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 12 January 2007. Please send your abstracts (not more than 300 words) by Friday 12 January 2007 to:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tuğrul İlter
Department of Public Relations and Advertising
Eastern Mediterranean University
Faculty of Communication and Media Studies
e-mail: tugrul.ilter@emu.edu.tr

Assist. Prof. Dr. Melek Atabey
Department of Radio TV and Cinema
Eastern Mediterranean University
Faculty of Communication and Media Studies
e-mail: melek.atabey@emu.edu.tr

Assist. Prof. Dr. Nurten Kara
Department of Journalism
Eastern Mediterranean University
Faculty of Communication and Media Studies
e-mail: nurten.kara@emu.edu.tr

An electronic submission form is also provided at the conference web site. 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 09 February 2007. Abstracts and papers will be accessible to all participants on the conference web site once the complete program is set.

post address Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of
Communication, Famagusta - TRNC, (Mersin 10 TURKEY)
Tel: 00-90-392-6302006
fax: 00-90-392-3650743

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