Days of paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters, and colloquia.
Delegates from all over the world who attended the Third International Conference on Communication & Media Studies.
Countries represented.
In media and communication studies “alternative media” has been commonly understood by two general characteristics. The first is a tilt toward progressive politics: counter cultural, independent, community-based, activist, explicitly anti-establishment, and thus somewhat at the margins. The second, outside the mainstream mass-media, is to innovate in its technical means of communication. In the last few years, we have seen a different kind of trend, where alternative media also becomes synonymous with extreme right wing voices. At the same time “Alt-Media”, in both its progressive and conservative forms, is moving from margins, taking its place in the mainstream media landscape, even to the extent of threatening the historical dominance of mass media. What do these changes tell us about our times, and in particular, the intrinsic communication affordances of digital technologies? And more broadly, what does this tell us about broader forces of social change, has the trajectory of history found new media and voices?
The Third International Conference on Communication & Media Studies featured plenary speakers by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovaters in the field.
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, School of Media & Public Affairs, George Washington University
"What Happened to the Political Blogosphere: Tracing the Hidden Forces that Shape Alt-Media"
CEO, Editor-in-Chief, Scout, Seattle, USA
"The Secret War: Understanding the Tactics and Strategies Behind Ongoing Information Warfare"
For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active academic interest in the conference area. The Award, with its accompanying responsibilities provides a strong professional development opportunity for early career academics. The 2018 Emerging Scholar Awardees are listed below.
University of Newcastle, Australia
Rusangu University, Zambia
University of Manchester, UK
North Carolina State University, USA
Humboldt University zu Berlin, Germany
National Defense University of R.O.C, Taipei
Florida Atlantic University, USA
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
New York University, USA
Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland
University of Birmingham, UK
Virtual Posters present preliminary results of work or projects that lend themselves to visual representations. Download the posters below.
Lightning Talks are 5-minute "flash" video presentations. Click the button below to view the videos on our YouTube channel.