[ecrea] Call for Conference Media and Poverty and Social Exclusion

> Dear friends and colleagues,
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> We would very much like to welcome you at the 
> Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad.
> Please disseminate this Call further to other possibly interested researchers.
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> With best regards
> Jelena Kleut
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> Conference
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> Media and Poverty and Social Exclusion
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> University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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> 7th May 2011
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> The Conference
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> The conference is organized by the Department of 
> Media Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, University 
> of Novi Sad within the project Media Discourse 
> on Poverty and Social Exclusion, with the 
> support of the Regional Research Promotion 
> Programme in the Western Balkans of the 
> University of Fribourg, Switzerland, funded by 
> the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
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> Mass media have the potential to act either as 
> facilitators of dialogue leading to social 
> change or, in the opposite direction, as a key 
> force for preservation of the status quo. In 
> contemporary societies, the concept of poverty 
> is being replaced by the concept of social 
> exclusion ? a complex, multidimensional issue 
> that includes not onlly economic deprivation but 
> also limitations in access to labour market, 
> educational and health services. Exclusion in 
> this sense is strongly related to the lack of 
> participation and representation, which in 
> modern times is achieved primarily through mass media.
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> Papers on the following kinds of topic will be especially welcome:
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> -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Media discourse about 
> poverty and socially excluded groups;
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> -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Textual and visual 
> representations of socially excluded groups;
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> -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Cross-discursive analysis of 
> poverty and social exclusion (e.g. Poverty and 
> Globalization, Poverty and Europeanization);
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> -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Ideological layers in 
> discourse about poverty and socially excluded groups;
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> -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Mediated articulations of 
> social inequalities in Western Balkan societies;
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> -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Multiple discrimination and social exclusion discourses;
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> -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  The media role in poverty alleviation;
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> -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  The potential of Internet to 
> become an alternative channel of articulation of social needs and interest;
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> -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Functions and effects of 
> Internet based campaigns and projects on poverty 
> reduction and social inclusion.
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> Â Participation and registration
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> Please send abstracts of 250 words max. via 
> email to the organizers (<mailto:(zurnal /at/ ff.uns.ac.rs)>(zurnal /at/ ff.uns.ac.rs))
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> with the subject line â??Media and Poverty and 
> Social Exclusionâ??. Submissions should contain 
> a title page with the title of the presentation, 
> names and contact data of all authors. Please 
> send one document containing title page and 
> abstract in a word file, and be sure to remove 
> all author identification from the abstract 
> itself, as proposals will be submitted into blind peer review.
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> Deadline for submission is March 15, 2011.
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> Participants will be notified about results by April 5, 2011.
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> There is no conference fee. Participants will 
> make their own arrangements for travel and 
> accommodation and the organizers will provide 
> lunch and coffee breaks on the day of the conferences.
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> With the support of the Regional Research 
> Promotional Programme in the Western Balkans, 
> the organizer will provide funding for travel 
> and accommodation for maximum 10 participants 
> from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro.
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> Department of Media Studies
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> Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
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> Dr. Zorana Ä?inÄ?iÄ?a 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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> <mailto:(Zurnal /at/ ff.uns.ac.rs)>(Zurnal /at/ ff.uns.ac.rs)
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> www.ff.uns.ac.rs
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> <http://www.odsekzamedijskestudije.org>www.odsekzamedijskestudije.org
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> Jelena Kleut
> Teaching and International Cooperation Assistant
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> Department of Media Studies
> Faculty of Philosophy, University in Novi Sad
> Zorana Djindjica 2, 21000 Novi Sad
> Tel/fax: +381 21 455 602
> <mailto:(zurnal /at/ ff.uns.ac.rs)>(zurnal /at/ ff.uns.ac.rs)
> <mailto:(Jelena.kleut /at/ gmail.com)>(Jelena.kleut /at/ gmail.com)