[ecrea] International Symposium on Language and Communication: Research trends and challenges (ISLC)

The Organizing Committee is pleased to invite you to participate in the 
International Symposium on Language and Communication: Research trends 
and challenges (ISLC). The symposium is to be held 10-13 June 2012 in 
the Atatürk Congress Center, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey.

ISLC is an international symposium which focuses on the research trends 
and challenges in the fields of interdisciplinary language, literature, 
history and communication studies at both national and international 
levels, and their consequences for the theory, policy and practice of a 
variety of fields such as education, economy, sociology, and all other 
related fields. ISLC provides an international forum that enables 
discussions of the latest research trends and challenges, and promotes 
critical debate, on the often-complex interconnections between language 
and communication and history, economy, sociology, education, and all 
related sub-fields.

Subject Areas
The symposium will publishes research papers in the fields of 
humanities, social sciences and economics such as anthropology, 
communication studies, demography, education, ethics, geography, 
history, industrial relations, information science, international 
relations, law, linguistics, library science, methodology, philosophy, 
political science, population studies, psychology, public 
administration, sociology, literature, religious studies, visual arts, 
women studies, management, human resources management, international 
business, tourism, business ethics, development studies and so on. 
Papers may address (but are not limited to) the following strands:

Communication:
- Communication Methods and Researches
- Cultural Studies, Cultural History, Humanities
- Media and Society Studies, Social Communication, Social Media
- Professional and Corporate Communications
- Mass Communication, Mass Communication History
- Communication Law, Policy and Planning
- Communication and Difference
- Popular Culture, Media Uses and Media Literacy
- Intercultural Communication and Global Media Trends
- Global Communication, Social Change, Comparative Studies and Migration 
Studies
- Media Studies, Models of Media Systems Analysis
- Communication Technologies, ICT, Online Journalism and Online Research 
Innovations
- Ethnicity and Race in Communication, Diasporas Studies
- Digital Media, Digital Culture and Human-Technology Interaction and 
Human Factors
- New Media, Internet and New Media Theories
- Mobile Technologies Used for Dissemination and Promotion of Art
- Innovative Works in Computer-based Art/Digital Art/Animation
- Democracy, Politics and Journalism Ethics
- Media and Identity
- Journalism Studies, Journalism Theory, Press Studies, Promotional Culture
- Instructional and Developmental Communication
- Interpersonal Communication Research And Criticism
- Political Communication
- Visual Communication Studies, (Television, Filmmaking, Multimedia, 
Multi-Standards)
- Communication, Training, Cultural Variation and Challenges
- Philosophy of Communication
- Advertising and Marketing

Language:
- Status/ Survival of Language and Literature
- Society and Culture
- Discourse Studies
- First/Second Language Acquisition
- Language Diversity
- Language Policy and Planning
- Language Rights, Language Policy
- Language and Social Interaction
- Language and Identity
- Multilingualism, Cross-Cultural Communication
- National and Local Languages, World Languages
- Language and Economic Development
- Language for Employability
- Language and Social Mobility
- Language Teaching: Trends And Challenges
- Role of the Culture in Global Supply Chain
- Discourse Linguistics
- Computational Linguistics, Computational Lexicography.
- Language Pragmatics
- Cultural and Historical Analysis
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Methodology of Teaching Foreign Languages
- Rhetoric
- Sociolinguistics
- Language and the Arts
- Sociology of Language
- Translation Studies

Language
The official languages of the Symposium will be Turkish and English.

Delegates are required to prepare
- 15-minute oral presentations followed by 5-minute question-response 
periods
- Posters (to be displayed at designated times throughout the conference)
- Abstracts and full papers will be double blind reviewed by the 
referees of the symposium. Accepted papers and posters will be published 
in The Proceeding Book of ISLC 2012.

Time Table for Call for Papers:
Submission of Abstracts Opens   : 1th OCT
Deadline for Submission of Abstracts   : 27th JAN
Early Discount Registration Closes  : 16th MAR
Deadline to Register                : 6th APR
Full Paper Submission Deadline      : 13th APR
ISLC/2012  : 10th JUN


ORGANIZATION
Institute of Language and Communication Studies (ILCS)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Ali Farazmand, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Eszter Cecilia HAJDICS-SZÜCS, Kaposvár University, Hungary
Gülnur Erciyeş, İzmir University, Turkey
Iryna Mygovych, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine
Jinyan Huang, Niagara University, USA
Mohammad Yousuf, University of Oklahoma, USA
Rebeca Soler Costa, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Selçuk Hünerli, İstanbul Kültür University, Turkey


SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Ahmet Beşe, Atatürk University, Turkey
Ahmet Çiftci, Gazi University, Turkey
Ahmad Faisal Mohamed Fiah, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia
Ana Luísa Mateus Oliveira Chança Torres, Polytechnic Institute of 
Santarém, Portugal
Andrea Bencéné Fekete, University of Kaposvár, Hungary
Ákos Farkas, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Alain Montandon, Blaise Pascal University, France
Ali Farazmand, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Ali Güneş, Karabük Üniversitesi, Turkey
Arif Sarıçocan, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Barry Turner, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Cécile Vilvandre De Sousa, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Chen-Li Yao, Ching Yun University, Taiwan
Ching-fen Hsu, Huafan University, Taiwan
Christiane Binet-Montandon, University Paris-EstCréteil Val de Marne, France
Chu-chueh Cheng, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Cristina Maria Junceiro Novo, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal
Cüneyt Özata, Ordu University, Turkey
Darwis Khudori, University of Le Havre, France
Delia Chiaro, University of Bologna, Italy
Elena Abrudan, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Elisaveta Georgieva Kostova, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Erdinç Parlak, Atatürk University, Turkey
Eric Agbessi, Blaise Pascal University, France
Ewa Waniek-Klimczak, University of Lódz, Poland
Ezhar Tamam, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
F. Hülya Özcan, Anadolu University, Turkey
Fikret Arargüç, Atatürk University, Turkey
Frank Bezzina, University of Malta, Malta
Gencer Elkılıç, Kafkas University, Turkey
Gina Wen-Chun Chen, National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan
Giuliana Fiorentino, University of Molise, Italy
Göz Kaufmann, University of Freiburg, Germany
Güler Aras, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Gülnur Erciyeş, İzmir University, Turkey
Hacer Hande Uysal, Gazi University, Turkey
Hjh Thana Abdullah, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
Hüseyin Köse, Atatürk University, Turkey
Ion Stavre, SNSPA, Romania
Iryna Mygovych, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine
İzzettin Kök, İzmir University, Turkey
Jason Brown, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Jean-Jacques Thibon, Blaise Pascal University, France
Jinyan Huang, Niagara University, USA
Joanna Nijakowska, University of Lódz, Poland
Johanna Monti, University of Naples-L'Orientale, Italy
Karey Harrison, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Kemalettin Yiğiter, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Lawrence Soley, Marquette University, USA
Luis-Miguel Cañada, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Lubna Abid Ali, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
Massimo Leone, University of Torino, Italy
Mehmet Demirezen, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Mehmet Takkaç, Atatürk University, Turkey
MohdSukki Othman, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Mustafa Kol, Kafkas University, Turkey
Mustafa Özdemir, Kafkas University, Turkey
Nazife Aydınoğlu, İzmir University, Turkey
Nguyen Luong Ngoc, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
Nijole Brazeniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Normahdiah Sheik Said, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Oğuz Adanır, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey
Onookome Okome, University of Alberta, Canada
Ömür Ceylan, İstanbul Kültür University, Turkey
Piotr Cap, University of Lódz, Poland
Rachele Antonini, University of Bologna, Italy
Rebeca Soler Costa, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Roger Bromley, Lancaster University, UK
Roma Kriauciuniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Roza F. Rokhvadze, Irkutsk State Linguistic University, Russia
Sean D. Williams, Clemson University, USA
Sébastien Rouquette, Blaise Pascal University, France
Selçuk Hünerli, İstanbul Kültür University, Turkey
Tengku Sepora Tengku Mahadi, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Tetiana Stepykina, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine
Tiiu Tammemäe, Tallinn University, Estonia
Tözün Issa, London Metropolitan University, UK
Turgut Göğebakan, Atatürk University, Turkey
Uğur Yavuz, Atatürk University, Turkey
Urea Roxana, Bucharest University, Romania
Vijayaletchumy Subramaniam, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Yohan Kurniawan, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
Zafer Parlak, İzmir University, Turkey

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Please read the guidelines on how to make your online submission before 
you start the submission process www.inlcs.org/2012

We look forward greatly to your participation in the ISLC 2012 symposium.

Yours sincerely,


Prof.Dr.Uğur YAVUZ
ISLC General Chair

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