turmed 2018 - A Stream on “Media Communication & New Challenges in the Entertainment World”

ATINER will hold a Stream on “Media Communication & New Challenges in the Entertainment World” as part of the 5th International Conference on Turkey and Turkish Studies, 2-5 July 2018, Athens, Greece sponsored by the Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications.
The aim of this stream is to bring together media researchers from all over the world, giving them the chance to present their work on the entertainment industry and share their findings from researching their local societies on the matter. This session invites all media researchers to discuss how local media environments function in the new global reality. Our approach is interdisciplinary, proposing to cover all the fields related to media and entertainment industry: from radio to social media, all forms of media, such as Radio, TV, Cinema, Music, Internet, Social Media, Mobile Media etc., may be the object of your researches. The main conference is mostly oriented toward the Turkish studies, but this stream is not limited to Turkish context. Academics and researchers from different countries are welcome to expose their ideas and findings concerning the local societies they belong to. We are also waiting for Turkish academicians from different parts of the world to participate and present their papers.
The session intends to cover any theme related to the Turkish media and Turkish entertainment environment, as well as any other country’s reality of the mass media and entertainment industry. More aspects to investigate are the existing or possible relations of other countries with Turkey, in the area of entertainment, including the fields of films, TV programs, serials, music, as well as social media.
The rapid progress of technology is responsible for many changes in the world, and is also affecting the mass media and the entertainment industry. A new world is being formed, to which we are all called to adapt as persons and as societies. So, let’s see how do the local media and the local entertainment industries adapt to this new reality and what are the challenges they are facing. What are the new media trends worldwide and in each society separately? How does the advertisement industry function worldwide and locally? What are the products each local entertainment industry is interested in and what are its expenses? The presentations may be English or in Turkish.
You may participate as stream leader, presenter of one paper, chair of a session or observer.
Fee structure information is available on www.atiner.gr/2018fees.
Special arrangements will be made with a local hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A pragmatic symposium (as organized in Ancient Athens but fine tuned to synchronous ethics), a special one-day educational island tour, a Mycanae and island of Poros visit, an Athens educational walking tour, an one-day visit to Delphi and an ancient Corinth and Cape Sounion visit. Details of the social program are available here.
Please submit an abstract (email only) to: atiner-AT-atiner.gr, using the abstract submission form by the 5 March 2018 to: Dr. Mihalis Kuyucu, Associate Professor, Faculty of Communication, İstanbul Aydin University, Turkey. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Current Position, Institutional Affiliation, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks.
If your submission is accepted, you will receive information on registration deadlines and paper submission requirements. Should you wish to participate in the Conference without presenting a paper, for example, to chair a session, to evaluate papers which are to be included in the conference proceedings or books, to contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER & Honorary Professor, University of Stirling, UK (gregory.papanikos-AT-stir.ac.uk).
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