Changing Ecologies of Media Industries: Technology,
Business, and Policy
International Conference in Chuncheon, Korea, April 23-25,
2017
It is now almost two decades since the term ‘Information and Communications
Technology (ICT)’ moved into media and communication studies. With the
emergence and pervasiveness of the internet and digital technologies, laws,
policies, and business practices have been enacted on various ICT industries
around the world. New standards, regulations, and other social elements in the
ICT industries are of different types, significance, scales and scopes. It is
significant to critically evaluate the relationship between these standards and
values in their social, political, and technological, and cultural dimensions
and thereby develop models of policy development in the ICT industries.
Comparative studies are also required to understand the nature of the
development processes of the ICT industries around the world. Various topics
arise from all levels and corners:
- Who has the power to define develop and implement the standards in the ICT industries?
- What are the roles of the state, business, and consumers in developing, maintaining, and/or contesting the boundaries of the ICT industries?
- What social values emerge in these development processes of the ICT industry?
- Which values are attached to standardization processes in each country’s ICT industry and how are they related to the government’s political stance?
- What are differences and similarities in the development processes of the ICT industries among different countries? And many other related topics.
This international conference aims at collecting papers that focus on the
issues related to the ecology of the ICT industries from different angles and
perspectives in social sciences, including media, communication, political
science, psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology, jurisprudence, history
and etc. We especially welcome papers developing models of policy development
in the ICT industries.
Extended abstracts should be no longer than 1,000 words, written in English and
contain a clear outline of the argument, the theoretical framework,
methodology, and results (if applicable). These abstracts should be submitted by
January 15, 2017 to kalshin@hallym.ac.kr
For each author, please include name, institutional affiliation, and
department, title/position, and contact information. For any other inquiries,
please also email to kalshin@hallym.ac.kr
Notifications of acceptance will be sent out approximately 2 to 3 weeks after
the deadline. Selected participants are then required to submit their full
research paper of no more than 10,000 words by March 31, 2017.
We are pleased to offer full or partial supports for travel and accommodation
to authors of high quality papers. There are a limited number of grants and
thus they will be offered on a competitive basis.
Conference Organizing Committee Chair:
Shin Dong Kim, PhD. kimsd@hallym.ac.kr
Professor & Director, Institute for Communication Arts
and Technology (iCat)
Hallym University, Korea
*This conference is supported by the National Research
Foundation of Korea, and Hallym University.
