[Commlist] cfp: Communicating China with the World: New Dynamics in International Communication

*Communicating China with the World: New Dynamics in International 
Communication *

*An IAMCR pre-conference event*

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*July 6, 2019*

*The Faculty of Information Sciences, Universidad Complutense de 
Madrid***//___^

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This Pre-conference event for IAMCR 2019 will concentrate on the 
multidimensionality in Communicating China with the World and New 
Dynamics in International Communication. Co-organized by the 
International Communication Section of IAMCR, The National Centre for 
Communication Innovation Studies, Communication University of China, and 
The Faculty of Information Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 
this themed event to be held on July 6 welcomes contributions from 
schoalrs with multidisciplinary backgrounds. The deadline is approaching 
and will not be extended. Any question or inquiry can direct to 
(jideqiang /at/ cuc.edu.cn).
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As the second biggest economy, largely driven by global integration via 
export and import, and one of the oldest civilizations on the earth, 
China has been actively engaging with the world through multiple 
communication platforms. Since 2009, China’s state-supported media going 
out project caught global attention due to its fast expansion and 
complex geopolitical implications in transforming both global and 
regional communication orders. The Confucius Institute, another 
state-driven cultural project, is constantly disputed by internationally 
leading media with regard to its ambition in building China’s soft power 
abroad. Over the past few years, the population of cross-border Chinese 
tourists exceeded 100 million annually, which became a new carrier of 
information flow from China to the rest of the world, and vice versa. 
Due to massive people exchanges, the connection between China and the 
world intensified. In addition, China’s leading ICTs companies are 
accelerating the speed and enlarging the scale of globalization. Tik 
Tok, a mobile and social video platform, created by the ByteDance, a 
flagship private internet company featuring its capacity in artificial 
intelligence and algorithm, is harvesting fans worldwide. Though the 
fact that global internet platforms (e.g. Google, Facebook, and Twitter) 
are still not accessible in China, the new dynamics brought by a 
globalizing China together with its multiple communication subjects in 
international communication deserves international, transcultural, and 
trans-disciplinary scholarship.


This themed pre-conference aims to bring together international 
communication scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to rethink 
together about the multidimensionality of China’s communication with the 
world in both history and present. Contributions from international 
communication, international relations, international political economy, 
transcultural communication, international journalism, and other 
relevant disciplines are all welcome. Topics of abstract could include 
but not limited to:

• Historical trajectories and shifting paradigms in international 
communication

• International communication in the age of social media and algorithmic 
journalism

• China’s media going out and its geopolitical implications

• Shaping the future of international journalism: the role of China’s 
news media

• Hollywood, Bollywood, and the transformation of China’s film industries

• Social media in China and China’s social media

• China’s cultural trade deficit on rise?

• Confucius Institute and China’s cultural soft power

• Cross-border tourism and international communication


Abstracts should be between 300-500 words and submitted for peer review 
before May 15 to (jideqiang /at/ cuc.edu.cn) or (INC.IAMCR /at/ gmail.com). 
Notification of acceptance will be announced on a rolling basis but no 
later than May 23. A selection of high-quality papers will be published 
afterwards as a special section in /Global Media and China/ by Sage.


Location: The Faculty of Information Sciences, Universidad Complutense 
de Madrid


Date and time: Saturday, 6 July 2019 - 09h00 to 16h00


Registration and participation: Participation in this pre-conference is 
free of charge, however, registration is required after proposal is 
accepted.


Convenors:

Deqiang Ji, Associate Professor, Communication University of China 
((jideqiang /at/ cuc.edu.cn))

Karen Arriaza Ibarra, Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid 
((arriazaibarra /at/ ccinf.ucm.es))


Organisers:

IAMCR International Communication Section

The National Centre for Communication Innovation Studies, Communication 
University of China

The Faculty of Information Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid


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