Dear friends and colleagues,
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.
With best regards
Jelena Kleut
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Conference
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:
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Media discourse about
poverty and socially excluded groups;
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Textual and visual
representations of socially excluded groups;
-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);
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ideological layers in
discourse about poverty and socially excluded groups;
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mediated articulations of
social inequalities in Western Balkan societies;
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Multiple discrimination and social exclusion discourses;
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The media role in poverty alleviation;
-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;
-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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 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))
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
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
Dr. Zorana Ä?inÄ?iÄ?a 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
<mailto:(Zurnal /at/ ff.uns.ac.rs)>(Zurnal /at/ ff.uns.ac.rs)
www.ff.uns.ac.rs
<http://www.odsekzamedijskestudije.org>www.odsekzamedijskestudije.org
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Jelena Kleut
Teaching and International Cooperation Assistant
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)
