[ecrea] CfP Reminder: Populism, Authoritarianism, and Media

This is a kind reminder that you can still submit your abstracts for the 
second edition of the Prague Media Point conference series called
*Populism, authoritarianism, and the media: The age of mediocracy and
mediacracy*, which will take place on November 12-14, 2015. It will
feature panel and poster presentations focused on examining the
transformation of media in an age of information being used and abused
by authoritarian rulers. For updates on speakers please follow the
conference website 
<http://toleducation.org/courses/populism-authoritarianism-media-conference/>.You 
can also follow the conference on Facebook and Twitter at 
#PragueMediaPoint 
<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PragueMediaPoint&src=typd>.

*The Prague Media Point*project evolved from the 25 Years After
Conference <http://toleducation.org/courses/25-years-after/>, which took 
place in 2014 and focused on the transformation of the media industries 
in Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It will 
offer a series of annual academic conferences in Prague, which will 
bring together the relevant actors involved in the process, including 
academics, media practitioners, political analysts, and representatives 
of NGOs.

The call for papers
<http://toleducation.org/courses/populism-authoritarianism-media-conference/call-for-papers/>is 
now open (see the attachment for more information); please send all 
submissions *byJune 29, 2015.* You can submit your paper and/or poster 
proposals through our online submission form 
<http://crm.keynote.cz/civicrm/event/register?id=119>.

We are proud to announce that the following keynote speakers will join
the conference:

·*Endre B. Bojtár*, /Editor-in-chief of the Hungarian weekly paper
Magyar Narancs/

·*Benjamin De Cleen*, Lecturer at /Vrije Universiteit Brussel and
Researcher at the Brussels Platform for Journalism/

·*Anna Matušková*, /Political Marketing Expert and Assistant Professor
at Charles University/

·*Jiří Pehe*, /Director of New York University Prague, Writer, Political 
Commentator/

·*Peter Pomerantsev*, /TV Producer, Writer, and Senior Fellow at the
Legatum Institute/

·*Christopher Walker*, /Executive Director of the National Endowment for 
Democracy’s International Forum for Democratic Studies/

The conference is supported by the European Communication Research and
Education Association (ECREA) <http://www.ecrea.eu/>_,_the Institute of
Communication Studies and Journalism at Charles University
<http://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/>, and the Comparative Interdisciplinary
Studies Section (CISS) of International Studies Association (ISA). It
<http://www.isanet.org/ISA/Sections/CISS>is organized in partnership
with Visegrad Insight <http://visegradinsight.eu/>, Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty <http://www.rferl.org/>, and New York University in 
Prague 
<http://www.nyu.edu/global/global-academic-centers/prague.html>(Male 
namesti 11, Prague 1), which will serve as a host for the conference.

We look forward to meeting you in Prague,

KEYNOTE and Transitions




---------------
ECREA-Mailing list
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier and ECREA.
--
To subscribe, post or unsubscribe, please visit
http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~ncarpent/
--
ECREA - European Communication Research and Education Association
Chauss�de Waterloo 1151, 1180 Uccle, Belgium
Email: (info /at/ ecrea.eu)
URL: http://www.ecrea.eu
---------------