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Now open! Registration for the Conference: "(De)Westernization in International and Intercultural Communication", 27-29 October 2011 in Erfurt/Germany
The conference features keynotes by
-           Dr. Raka Shome, Harron Family Endowed Chair of Communication, Villanova University

YECREA organizes a Young Scholars Workshop as a part of the Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction Section 2011 Conference.
 
Workshop Date:  Thursday 8 September
Workshop Theme: Key factors to consider when preparing and submitting articles and other publications.
Target Participants: Postgraduate students and early career scholars researching within the field of interpersonal communication and social interaction.
Objectives:

I am Sara Minucci and I am the country representative for Italy since August 2011.I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science and International Relations at the Department of Political Studies of the University of Turin. My main research interests are political communication, political science, popularisation of political communication.
I am member of ECREA since 2009 and I took part to the Doctoral Summer School in 2009.
Please, do not hesitate to contact me at sara.minucci@unito.it

The Conference is organized by the International and Intercultural Communication Section of ECREA (IIC), supported by ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association), by ECREA Sections on Journalism Studies and Communication Law & Policy and by the Committee of the Regions.

We are happy to announce that the ECREA’S Fourth European Communication Conference (ECC12), themed 'Social Media and Global Voices', will take place in Istanbul from 24-27 October 2012.
 

 
YECREA organizes a Young Scholars Mini-Workshop as a part of the Communication History Section 2011 Conference at Dublin City University, Dublin Ireland
Workshop Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2011. 3pm – 6pm.

Catalan Journal of Communication&  Cultural StudiesCall for articles. Issue 4.1. Spring 2012.Deadline for submitting works: September 30th 2011The Catalan Journal of Communication&  Cultural Studies (CJCS) is committed to publishing research and scholarship on the analysis of media and culture. The journal welcomes original works, particularly but not exclusively, related to the Catalan cultural and media systems.

Proposals are sought for a special issue of Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies on music and audiences. The theme of this issue will be an examination of the music audience from a range of perspectives, with both theoretical and empirical research welcomed on all aspects of music and reception.
 

Please distribute and participate in this survey for an LSE postgrad project.

This is a short survey that aims to understand what people consider important in good public debates as they are conducted through the media, but also face-to-face. It is interested in the kind of qualities a public debate should have in a democracy: https://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/lsewebsite/debate