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[ecrea] Communication and information sciences in network society: experiences and insights: II

Fri Dec 20 17:05:00 GMT 2013




The Communication Faculty of Vilnius University is organizing an international academic conference, “Communication and information sciences in network society: experiences and insights: II” on the 19th –20th of June, 2014. The aim of this conference is to present and discuss current problems in communication and information research as well as to build upon the dialogue on the issues within this field of science.

The topics to be presented should prove to be relevant to communication and information scientists, lecturers and students. Therefore, the conference organizers invite you to choose from the list of predetermined topics that fit your field of studies. Networking has become an integral part of our daily life, increasingly involving various aspects of human life, modifying not only the communication habits, but also the traditional social structure, of organizations and institutions. The networking age certainly provides new opportunities for people, for the efficiency of organizations and institutions, and finally for the development of communication and information science. However, new opportunities raise certain challenges. What kinds of problems does the network society face? What problems of communication and information science are most relevant today?

The organizers of the conference are calling for presentations on the following topics based on current issues in the field of communication and information science.

   * Baltic Media Studies.
   * Changing media in conditions of convergence.
   * Change, impact and application of information and communication
     technologies.
   * Communication: theory and practice.
   * Evolution of memory institutions and activities in digital culture.
   * Information about and communication of culture in the cultural
     industries.
   * Information and knowledge management.
   * Information services within the public sector.
   * Interaction of Media, Policy and Economics.
   * International networking and visual media.
   * Management of documents and archives.
   * Museology in the context of new public cultural communication forms.
   * The role and functions of social media in modern society.

The conference will feature these keynote speakers: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hylland Eriksen (Norway), Prof. Dr. Anne Gilliland (USA), Prof. Dr. Eugène Loos (the Netherlands), Prof. Dr. Pieter van Mensch (the Netherlands), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andres Jõesaar (Estonia), Prof. Dr. Georgii Pocheptsov (Ukraine).

Practitioners within the field will also be invited to take part in the relevant discussions. Presentations will be read in Lithuanian and in English. The estimated duration of presentations is 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for questions.

The organizers of the conference have kindly informed that you will be able to publish an article based on your presentation in one of the academic journals of Vilnius University: Informacijos mokslai, Knygotyra, and Žurnalistikos tyrimai /Journalism Research.

Please register your topics online www.conference.kf.vu.lt/?lang=en <http://www.conference.kf.vu.lt/?lang=en>. For more information contact us (conference /at/ kf.vu.lt) <mailto:(conference /at/ kf.vu.lt)>.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrius Vaišnys
Chairman of the Organizational Committee
Dean of the Communication Faculty of Vilnius University

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