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Children, Youth and Media - a new ECREA TWG Carpentier, Nico 16.05.2012 ECREA is pleased to announce that one more Temporary Working Group (TWG) has been approved. Read more

Registration for ECC 2012 is open Scifo, Salvatore 15.05.2012 All authors and co-authors of accepted papers and posters, individual participants of accepted panel proposals, as well as non-presenters, are now invited to register for the 4th European Communication Conference, to be held in Istanbul on 24-27 October 2012. Read more

ALAIC and ECREA sign agreement Carpentier, Nico 15.05.2012 The ALAIC & ECREA Joint Montevideo Declaration was signed on 11 May 2012 at the ALAIC conference in Montevideo, Uruguay, during a panel on international collaboration. One behalf of ALAIC, Fernando Oliveira Paulino (Diretor Administrativo ALAIC) and César Ricardo Siqueira Bolaño (Presidente ALAIC) signed the document. For ECREA, Nico Carpentier (Vice-President ECREA) was present to sign. Read more

CEE Network founded CEECOM Consortium Scifo, Salvatore 15.05.2012 Inspired by the success of the CEECOM conference in Prague, ECREA Central and East European Network management together with existing organizers have settled an agreement on establishing CEECOM Consortium for annual organization of Central and Eastern European Communication and Media Conference at different CEE countries. Read more

1017 papers and posters accepted for ECC 2012 Carpentier, Nico 30.04.2012 ECREA is pleased to inform that 1017 proposals have been accepted to the 17 ECREA thematic sections, with an average 64% acceptance rate of across all the Sections. Read more

Central and Eastern European Media and Communication Conference 2012 Scifo, Salvatore 24.04.2012 Central and Eastern European Media Scholars meet in Prague. Watch the video stream and read the conference blog. Read more

Sixth Summer School Book published Scifo, Salvatore 10.04.2012 It is our pleasure to announce the publication of our sixth Summer School Book, entitled Critical Perspectives on the European Mediasphere. The intellectual work of the 2011 ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School, edited by Ilija Tomanic Trivundža, Nico Carpentier, Hannu Nieminen, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Richard Kilborn, Ebba Sundin, and Tobias Olsson. Read more

Communication Law and Policy Section workshop in Munich Scifo, Salvatore 31.03.2012 The 'New Approaches to Media Policy for the Digital Age' workshop was attended by more than 40 scholars coming from 12 different countries. Read more

ECC2012: Communicating Climate Change pre-conference Scifo, Salvatore 26.03.2012 The call for proposals for the pre-conference Communicating Climate Change III - The Audience Perspective has been extended to 15 May 2012. Read more

ECREA ships 577 copies of the ECREA7 Book to its members Carpentier, Nico 21.03.2012 A copy of the latest ECREA Book Series publication, entitled "Trends in Communication Policy Research", edited by Natascha Just and Manuel Puppis, has been shipped to our second year individual members, and to the coordinators of our associated and institutional members. Read more

ECC2014 to be held in Lisbon Scifo, Salvatore 20.03.2012 The fifth European Communication Conference (ECC2014) will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 12-15, 2014 and hosted by Lusofona University. Read more

4 proposals for new ECREA TWGs submitted Carpentier, Nico 19.03.2012 On 15 November 2011, the ECREA Bureau invited ECREA members to submit proposals for new Temporary Working Groups (TWGs). Read more

Over 1500 proposals submitted for the ECREA 2012 Conference Scifo, Salvatore 01.03.2012 ECREA is pleased to announce that 1583 proposals have been submitted to the 17 ECREA thematic sections through the Istanbul conference website. Read more

Radio Research Section supports World Radio Day Scifo, Salvatore 15.02.2012 The Radio Research Section of ECREA supported the World Radio Day, celebrated with conferences and events worldwide, for the first time, on 13 February this year. Read more

Success for conference on European Public Sphere Scifo, Salvatore 15.02.2012 More than 200 participants for the Jean Monnet Conference on The European Public Sphere: from critical thinking to responsible action that took place on 2 February 2012 at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels. Read more

Call for participants ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2012 Scifo, Salvatore 02.02.2012 ECREA is pleased to invite PhD students in the ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2012 that will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 12 – 25 August 2012. Read more

Award for ECREA summer school Carpentier, Nico 29.01.2012 The ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School receives reward for excellence Read more

What is Communication History? European answers Scifo, Salvatore 17.01.2012 The ECREA Communication History Section published 2 special issues of the journal media&time (medien&zeit). In these issues the editors Susanne Kinnebrock, Ed McLuskie and Christian Schwarzenegger posed the question "What is Communication History?". Read more

ECC12 pre-conference on Digital Games Research Scifo, Salvatore 17.01.2012 A pre-conference event to ECREA’s fourth European Communication Conference, focusing on digital games research will be held at Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, on 23-24 October 2012. Read more

2011 annual reports of Sections, Networks and TWGs published Scifo, Salvatore 04.01.2012 The managing teams of ECREA's 17 Sections, 7 Temporary Working Groups (TWGs) and 3 Networks have published their 2011 yearly reports, detailing the activities carried out by each group throughout the year. Read more

Study on Communication teaching and research published Scifo, Salvatore 02.01.2012 A study conducted by José Luis Piñuel-Raigada (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) on 'Teaching and Research on Communication as an object of study in European and Latin American Universities' is now available online. Read more

Digital Games Research TWG's website Scifo, Salvatore 01.01.2012 Interested members will be able to find information about the ECREA Digital Games Research Temporary Working Group (TWG) on its website, including the TWG's aims, activities, and how to get involved. Read more

6th Russian Communication Association conference Scifo, Salvatore 29.12.2011 The sixth international conference of the Russian Communication Association (RCA) will be held at the Siberian Federal University, in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation, on 27-29 September 2012. Read more

US Unesco Chairs send letter to Secretary of State Clinton Carpentier, Nico 19.12.2011 Six US Unesco Chairs have written a letter to stress the importance of UNESCO programs and urge the US not to “use military nor on financial coercion”. They plead the US to “honor its moral, ethical and financial commitments to UNESCO” and to embrace the “higher principles of peace and justice”. Read more

ECREA Newsletter Autumn 2011 Scifo, Salvatore 07.12.2011 The Autumn 2011 issue of the ECREA Newsletter has been published. It features a round-up of the association's activities including recent publications, ongoing initiatives, and report of event that took place in 2011 and will take place in 2012, including the 4th European Communication Conference in Istanbul on 24-27 October. Read more

Building trust through communication in times of crisis Scifo, Salvatore 05.12.2011 The 27th International Conference of Communication (CICOM), hosted by the University of Navarra, in the Spanish city of Pamplona, will be held on 22-23 March 2012. Read more

4th European Communication Conference - Deadline 28 February approaching Carpentier, Nico 02.12.2011 ECREA and the Turkish Communication Research Association (ILAD), together with Istanbul Bilgi University, welcome the submission of abstracts for presentation at the 4th European Communication Conference to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 24 to 27 October 2012. Read more

ECREA Women's Network website update Scifo, Salvatore 27.11.2011 The ECREA Women's Network has updated its website, where interested members will be able to find updated information on conferences, job offers, grants, a bibliography, call for papers and contributions, research, links, and aforum. Read more

International Journalism conference in Poland Scifo, Salvatore 27.11.2011 The Polish Communication Association and the Faculty of Philosophy, Sociology and Journalism at the University of Gdańsk invite paper and panel proposals for the international conference entitled Matters of Journalism: Understanding Professional Challenges and Dilemmas which will take place in Gdańsk on September 14 – 15, 2012 at the University of Gdańsk. Read more

Call for proposals for new ECREA TWGs Carpentier, Nico 15.11.2011 The ECREA Bureau invites ECREA members to submit proposals for new Temporary Working Groups (TWGs). Read more

Conference Pre-Call: ECREA's 4th European Communication Conference Scifo, Salvatore 06.11.2011 ECREA and ILAD (Turkish Communication Research Association) will organize the 4th European Communication Conference in partnership with Istanbul Bilgi University. The conference will take place in Istanbul from 24 to 27 October 2012 and will emphasize Social Media, Global Voices as a theme. Read more

Radio Research book published Scifo, Salvatore 04.11.2011 Radio Content in the Digital Age. The Evolution of a Sound Medium, edited by the Radio Research Section team, Angeliki Gazi, Guy Starkey and Stanislaw Jedrzejewski, has been published by Intellect. Read more

Central and Eastern European Media and Communication Conference 2012 Scifo, Salvatore 20.10.2011 CEECOM Prague 2012, to be held in on 27-28 April 2012, encourages scholars to send in proposals of papers, posters and panels pertaining to all aspects of media and communication processes and cultures in Central and Eastern Europe. Read more

In Memoriam Professor Hanno Hardt Carpentier, Nico 13.10.2011 It is with great sadness that we have learned about the death of Professor Hanno Hardt last Tuesday, after a short period of illness, at the age of 76. Hanno was an outstanding international scholar in the field of critical communication studies and an inspiration for many students and colleagues in Europe and beyond. Read more

Media & the City TWG workshop Scifo, Salvatore 12.10.2011 The first workshop of Media & the City Temporary Working Group (TWG) will take place on 10 February 2012, at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy. Read more

Mediatization TWG conference Scifo, Salvatore 23.09.2011 The aim of this workshop, to be held at Goldsmiths College, London, on 30-31 March 2012, is to discuss whether mediatization constitutes a global process of change, and, if yes, where the inequalities and dissimilarities of this process are located. Additionally, it can be expected that mediatization is not the same everywhere. Read more

Advertising Research TWG conference Scifo, Salvatore 23.09.2011 The first symposium of the Advertising Research Temporary Working Group, to be held in the German city of Tubingen on 14-15 June 2012, welcomes contributions that will address a variety of research perspectives. Read more

Call for edited book proposals for the ECREA book series Scifo, Salvatore 19.09.2011 The Series Editors of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) invite the submission of book proposals for the ECREA Book Series. Read more

Media Industries&Cultural Production TWG's website launched Scifo, Salvatore 19.09.2011 The ECREA Media Industries&Cultural Production Temporary Working Group (TWG) has launched its website, where interested members will be able to find information about the TWG's aims, activities, and how to get involved. Read more

YECREA doctoral workshop on audience research Scifo, Salvatore 15.09.2011 A faculty-mentored cross-generational doctoral workshop on audiences and audience research, “Audiences: a cross generational dialogue”, will take place in Brussels on 11 April 2012. Read more

Crisis Communication TWG partner for conference Scifo, Salvatore 01.09.2011 ECREA’s new Temporary Working Group on Crisis Communication is partner of the Conference “Crisis 2: Communicating Crisis in an Age of Complexity” that will be held on 6-8 October 2011 in Aarhus, Denmark. Read more

Advertising Research - a new ECREA TWG Carpentier, Nico 27.07.2011 ECREA is pleased to announce that one more Temporary Working Group (TWG) has been approved. Read more

ECREA Media & the City TWG's website launched Scifo, Salvatore 19.07.2011 The ECREA Media & the City Temporary Working Group (TWG) has launched its website, where interested members will be able to find information about the TWG's aims, activities, and how to get involved. Read more

YECREA workshop in Dublin Scifo, Salvatore 30.06.2011 YECREA organizes a Young Scholars Mini-Workshop as a part of the Communication History Section 2011 Conference at Dublin City University on 7 September 2011. Read more

ECREA's ECC12 in Istanbul from 24 to 27 October 2012 Scifo, Salvatore 29.06.2011 The conference, themed Social Media and Global Voices, will be organized by the Turkish Communication Research Association (ILAD) and will take place at Istanbul Bilgi University. Read more

Digital Games Research TWG conference Scifo, Salvatore 24.06.2011 Social Aspects of Digital Gaming will be the focus of an event co-organised by the Digital Games Research Temporary Working Group that will take place in Stuttgart on 21-23 July 2011. Read more

Media Industries and Cultural Production TWG conference Scifo, Salvatore 22.06.2011 The first conference of the recently established Temporary Working Groups, co-organised by the Media Industries and Cultural Production TWG will be held on 14 September 2011 Read more

General Assembly approves bylaws Scifo, Salvatore 21.06.2011 The last ECREA General Assembly has approved the bylaws of the association. The consultation process had started in August 2010 and finished on 31 March 2011. Read more

New Temporary Working Groups approved Scifo, Salvatore 21.06.2011 ECREA is glad to announce that 6 new Temporary Working Groups (TWGs) have been approved. These new TWGs were conditionally approved by the ECREA Executive Board at its 23rd Board Meeting (5-14 May 2011). As all 6 TWGs have now met these conditions, all 6 have become operational on 20 June. Read more

ECREA General Assembly 2011 Scifo, Salvatore 01.06.2011 ECREA convened its 2011 ordinary General Assembly between 30 May and 3 June 2011. This Assembly gathered in an online space on the ECREA intranet. Read more

ECREA Newsletter Spring 2011 Scifo, Salvatore 25.05.2011 The Spring 2011 issue of the ECREA Newsletter has been published. It features a round-up of the association's activities including recent publications, ongoing initiatives, and forthcoming events that will take place in 2011 and the ECC 2012. Read more

Reduced fee for ECREA members at Political Communication conference Scifo, Salvatore 19.05.2011 ECREA members will be able to register at a reduced rate for the forthcoming conference Political Communication in the Era of New Technologies to be held in Warsaw, Poland, on 22-23 September 2011. Read more

ECREA Sections and Networks events 2011 Scifo, Salvatore 03.05.2011 During this year all sections and networks of ECREA will engage in a variety of high level academic activities across Europe. In doing so, ECREA's sections and networks are mobilizing a range of talents and a lot of creative energy to combine into the true driving force of ECREA, and to a significant extent, of communication research at large. Read more

ECREA CEE Network opens Facebook page Carpentier, Nico 26.04.2011 The ECREA Central and East-European (CEE) Network has now opened a Facebook page to share information among members. Read more

Deadline 15 April - ECREA Doctoral Summer School 2011 Carpentier, Nico 12.04.2011 ECREA is pleased to invite PhD students to participate in the ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2011 that will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 14 – 27 August 2011. Read more

ECREA ships 126 copies of the SuSo 2010 Book to its institutional members Carpentier, Nico 12.04.2011 A copy of the latest Summer School Book has been shipped to the coordinators of our institutional members. Read more

13 proposals for new ECREA TWGs submitted Carpentier, Nico 25.03.2011 Read more

ECREA Sections and Networks events 2011 Scifo, Salvatore 20.02.2011 In the next months, all sections and networks of ECREA will engage in a variety of high level academic activities across Europe. In doing so, ECREA's sections and networks are mobilizing a range of talents and a lot of creative energy to combine into the true driving force of ECREA, and to a significant extent, of communication research at large. Read more

Call for participants ECREA Doctoral Summer School 2011 Scifo, Salvatore 19.02.2011 ECREA is pleased to invite PhD students to participate in the ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2011 that will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 14 – 27 August 2011. Read more

Television Studies Section opens Facebook group Scifo, Salvatore 06.01.2011 The ECREA Television Studies Section has set up a Facebook group to facilitate debate between members and enable future collaborations. Read more

Fifth Summer School Book published Scifo, Salvatore 20.12.2010 It is our pleasure to announce the publication of our fifth Summer School Book, entitled Media and communication studies interventions and intersections. The intellectual work of the 2010 ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School, edited by Nico Carpentier, Ilija Tomanić Trivundža, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Ebba Sundin, Tobias Olsson, Richard Kilborn, Hannu Nieminen, and Bart Cammaerts. Read more

Philosophy of Communication Section Symposium 2011 Scifo, Salvatore 19.12.2010 This symposium is to provide a forum in which to assess both the broader and more detailed implications of this trend for our understanding of literature’s place within the lives of individuals and communities. Read more

ECREA Newsletter Autumn 2010 Scifo, Salvatore 08.12.2010 The Autumn 2010 issue of the ECREA Newsletter has been published. It features a round-up of the association's activities including recent publications, ongoing initiatives, and forthcoming events that will take place in 2011. Read more

Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction Conference 2011 Scifo, Salvatore 01.12.2010 The 2011 Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction (ICSI) Section Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) will be hosted by the School of Communication, University of Ulster. Read more

Gendered Transformations available online Scifo, Salvatore 28.11.2010 The last in the ECREA Book series is now fully available for access via the online publishing site Scribd. Read more

Call for papers for COST Action conference Scifo, Salvatore 19.11.2010 The first conference of the COST Action IS0906, Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies in partnership with ECREA, IAMCR and ICA,will be held at the University of Zagreb on 7-9 April 2011 Read more

New website for the Political Communication Section Scifo, Salvatore 19.11.2010 The ECREA Political Communication Section has now a new website that can be reached at ecreapoliticalcommunication. wordpress.com Read more

Call for edited book proposals for the ECREA book series Scifo, Salvatore 05.11.2010 The Series Editors of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) invite the submission of book proposals for the ECREA Book Series. Read more

Call for proposals for new ECREA TWGs Carpentier, Nico 02.11.2010 The ECREA Bureau invites ECREA members to submit a proposal for new Temporary Working Groups. Read more

ECREA ships 540 copies of the ECREA6 Book to its members Scifo, Salvatore 29.10.2010 A copy of the latest ECREA Book Series publication, entitled "Gendered Transformations. Theory and Practices on Gender and Media", edited by Tonny Krijnen and Claudia Alvares and Sofie Van Bauwel, has been shipped to our second year individual members, and to the coordinators of our associated and institutional members. Read more

Sections and Networks elect new Management Teams Scifo, Salvatore 18.10.2010 At the ECC10 in Hamburg, 15 Sections and 2 Networks organised elections for their Management Teams. A considerable number of Section and Network Management Team members were re-elected, but ECREA also welcomes 10 new Vice Chairs into the organisation. Read more

ECC2012 to be held in Istanbul Scifo, Salvatore 15.10.2010 The fourth European Communication Conference (ECC2012) will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 24-27 October 2012 and hosted by ILAD and Bilgi University. Read more

ECC 2010 concluded in Hamburg Scifo, Salvatore 15.10.2010 Over thousand delegates took part to the European Communication Conference (ECC10), now in its concluding stages in Hamburg, which started on 12 October. Read more

ECREA 2010 coverage from Hamburg Scifo, Salvatore 14.10.2010 At Mundus @ ECREA 2010 follow the find coverage about the international conference of the European Communication Research and Education Associations (ECREA), currently ongoing in Hamburg. Read more

ECC 2010 conference tools online Scifo, Salvatore 08.10.2010 Delegates preparing their trip to Hamburg, as well as members that would like to have a full overview of the upcoming conference, have a number of tools available on the ECREA 2010 website. Read more

ECREA General Assembly in Hamburg Scifo, Salvatore 08.10.2010 ECREA will use the opportunity of having a large number of ECREA members present at the ECC2010 in Hamburg to gather a General Assembly in very much the same way that it did in Barcelona in 2008. Read more

Deadline for registration Carpentier, Nico 25.09.2010 ECC's Electronic payment registration until 1 October Read more

Programme of 2010 Doctoral Summer School published Carpentier, Nico 09.08.2010 The programme of the 2010 ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School is now available at the summer school website. Read more

ECREA 2010 early registration deadline Scifo, Salvatore 28.07.2010 Please notice that the deadline for Early Bird registration for ECREA 2010 - 3rd European Communication Conference, to be held on 12-15 October 2010 in Hamburg, is 31 July - Early Bird registration ends on Saturday! Read more

Media and Sports mega-events conference in Portugal Scifo, Salvatore 21.07.2010 ECREA members will have to opportunity to register at a discounted rate for this event, to be held at University of Porto, Portugal, on 27-28 October 2010. Read more

ECREA Communication History Section's website launched Scifo, Salvatore 20.07.2010 The ECREA Communication History Section has launched its website, where interested members will be able to find information about the Section's aims, activities, and how to get involved. Read more

ECREA 2010 programme ready Carpentier, Nico 15.07.2010 The programme of the third European Communication Conference, which will take place from 12 to 15 October 2010, has just been published on the conference website. It promises to become a very exciting conference. Read more

ECREA's appeal for Belarusian scholar Manaev Scifo, Salvatore 10.06.2010 The European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) wants to express its concern about the continued unfair treatment and the threats made against Dr. Oleg Manaev of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Science at the Belarus State University. Read more

ECREA General Assembly 2010 Scifo, Salvatore 31.05.2010 As announced on 8 March 2010, ECREA convened the 2010 ordinary General Assembly of ECREA on 7- 11 June 2010. This Assembly gathered in an online space on the ECREA intranet. Read more

ECREA Newsletter Summer 2010 Scifo, Salvatore 21.05.2010 The Summer 2010 issue of the ECREA Newsletter has been published. It features a round-up of the association's activities including recent publications, ongoing initiatives, and forthcoming events that will take place during the ECC 2010. Read more

ECC 2010 registration now open Scifo, Salvatore 18.05.2010 The Hans Bredow Institute, together with the University of Hamburg and the Hamburg Media School will host the 3rd European Communication Conference to be held in Hamburg, Germany, on 12-15 October 2010. Read more

ECREA panel at ICA 2010 conference Scifo, Salvatore 12.05.2010 ECREA will be hosting the panel Dissemination strategies in communication research at the ICA annual conference, to be held in Singapore on 22-26 June 2010. Read more

ECREA Communication History Section founding conference Scifo, Salvatore 11.05.2010 The workshop User Generated Content: Historical Perspectives on the Participation of Audiences in Social Communication will take place in Potsdam, Germany, on 3-5 June 2010. Read more

ECREA roundtable at IAMCR 2010 conference Scifo, Salvatore 11.05.2010 ECREA, in conjunction with the IAMCR Section on Audience Research, will be hosting a roundtable on ‘The future of audience research’ at the forthcoming 2010 IAMCR conference in Braga. Read more

ECREA Board Annual Report 2009 Scifo, Salvatore 22.03.2010 ECREA has published the 2009 Executive Board Report that contains extensive information about association's activities last year. Read more

ECREA welcomes new Central and East European Network Scifo, Salvatore 21.03.2010 The Executive Board of ECREA has approved the establishment of the Central and East European Network, that will be chaired by Tomas Trampota (Charles University, Czech Republic). Read more

1200 proposals submitted for the ECREA 2010 Conference Scifo, Salvatore 03.03.2010 ECREA is pleased to inform that 1200 proposals have been submitted to the 17 ECREA thematic sections through the conference website. Read more

ECREA 2010 - 3rd European Communication Conference - Deadline EXTENDED Scifo, Salvatore 08.02.2010 On Sunday, February 28, the abstract submission system has been closed for a couple of hours due to a technical error. As a consequence, some colleagues could not submit their proposal. The organizing team apologizes for the inconvenience. Read more

Fifth International Conference of the Russian Communication Association Scifo, Salvatore 26.01.2010 The event titled Communication Spaces: Ranges, Limits, Resources (Communication-2010) will be held in Tver, Russia on September 7-12, 2010. Read more

Call for Participants: 2010 ECREA Doctoral Summer School Scifo, Salvatore 15.01.2010 The ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2010 will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 15 – 27 August. Read more

ECREA ships 88 copies of the SuSo 2009 Book to its institutional members Scifo, Salvatore 17.12.2009 A copy of the latest Summer School Book has been shipped to the coordinators of our institutional members. Read more

ECREA section action proposal approved by COST Scifo, Salvatore 15.12.2009 The COST Action proposal ‘Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies’, which has been submitted by the Audience and Reception Studies section of ECREA in July 2009, has been approved by the COST authorities on 2 December 2009. Read more

Call for edited book proposals for ECREA book series Scifo, Salvatore 06.12.2009 The Series Editors of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) invite the submission of book proposals for the ECREA Book Series. Read more

Fourth Summer School Book published Scifo, Salvatore 06.12.2009 It is our pleasure to announce the publication of our fourth Summer School Book, entitled "Communicative approaches to politics and ethics in Europe. The intellectual work of the 2009 ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School". Read more

Inaugural issue of Empedocles published Scifo, Salvatore 06.12.2009 ECREA and the Philosophy of Communication section are delighted to announce the publication of the first issue of 'Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication'. Read more

ECREA Newsletter Autumn 2009 Scifo, Salvatore 06.12.2009 The Autumn 2009 issue of the ECREA Newsletter has been published. It features a round-up of the association's activities including recent publications, ongoing initiatives, and forthcoming events that will take place in Europe throughout 2010. Read more

ECREA Women's Network website launched Scifo, Salvatore 24.11.2009 The ECREA Women's Network has launched its website, where interested members will be able to find information about the Network's aims, activities and how to get involved. Read more

Inaugural Conference of the ECREA Communication History section Scifo, Salvatore 31.10.2009 The Communication History thematic section of ECREA will hold its inaugural conference in Potsdam on 3-5 June 2010. Abstracts for the international workshop 'User Generated Content. Historical perspectives on the participation of audiences in social communication' have to submitted by 17 January 2010. Read more

Call for proposals for organising ECC 2012 Scifo, Salvatore 04.10.2009 ECREA is opening a call for proposals for the hosting and organisation of the 2012 edition of the European Communication Conferences. The first European Communication Conference took place in Amsterdam in 2005; the second in Barcelona in 2008; the third will take place in Hamburg in 2010. Read more

ECREA establishes two new thematic sections Scifo, Salvatore 04.10.2009 ECREA's Executive Board is happy to announce the establishment of two new thematic sections: the Communication History section and the Television Studies section. Read more

ECREA Book Series now fully available online Scifo, Salvatore 17.09.2009 ECREA is glad to inform that all the titles of its Book Series, published by Intellect, are now available on the line platform Scribd, where it is now possible to browse and search the contents of the publications free of charge. To download the manuscripts, a free registration to Scribd is required. Read more

Audience and Reception Studies Section submits COST Action proposal Scifo, Salvatore 12.08.2009 On 31 July 2009 the Audience and Reception Studies Section of ECREA has submitted a full proposal for a new COST Action, ‘Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies’. Read more

ECREA Newsletter Summer 2009 Scifo, Salvatore 12.06.2009 The Summer 2009 issue of the ECREA Newsletter has been published. It features a round-up of the association's activities including recent publications, ongoing initiatives, and forthcoming events that will take place in Europe throughout 2009. Read more

Audience and Reception Studies Section calls for chapters Scifo, Salvatore 13.05.2009 The Audience & Reception Studies Section of ECREA is calling for chapter submissions for the book The 'Social' Media User. European Perspectives on Cultural and Social Scientific Audience Research that will be edited by Helena Bilandzic and Geoffroy Patriarche. Read more

ECREA, IAMCR and ICA conduct academic journals survey Heinderyckx, Francois 10.05.2009 ECREA, IAMCR and ICA are conducting an international online survey among their respective members on the topic of academic journals. The survey is organised by a joint working group on "Quality in Communication Research" and the first results were presented during the ICA conference in Chicago on 24 May 2009. The survey period is extended until 31 July 2009. Read more

Press Freedom and Pluralism in Europe presented in Bremen Scifo, Salvatore 05.05.2009 "Press Freedom and Pluralism in Europe. Concepts and Conditions", the latest ECREA Book Series publication, edited by Andrea Czepek, Melanie Hellwig, and Eva Nowak, was presented at the 54th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), held at the University of Bremen on 29 April-1 May 2009. Read more

ECREA website accessible again Scifo, Salvatore 22.04.2009 The ECREA website has just become accessible again. It was down for quite some time, because of a DNS problem. This has also affected all ecrea e-mail accounts, so please re-send any messages sent to an @ecrea.eu account in the period of 7-22 April. Read more

Press Freedom and Pluralism in Europe available online Scifo, Salvatore 13.04.2009 The last in the ECREA Book series is now fully available for access and download on the Intellect website and via the online publishing site Scribd. Read more

ECREA ships 357 copies of the ECREA5 Book to its members Scifo, Salvatore 31.03.2009 A copy of the latest ECREA Book Series publication, entitled "Press Freedom and Pluralism in Europe. Concepts and Conditions", edited by Andrea Czepek, Melanie Hellwig, and Eva Nowak, has been shipped to our second year individual members, and to the coordinators of our associated and institutional members. Read more

ECREA Sections and Networks events 2009 Scifo, Salvatore 11.03.2009 In the months to come, all sections and networks of ECREA will engage in variety of high level academic activities across Europe. In doing so, ECREA's sections and networks are mobilizing a range of talents and a lot of creative energy to combine into the true driving force of ECREA, and to a significant extent, of communication research at large. Read more

ICA conference at reduced fee for ECREA members Scifo, Salvatore 08.03.2009 ECREA members can register to the upcoming ICA conference (Chicago, May 21-25) at the same reduced fee as that of ICA members. Read more

ECREA summer school survey report published Scifo, Salvatore 03.03.2009 The ECREA summer school survey results and reflections report, authored by Benjamin De Cleen, Iñaki Garcia-Blanco and Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt (ECREA Young Scholars Network) presents the results of an online survey with former ECREA summer school participants held between September and October 2008. Read more

ECREA Doctoral Summer School 2009 Scifo, Salvatore 22.02.2009 The ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2009 will bring together members of the European research community to debate contemporary issues in media, communication and cultural studies. Read more

ECC 10 to be held in Hamburg Scifo, Salvatore 09.12.2008 The third European Communication Conference (ECC10) will be held in Hamburg, Germany, on 12-15 October 2010 and hosted by the Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research... Read more

1000 delegates at the ECC08 conference ECREA, Webmaster 05.12.2008 Almost a thousand delegates from 40 countries took part to the European Communication Conference (ECC08) conference held on 25-28 November 2008... Read more

In Memoriam Professor Ole Prehn Witschge, Tamara 28.11.2008 It is with great sadness that we have learned about the death of Professor Ole Prehn, General- Secretary of IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research). Read more

ECREA Barcelona 2008 Witschge, Tamara 27.11.2008 ECREA Barcelona 2008 is in full swing. If you weren't able to join us in Barcelona (or if you are here in Barcelona, but just can't get enough), you can now get an impression online. Read more

ECREA ships 75 copies of the SuSo 2008 Book to its institutional members Carpentier, Nico 20.11.2008 A copy of the latest Summer School Book has been shipped to the coordinators of our institutional members. Read more

Download ECREA 4 Book for free Carpentier, Nico 20.11.2008 "Finding the Right Place on the Map" has been made available online at the Intellect website. Read more

ECREA ships 217 copies of the ECREA4 Book to its members Carpentier, Nico 12.11.2008 A copy of the latest ECREA Book Series publication, entitled “Finding the Right Place on the Map: Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective”, edited by Karol Jakubowicz and Miklós Sükösd, has been shipped to our second year individual members, and to the coordinators of our associated and institutional members. Read more

ECREA Board Elections Witschge, Tamara 11.11.2008 On 28 November 2008, the last day of ECC08, ECREA will convene a General Assembly which will elect a new Executive Board for the coming four years. Read more

Last minute deal for ECC08 Heinderyckx, Francois 04.11.2008 Now available: Last minute packages combining registration fee and hotel accommodation for ECC2008 in Barcelona. Available until 14 November. Read more

call ECREA 6 Carpentier, Nico 19.10.2008 The call for book proposals for the ECREA book series has been opened Read more

SuSo Book 2008 published Carpentier, Nico 11.10.2008 The third Summer School Book is ready and can be downloaded for free. Read more

ECREA 4 book published Carpentier, Nico 18.09.2008 Intellect publishes "Finding the Right Place on the Map" edited by Karol Jakubowicz and Miklós Sükösd Read more

ECC08 Press Conference Witschge, Tamara 08.07.2008 Barcelona's ECC08 press conference shows preparations to be in full swing. Read more

ECREA 4 book expected in August 2008 Carpentier, Nico 28.06.2008 Finding the Right Place on the Map. Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective, was edited by Karol Jakubowicz and Miklós Sükösd and will be published by Intellect. Read more

PhilComm Section Journal Empedocles Carpentier, Nico 06.06.2008 ECREA and the Philosophy of Communication Section are delighted to announce Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication. Read more

ECREA Newsletter 3 Carpentier, Nico 28.05.2008 The spring 2008 issue of the ECREA Newsletter has been published Read more

ECC08 Barcelona Registration open Carpentier, Nico 21.05.2008 The registration for ECC08 conference in Barcelona has opened on May 21, 2008. Read more

Read the ECREA3 book Reclaiming the Media for free on www.intellectbooks.com ECREA, Webmaster 03.04.2008 Every chapter of Volume 3 in the ECREA book series, Reclaiming the Media: Communication Rights and Democratic Media Roles, edited by Bart Cammaerts and Nico Carpentier, is now available to download as a PDF-file free from the Intellect website. Read more

The reactions to the call for proposals of the ECREA Barcelona conference have been overwhelming, guaranteeing a successful conference. Carpentier, Nico 06.03.2008 The call closed on March 3, 2008. Read more

European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2008 Carpentier, Nico 18.02.2008 We are happy to invite you to participate in the European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2008 in Tartu, Estonia from the 27th of July till the 8th of August 2008. Read more

New Radio Research Section Website Carpentier, Nico 11.02.2008 The site can be found at http://sections.ecrea.eu/RR Read more

ECREA breaks the 1000 member limit Carpentier, Nico 09.02.2008 ECREA now has 1016 members. 369 of them are individual members, and the remaining 647 are members through the 80 institutional and associate institutional members. Read more

DAAD selects ECREA Summer School as best practice Carpentier, Nico 13.12.2007 The German Academic Exchange Service DAAD has invited two SuSo programme committee members to present the SuSo at an IP validation conference. Read more

December 2007 Newsletter Carpentier, Nico 13.12.2007 The December 2007 Newsletter can be downloaded here Read more

Deadline postponed until 3 March Carpentier, Nico 08.12.2007 Responding to popular demand and to avoid possible conflicts with other CFP deadlines, the organising committee of ECREA's European Communication Conference (Barcelona, 25-28 November 2008) has decided to postpone the deadline for submitting proposals until 3 March 2008. This extension is valid for all calls of all thematic sections. Feel free to circulate this call to colleagues or any other research networks that may be interested in submitting a proposal. Read more

Join the ARS Section and its Cost Action proposal Carpentier, Nico 07.12.2007 We would like to invite all interested members to join the Audience and Reception Studies Section of ECREA, especially if you are interested in joining our section's COST Action proposal. Read more

New book Nyre (to be deleted), Lars 19.11.2007 The new book "Media technologies and democracy in an enlarged Europe" is downloadable free of charge. Just click here. Read more

2nd European Communication Conference Nyre (to be deleted), Lars 19.11.2007 We are happy to present the call for research panels, papers and posters for ECREA’s 2nd European Communication Conference, which will be held in Barcelona, from November 25 to November 28 2008. The proposal submission is February 15, 2008. Read more

Science and Environment Communication Section opens new website Carpentier, Nico 10.11.2007 The new section website can be found at http://www.scienv-com.eu/. Read more

Call for submissions IAMCR Schiller and Smythe Awards 2008 Carpentier, Nico 21.10.2007 The IAMCR Prizes in Memory of Herbert I. Schiller and Dallas W. Smythe are awarded to students and young scholars every two years at the IAMCR General Meeting. They will be next awarded at during IAMCR's 2008 Congress in Stockholm. The deadline for submissions to the 2008 edition of the Schiller and Smythe awards is 16 May 2008. Read more

1-3 November 2007: Digital Culture & Communication Section Workshop Carpentier, Nico 18.10.2007 The workshop of the Digital Culture & Communication Section will take place on 1-3 November 2007 @ University of Sussex. The workshop is supported by the Centre for Material Digital Culture, University of Sussex (http://www.sussex.ac.uk/rcmdc/). All are welcome to attend. Please register with Vanessa Sammut: V.A.Sammut@sussex.ac.uk for full programme. The charges are £35 to cover refreshments, coffee and reception. £10 for one day. Read more

Programme Philosophy of Communication conference available Carpentier, Nico 01.10.2007 The full programme of the ECREA Philosophy of Communication conference, taking place on 8 and 9 November at the University of Surrey, Guildford, is now available at http://www.landmarks.philosophy-of-communication.eu/landmarks_index.php. Read more

ECREA 5 Book Series Call Carpentier, Nico 23.09.2007 The Series Editors invite the submission of book proposals for the ECREA Book Series. Read more

Brussels Symposium Carpentier, Nico 10.08.2007 The ECREA Symposium "Equal Opportunities and Communication Rights" will take place on 11 and 12 October 2007. Read more

ECC08 in Barcelona Carpentier, Nico 07.08.2007 The next European Communication Conference will be held in Barcelona, from 26 to 28 November 2008. Read more

ECREA Business meeting at IAMCR Paris Heinderyckx, Francois 20.07.2007 ECREA invites all members and anyone interested to attend a business meeting Sunday 22 July, on the premisses of the IAMCR conference in Paris (Unesco). The meeting will start at 5:30 PM Read more

1000+ subscribers for ECREA mailing list Carpentier, Nico 14.07.2007 The open access ECREA mailing list has now exceeded the magical number of 1000 subscribers. This list is a free service to the entire communication and media studies community. Read more

New website under the ECREA umbrella Nyre (to be deleted), Lars 06.06.2007 The Political Communication Section of ECREA launches its own website. The ECREA sphere of influence is growing. Read more

ECREA Philosophy of communication conference Nyre (to be deleted), Lars 31.05.2007 Landmarks is the biannual conference of the ECREA Philosophy of Communication Section. The Landmarks 2007 theme is "25 years of universal pragmatics. Facts and fictions". It is held from November 8-9, 2007 at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. This first conference of the Philosophy of Communication Section sets out to create an environment in which to discuss the analytical and philosophical determinants of communication theory. Read more

ECREA Film Studies Conference Nyre (to be deleted), Lars 16.05.2007 The ECREA Film Studies Section organizes the international conference "The Glow in Their Eyes. Global perspectives on film cultures, film exhibition and cinemagoing" in Brussels, 15-16 December 2007. Confirmed keynote speakers are Annette Kuhn (University of London) and Richard Maltby (Flinders University). Read more

Summer School registration is now open! Nyre (to be deleted), Lars 13.02.2007 ECREA is pleased to announce that European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2007 registration is now open. ECREA gives out 2 individual and 2 institutional grants covering all costs for participation in the summer school. Read more

Impressive seminar activities in 2007 Nyre (to be deleted), Lars 05.02.2007 Ten conferences or day seminars are being organized by ECREA sections during 2007, and more are in the planning. Most sections were formally established during 2006, and this year it is time for its members to meet and deliberate. Many ECREA members have not chosen their section affiliation yet, and this is a good time to do so. Read more

ECC 2008 in Barcelona Nyre (to be deleted), Lars 01.02.2007 The next European Communication Conference will be held in Barcelona in November 2008 Read more

ECREA to organise a panel at IAMCR 2007 Heinderyckx, Francois 11.01.2007 ECREA will organise a plenary panel session on Communication Research in Europe during the 50th anniversary conference of IAMCR (Paris, 25-27 July 2007). Read more

NEW: Online membership services Nyre (to be deleted), Lars 11.01.2007 ECREA Online allows online payment of membership fees. Institutional coordinators can easily change the information about local members. The system is fully secured. Read more

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