International Conference on New Media and Human Civilization

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Deadline: September 07, 2011 | Date: September 28, 2011

Venue/Country: Bandung, Indonesia

Updated: 2011-09-01 07:36:00 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Indonesia is the 3rd largest wireless market in Asia, behind China and India in terms of the number of subscribers. By the end of 2010 Indonesia had 235.8 million wireless subscribers. Indonesia was also ranked as the big four largest Internet users in Asia by March 31, 2011. The growth of the new media across the globe is overwhelming and has become a necessary condition for the development of human civilization.

However, the effect of the new media on the civilization has not been fully explored. Scholars and researchers have explored the critical role of new media and communication in bringing about change at various levels ? individual, community, society, national and international. The formation of network society, the glocalization and the tension of local and global culture and identity, and the opportunity, barriers, and dangers of the new media in the society need to be examined and revisited.

This conference is dedicated to answer the interests and collaborative contributions of researchers, scholars and practitioners in the area of new media and larger discourse on human civilization.

Objectives

To explore the roles and potentiality of the new media in human civilization and its barriers and dangers.

To provide opportunities for scholars and practitioners to share their knowledge and to get involved in discourse on new media and all aspects of human civilization.

Targets

Researchers and scholars in the field of communication studies, new media and all disciplines related to human civilization.

NGOs, practitioners, activists, and community organizers concerned with the implementation of new media in their respective fields.

Students and public from all disciplines and backgrounds.

Programs

This conference consists of two parts, the first is the general conference and the second are smaller conferences.

The speakers in the general conference are:

Jan A.G.M. van Dijk (University of Twente), a professor of communication science in the Department of Communication, University of Twente, The Netherlands. His expertise is the Sociology of the Information Society

Mindy McAdams, a professor of Journalism, College of Journalism and Communications the University of Florida, USA. Her areas of research are Journalism Technologies and the Democratic Process.

Hasmah Binti Zanuddin, an associate professor in the Department of Media Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Her areas of expertise are in communication policy & public relations.

Purwanti Hadisiwi, a doctor in Department of Communication Management, University of Padjadjaran, Indonesia. Her areas of expertise are risk communication, and health communication.

This conference also invites scholars, researchers, and practitioners from all disciplines to submit abstracts for paper presentation on the suggested topics that include, but are not restricted to, the following:

? Religious propagation through the new media

? New media: ethical issues

? New media and health communication

? How new media construct cultural identity

Abstract of the paper (max. 300 words) and the full paper may be written in Indonesia and English. The full paper may include the critical thinking, best practices, theoretical reflection in the field of new media and human civilization. Both abstract and full paper must be sent through email to: newmedia2011unpad.ac.id

Timeline call for papers

August 15 ? September 7, 2011 Abstract submission

September 12, 2011 Abstract selection notification

September 26, 2011 deadline for full paper submission

September, 28, 2011 conference and presentation

The conference will be held on September 28, 2011 in the Faculty of Communication Studies, Padjadjaran University, Jatinangor, Indonesia

Contacts

For further information and opportunity to cooperation in this international conference please contact

Mrs. Efi Fadilah (+62 813 95353109)

Email: fadilaheyahoo.com

Mr. Kunto Adi Wibowo (+62 817 4921617)

Email: kuntoadiunpad.ac.id

Konferensi ini juga mengundang para sarjana, peneliti, dan praktisi dari semua disiplin ilmu untuk mengirimkan abstrak pada topik yang ditentukan sebelum tanggal 5 September 2011. Abstrak (maks. 300 kata) dan full paper dapat ditulis dalam bahasa Indonesia dan Inggris. Dikirim melalui email ke: newmedia2011unpad.ac.id

Informasi lebih lanjut pada lampiran poster atau, hubungi :

- Yustikasari (+62 812 20737439) Email: kikiyustikasari39yahoo.com

- Ira Mirawati (+62 813 21356741) Email: iramiraunpad.ac.id