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International Conference on Social Media Culture: Political, Economic, Social, and Journalistic Challenges
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta invites practitioners, scholars and graduate students across disciplines to our International Conference on “Social Media Cultures: Political, Economic, Social, and Journalistic Challenges.” The conference will be held on 22 September 2011 at the University of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta.
Background
Now, we live in the social media era. Facebook and Twitter are popular among higher classes and older users; also growing among other public. Facebook and Twitter have been becoming the most important channels for changing information paths. Through Twitter, people organize themselves in several protests and activities.
The use of social network tools leads to social changes in everyday life, politics, education and other fields. The emergence of online social networks has changed the way information circulates within the country, creating more awareness, actions and changes.
This conference is dedicated to providing opportunities for scholars and practitioners to share their knowledge and to get involved in discourse on social media uses and their implications on politics, economy, social, and journalism, as well as the challenges they bring. All relevant academic and multidisciplinary perspectives in the area of social media culture are welcomed.
We invite contributors from all disciplines to submit competitive abstracts for paper presentation at this conference. Abstracts should revolve around one of the topics indicated below, describing original work and/or research papers. We also encourage other varieties related to New Media.
Suggested topics include, but are not restricted to, the following:
a. A new democratization? How social media change political cultures?
b. Social media in corporate communication.
c. Closing the digital divide: How social are social media?
d. User generated content: Obstacle or benefit to journalism?
Abstract Submissions
Abstracts should be between 300-500 words. Language of both abstracts and papers is English. The abstract will be peer-reviewed. Required format of submission is in word format and please include the author name when saving the document. Include the presenter’s name, institutional affiliation, a brief biographical note, email and postal address into a separate file/paper. All documents must be emailed to Yohanes Widodo, at ywidodo@staff.uajy.ac.id.
Relevant Dates to be considered
Deadline for abstract submissions: July 30, 2011
Notification of accepted abstracts: August 15, 2011
Deadline for full papers: September 10, 2011
For registration and further information about the conference, please visit our website http://fisip.uajy.ac.id/ic2011 _______________________________________________ International Association for Media and Communication Research - http://iamcr.org Announcements mailing list
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