[ecrea] CFP: 2017 China Communication Forum (CCF): Building on BRICS: Belt and Road Initiative and a new global communication order?

The 2017 China Communication Forum (CCF), themed "Building on BRICS: 
Belt and Road Initiative and a new global communication order?" will be 
held at Xiamen University in China on 26 August 2017. The CCF 2017 is 
organized by The National Centre for Communication Innovation Studies at 
Communication University of China, and School of Journalism and 
Communication at Xiamen University. The deadline for abstract submission 
is 1 July.


Call for Papers

2017 China Communication Forum (CCF)

*Building on BRICS: Belt and Road Initiative and a new global 
communication order?*

Xiamen University
Fujian, China

26 August, 2017

Organizers:
The National Centre for Communication Innovation Studies, Communication 
University of China
School of Journalism and Communication, Xiamen University, China

In Collaboration with:
University of Tampere, Finland
University of Westminster, UK
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Sankt-Petersburg State University, Russia
University of Hyderabad, India
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Special Support: Universities’ Think Tank Union (UTTU)

An increasingly multi-polar world is undergoing a structural 
transformation, with power gradually shifting away from the West and 
leading to the emergence of new players. Among a number of international 
collaborative mechanisms, the grouping of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, 
China and South Africa) has emerged as an important voice to provide 
alternative perspectives on global affairs. Though initially proposed by 
Russia, the BRICS grouping has been dominated by China – as the world’s 
largest economy, in terms of purchasing power parity. The remit of the 
Chinese-initiated Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) includes creating 
global information and communication infrastructure. Though apart from 
Russia, the other three BRICS nations as yet are not directly involved 
in the BRI, they are likely to join, given the scope and scale of the $1 
trillion project – the so-called ‘silk road for the twenty first 
century’ - to link Asia, Africa and Europe.

This offers huge cultural and communication opportunities as well as 
daunting challenges. Will it reconfigure global communication? How will 
the wider world adjust to this power shift and what role will the media 
play in this? In addition to the economic strength, BRICS countries 
provide potential for technological innovations, fast growing media 
industries and dynamic communication practices for scholars to make 
international comparisons and explore the potential of a new world 
information order. As the first comprehensive and comparative study of 
BRICS media landscape, Mapping BRICS Media (edited by Kaarle 
Nordenstreng and Daya Thussu, 2015), contended that media development in 
the five countries is changing the global media landscape, and will 
challenge the Western dominance.

The 2017 China Communication Forum will focus on media developments in 
BRICS and discuss the visions for a new world communication order, 
linking it with the BRI. The main theme of the 2017 CCF will be creation 
of a new global communication infrastructure and how it might influence 
global media discourses. Relevant sub-themes might include, but are not 
limited to:

•Belt and Road Initiative – geo-political and economic dimensions
•Belt and Road Initiative – cultural and communication aspects
•Media systems in BRICS countries
•Internet development in BRICS
•BRICS breaking Western media hegemony?
•Social media in BRICS
•Comparative study of media systems in BRICS and beyond
•The legacies and relevance of the New World Information and 
Communication Order (NWICO) for the digital age
•Media representations of BRICS by international media
•Media collaboration in BRICS
•Chinese media going-out and its global impact

Confirmed speakers:

•Zhengrong Hu, Professor, President, Communication University of China, 
China
•Heshui Huang, Professor, Vice Dean, School of Journalism and 
Communication, Xiamen University, China
•Kaarle Nordenstreng, Professor Emeritus, University of Tampere, Finland
•Daya Thussu, Professor, University of Westminster, UK
•Raquel Paiva de Araujo Soares, Professor, Federal University of Rio de 
Janeiro, Brazil
•Dimitri Gavra, Professor, Chair of the Business Public Relations 
Department, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, 
Sankt-Petersburg State University, Russia
•B.P. Sanjay, Professor, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Hyderabad, India
•Herman Wasserman, Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa
•Yun Long, Professor, Deputy Director, The National Centre for 
Communication Innovation Studies, Communication University of China, China

The 2017 CCF is calling for abstract of up to 500 words from both BRICS 
and international scholars by July 1 to (jideqiang /at/ cuc.edu.cn) 
<mailto:(jideqiang /at/ cuc.edu.cn)> or (lizhanfromxmu /at/ xmu.edu.cn) 
<mailto:(lizhanfromxmu /at/ xmu.edu.cn)>. A notice of acceptance will be sent 
off by July 15. The organizers intend to publish a book based on a 
selection of papers presented at the Forum.

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