[ecrea] Cfp_conference on media business landscapes

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDIA BUSINESS LANDSCAPES

CECC|FCH – Catholic University of Portugal - Lisbon

19 - 20 March 2015

Deadline for submissions: December 15, 2014



European integration has led to major changes in media landscapes with 
the harmonization of legislation among member states. Under this 
context, besides dismantling state intervention, liberalization and 
marketization of the sector has been witnessed along with increasing 
concentration and the transnationalization of the forms of ownership. 
The mostly English-speaking multi-sectorial and transnational 
conglomerates have taken a dominant role in the production and 
distribution of content, which has blurred the specific nuances of 
national media and led to the reduction of the heterogeneity of 
international media supply.



However, in the post-crisis global context of present time, the United 
States and the European countries are losing terrain where their 
traditional political, economic, and symbolic supremacy is concerned, 
whereas other countries outside the Western geography, such as China, 
Russia and Brazil, are increasing their importance in the international 
arena. At the same time, regional dominant nations are also acquiring 
economic supremacy in different areas of the world, e.g. Angola in 
Africa or South Korea in the Pacific. Strong non-Western economies are 
affirming themselves in the globalized world which has opened the way 
for them to buy strategic companies in several countries. Media 
corporations are being considered strategic assets in the global 
affirmation of emerging countries with autocratic political regimes and 
this trend is introducing questions regarding how illiberal views on 
media articulate with Western culture’s founding prerogatives of journalism.



Bearing in mind all these shifts that are currently taking place, this 
conference aims at contributing to a more in-depth knowledge on Media 
Systems and Globalization, and adding complexity to the scientific 
debate by addressing the issue from multiple perspectives.

Papers and panel proposals are welcome on the topics listed below, 
amongst others:



• Lusophone Media Landscapes

• Media Policy and Regulation

• (New) Media Business Models

• Media and Democracy

• Media Economics

• (New) Media Conglomerates

• Geocultural Media Markets

• (New) Journalism Practices

• The Role of Public Media



Submission of proposals should be done by e-mail to 
(mediabusinesslandscapes /at/ gmail.com).



Paper proposals: please submit a 250-word abstract (references not 
included), as well as a brief biographical note (100 words). Panel 
proposals should include a 200-word abstract and a brief biographical 
note for each presentation, plus a 250-word panel presentation. All 
proposals should be submitted by December 15th 2014. The conference 
official languages are English and Portuguese.



All proposals will undergo a double blind peer review process. 
Notification of acceptance will be sent to authors by January 15th 2015.



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

• Rita Figueiras, Catholic University of Portugal

• Nelson Ribeiro, Catholic University of Portugal

• Afonso Albuquerque, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

• Sónia Pereira

• Nuno Conde

• Margarida Ferreira

• Filipe Resende

• Élmano Souza



REGISTRATION FEE

Early Bird (until January 30th 2015)

• Students (MA/PhD): 40€

• Standard: 80€

Regular (from February 1st 2015 until conference day)

• Students (MA/PhD): 60€

• Standard: 160€

Registration is free for CECC members.



FURTHER INFORMATION

All suggestions and comments are welcome. Please contact the Conference 
Committee through email: (mediabusinesslandscapes /at/ gmail.com)

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