12th Annual International Conference on
Communication and Mass Media, 12-15 May 2014, Athens, Greece
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
The Mass Media & Communication Research Unit of
the Athens Institute for Education and Research (AT.IN.E.R.) organizes its 12th
Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media, 12-15 May 2014.
The registration fee is €250 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two
lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be
made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a special conference
rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night
of entertainment, a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands and a half-day
archaeological tour in the wider area of Attica (
The aim of the conference is to bring together
scholars and students of Communications, Mass Media and other related
disciplines. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper,
chair of a session or observer. Past conferences drew participants from five
continents and more than 50 countries, presenting papers on diverse topics such
as political communication, EU enlargement, Website design, cross-media
ownership, war correspondence, cultural studies, film, public relations,
telecommunication policy, advertising, agenda setting, juvenile audience
preferences, and cross-national communication, among others. For programs of
previous conferences and other information, please visit the conference website
www.atiner.gr/media.htm
Papers (in English) from all areas of
mass media and communication are welcome. Selected papers will be
published in a Special Volume of the Conference Proceedings or in Edited Books
as part of ATINER's mass media and communication book series. For Books and
Proceedings of previous conferences you may visit http://www.atiner.gr/docs/MEDIA_PUBLICATIONS.htm where you can download tables of
contents and order forms.
Please submit a 300-word abstract by 14th
October 2013, by email (atiner@atiner.gr) to Yorgo Pasadeos, Professor of
the University of Alabama and Head of the Mass Media & Communication
Research Unit, Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), 8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki,
10671 Athens, Greece. Tel. + 30 210 363 4210 Fax: + 30 210 3634-209. Please
include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email
address and at least three keywords that best describe the subject of your
submission.
Announcement of the decision is made within 4 weeks
after submission, which includes information on registration deadlines and
paper submission requirements.
If you want to participate without presenting a paper,
i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference
proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other
contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos (gtp@atiner.gr), Director, ATINER.
The Athens Institute for Education and Research
(ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with
the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers from all over
the world could meet in