[ecrea] Conference on disaster journalism and risk communication

(Un)Covering Disasters: A Conference on Disaster Journalism and Risk
Communication


24?25 July 2014
Ateneo de Manila University
Quezon City, Philippines


Hosted by the Department of Communication and the SoSS Research Cluster
on Environment, Society and Sustainability
(School of Social Sciences, Loyola Schools, Ateneo de Manila University)


CALL FOR PAPERS


Recent disasters in the Asia-Pacific Region, such as the Tohoku tsunami,
Bohol earthquake, and Typhoon Haiyan, have brought to light issues and
concerns related to the mainstream and alternative media coverage of
disasters and post-disaster responses.

Analysts, scholars, government representatives, media practitioners, and
even members of the general public have a stake in how the media covers
disasters and post-disaster responses. This conference seeks to provide
a venue for discussion and critical discourse of this subject. It will
bring together journalists, academics, scientists, and other
stakeholders to engage in dialogue, which hopefully will lay the
groundwork for the crafting of efficient and ethical frameworks for
disaster reporting.

The discourse on disasters is unique to the cultures and countries in
which these events occur. This conference seeks to uncover the
complexities of disaster reporting through a union of theoretical and
practical approaches. As such, it invites paper contributions from
students, scholars, and practitioners on any of the following topics or
themes:

- Theoretical perspectives on risk communication and environmental
journalism
- The use of local and indigenous knowledge in disaster risk reduction
- Representation of tragedy and suffering in the mainstream and new media
- Visual representations of disaster through photographs, film or video
- Internal (intra- and interagency) and external (media relations)
communication activities of government agencies and relief NGOs
- Reporting of post-disaster responses, rescue, retrieval, and relief
operations, and delivery of humanitarian aid
- Safety protocols for journalists in disaster news coverage
- The role of journalism in facilitating efficient and effective
disaster response
- Public participation and engagement through social media during
disaster events
- Communication and public understanding of disaster preparedness
programs and campaigns

The conference will accept papers that range from theoretically driven
research to those that are anchored on an empiricist understanding of
disaster situations as they occur on the ground.

Undergraduate and graduate student papers are also welcome.
Works-in-progress are also welcome, provided that data will be available
for presentation on the day assigned to the presenter.


Submission guidelines

Interested paper presenters should submit a 350-word abstract,
articulating the study’s significance, methods used, theoretical and
conceptual frameworks, and discussion of findings. Panel proposals are
also welcome, and should include a 100-word description/rationale of the
proposed panel, as well as the abstracts of the individual papers
included in the panel.

All submissions must be in Word (.doc) format, and should include the
name/s of the proponent/s (surname underlined), a short biography, the
institution/s represented, email address/es, and the phone/mobile
numbers of corresponding author/s.

The deadline for submission abstracts and panel proposals is 25 April
2014, Friday. Notification of acceptance will be sent by the second week
of May 2014.

Please send all the needed information, as well as other inquiries and
concerns, to both addresses:

- Inez Ponce de Leon, Ph.D. ((iponcedeleon /at/ ateneo.edu))
- Jaime Manuel Flores, M.A. ((jqflores /at/ ateneo.edu))


Travel and conference subsidy

Participants are encouraged to seek funds for travel and conference
participation from their home institutions.


Important dates

25 April 2014 Deadline of abstracts and panel proposals
16 May 2014 Notification of acceptance
13 June 2014 Last day of early bird registration
20 June 2014 Release of final conference program
11 July 2014 Last day of regular registration
24-25 July 2014 Conference dates


Conference website

For information and updates on registration and other matters, please
visit http://uncoveringdisasters.blogspot.com.


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JAIME MANUEL Q FLORES
Acting Chair
Department of Communication
Ateneo de Manila University

426.6001 local 5290
(jqflores /at/ ateneo.edu)

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