal support: Modern Communication, Journal of 
International Communication, China Media Report, Nanjing Social Sciences

Time and Place:
December 17-18, 2011, Communication University of China, Beijing, China

Topics:
Papers and workshop proposals are suggested to be relevant to the 
following issues:
„h Theory and history of journalism and Communication
„h Online communication and social transformation
„h Public supervision and social governance
„h Media cultural studies
„h Soft power, international communication and national image
„h Global communication and international relations
„h Other media and communication relevant issues

Eligible participants and paper format guidelines
„h All the potential participants SHOULD be PhD students with a research 
project in progress at the time of the conference, who are from either 
the fields of journalism, media and communication studies, or other 
disciplines with relevant concerns in media and communication related 
issues.
„h All the submitted papers and proposals should be in either Chinese 
(see the format requirements for Chinese papers) or English, and follow 
the APA academic writing format, with double space. Please send your 
papers and proposals to (cucphdforum /at/ gmail.com) before the following 
indicated key dates.

Key dates:
„h October 1, deadline of first draft paper submission
„h November 1, results of the first round review
„h November 20, deadline of final version paper submission
„h December 1, formal invitations

Other Attentions:
„h Please indicate if you would like to have your papers published in 
the Chinese academic online database CNKI. Otherwise your paper will be 
published online after the conference. Normally this does not affect 
further publication in printed journals as the organization does not 
claim any copyrights of the papers.
„h The organizers will grant conference participants from outside of 
Beijing will a limited amount of financial subsidy for travel and 
accommodation.
„h Collection of excellent papers will be complied and published after 
the conference on a voluntary basis.
Contact:
Coordinators: Mainland China:
Ren Mengshan +86(0) 13521129797
Overseas: Huang Dianlin +61(0)402543172
Conference contacts:
Wang Guibin +86(0)13260057115
Xue Qiang +86 (0) 15177101942
Email: (cucphdforum /at/ gmail.com)
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