[ecrea] CFP - Moscow research conference "Communication as a discipline and as a field: Sharing experiences to construct a dialogue"

Call for papers: international research conference COMMUNICATION AS A 
DISCIPLINE AND AS A FIELD: SHARING EXPERIENCES TO CONSTRUCT A 
DIALOGUEJuly 9-11, 2015Moscow, Russiahttp://commconferencehse.ru/?lang=en
Sponsors: National Research University Higher School of Economics; 
National Communication Association; international communication association.
Key speakers: Robert Craig, Professor Emeritus of Communication, 
University of Colorado Boulder, president of ICA (2003-2004); Wolfgang 
Donsbach,  Professor of communication and founding director of the 
Department of Communication at Dresden University of Technology;Carl 
Botan, Professor of Communication and the Director of the Ph.D. program 
in Health and Strategic Communication at George Mason University.
The conference organized by the Department of Integrated Communications 
at Higher School of Economics in Moscow is aimed at bringing together 
once more different voices from communication scholarship in order to 
advance constructing a conceptual map of communication discipline and 
field in various parts of the globe and thereby further our 
understanding of the primary role of communication in modern society. We 
invite you to share your perspectives on the essential questions of the 
nature of communication as a discipline and as a field.
We welcome conceptual papers as well as comparative and empirical 
studies on the topic of the state and shape of communication discipline 
and field around the world. We also intend to welcome studies on the 
interdisciplinary aspects of communication and the changing disciplinary 
landscape with the growing power of new media. Possible presentation 
topics may include, but not limited to:

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    * Communication discipline: Regional and national perspectives
    * Interdisciplinary nature of communication
    * Approaches to studying and researching communication
    * Communication discipline: the need for intercultural and 
cross-national dialogue
    * National paradigms in communication research
    * Communication as transmission of messages and co-production of 
meanings
    * The role of new media in transformation of communication discipline
    * Communication competencies in training modern professionals: a 
business-oriented approach
    * Communication education: challenges, needs, and opportunities
    * The map of communication journals: opportunities and constraints
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      Please submit your extended abstracts before March 31st,  2015 by 
sending an email to (aendaltseva /at/ hse.ru) or by using a submission form 
provided on the conference website http://commconferencehse.ru/?lang=en.
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      All abstracts will be blind reviewed by the members of NCA, 
ECANA, and ICA from  April 01, 2015 to  April 20, 2015
      The participants will be informed on the decision from  April 20, 
2015 to April 30, 2015. For papers to be considered for publication in 
the conference proceedings volume, full papers should be submitted by  
July 1st , 2015 to (aendaltseva /at/ hse.ru). Full papers will be blind 
reviewed as well. The review results will be sent by September 1st , 2015.
    * To submit your paper or ask further questions about the 
conference or the Department of Integrated Communications please email 
Alexandra Endaltseva, International Academic Projects Coordinator, Lecturer.
    * More information you can find on the conference website  
http://commconferencehse.ru/?lang=en




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