[ecrea] Conference "Shaping the Future of News Media" Call For Papers

Proposals for papers for "Shaping the Future of News Media, the 
International Conference on Integrated Journalism Education, Research 
and Innovation", to be held in Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona 
from June 17th to 19th 2015 can now be presented.

The three-day event organized by the Integrated Journalism in Europe 
Consortium will include communications delivered by researchers from the 
international community, offering presentations by keynote speakers and 
state-of-the-art lectures. It will provide demonstrations in the field 
of newsroom software innovation along with new trends through Journalism 
teaching workshops.

This conference welcomes papers on these following thematic areas:

1. Challenges on new practices of news production
? Integrated newsroom: potentialities and experimentations.
? The socio-economic stakes linked to media convergence.
? Successful partnerships between journalism and IT.
? Ethical and deontological issues in digital news environment.
? The evolution of journalistic principles brought by technological change.
? Open source journalism, citizen journalism, participatory 
journalism... When the audience becomes active.

2. Challenges in new formats
? Transmedia and crossmedia reporting.
? Data analysis, storytelling and new genres in digital media.
? Social media as news platform.
? Software showcase: the latest tools and software in development.
? Methods and techniques for the study of new media.
? Best features using new formats.

3. Challenges on J-Education
? Schools as media labs.
? How universities face the challenge of the changing media market.
? J-Education trends and best practices.
? Social media in journalism education.
? Teaching with smartphones.
? Internationalization: programs and examples.

All the registered papers will be included in the proceedings of the 
conference. In addition, the better valued selection of papers will be 
published in a compilation book, provided that the authors are willing 
to make the necessary major improvements and meet the time frame set by 
the conference once his/her paper has been approved by the chief editor.


=====Submissions====

The deadline for ABSTRACTS submission has been extended: February 15th 2015

Abstract proposals should be between 450 and 500 words in length. The 
preferred format for all submissions is Microsoft Word. Please send your 
proposal as attachment to (thefutureofnewsmedia /at/ gmail.com)
and insert the title “Shaping the future of news media abstract” as 
subject of the message.

The information should also contain the following:
? Title
? Author (s)
? Affiliation: University / research centre / media institution
? E-mail
? 4-6 keywords
? Thematic section of the conference

Review Process
Following the review process, the corresponding authors will be notified 
by e-mail about the result. In case of acceptance, and after sending the 
whole paper and suggesting changes, the authors will have to follow 
these recommendations and submit the final version of the paper before 
the deadline. The Organizing Committee cannot be held responsible for 
not publishing the paper if they do not follow the instructions 
recommended by the referees.

The papers will be published in one of the following forms:
? Book (with ISBN),
? Conference proceedings (with ISSN).

=====Important dates=========
The conference dates to remember are as follows:
February 15th 2015: Deadline for abstract submission
March 15th 2015: Abstract acceptance notification
March 23rd 2015: Registration opening
May 15th 2015:Registration deadline
May 25th 2015: Deadline for paper submission
June 17th 2015: Start of Conference


=====Conference official language======

The official language of the conference is English.

======Venue=====

UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA - POBLENOU CAMPUS
Carrer de Roc Boronat, 138
08018 Barcelona (SPAIN)

====For more information regarding the conference or the CFP, please 
visit the conference website at: www.thefutureofnewsmedia.com





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"Shaping the Future of News Media" Organizing Committee

Dr. Irene Da Rocha
Pompeu Fabra University
Roc Boronat, 138, office 53.912 (Barcelona)

(thefutureofnewsmedia /at/ gmail.com)


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