From: Noraziah Hamid <(noraziah.hamid /at/ yahoo.com.my)>
Introduction
The School of Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences a=
nd Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia will organize the Internation=
al Conference on Media and Communication, in short MENTION2009 in October 2=
009. This biennial conference is a continuous academic discourse by the sch=
ool. MENTION2009 provides a platform for local and international scholars t=
o convene, discuss, and share new and different perspectives regarding issu=
es and challenges in the field of communication, media studies, and humanit=
ies. MENTION2009 welcomes active participation from academics, practitioner=
s and graduate students in media and communication as presenters and partic=
ipants. This conference will be held at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
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Conference Date:
13, 14 & 15 October 2009
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Call for Papers=20
Language of the Conference
English or Malay
Call for Papers
The call for papers and abstracts are now open. Scholars, institutions, res=
earchers and graduate students are invited to submit abstracts for individu=
al panels, organized panels and institutional panels. Prospective authors a=
re invited to submit abstracts written double spaced (not exceeding 200 wor=
ds) together with a 50 word biodata in English or Malay to the Secretariat =
through online submission system by using MS word format only. The deadline=
s for submission are as follows:
Abstracts deadline: 15th April 2009
Notice of acceptance:=20
Submission of full paper: 15th August 2009
Contents of abstracts
An abstract must include the following details
Title of the paper (not exceeding 15 words)
Author=E2=80=99s name and affiliation
Country
Full address of the author(s) including email address(es)
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Venue
MENTION2009 will be held at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, =
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor.
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Correspondence
The Secretariat
MENTION2009
School of Media and Communication Studies
The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor
MALAYSIA
Tel: 603 =E2=80=93 8921 4277
Fax: 603 =E2=80=93 8921 3542
Email: (mtn2009 /at/ ukm.my)