[ecrea] IAMCR regional conference in India

http://iamcr.org/events/news-literacy

The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Surendranath
College for Women, Kolkata, India will host an International Association
for Media and Communicaton Research (IAMCR) regional conference on
January 18, 2016. The /International Conference on News Literacy/ will
feature both invited and competitive sessions. Topics for discussion at
the conference may include:Â

  * Media Literacy
  * Citizen Journalism
  * Online Journalism
  * Media Ethics
  * Pedagogies for news literacy
  * Journalists’ Role Perceptions
  * News Values in the Digital Age

Organised by Uma Shankar Pandey, IAMCR's ambassador in India, the
conference is the first major activity of IAMCR's new ambassador
network.The conference is open to both members and non-members of IAMCR.


      Overview of the Theme:

The colossal amount of information available to citizens has grown
exponentially in recent years with the development of faster and more
accessible avenues of information and communication technology.

The growth of citizen journalists, bloggers, aggregators and
commentators has led to researchers recognizing them as the ‘Fifth
Estate’. As a result, the role of traditional media as the primary
purveyors of information has been challenged, with more and more
information available on the social media, almost instantly. Traditional
media in different parts of the world have responded by resorting to
more opinion based and explanatory journalism.

This has also led to blurring of lines between traditional journalism
and propaganda, entertainment, promotion and raw information. The result
is that the citizens often take decisions based on unreliable and
unverified information, and worse.

The onus of verification of information is now more on consumers than
information providers. Hence it becomes essential for citizens to judge
the accuracy of news reports and also the news sources to sift through
opinionated and flawed reporting.

This calls for an increased emphasis on news literacy. Apart from
advocating critical thinking skills, news literacy is indispensible for
sustaining real democracy.

Critical and skeptical engagement of the consumers with news is an
important element of news literacy. In the digital age, when almost
everyone is a potential information source, the question of who is a
journalist and who is not assumes great importance.

It is also imperative for professional journalists to reaffirm the
values of truth, accuracy, public interest and social responsibility to
remain relevant.


      Venue:

Gitanjali Auditorium, Surendranath College for Women, 24 Mahatma Gandhi
Road, Kolkata 70009. India.


      Registration Fee:Â Â Â

            Teachers:              
 Â  Â Â Â  Rs 500
            Research Scholars:     Rs 300
            Students:              
 Â  Â Â Â  Rs 100


      Conference Format:

The conference will have both invited and Competitive Sessions.
Abstracts for the competitive sessions will be refereed before
acceptance for presentations. Abstracts of 300 words can be submitted
online for the competive sessions atÂ
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iamcrindia2016.


      Key Dates:

Last Date for Abstract Upload: January 8, 2016.
Date of Conference: January 18, 2016.


      Contact:

For registration or clarifications, contact
<mailto:(iamcr.india /at/ gmail.com)>(iamcr.india /at/ gmail.com)



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