[ecrea] CfP: US-CHINESE MEDIA COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN A POST-CRISIS WORLD, August 23-25, 2011, UMass-Amherst USA

>*CALL FOR PAPERS*
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>*The 4th International Forum on PR and Advertising*
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>will be held at the
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>*University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA*
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>*23-25 August 2011*
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>on the theme of
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>*=93**The future of US-Chinese MEDIA COMMUNICATION and public diplomacy in =
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>Post-Crisis World**=94***
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>The current international economic crisis has already transformed the
>financial, industrial and manufacturing sectors in the world; causing many
>people to lose their jobs and many families to suffer degradation of their
>well being. The impact of these changes is profound and is expected to
>radically alter the future relations among a number of political and
>economic powers. The US and China will most likely be at the forefront of
>this debate, which may lead to =91adjustments=92 on a world scale.
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>This conference attempts to assess the future of US-Chinese relations from =
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>number of inter-related perspectives. An underlying assumption being that a
>gradual change in economic and financial power will also lead to changes in
>=91soft=92 power like media communication, public relations, public opinion=
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>public diplomacy and (new and old) media consumption.
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>*We herewith invite abstracts and papers which meet the following
>requirements*:
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>1. Abstracts of about 800 words, in English or Chinese, have to be sent to
>the organizers of the conference (English abstracts to Jan Servaes,
>(csschange /at/ gmail.com); Chinese abstracts to (hust87559084 /at/ sohu.com)) before 1
>December 2010.
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>2. Abstracts will be assessed by the scientific committee. Applicants will
>receive a reply before 15 January 2011.
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>3. Full papers have to be submitted by 1 May 2011 the latest. Papers
>submitted must be original and have never been published in any format
>before. The paper should be of a length of 10,000 words maximum.
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>The submission must be in Word or rtf. format and sent to the following
>designated emails:
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>Submissions in Chinese: (hust87559084 /at/ sohu.com)
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>Submissions in English: (csschange /at/ gmail.com) <(kitty.leung /at/ cityu.edu.hk)>
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>Specific guidelines on formatting will be provided upon request. This is to
>facilitate compilation of papers for publication and anonymous review.
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>*A selection of the best papers (in English) will, after peer review, be
>published in two special issues of the following Elsevier journals*:
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>*Public Relations Review* <
>http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620188/descrip=
>tion#description>
>and
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>*Telematics and Informatics. An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Social
>Impacts of New Technologies* <
>http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/703/descriptio=
>n#description
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>*Members of the scientific committee include*:
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>Dr. Xianhong Chen (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan)
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>Dr. Zhou He (City University of Hong Kong),
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>Dr. Ray Hiebert (Editor, Public Relations Review),
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>Prof. Chin-Chuan Lee (City University of Hong Kong),
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>Prof. Jan Servaes (University of Massachusetts),
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>Prof. Maureen Taylor (University of Oklahoma),
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>Dean Zhangkun (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan)
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>*More Information*
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>The conference will be held in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Detailed
>information on fees, place, access and lodging will be provided in due time=
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>Please check www.csschange.org for regular updates.
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