The Faculty of Media and Communication Arts, 6th October University, will organize its second conference entitled "The Role of Media in the Cultural Transformation of the Arab States" on 3 and 4 April.
Conference themes include:
· Place of the conference: VIP hall of October 6 University.
· Number of conference days: 2 days, April 3-4 2018 (Wednesday and Thursday).
· Conference organizer: Faculty of Media and Mass Communication – October 6 University.
· Authorities and institutions participating in this conference: Experts from Egyptian universities and media institutions/ Arab League/ Arab universities/ Members from Arab League mission in United Nations/ Research centers…etc.
Participants:
· Faculties, institutions and sections of media and experts in different Egyptian and Arab universities.
· Professors, Researchers and Academics in the field of Media and Mass Communication.
· State Information Service.
· Senior media professionals from various media organizations.
· People who are interested in new media and media, communication and publishing technologies.
· Publishing conference researches: Faculty of Media and Mass Communication will issue a special issue of its scientific journal for scientific researches and papers presented to the conference.
Conference Targets:
1- Identify the concept of new media and different research attitudes it has addressed.
2- New technologies and innovation in media industry.
3- Discuss political, cultural, social effects resulting from new media.
4- New communication theories and its importance in the view of new media industry.
5- Identify functional and structural tasks of new media and its effect on serving the society.
6- Demonstrate ethical responsibility of new media industry.
7- Analysis the relationship between the authority and the audience through new media.
8- Governance of media organizations.
9- Cultural turn in some Arab countries as a result of using new media widely.
Conference Objects:
· Role of visual image in changing Arab communities' image.
· Arab women's use of new media and how it empowered them.
· Mechanisms of self- regulation of media practices in the view of modern technology of media.
· Freedom of creativity in new media.
·Industry of advertisement and cultural and social transformations in the view of modern techniques; the mobile and the internet.
· Cultural marketing in the view of new media.
· Industry of political marketing campaigns in the view of modern technologic turns.
· New media and crisis industry in Arab countries and how to face it.
· Ethics of advertising in the view of new media.
· Cultural and social effects produced by media on social media.
· The role of new media towards political decisions of Arab countries abroad.
How to Participle in the Conference:
Summary of participation:
· Summary of researches shall be sent within limits of 500 words, font type: simplified Arabic, font size: 14, font size of headline: 16 black, dimensions and page margins: 2,5 cm from all sides
Entire participation:
· Research should include one objects of the conference.
· Research should be characterized by seriousness and scientific origin according to systematic methodology and scientific documentation of references and sources.
· Research should not be published or presented at previous conferences or taken from a dissertation or scientific research.
· Research pages should not be more than 25 pages (A4) including appendixes and references.
- Insert appendixes, references and indexes at the end of the research.
- Comments place at the end of the source page and outlines place at the end of the research.
- Researches are accepted in Arabic or English.
- Deadlines will be at the end of February 2019.
- Font type: Arabic simplifies, font size: 14, font size of headline: 16 black, dimensions and page margins: 2.5 cm from all sides.
- 6 October University will bear the accommodations costs and living expenses of male and female researchers coming from outside of Egypt at the Hotel of 6 October University.
With our best wishes,
Faculty of Media and Mass Communication (October 6 University).
For inquiries please call the following numbers: -
College :0238355281
- Dr. Asmaa Massaad 0111723217
- Ahmed Abdel-Majid 01090696144