[ecrea] cfp - media conference Athens Greece

*Athens Institute for Education and Research-ATINER (www.atiner.gr 
<http://www.atiner.gr/>) *

*Call for Papers and Participation at the 10^th Annual International 
Conference on Communication and Mass Media, 14-17 May 2012, Athens, Greece*

**

Dr.* Gregory T. Papanikos,* President of the Athens Institute for 
Education and Research & Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde, 
U.K. and Dr. *Yorgo Pasadeos*, Professor of the University of Alabama 
and Head of the Mass Media & Communication Research Unit 
<http://www.atiner.gr/docs/MEDIA_UNIT.htm>, Athens Institute for 
Education and Research (ATINER) would like to invite you to submit a 
proposal for presentation at the *10^th Annual International Conference 
on Communication and Mass Media, 14-17 May 2012, Athens, Greece. *

The registration fee is €300 (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 with dinner, a special one-day 
cruise in the Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a 
one-day visit to Delphi.

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 www.atiner.gr/media.htm 
<http://www.atiner.gr/media.htm>

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 
http://www.atiner.gr/docs/MEDIA_PUBLICATIONS.htm where you can download 
tables of contents and order forms. Please submit a 300-word abstract by 
*_2_**_6 _**_March_**_ 2012_*, by email ((atiner /at/ atiner.gr) 
<mailto:(atiner /at/ atiner.gr)>) 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), 8 
Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, 10671 Athens, 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. Please use 
the abstract submitting form available at 
http://www.atiner.gr/docs/2012FORM-MED.doc. Decisions are reached within 
4 weeks.

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 ((gtp /at/ atiner.gr) 
<mailto:(gtp /at/ atiner.gr)>), President, 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, ATINER 
has organized about 150 international conferences and has published over 
100 books <http://www.atiner.gr/docs/BOOK_PUBLICATIONS.htm>. 
Academically, the Institute consists of four research divisions 
<http://www.atiner.gr/RESEARCH-DIVISIONS.htm> and twenty research units 
<http://www.atiner.gr/RESEARCH-DIVISIONS.htm>. Each research unit 
organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and 
large research projects.