[ecrea] international conference on media and communication at Abu Dhabi University

On behalf of the organization committee of the *1^st  INTERNATIONAL 
CONFERENCE ON MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION (ICMC 2018*) hosted by the 
Department of Communication Studies of Abu Dhabi University, I have the 
pleasure to invite you to submit your paper to the conference that**will 
be held in March 19-21, 2018 at Radisson Blu Hotel, Yas Island, Abu 
Dhabi, UAE.

In addition, feel free to distribute the CFP and the attached digital 
brochure to media scholars, researchers as well as media industry and 
business practitioners who might be potentially interested to 
participate at the ICMC 2018.

*Conference information*

At the turn of the millennium the world’s broadcasting and communication 
research and industries are undergoing a massive metamorphosis as well 
as a profound, tumultuous, rapid and unparalleled change. Digital and 
interactive media is now irrevocably linked with computer science, 
telecommunications, the Internet and World Wide Web. Given the 
prominence of the electronic media in the 21^st  century, scholars, 
academics and media professionals need to know how to decipher and 
evaluate media and communication fields in the emerging and dynamic 
digital age.

Hosted by Abu Dhabi University, ICMC 2018 provides the ideal opportunity 
to bring together international academics and media practitioners to 
exchange and discuss the latest issues in media and communication in 
interactive digital media era.

**

*The Aims and Objectives of ICMC 2018 are:*

-          To exchange best practices and promote international 
partnership and cooperation among academia and media 
practitioners worldwide.

-          To create an international forum to present, discuss and 
exchange the latest academic research in media and communication.

*Keynote speakers:*

·Dr. Steven Wildman, Emeritus Professor, Michigan State University, USA

·Dr. Mike Friedrichsen, President, Berlin University of Digital 
Sciences, Germany

*Submission themes*

The interest areas of the conference include but are not limited to:

MEDIA MANAGEMENT

MEDIA REGULATION AND PUBLIC POLICY

MEDIA BRAND

SOCIAL MEDIA

MOBILE MEDIA

MEDIA ECONOMICS

PARTICIPATORY, ONLINE AND DIGITAL JOURNALISM

FAKE NEWS AND FRAUDULENT MEDIATION

MEDIA IN Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) COUNTRIES

MEDIA LITERACY

MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION CONVERGENCE

*Submission procedure*

– All submissions and presentations must be in English or Arabic.

– All submissions must follow instructions provided in paper submission 
instructions (see below).

– If multiple authors are involved, one should be designated to receive 
correspondence regarding the paper.

*Paper submission instructions*

·Full papers must be maximum of 20 pages (12 pt. Times New Roman, single 
spaced) including abstract (250 words), at least five keywords, tables, 
pictures, references and/or appendix.

·Separate title page should include the paper title, author(s), 
university affiliation(s), e-mail(s) and postal address (es).

·Formatting: please follow APA paper and reference formatting style 
(https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/)

·Submitted papers must not have been previously presented, published or 
accepted for publication.

·Each paper presentation will last 15 minutes.

-All the papers should be submitted as a word document format to 
(icmc2018 /at/ adu.ac.ae) <mailto:(icmc2018 /at/ adu.ac.ae)>

*Submission review and publication*

All submissions will be double-blind peer reviewed.

To be included in the conference program, at least one of each paper´s 
co-authors must participate in the conference.

*Publications*

All accepted full papers are going to be published in the Abstracts & 
Proceedings CD-ROM (e-book) with the ISBN number and will be given to 
the participants on the conference day.

**

*Important dates*

-          Submission of Full paper deadline: 20 January 2018

-          Notification of acceptance: 5 February 2018

-          Conference registration deadline: 15 February 2018

*Conference registration fees*: 300 USD

*Social Program *

In addition to the scientific program, we offer the excursion tours to 
the main attractions of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The aim of this tour is 
to broaden network opportunities in a more relaxed environment.

**

*More detailed information can be found on the conference website 
**www.adu.ac.ae/icmc* <http://www.adu.ac.ae/icmc>* and in the attached 
digital brochure.*


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