[ecrea] CfP International Conference on Media, Communications, and Sociology (iCOMICOS)

International Conference on Media, Communications, and Sociology (iCOMICOS)
Questioning Locality: Community, Movement, and Global Challenge
18-19 November 2016
Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce The International Conference on Media, 
Communications, and Sociology (iCOMICOS) to be held at Universitas Atma 
Jaya Yogyakarta, on 18-19 November 2016, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

The Organizing Committee cordially invites you to submit papers. Below 
is a copy of the Call for Papers and information regarding the 
conference. More details on the conference, including keynote speakers, 
will be posted on our webpage at https://comicos.uajy.ac.id 
<https://comicos.uajy.ac.id/>

As the conference organizing committee, we look forward to your 
participation in this conference.

Call for Papers
Revolution in information and communication technologies not only 
triggers global responses but also drives local movements. According to 
Konieczy (2012), “Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have 
empowered non-state social actors, notably, social movements. Mass email 
campaigns, blogs, audio-and video-variants (the podcasts and the 
videocasts), social networks like Facebook and MySpace, and other tools, 
such as Twitter, are increasingly popular among the movements and their 
activists.” Consequently, changes are unavoidable for those who live in 
big cities as well as in rural areas.

Numerous studies have shown the impacts of information and communication 
technologies to society. Positively, those who have never had access to 
information now have a chance to move and act beyond their geographical 
and socio-cultural borders. Individuals and organizations are now 
embracing social media as a campaign tool. The survey by the One World 
Foundation, as quoted by Ambardi (2014), showed that Facebook was used 
by 76% civil society groups.

However, this phenomenon then leads to a paradox. It has a potential to 
widen up the reach of local wisdom but it also challenges the locality 
to survive from any influences that come from any part of the world. The 
global issues have now become local and the locality has the chance to 
move beyond borders. The distinct between global and local is now being 
contested. Therefore, we need to question: how far has the locality 
spanned and mingled amidst the rapid speed of changes in this so-called 
borderless era?

The International Conference on Media, Communication and Sociology 
(iCOMICOS) aims to explore any possible answers of this question. In 
2016, to expand its coverage, the iCOMICOS will be conducted as an 
international conference involving international speakers from different 
countries and inviting scholars, practitioners, academics, students and 
others who are interested in the topic from all over the world.

Sub Themes
iComicos 2016 covers, but not limited to, the following topics:
Media praxis
Journalism revolution
Creative marketing communications
Customized stakeholder engagement
Community based business
Innovative business communication
Information policy & ethics revisited

Deadlines
The deadline for submission of abstracts is on 30 June 2016.
Notification of acceptance is on 15 July 2016.
Full conference papers are to be submitted by 15 September 2016.

Guidelines for Abstracts
Abstracts should be maximum 300 words in length.
All abstract submissions must be made via iCOMICOS 2016 Website at 
https://comicos.uajy.ac.id/
Abstract submissions via email will not be accepted.
For further information, please consult iCOMICOS 2016 Committee by email 
at (comicosuajy /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(comicosuajy /at/ gmail.com)>

Download CfP: 
https://comicos.uajy.ac.id/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Publication-iCOMICOS-UAJY-2016.pdf
Yohanes Widodo
http://about.me/yohaneswidodo


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