[ecrea] Global Fusion 2015 - Development and resilience in communication

Global Fusion 2015 - CFP
Development and resilience in communication
Texas A&M University Department of Communication
Friday October 23 – Sunday October 25, 2015, Bolton Hall, Texas A&M
University campus, College Station, Texas, USA
http://globalfusion-ocs-tamu.tdl.org

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS EXTENDED TO AUGUST 15, 2015

Call for Papers
The theme for the sixteenth annual Global Fusion conference is
“Development and resilience in communication.” We invite global
media and international communication researchers to submit abstracts
contributing to this conference theme. Development refers not only to
the long tradition of development communication research beginning in
the 1940s and 1950s linking development with democracy, but also
suggests topics related to social change more broadly construed since
the NWICO movement and global responses to Washington Consensus reforms.
Resilience in the communication context can refer to the survival of
existing systems, navigating in the face of change or crisis, and the
possibility or desirability of transforming systems. We are particularly
interested in proposals that address new approaches to development and
transformation as well as discussions on how sustainable, community
based and cooperative initiatives are appropriating new technologies
effectively. Also of interest are research on marginalized or
under-resourced groups' use of media and technology, including refugee,
migrant, and indigenous populations’ appropriation of communication
technologies for empowerment of activism.

DEADLINE EXTENDED. Abstracts no longer than 500 words should be
submitted through the open conference system
(globalfusion-ocs-tamu.tdl.org <http://globalfusion-ocs-tamu.tdl.org>)
before August 15, 2015. Please title your abstract. Follow APA 6th
edition guidelines for abstract style, and save your document as a .doc
or .docx file. To preserve anonymity, on a separate page from your
abstract, put the title of the paper, contributors’ names,
affiliations, and email addresses.

Global Fusion 2015 is cosponsored by IASPM, University of Stockholm -
JMK, and Media Rise.

Graduate paper competition. A “Best Paper” award winner will be
selected from among paper submissions by graduate students wishing to
enter the competition. For consideration, please submit full papers and
mark them clearly as submissions for the competition.

About the conference. The Global Fusion conference consortium seeks to
promote and sustain excellence in international communication and global
media research. Our institutional members are Ohio University, Southern
Illinois University, Temple University, Texas A&M University, University
of Texas at Austin, and University of Virginia.

Invited speakers. Thomas Tufte (Roskilde University, Denmark) and Drew
McDaniel (Ohio University)

Special event #1. Workshop on the Media Monitoring System following
Global Fusion 2015 (Sunday, no registration charge). Explore the Media
Monitoring System deployed at Texas A&M University -- a unique set of
integrated technologies that allows real time harvesting, translation
into English, and archiving of global media in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi,
and Russian multichannel television, Twitter feeds, and targeted
websites. Learn to develop, annotate, code, and share data sets;
brainstorm research methods and explore possible collaborations with
others using the system; and brainstorm research design with others.
Leave the session with a free account to use from home!

Special event #2. Media Rise Networking Lounge: Media Rise will host a
curated, informal, "professional speed dating" networking session. It
will bring together media educators, artists/content creators, and
activists from around Texas to interact with Global Fusion participants.
If you are interested in participating in this session, please send a
brief 2-3 paragraph statement about your interest to Dr. Srivi
Ramasubramanian atÂ
<mailto:(srivi /at/ mediarisenow.org)>(srivi /at/ mediarisenow.org)Â by September 30.
Media Rise is a global alliance that connects people with ideas for
promoting meaningful media for social good. More information atÂ
<http://www.mediarisenow.org>www.mediarisenow.org.

Special event #3. Interactive Workshop on Transformative Leadership to
Inspire Creativity: Media Rise will co-host an interactive workshop with
Global Fusion on the role of transformative leadership in promoting
meaningful media for peace, sustainability and social justice. Media
Rise is a global alliance that connects people with ideas for promoting
meaningful media for social good. More information atÂ
<http://www.mediarisenow.org>www.mediarisenow.org.

Getting to the conference. Texas A&M University is served by Easterwood
Airport (CLL) with multiple daily connections to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)
and Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) on American Airlines and United
Airlines, respectively. The university is one and a half hours’ drive
from both IAH and Austin-Bergstrom Airport (AUS). MAP:Â
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/45787898>http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/45787898

Conference registration. The $100 registration fee can be paid online
atÂ
<http://globalfusion-ocs-tamu.tdl.org>http://globalfusion-ocs-tamu.tdl.orgÂ;
and on-site at the conference. Early birds (until October 1) pay only $75.

2015 Conference Committee. Sandra Braman, Patrick Burkart, Antonio
LaPastina, Heidi Campbell, Randy Kluver, Srivi Ramasubramanian,
Department of Communication, Texas A&M University

Conference Manager. Patrick Burkart, Department of Communication, Texas
A&M University

Conference Administrator. Forrest Rule, Department of Communication,
Texas A&M UniversityÂ
<mailto:(globalfusion2015 /at/ tamu.edu)>(globalfusion2015 /at/ tamu.edu).



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