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[justinm at ucr.edu]

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Thanks,
justin

Dear All

My faculty will organise a conference on Roles of media during political crisis focusing on Asian Region on the 20th of May next year as the information below.  I hope you find it interesting and please feel free to forward the information to your colleagues and friends.
All the best
Oradol

Call for Papers

Roles of Media during Political Crisis

An International Conference

Convened by

Asian Mass Communication Studies and Research Centre (AMSAR),

Faculty of Communication Arts, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce

and

The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT)

Bangkok, 20th May 2009

 

For decades countries in Southeast Asian Region have been through number of crisis, political, financial and terrorism to name some.  Every time a crisis occurs media has played crucial roles in stimulating, lightening or worsening the situation.  Reciprocally, the crisis itself affects the media to a great deal in terms of content, format, and structure.  The obvious examples are the emergence of free media like Malaysiakini of Malaysia and ASTV of Thailand.  Adding to that the information during the crisis always affects the image of the countries and her people attitudes. 

 

ASIAN Mass Communication Studies and Research Centre (AMSAR), Faculty of Communication Arts, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce in association with The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) are organising an international conference entitled "Roles of Media during Political Crisis," to be held on the 20th of May 2009.  The conference is organised in conjunction with AMSAR's 7th Anniversary, with a focus on the roles of media during the fusion of crisis, particularly in Southeast Asia.  We are also interested in the historic as well as current aspects.  The conference aims to provide a stage for international scholars to exchange their views and develop the knowledge on the contribution of Southeast Asian Media. The conference will also seek to stimulate further debates on the topic.

 

Theme

Conference invites for panels or papers on issues in Southeast ASEAN Media during the Political Crisis. 

ABSTRACTS ARE NOW INVITED ON THESE AND RELATED TOPICS.

¾ Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words to Ms.Mana Kuntaraporn at mana_jay at hotmail.com, by 15 March 2009. 

¾ Persons whose papers are accepted for presentation at the conference will be notified by early April 2009.

¾ A preliminary conference program and further details including registration and accommodation will also be posted on the AMSAR website in April 2009. (See http://utcc2.utcc.ac.th/amsar/about/home.htm)

¾ AMSAR conference is being held on a limited budget and we regret that no funds are available for scholarships.

Publication

Around 12 papers will be selected for inclusion in the publication of AMSAR 1st e-journal to be launched in 2009. 

 

Contact details

 

Dr.Oradol Kaewprasert

Faculty of Communication Arts,

University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce

Dindang, Bangkok, 10400

 

Tel ++66-080-900-2526 or ++66-02-697-6631

Fax ++66-02-275-2210

 

e-mail: oradol at gmail.com

 




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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu