The thematic sections and networks organize highly focused seminars and conferences under the ECREA umbrella.
Upcoming seminarsTarget participants: ECREA section members (but open to all)
Affiliation: Audience and reception studies section
Venue: University of Westminster, UK
Date: Sep 06 - Sep 07, 2007
Contact: Geoffroy Patriarche or David Gauntlett
Call for papers: Transforming Audiences
Website: Transforming Audiences
The conference is organised by the University of Westminster, in association with the Audience and Reception Studies section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), and the Popular Communication Division of the International Communication Association (ICA).
Plenary speakers will include Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics) and Joke Hermes (Inholland University and University
of Amsterdam).
All proposals should be sent by 20 April 2007 to Erica Spindler. Electronic submissions only.
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Affiliation: ECREA Diaspora, Migration and the Media Section
Venue: Institute of Communications Studies, Leeds University, Leeds, UK
Date: Sep 07 - Sep 08, 2007
Contact: Myria Georgiou
Website: ics.leeds.ac.uk/ecrea-diasporamedia
The debate around cultural difference, communication, and the media is the prime focus of this workshop.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Marie Gillespie, Open University.
Charles Husband, Bradford University.
Kim Knott, Leeds University; Director of AHRC 'Diasporas, Migration and Identities' programme.
Target participants: ECREA section members (but open to all)
Affiliation: ECREA section International Communication
Venue: Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Brussels, Belgium
Date: Oct 10 2007
Contact: Leo Van Audenhove
This Symposium aims to critically reflect on the Internet as a global medium.
The deadline for submission of abstracts (max 500 words) is 15/07/2007. Please send your abstract to: Dorien Baelden
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Affiliation: ECREA Sections Communication and democracy; Journalism Studies; Gender and communication; and Political communication; with the support of the European Journalism Centre and Vesalius College
Venue: Residence Palace (Brussels - Belgium)
Date: Oct 11 - Oct 12, 2007
Contact: Sofie Van Bauwel
Call for papers: Equal Opportunities and Communication Rights
In this Symposium we aim to critically discuss and interrogate the role of media and communication relating to issues of equality, diversity, civic participation and democracy beyond the nation state, on the basis of theoretical and/or empirical research.
The deadline for submission of abstracts (max 500 words) is 01/05/2007. The deadline for submission of full papers is 15/09/2007.
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Affiliation: ECREA Digital Culture and Communication Section
Venue: University of Sussex, UK
Date: Nov 02 - Nov 03, 2007
Contact: Maren Hartmann
Call: To be published
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