[ecrea] cfp: The International Conference on Communication and Media (i-COME’14)

The International Conference on Communication and Media (i-COME’14)

October 18-20, 2014, Langkawi, MALAYSIA



Website: http://www.i-comeuum.com Email: (icome /at/ uum.edu.my)




CALL FOR PAPERS



In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of Universiti Utara Malaysia, 
we proudly invite you to the International Conference on Communication 
and Media (i-COME’14) organized by Communication Department, School of 
Multimedia Technology and Communication, UUM. This conference is 
scheduled to take place from 18 - 20 October, 2014 at the Holiday Villa 
Beach Hotel and Resort, Langkawi, Malaysia


i-COME’14 aims to provide a multinational platform where the latest 
issues in communication and media can be presented and discussed in a 
friendly environment with the aim to learn from each other. The theme of 
the conference is Communication, Empowerment and Governance: The 21st 
Century Enigma.



TOPIC OF INTEREST



The key communication and media issues to be addressed by the conference 
are in relation (but not limited) to:


(a) Organizational Communication: Corporate communication, Power and 
politics in organizations, Communication for organizational change, 
Communication management, Public relations;


(b) Communication for Social Change: Health communication, Religion, 
Communication and media, Gender and communication, Governance and 
empowerment of women, Campaign;


(c) Intercultural Communication: Issues in international and 
intercultural communication, Barriers in intercultural communication, 
Negotiating across cultures, Empowerment and governance across cultures;


(d) Political Communication: Communication policies and regulations, 
Communication law, Empowerment and governance in the information 
society, Leadership, Ethics in campaign, Ethics in speech;


(e) New Media: New media and culture, Media industry trends and 
dynamics, Ethics and cyber society, Media challenges and opportunities, 
Creativity, innovation and users, Government, regulations and new media;


(f) Language and Communication: Media and Language, Role of language, 
Visual and Linguistics, Critical literacy, Language and advertising, 
Language and rhetoric, Language and social interaction.


(For full list of issues, please visit our website www.i-comeuum.com)



SUBMISSION


Authors are invited to submit papers for the conference through the 
i-COME’14 online management system 
(http://www.i-comeuum.com/openconf/openconf.php).  Submissions must be 
original and should not have been published previously or be under 
consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference. 
Any questions can, be forwarded to the secretariat via (icome /at/ uum.edu.my)



PUBLICATION AND INDEXING



This conference is featured by blind review of papers. The conference 
proceedings will be published by Procedia - Social and Behavioural 
Sciences (Elsevier) with ISBN/ISSN number and will be indexed in SCOPUS 
and published by Elsevier (upon approval by Elsevier).



IMPORTANT DATES



Paper Submission Deadline


31 March 2014

Acceptance Notification to Authors


30 April 2014

Deadline for Revised/Final Version


30 May 2014

Early Bird Registration Deadline


15 August 2014

Registration Deadline


1 October 2014


Registration is now open via our website:  http://www.i-comeuum.com . 
Please forward all inquiries to: (icome /at/ uum.edu.my)



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