CALL FOR PAPERS
The ASIAN CONGRESS FOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION (ACMC)
2016 International Conference
in partnership with the
Department Ilmu Komunikasi, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
The Changing Power Structures of Communication: Shifting Notions of Authority and Influence
27-29 October 2016
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Important Dates:
Abstract submission - April 15, 2016
Abstract acceptance - May 15, 2016
Full papers - June 30, 2016
Early Bird Registration - July 30, 2016
Conference Rationale
2016 International Conference
in partnership with the
Department Ilmu Komunikasi, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
The Changing Power Structures of Communication: Shifting Notions of Authority and Influence
27-29 October 2016
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Important Dates:
Abstract submission - April 15, 2016
Abstract acceptance - May 15, 2016
Full papers - June 30, 2016
Early Bird Registration - July 30, 2016
Conference Rationale
Asians today live in globalised communities
of interconnectedness harnessed by social media. Increasingly, news stories are
shared and read across multiple social media platforms. The audience have
become content creators as much as receivers, expressing their views on a wide
range of topics, from politics to fashion.
Today, the traditional communication pyramid
for power structure is constantly challenged. No longer are governments,
monarchies and appointed leaders centres of authority and influence.
Traditional news media are no longer the gate keepers that determine what
content is fit for public consumption and what is not. Apparently, the pyramid
has been overturned with audiences setting the agenda, raising issues and
concerns that become newsworthy, calling out politicians and threatening
governments and powerful groups with massive boycotts.
Any communication paradigm today must
address the complexities of information content, flow and impact, acknowledging
the roles and influence of communication participants. The communication
discipline needs more research in all areas of practice and study to
fully understand communication developments of our times.
The ACMC Conference 2016 is pleased to
invite papers addressing the conference theme.
- Conference streams include but are not limited to:
- Changing definitions of news
- Challenges in public relations
- Hashtag journalism and other alternative forms
- Media and informed citizenry
- New Paradigms in Communication Education
- Intercultural Communication in a globalized era
- Media and pop culture
- Gender and diversity
- Gatekeeping the environment
- The electorate's new power
- Open Government Data
- Social media potentials and pitfalls
- Communicating Youth
- Mobile networked communities
