ICA Regional Conference – Expanding Communication: Old Boundaries and New Frontiers
Date
9 Apr 2015 until 11 Apr 2015
Location
University of Lodz
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The ICA Lodz regional conference, organized jointly by 8 European universities and with the cooperation of the Polish Communication Association (PCA), under the auspices of the International Communication Association (www.icahdq.org), will take place on 9-11 April, 2015 at the University of Lodz, Poland.
Topics
We welcome paper submissions on a broad range of topics ranging from intercultural communication across diverse borders and bridges, old boundaries and new frontiers: transformations in audiences and societies, to the ethical issues in communication, domain-specific, Internet and mediated communication, AV translation and interpreting as well as the relationship among semiotic codes used in communication. Some of the topics are given below, but the list is not exhaustive:
New Frontiers in European Communication Research
Communication theory and research
Interpersonal and organizational communication
Journalism and media studies
Language and Social Interaction
Intercultural communication and Ethnicity and Race
Communication and Technology
Literature and performance studies
Popular culture studies
Meaning, Context and Cognition (MCC) in Communication
Writing research and instruction, intercultural rhetoric
Political Communication
Public Relations, Advertising, Propaganda, Promotion
Visual/Graphic Communication
Communication ethics
Feminist and LGBT Studies
Education and media literacy
Plenary Speakers:
Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska (The Former President of the Polish Communication Association, University of Wrocław)
Sonia Livingstone (London School of Eonomics)
François Hindryckx (President ICA, Free University Brussels)
Piotr Cap (University of Lodz)
Ayse Lahur Kirtunc (Ege University)
Jef Verschueren (International Pragmatics Association, Antwerp University)
