[ecrea] cfp Journalism and Communication Education

In place of this year's teachers conference in November, EJTA would like 
to encourage members to submit an abstract to this conference in Lisbon, 
Portugal for consideration in a special panel. Please note the deadline 
is February 28th - just a couple of weeks away.



Journalism and Communication Education is a new Temporary Working Group 
of the European Communication Research and Education Association 
(ECREA). They have invited paper proposals for the TWG’s official launch 
panel at the ECC2014, 12th-15th November 2014, in Lisbon.


Rationale and further information from the organisers:

Today, the development of communication technologies and the 
mediatization of society have a profound impact on professional media 
work. Educational institutions are faced with the important task of 
following the ongoing changes in the media markets in order to make 
informed decisions for providing and maintaining a high standard of 
education. These changes demand that we constantly rethink education for 
media professionals, as well as media competencies development and 
education for audiences. Unfortunately, educational systems evolve at 
slower speed than the field itself.

At the same time, there is still a lack of theoretical concepts and 
empirical studies regarding the development, change and adaptiveness of 
professional media education. Educational issues are being treated 
within the realm and focus of different fields (journalism studies, 
public relations, advertising research, educational science, …) but 
rarely as a topic in itself that integrates the diverse angles. The aim 
of the new ECREA Journalism and Communication Education TWG is to foster 
the relationship between journalism and communication education 
institutions in Europe in order to advance communication and exchange in 
higher and continuing education research and practice. Its goal is to 
provide a platform for researchers and educators interested in advancing 
our theoretical, empirical and practical understanding of media 
education, both for media professionals and audiences in mediatized 
societies.

We invite paper proposals that cover the main themes below:

* Comparative research on European media education systems
* Historical development of media educational systems
* Media change and media education
› e.g. the role of ‘big data’, surveillance society and privacy issues
› e.g. teaching new media skills
› e.g. shifts in 21st century role perceptions of students, scholars and 
professionals
› e.g. blurring lines between information professions
* Innovation in the curricula of journalism schools and media education 
programs
› e.g. flipping the class room, teaching hospitals, blended learning, 
MOOCs and social media learning.
* Teaching ethics in journalism, PR and advertising education
* Teaching entrepreneurial journalism and self-branding
* Educating ‘reflective practicioners’
* Aspects of cooperation between education and the professional field, 
reflecting gaps between theory and practice
* Media competence training and education, both in the realm of 
professional/higher education and secondary education/pedagogy
* Quality management in journalism and communication education
* Best practice in journalism and communication education
* Higher education, vocational training and lifelong learning: 
organizational approaches to media education
* Education management

Conference submission
Please submit a 400 to max. 500 word abstract followed by a short 
biographical note (name, surname, position, institution, address, e-mail).

Please send your submission to: (harnisch /at/ uni-trier.de)

by February 28, 2014.

All paper submissions should be in English.
All submissions will be blind reviewed.

Although this is a separate call, the Journalism and Communication 
Education TWG launch panel will be part of the ECC2014 conference. 
Please keep in mind, that you may submit more than one paper or poster 
proposal to the entire conference, but only one paper or poster as first 
author will be accepted and programmed (throughout the entire program). 
First authors can still be second (or third, …) author of other papers 
or posters, and can still act as chair or respondent of a panel.



Contact and Information
Dr. Michael Harnischmacher (University of Trier, Department of Media 
Studies)
Mail: (harnisch /at/ uni-trier.de)

Prof. Dr. Carlos Barrera (University of Navarra, School of Communication)
Mail: (cbarrera /at/ unav.es)

Dr. Harmen Groenhart (Fontys University of Applied Sciences, School of 
Journalism)
Mail: (h.groenhart /at/ fontys.nl)

Notification of accepted papers will be sent out by April 30, 2014
For more information about the TWG, see: 
http://www.ecreaeducation.wordpress.com<http://www.ecreaeducation.wordpress.com/>

For more information about the conference, see: 
http://ecrea2014.ulusofona.pt<http://ecrea2014.ulusofona.pt/>



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