SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
8th Annual International Conference on
Communication and Mass Media, 17-20 MAY 2010, Athens, Greece
The Mass Media & Communication Research Unit
of the Athens Institute for Education and
Research (AT.IN.E.R.) organizes its 8th annual
international conference on Communication and
Mass Media, 17-20 May 2010. The registration
fee is ?250 (euro), covering access to all
sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and
conference material. Special arrangements will
be made with local hotels for a limited number
of rooms at a special conference rate. In
addition, a number of special events will be
organized: A Greek night of entertainment, a
special one-day cruise in the Greek islands and
a half-day archaeological tour in the wider area of Attica (Athens) tour.
The aim of the conference is to bring together
scholars and students of Communications, Mass
Media and other related disciplines. You may
participate as panel organizer, presenter of
one paper, chair of a session or observer. Past
conferences drew participants from five
continents and more than 50 countries,
presenting papers on diverse topics such as
political communication, EU enlargement,
Website design, cross-media ownership, war
correspondence, cultural studies, film, public
relations, telecommunication policy,
advertising, agenda setting, juvenile audience
preferences, and cross-national communication,
among others. For programs of previous
conferences and other information, please visit
the conference website
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Papers (in English) from all areas of mass
media and communication are welcome. Selected
papers will be published in a Special Volume of
the Conference Proceedings or in Edited Books
as part of ATINER's mass media and
communication book series. For Books and
Proceedings of previous conferences you may
visit
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where you can download tables of contents and order forms.
Please submit a 300-word abstract by January
18th, 2010, by email
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to Yorgo Pasadeos, Professor of the University
of Alabama and Head of the Mass Media &
Communication Research Unit, Athens Institute
for Education and Research (ATINER),
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Greece. Tel. + 30 210 363 4210 Fax: + 30 210
3634-209. Please include: Title of Paper, Full
Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an
email address and at least three keywords that
best describe the subject of your submission.
Announcement of the decision is made within 4
weeks after submission, which includes
information on registration deadlines and paper submission requirements.
If you want to participate without presenting
a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers
to be included in the conference proceedings or
books, contribute to the editing of a book, or
any other contribution, please send an email to
Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos
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Director, ATINER.
The Athens Institute for Education and
Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an
independent academic organization with the
mission to become a forum, where academics and
researchers from all over the world could meet
in Athens and exchange ideas on their research
and discuss the future developments of their
discipline. Since 1995, more than 100
international conferences were organized and
more than 80
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have been published. The Institute is organized
into four
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divisions and 19
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units. Each research unit organizes at least an
annual conference and undertakes various small-
and large-scale research projects.
Please accept our apologies for any crossed emails.
