Saturday 1 February 2014

International Conference on Communication and Media (i-COME’14) in Malaysia

Following received through Prof Sanjay Ranade:

In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of Universiti Utara Malaysia, we proudly invite you to the International Conference on Communication and Media (i-COME’14) organized by Communication Department, School of Multimedia Technology and Communication, UUM. This conference is scheduled to take place from 18 - 20 October, 2014 at the Holiday Villa Beach Hotel and Resort, Langkawi, Malaysia

i-COME’14 aims to provide a multinational platform where the latest issues in communication and media can be presented and discussed in a friendly environment with the aim to learn from each other. The theme of the conference is Communication, Empowerment and Governance: The 21st Century Enigma.

TOPIC OF INTEREST

The key communication and media issues to be addressed by the conference are in relation (but not limited) to:
(a) Organizational Communication: Corporate communication, Power and politics in organizations, Communication for organizational change, Communication management, Public relations;
(b) Communication for Social Change: Health communication, Communication and media, Gender and communication, Governance and empowerment of women, Campaign;
(c) Intercultural Communication: Issues in international and intercultural communication, Barriers in intercultural communication, Negotiating across cultures, Empowerment and governance across cultures;
(d) Political Communication: Communication policies and regulations, Communication law, Empowerment and governance in the information society, Leadership, Ethics in campaign, Ethics in speech;
(e) New Media: New media and culture, Media industry trends and dynamics, Ethics and cyber society, Media challenges and opportunities, Creativity, innovation and users, Government, regulations and new media;
(f) Language and Communication: Media and Language, Role of language, Visual and Linguistics, Critical literacy, Language and advertising, Language and rhetoric, Language and social interaction.

(For full list of issues, please visit our website here)

SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit papers for the conference through the i-COME’14 online management system (http://www.i-comeuum.com/openconf/openconf.php).  Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference. Any questions can, be forwarded to the secretariat via icome@uum.edu.my

PUBLICATION AND INDEXING

This conference is featured by blind review of papers. The conference proceedings will be published by Procedia - Social and Behavioural Sciences (Elsevier) with ISBN/ISSN number and will be indexed in SCOPUS and published by Elsevier (upon approval by Elsevier).


IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Deadline   31 March 2014
Acceptance Notification to Authors   30 April 2014
Deadline for Revised/Final Version   30 May 2014
Early Bird Registration Deadline   15 August 2014
Registration Deadline   1 October 2014


Registration is now open via our website:  http://www.i-comeuum.com . Please forward all inquiries to: icome@uum.edu.my


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i-COME'14 Secretariat
School of Multimedia Technology and Communication
Universiti Utara Malaysia
06010 Sintok, Kedah, MALAYSIA
Tel: +604 9285859  Fax: +604 9285804
Email: icome@uum.edu.my  Website: http://www.i-comeuum.com

Universiti Utara Malaysia Official Website http://www.uum.edu.my

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