Second International Conference in Communication and Media Studies:

Communication in Peace/Conflict in Communication

Keynote Speakers:

• Gary Hall, Middlesex University

• Wilhelm Kempf, University of Konstanz

• Mahmut Mutman, Bilkent University

• Meyda Yeğenoğlu, Middle East Technical University

Dates: 2- 4 May 2007

Venue: Eastern Mediterranean University

Faculty of Communication and Media Studies

Famagusta, North Cyprus

The Faculty of Communication and Media Studies at Eastern Mediterranean University invites paper, panel and event proposals addressing the general theme of “Communication in Peace/Conflict in Communication.” The Second International Conference, which will be held at the EMU campus in Famagusta, North Cyprus between May 2-4, 2007, aims at bringing together scholars to present their research and exchange ideas in a wide range of topics under the general theme including but not limited to:

• Peace Journalism

• Media and Mediation in Conflict

• Conflict Resolution

• Forgiveness and Reconciliation

• Gender, Ethnicity, Nationality, Race, Religion, Age and Peace/Conflict

• Communication Education and Peace

• Communication Ethics and Peace

• Film and Peace/Conflict

• Peaceful Films, Disturbing Films

• Adcult, Ad-diction, Adbusting

• Communication and Miscommunication

• Miscommunication in Communication

• Peace/Conflict in Intercultural Communication

• Self-Other Communication and Ethnocentrism

• Epistemic Violence in Communicating With the Other

• Love and Friendship

• Citizenship and Cosmopolitanism

• Migrancy, Exile, Diaspora

• Communication in Divided Cities/Lands

• Borders that Divide/Unite

• Enclosure of the Net in the Age of Access

The language of our international conference will be both English and Turkish.

The deadline for submitting proposals is 14 February 2007. Please send your abstracts (not more
than 300 words) by Wednesday 14 February 2007 to: cpcc@emu.edu.tr
 

An electronic submission form is also provided at the conference web site http://fcms.emu.edu.tr/cpcc . The deadline for submitting full papers is 06 April 2007.

Submissions are subject to blind peer review at every stage. Notifications of acceptance together with a paper style sheet will be sent on late february. Abstracts and papers will be accessible to all participants on the conference web site once the complete program is set.