Dear Colleague,
The final deadline to submit your abstract to MediAsia 2016 is rapidly approaching! Submit your abstract today and join IAFOR and international delegates from more than 35 countries in Kobe, Japan for The Seventh Asian Conference on Media and Mass Communication. Submit your abstract, present your research, network, and create new relationships during this incredible event.
Held alongside the Asian Conference on Film & Documentary, at The Art Center of Kobe, from Thursday, October 27 - Saturday, October 29, 2016. Join us as we discuss this year’s conference theme, “Justice" along with Keynote Speaker, Professor Richard Roth of Northwestern University, USA.
This IAFOR conference welcomes submissions from all over the world and we encourage you to join us in Kobe, Japan to share your research and knowledge in an international, intercultural and interdisciplinary setting. To submit an abstract for presentation or participate as an audience member, please visit the website or contact us for more information.
CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENDED TO: August 20, 2016
Submit an abstract: http://iafor.org/cfp
Visit the conference website: http://iafor.org/conferences/mediasia2016/
Enquiries: mediasia@iafor.org
***Join IAFOR at MediAsia2016 to:
-Deliver your research findings to a global audience
-Have your work published in the conference proceedings and considered for peer-reviewed, open access IAFOR Journals
-Benefit from IAFOR’s interdisciplinary focus by hearing the latest research on Media, Mass Communication, Film, Documentary & more!
-Participate in a truly international, interdisciplinary and intercultural event
-Participate in interactive audience sessions
-Access international networking opportunities
*Discounts on registration fees are available for those able to pay registration fees early. Please see the registration page for details:
http://iafor.org/mediasia2016-registration/
*If you have attended an IAFOR conference within the past year, or belong to one of IAFOR's Global Partners, contact us for available discounts.
*See the full schedule of our conferences in Japan, Dubai, Hawaii, Barcelona and the UK on our website.
***The 2016 conference theme and streams
The MediAsia2016 conference theme is “Justice”. The media has long been considered a powerful tool for the fighting of injustice and for holding powerful individuals and institutions to account. How do questions of justice interact with those of power, ownership and control, as well as those of (self)censorship? To what extent and where has mainstream media maintained independence and integrity? What is the role of social media? And where is press freedom non-existent or increasingly curtailed? What of the role of investigative journalists, citizen journalists, and whistleblowers?
Film and media, like art and literature, are multi-layered forums for probing the depths of the multifarious concept of “justice.” This can relate to its ethical and moral branches (social, legal, moral justice, etc.) as well as its less tangible embodiments (poetic justice, rough justice, etc.). Fictional films and documentaries frequently celebrate victories of justice and triumphs over adversity in functioning democratic institutions (e.g. Twelve Angry Men), while others explore more fractious moral and ethical dilemmas related to the concept. For instance, can there ever be a moral justification for acting above the law – even committing a serious crime for a “higher purpose”? One might reference Woody Allan’s countless adaptations of Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment.
Is a work of fiction or media reporting culpable if it falsifies for a “good cause?” Does justice have a “dark side,” or is this the outcome of it being manipulated? Questions like these have been with us throughout the ages. Do they exist as boundaries for reflection rather than questions to be answered?
Some modern TV series look into justice issues from a legal point of view, but also probe the psychology of many types of people on both sides of the law. What do these contribute to the better understanding of the complexities of human nature and human emotion exposed in them?
We expect this open and enduring theme to excite a number of stimulating research paths, and look forward to their outcomes.
Submissions are organised into the following thematic streams:
-Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations
-Digital Media and Use of New Technology in Newsgathering
-Communication Theory and Methodology
-Critical and Cultural Studies, Gender and Communication
-Media Disaster Coverage
-Media History
-International Communication
-Law, Policy and Media Ethics
-Newspapers and Magazines as Print/Digital Media
-Mass Communication
-Broadcast Media and Globalization
-Journalism
-Education and Scholastic Journalism
-Sports, Media and Globalization
-Media Management and Economics
-Political Communication and Satire
-Visual Communication
-Media and Education: Training journalists
-Social Media and Communication Technology
-Documentary Production
-Film
***MediAsia2016 Conference Chairs and Featured Speakers
Professor Gary Swanson
Conference Co-Chair and Featured Speaker
CEO D’image Studios
Former Hansen Endowed Chair in Journalism and Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, The University of Northern Colorado, USA
Dr. James Rowlins
Conference Co-Chair
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Dr. Paul Spicer
Conference Co-Chair and Featured Speaker
Hiroshima Jougakuin University, Japan
Professor Richard Roth
2016 Keynote Speaker
Northwestern University, United States
Mie Yanashita
FilmAsia2016 Piano Performer
Silent Film Pianist
***The IAFOR Documentary Film Award and Festival 2016 at MediAsia and FilmAsia2016
Documentary film is strongly in line with The International Academic Forum’s vision as an academic think tank that promotes international, intercultural and interdisciplinary discussion and exchange. Started in 2009, the IAFOR Documentary Film Award has grown in size and influence.
Registered delegates for MediAsia2016 and/or FilmAsia2016 will receive FREE admission to the festival.
The IAFOR Documentary Film Award is backed by IAFOR and The Asian Conference on Media and Mass Communication and The Asian Conference on Film and Documentary, which have established themselves as prestigious events for industry professionals.
For more information on our documentary competition and festival please visit the IAFOR Documentary Film Award website. http://iaforfilmaward.org/en/about/
***About IAFOR and its events
IAFOR welcomes thousands of academics to our conferences each year, which range in size from around 100 to in excess of 500 attendees. They do so because of the supportive and nurturing research environment, because of the unique networking opportunities, and because of the strength of the organization’s platform.
Our conferences are meticulously planned and programmed under the direction of prominent academics to ensure that they offer programs of the highest level, and are also quite unique in the way in which they are supported by some of the world’s leading academic institutions, including the University of London (UK), Virginia Tech (USA), Monash University (Australia), Barcelona University (Spain), Waseda University (Japan), the National Institute of Education (Singapore), and The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKSAR).
IAFOR’s credibility has enabled it to become a genuine pioneer, and has grown to be the most respected and trusted organization encouraging international, intercultural and interdisciplinary study. The organization is a formative influence in providing new research avenues and visionary development solutions necessary in our rapidly emerging globalized world.
We welcome you to engage in this expanding global academic community of individuals and network of institutions, and look forward to seeing you at one of our future events, as we break new ground, together.
To learn more about IAFOR - http://iafor.org
***IAFOR’s Media, Communication and Film Conferences
IAFOR has several annual Conferences on Media, Mass Communication & Film, exploring common themes in different ways to develop a shared research agenda which develops interdisciplinary discussion, heightens intercultural awareness and promotes international exchange.
To learn more about them, please visit the Media, Communication and Film conference page: http://iafor.org/media-communication-film/ |
