Following from Prof.(Dr.) Biplab Loho Choudhury
THE 2014 ASIAN CONGRESS
FOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HONG KONG
13,14,15
November 2014,
The City University of Hong Kong
CALL FOR PAPERS
“Media, Communication, Culture and
the Dynamics of Change”
2014 ACMC International Conference
in
partnership with the
Department
of Media and Communication, City University of Hong Kong
Rationale
As technology continues to develop, platforms of communication
and paradigms of communicating are changing at a faster rate than ever before.
From linear to non-linear, from single levels of engagement to multi-level structures
that can prove challenging in the delivery of the message. McLuhan’s dictum
“the media is the message,” has become the mantra of the new media even as
communication channels continue to shift from the traditional mass media to the
Internet and to mobile media.
At the same time, the development of a whole new virtual world –
from virtual offices to virtual classrooms to virtual stores – are changing the
way people work, study and do business. Theoretically, we can have multiple
identities with more communication taking place online than our daily
face-to-face interactions. New
virtual community groups have taken shape, forming a generation of members
defined by their unique creative interests and special terminology for in-group
communication. The theme of the 2014 conference seeks to address the challenges
that emerging media pose to the study and use of media.
Indeed, what does this change mean for teaching communication and
languages in the global virtual realm? How does one bridge the real world with
the virtual in the teaching of communication and language? What should the
universities’ priorities be? What steps should faculties take so as to be in
tune with this fast paced development? How
can communication be planned, packaged and managed? What would the implications
be for researchers of media studies and communication practitioners in Public
Relations, Creative Industries and Advertising?
SUB‐STREAMS
include but are not limited to:
·
new media literacies
·
media innovations,
influence and impact
·
ethnicity, race and
religion
·
media and gender
·
linguistics and the global
classroom
·
language, identity,
representation
·
advertising in the new
media
·
public relations in a
digitized world
·
cross‐cultural
networking
·
media, human rights
and empowerment
·
socio-cultural
challenges and the new media
·
social media, social
responsibility
·
new media ethics
·
health, disaster and environment
·
virtual world versus real world
·
gaming as communication
GUIDELINES
FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS
Abstracts
due: MAY 20, 2014
Abstract acceptance:
(on or before) May 30, 2014
Full
papers due: September 30, 2014
Participation
payment due: September 30, 2014
CONFERENCE FEE
Early Bird (on or
before September 30, 2014) :
non-members USD350
ACMC members USD175
Regular Rate: USD450
On-site Rate: USD550
Membership Rate
(on-site): USD250
Undergraduate
Student Rate: USD100 (attendance only)
Conference
fees include participation fee and IC, lunches, coffee breaks, certificates and
conference kits.
To
be submitted via email <acmc2014@asianmediacongress.org>.
Papers should NOT to be emailed to personal emails of ACMC officers or conference
organizers.
The conditions are as follows:
All submissions will undergo a
blind review. You will be notified a month after submission of your paper if it
qualifies for the conference and/or the ACMC Journal. Papers that do not
qualify for publication in the Journal, may still be eligible for ORAL
Presentation at the conference and will be published in the ACMC Online
conference website.
FORMAT FOR
ABSTRACT:
1. Indicate “Abstract Submission”
in the subject line of your email
2. Email should contain the
following:
a. Conference Stream to which it
belongs
b. Paper title
c. Author name,
position, institution
d. Short biography of Author
(100 ‐ 150
words)
e. Paper Abstract (300‐500 words)
FORMAT FOR PAPER:
Papers intended for the refereed
stream should be academically rigorous (e.g. theoretically and methodologically
sound, thoroughly researched and referenced) but also accessible to anyone
interested in communication and its implications. Refereed articles will appear
in the ACMC Online Conference proceedings that will be publicly accessible, and
which provide a showcase of the
relevance of ACMC and
communication research to a wider audience, so please write clearly. Use plain
English and, if you must use jargon, clearly explain its meaning. We reserve
the right to edit your work should it be chosen for publication in the
ACMC Journal.
Full paper
should be a Microsoft Word document. Re‐submit title of the paper and an
abstract of 150‐ 300 words on the first page.
The body of the paper should be
double‐spaced,
justified. Quotations should be in “double quotation marks” (not ‘single’) and
paragraphs of cited text longer than 20 words should be indented. Please number
all pages of your manuscript in the top right header.
Word count: 4000 to 7000
words.
Referencing: Papers must be
referenced in the APA style. Information on the APA
style can be found at
http://www.apastyle.org/pubmanual.html or at
http://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au/cite/apa/index.jsp.
OTHER INFORMATION
Registration: All presenters need
to register to attend the conference. In the case of multi‐authored papers, at least one of
the listed authors must attend in order for the paper to be included in the
ACMC 2014 Conference program.
Disclaimer: Successfully refereed
articles will be published online. It is authorsʹ responsibility to
ensure that articles and accompanying materials submitted for ACMC2014 are
accurate, and are not offensive, defamatory, or otherwise injurious to any person
or organization before submission. Authors should ensure that all ideas and
work not their own are fully referenced. Authors are also responsible for
ensuring that articles and accompanying charts, graphs, photographs,
illustrations, trade literature, data, etc., are free of copyright or ownership
restrictions and may be published online without encumbrance.
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FOR QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES
Please contact the Secretariat at or visit our website for more details and updates
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Indian contact:
Prof.(Dr.) Biplab Loho Choudhury
Center For Journalism & Mass Communication
Visva - Bharati, Santiniketan
West Bengal, India
&
Country Director (India),
Asian Congress for Media & Communication (ACMC),
+918670681901,+913463264332(Residence)