Media and sports mega-events

MEDIA AND SPORTS MEGA-EVENTS
The I International Conference on Media and Sport (INCOMES), jointly
organized by the University of Porto and the Universidad Autónoma de
Barcelona aims to address the media construction of mega-sport events
as well as its social, economic and political significance related to
media studies.

The relationship between media and sport has become intermingled over
the last decades and prompted a growing quantity of academic attention
and interest. Indeed, sport and sports mega events, in particular,
such as the football World Cup and the Summer Olympics Games, have
flourished  and grown in importance over the years to the point of
being considered nowadays as an important popular content of the
media. This has been favored, among other factors, by developments in
media technology and the formation of a sport-media-business alliance
with implications in terms of professional sport.

Possible topics, but note exclusive, include:
- the ‘televisation’ of sport

- the representation and identity, gender and race

- globalization and nationalism

- marketing and commodification of sport

- Audiences in mediated sports

Co-organised:

•University of Porto
•C2COM (UP)
•MA In Communication Sciences   (UP)
•MA in Communication and Sport (UP)
•Centro de Estudios Olímpicos ­ Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

To be held at University of Porto, Porto- Portugal, 27-28 October 2010

Confirmed guest speakers:

•Andrew Billings ­ University of Indiana (USA)
•Richard Haynes ­ Stirling University (UK)

Sponsors:

•ECREA
•O Jogo
•Global Media Journal ­ Portuguese Edition

An electronic version of the extended abstract, with a preferred
length between 750 to 1000 words, accompanied by contact details and a
brief bio on a separate page, should be sent no later than August 15.
Abstracts should be written in Portuguese, English or Spanish
(although presentations will be in English) and should summarize the
paper contents, explain relevance to conference theme, outline
methodology, contain a clear argument, theoretical framework,
methodology and key results, according to requirements of the call for
papers of the conference.

All proposals should be submitted to the following email:
incomes2010abstracts AT icicom.up.pt

Participants may submit more than one proposal, but only one paper by
the same first author will be accepted into the program.

Notification of acceptance will be sent by August 30 2010

A selection of the best papers delivered at the conference will be
considered for publication in a special issue of the Global Media
Journal ­ Portuguese Edition.

Conference fees:

50€ general

25€ UP, UAB and ECREA members

10€ students

5€ Euros for UP students

For more information, please visit: http://incomes2010.wordpress.com/

If you have any further question, please contact program chair, Rui
Alexandre Novais, at incomes2010info AT icicom.up.pt