[ecrea] CfP - Media – Bridge – Cultures Conference, 10 & 11 December, Istanbul

Call for Papers: Media – Bridge – Cultures Conference

10. + 11. December, 2015 – Kadir Has University, Istanbul

The Media-Bridge-Cultures conference in Istanbul will address
transnational bridging functions of the media as connecting agents
between cultures and countries. A special emphasis will be placed on
mediated bridges between Germany and Turkey.

While TV and radio channels as well as print and digital media offer
portrayals and images of cultures and countries (such as Germany and
Turkey), users consume these media offerings for the purpose of
networking and cultural identity building in transnational spaces. The
existing literature, however, deals especially with the role of the
media for the integration of migrants into countries such as Germany,
and largely neglects the bridging role of the media between cultures.
Questions about the media as mediators of cultural identities and social
cohesion lack in the current literature. Considering diverse
(trans-)migration movements and the complexity of social networks,
increasingly reaching beyond the borders of nation states, however,
questions about the media’s role in forming cultural identities and
social cohesion are ever more pressing.

It is for these reasons that we would like to discuss the following
questions at the Media- Bridge-Cultures conference in Istanbul:

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    - How do digital and mass media influence relationships between
    Turkey and Germany (and other countries)?

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    - Which German and Turkish media outlets (and those of other
    countries) represent Germany, Turkey (and other countries) and how?

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    - In what ways do the media depict cultural identities of the
    citizens of these countries? How do they (re-)produce or deconstruct
    stereotypes?

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    - How do German and Turkish media correspondents (and those of other
    countries) influence the relationship between (the two) countries?

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    - In which ways do media users make use of different media offerings
    for networking, identity construction and group membership purposes
    in transnational spaces?

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    - How do the media facilitate (or hamper) the emergence of
    transnational bridges and networks between Turkey and Germany (and
    other countries)?

    Although the conference has a special focus on Germany and Turkey,
    papers dealing with other cases related to the conference topic are
    equally welcome. In addition, we invite both empirical and
    conceptual papers as well as panel submissions and welcome critical
    approaches. Please submit your short abstracts (max. 200 words)
    through the conference website at
    http://mediacult2015.user.jacobs-university.de/ until August 20,
    2015. Authors of accepted contributions will be notified until
    September 15.

    The conference takes place in the framework of the German-Turkish
    Year of Science and is supported by the German Ministry of Education
    and Research. It thus aims to not only address academics but also
    journalists and other practitioners interested in the topic. There
    will be two keynotes, one held by Prof. Dr. Christine Ogan (Indiana
    University, Bloomington) and the other by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp
    (ZeMKI, University of Bremen). There will also be panels including
    Turkish and German media correspondents and producers of diasporic
    media.

    The conference will be held in English; simultaneous translation
    into Turkish and German will be provided for keynotes and panel
    discussions by media correspondents. Please contact Çiğdem Bozdağ
    ((cigdem.bozdag /at/ khas.edu.tr) <mailto:(cigdem.bozdag /at/ khas.edu.tr)>) or
    Özen Odağ ((o.odag /at/ jacobs-university.de)
    <mailto:(o.odag /at/ jacobs-university.de)>) for further questions.


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*Cigdem Bozdag, Ph.D.
*Assistant Professor
Deputy Chair, New Media Department
Communication Faculty
Kadir Has University
34083 Cibali Istanbul TURKEY
Tel: 0212 5336532 (ext: 1523)





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