CFP - Deadline Extended
Media Trends Conference VI
10-12 September, 2015, Webster Vienna Private University, Austria
Power and Media: Ownership, Sponsorship, Censorship
We invite proposals from academics, media professionals, and students.
Proposals should critically analyze the relationships between media
and power with an emphasis on:
· Corporate influence on media narratives
· State censorship
· Overt and covert control of communication
· Concentration of ownership
· Advertiser, commercial, political, military and other
external influences
· Agenda-setting, framing, technological and organizational
constraints on decision-making
· Media empowerment
The conference language is English. Three presentation formats are
available. Abstracts must be limited to 350 words. Three top
presentations, including poster presentations, will receive a monetary
award. Criteria for the assessment include: originality of approach,
potential impact on the field of research, and worthiness of
publication. On-site technological infrastructure includes WiFi,
screens, beamers, etc. Supported presentation programs include
Powerpoint, Keynote, etc. Conference attendees will be given
opportunity to evaluate each presentation. Depending on submissions,
we may offer a publication possibility.
For further details, abstract, poster and panel proposal submission,
and registration, see http://webster.ac.at/media-trends-2015
Deadline for submission: 29 May 2015.
Notifications of acceptance: 5 June 2015
