INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
CALL FOR PAPERS
Dear friends and colleagues,
The IMS Noida and the SJMC is jointly organizing
an International Conference on Intercultural Communication in September, 2009.
The Institute of Management Studies (popularly
known as IMS-Noida) is a premier management
education institution, ranked top among the
upper 50 business schools in India, is pleased
to inform you that it is going to hold an
international conference on 'Intercultural
Communication' between September 3rd to 5th, 2009 at its campus.
PRESENTATION OF TOPIC
The globalization and privatization had brought
a number of dramatic changes in the otherwise
conservative cultures and traditional societies
world over in the last one decade. The working
styles and the business culture have created an
impact on their living styles. The 24x7 work
culture had brought in their fold a number of
new waves in their cultures breaking the
traditional barriers in respect of family
traditions and relationships. A larger part of
the major change in all spheres is due to the
fast growing media, which is also a consequence
of globalization and privatization. The
increasing TV and cable networks, multiplicity
of networking channels, FM Radios, internet and
mobile technologies, besides the market driven
journalism being pursued by the print media --
all together have intertwined the fabrics of
society into a new culture. The native and
traditional cultures of third world countries
are thus undergoing radical changes at a faster pace than ever.
Even, India a country with a bewildering
diversity in culture, yet representing â??unity
in diversityâ?? over centuries could not escape
the onslaught of alien cultures. The traditional
societies and life styles in India have begun to
change. This change has become more perceptible
than ever in the past up to the grass
roots?villages?level. If one understands
cultures is in the widest sense of the word as
the whole conflicting way of living, knowing and
acting of a major group of people, then they are
communicatively mediated. Through the media
people in any society become socialized within
the cultures, and degree of socialization is
often expressed through communication itself.
Most of the times, these processes of change
occur increasingly via technical ties of media,
beginning with newspapers and journals, through
television, radio and film up to the so-called
hybrid media of computers and mobile phones. The
studies on intercultural communication are
therefore becoming very interesting and of
importance. Against this backdrop, the
conference on intercultural communication will
provide a platform to discuss the socio-cultural
changes expressed in terms of communication.
Research proposals in the form of abstracts
followed by the full papers after the peer
review and notification of selected abstracts
are invited from the scholars world over
interested in sharing the impact of
globalization on the native cultures of
developed and developing countries across the
globe. The proposals are welcome from any part
of the world throwing light on the fall out of
globalization on the cultures which include life
styles, business styles and working styles in communication.
The proposals must be attempting to describe the
cultural changes in any society within the ambit
of media and communication studies theoretically
and empirically. Secondly, the subject of the
conference is to reflect how change can be
described adequately and also how it can be
operationalised. Third, the conference addresses
the question of the significance of research on
media cultures for the theoretical development
of media and communication studies.
Proposals/abstracts not exceeding 250-300 words
on the following themes, though not strictly limited to these are welcome:
Themes and Sub-themes
Media and Culture
Concepts of media culture
Empirical media culture research
Historical dimension of media cultural change
Present relevance of media cultural change
Media politics, public sphere and political discourse cultures
Integration, segregation and conflicts in media cultures
Cultures of journalism, production and organization
Contents, formats and discourses of media cultures
Everyday life, appropriation and socialization in media cultures.
Media and business
Advertising impacting on national and regional cultures
Imitation of international advertising styles
and their impact on native cultures
Changing patterns of business communication
New forms of business culture-Malls, Big Bazaars, Kiosks, village fairs, etc.
Rural advertising and new ways of communication strategies
New Content designs?E-Learning, E-business, E-Commerce, E-Bay
Role of search engines in setting new agendas
for cross cultural business communication
strategies-comparative studies of developing and developed world.
Media and religion
Changing patterns of devotional communication-developing and developed world.
News forms of devotional
communication-developing and developed world-comparative study
New Media and devotional communication
Emerging new cable and network channels of spread of religious messages
Cross cultural influences on devotional messages/formats
Media and politics
New forms of political communication-mediating the messages
New formats of political communication- PR-ized, mediatized communication
Technological changes to suit the new political
communication strategies?Use oof graphics,
multimedia and convergence to enhance the efficacy of the political messages.
Media economy and politics
Influence of politics on media economy
Liberalization of media and privatization-impact on cultures
Media and Politics
· New forms of political communication-mediatizing the message
· New formats of political
communication-PR-ized, mediatized communication.
· Technological changes to suit the new
political communication strategies-Use of
graphics, multi media and convergence to enhance
the efficacy of the political messages.
· Media economy and political economy
· Influence of politics on media economy
· Liberalization of media and privatization-impact on cultures.
Media and Social change
Influence of media on impressionable age groups women, and children.
Impact of reality shows and social TV, fashion
shows, music channels, multinational and
national channels on the native cultures
Perception of audience of the violence, sex and
illegal activities shown on TV both live and
reconstructs with graphics/multimedia
Advantages and disadvantages of participatory shows on TV viewers
Influence of commercials and content and formats
of advertising, brand management, brand image,
brand efficacy, testimonials, paired associations, brand recall, etc.
Media Management
Media organization, structure and ownerships,
investments and networking channels
Concept of prime time, planning and development of programs
Prioritization of news, entertainment as news, film news
Space for cartoon, animation programs, and children programs, etc.
Content development, Gate keeping, Agenda
setting, adversarial roles, service to public
Media laws and ethics
Media accountability, new paradigms-self
regulatory or state control, responsible
journalism, criteria for selecting good news and
bad news, over sensationalization, etc.
Limitations of freedom of expression,
dramatization of human interest stories,
investigative journalism with hidden cameras, paparazzi, etc.
Role and portrayal of women as vamps, sex symbols, etc.
Invited keynote speakers:
Many eminent national and international key note
speakers would chair, besides preside over the
inaugural and valedictory functions.
They will be notified a short time before the Conference.
Programmme
Sessions
The Conference will have the following Sessions on three days
Day one ?September3, 2009 >
Morning Session ?
Inaugural Session: i. Inauguration (Details would be notified soon)
ii.
Speeches/Presentation of Papers by the Key note Speakers
Tea break
Presentation of Papers on each of 6 sub-themes simultaneously.
Reporting on the important findings of the presentation.
Lunch break.
Post Lunch Session-Presentation of Papers on
each of 6 sub-themes continued simultaneously.
Tea Break
Presentation of Papers on each of 6 sub-themes continued simultaneously.
Reporting of the important findings of the presentation.
Day two-September 4, 2009
1. Morning Session: i.
Speeches/Presentation of Papers by the Key note
Speakers. ii.Presentation of Papers 6
sub-themes-discussions would be sub-theme wise.
2. Reporting of the important findings of the presentations.
3. Lunch Break
3. After noon session: Presentation of Papers sub-theme wise continued.
4. Reporting of the important findings of the presentations
5. Tea Break.
6. After noon- Presentation of Papers sub-theme wise continued
7. Reporting of the important findings of the presentations
Day three-September5, 2009
1. Morning Session: i. Speeches/Presentation of
Papers by the Key note Speakers.
ii. Presentation of Papers 6 sub-themes-discussions would be sub-theme wise.
2. Reporting of the important findings of the presentations.
3. Lunch Break
4.. After noon session: Presentation of Papers sub-theme wise continued.
5. Reporting the important findings of the presentations
6. Tea Break.
5. After noon- Summing of 3days proceedings by
the Chief Reporter in consultation with the
session wise reporters and preparation of final report.
6. Closing Session: i. Submission of Final
Report on the outcomes of the conference
ii. Valedictory Function (details would be notified soon)
Registration Fees
The registration fees for the international/national delegates
100 USD or 60 GBP for foreign delegates
Rs. 5000/- (two nights) for boarding and lodging
for international delegates, and Rs.2500/- for local Indian delegates
Rs. 2000/- for students without boarding and lodging
Registration fee should be submitted through the
Demand Draft/Pay order along with the
registration form duly filled and sent to the following address.
Registration online is also possible through the operation of swift account.
Details for Swift banking:
Beneficiary's Name: IMS Noida, Address: A-8B
IMS Campus, Sector - 62, Noida, INDIA Account
number ? 114402000010050, Beneficiary Bank:
CENTURIAN BANK OF PUNJAB LIMITED Address: Sector
- 16, Noida, INDIA Or PLEASE REMIT PROCEEDS TO
HSBC BANK, 140 BROADWAY 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK,
USA or SWIFT-MRMDUS33 FOR FURTHER CREDIT TO
CENTURION BANK OF PUNJAB LIMITED. (CTRNINBBDEN),
USD A/C No. 000-05144-6, For Further Credit to
A/C No. 114402000010050 of IMS Noida
The DDs or Payorders should be addressed to: The
Institute of Management Studies, Noida 201303 NCR Goutambuddhanagar, India.
The DDs or Pay orders should be sent on or
before the closing date of Registration?July 31, 2009. >
Travel and Accommodation
Requests for Travel Grants
Faculty/Post doctoral fellows/Research scholars
may avail different kinds of travel
grants/fellowships under various exchange programs to attend the conference.
Many Institutions abroad, and in India as well,
offer travel grants for the purpose of
research/presenting papers or to attend
conferences overseas. We wish to welcome all
those, who request for travel grants to avail
such opportunity to attend the conference. At
the same time we wholeheartedly welcome all
others to make it convenient to attend this
conference and make it a grand experience.
Over 50 international and 150 national delegates
would be accommodated in the conference. Hence
we would like to invite all the enthusiastic
scholars to visit India and present papers by
submitting their abstracts as early as they can.
Accommodation
Transport, accommodation and food would be
provided to all the international and national
delegates attending the conference (By paying
the appropriate registration fees immediately
after receiving the notification of acceptance
of their abstracts/full papers) and presenting
the papers during the days of the conference.
Tourism and Cultural Programs
There will be a sight seeing to select tourism
spots on the evenings of select days on payment
basis. Details would be informed during the days
of the conference. Proposals are under study to
arrange cultural programs for the foreign and
Indian delegates during the evenings prior to dinner.
Submission of Abstracts/Full Papers
Submission of abstracts and full papers:
Send the abstract/full papers to
<mailto:(cshnmurthy-seminar /at/ imsnoida.com)>(cshnmurthy-seminar /at/ imsnoida.com)
with cc to <mailto:(dean_journalism /at/ imsnoida.com)>(dean_journalism /at/ imsnoida.com)
All the abstracts are peer reviewed by the
experts committee in the respective fields. Only
abstracts accepted for presentation would be
notified for submitting the final and full papers.
Notification for the Conference: January 2009
Notification inviting abstracts: Feb 28, 2009 (First Call)
2nd Call for abstracts: March 1, 2009
Last date for submission of Abstracts: April 15, 2009
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: April 30, 2009
Deadline for Registration: May 30, 2009
Dead line for the submission of full papers: June 30, 2009
For further information on the conference and
for the full call for papers, please visit the web page
Responsible for organization of Conference:
Convenor: Prof.Dr.Devesh Kishore, Dean, School
of Journalism and Mass Communication, IMS, Noida.
<mailto:(Dean_journalism /at/ imsnoida.com)>(Dean_journalism /at/ imsnoida.com)
Registration and Details of Programme:
Prof.Dr.N.K.Trikha. Professor in Journalism and
Mass Communication, SJMC, Noida.
<mailto:(n.k.trikha /at/ imsnoida.com)>(n.k.trikha /at/ imsnoida.com)
Travel and Accommodation: Dr.Vinita Gupta, Asst
Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
<mailto:(vinitagupta /at/ imsnoida.com)>(vinitagupta /at/ imsnoida.com)
Submission of Abstracts/Full papers:
Prof.Dr.CSHN Murthy, Professor in Journalism and
Mass Communication, SJMC, IMS Noida.
<mailto:(Cshnmurthy-seminars /at/ imsnoida.com)>(Cshnmurthy-seminars /at/ imsnoida.com)
with a CC to
<mailto:(dean_journalism /at/ imsnoida.com)>(dean_journalism /at/ imsnoida.com)
Venue
Would be notified soon.
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We look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes,
The SJMC Team of IMS, (Noida) UP India
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