CALL FOR PAPERS
The Media and Communications Program at The
University of Melbourne, Australia
and
the International Communication Association (ICA)
invite paper submissions for the international conference:
Journalism in the 21st Century:
Between Globalization and National Identity


Date: July 16 -17, 2009
Venue: The 
University of Melbourne, Australia


Journalism in the 21st century is transforming
rapidly with the globalization of news
organisations, convergent digital technologies
leading to new audiences and content producers
and to a profoundly changed public sphere.
These are the crucial elements of transnational
?network terrains? which are shaping new
journalistic formats and producers, and also new
ways to mediate between ?the global? and ?the
local?, and between supra- and subnational
spheres. It is therefore timely to address the
changing role of national news media in such a
landscape and to reposition journalism in the
context of such a globalized public space.
Our conference will provide a broad platform for
the debate of a variety of emerging issues
shaped by these new forms of transnational
public communication, forms which affect
journalistic practice and the meaning of news
and news cultures, in Australia, the Asia-Pacific, and throughout the world.
These new phenomena challenge academic
discourses as well as news media, as the
enormity of the changes demands fresh analysis.
The conference invites academic papers but will
also include representatives of leading
international and Australian news media. Already
confirmed speakers from news media are Malek
Triki, Senior Journalist Al Jazeera (formerly
BBC), London; Christoph Lanz, Director
Television, Deutsche Welle, Berlin; and Christoph Wimmer, SBS, Australia.
This truly international event will enable a
much needed discussion of new journalistic forms
in the transnational public sphere of the 21st Century.
The conference will host about 300 participants.
Key events of the conference will be recorded by
SBS (Special Broadcasting Service), Sydney, Australia.
Please submit a 800 word abstract by September
30, 2008. Notification of accepted papers will
be sent out by the end of October, 2008. We
encourage academic submissions from Australia and all parts of the globe.
We invite your submission in the following broad areas:
Journalism and
? Globalization
? Conflict communication
? The transformation of foreign news
? Media diplomacy
? Democracy
? Ethics
? Technological change
? Social networking technologies
? Convergent and mobile media
? Citizen journalism
? Network Structures
? Youth
? Ownership
? New public service models
? Diaspora, minority media
? Networks, communities, interactive forms
? New Public spheres
Please send your submission to:
(ivolkmer /at/ unimelb.edu.au)
Ingrid Volkmer, University of Melbourne (Conference Chair)
The conference is organized by the Media and
Communications Program, School of Culture and
Communication, The University of Melbourne, in
cooperation with the International Communication Association.
