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[Esther Kuntjara]

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Call for papers
International Conference on Media Communication
Theme:  Media in a fast Changing World
Date: May 7-9, 2009.
Venue: Hard Rock Hotel, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
Media in todays’ world has undoubtedly become a significant part of   
human everyday life. There have been many complex and varied stories  
how our world is changing faster and faster as a result of the media  
forces around us. The world is witnessing the freer and faster flow of  
contemporary media practices. This has been taken by people as  
encouraging creativities and empowering and influential. It has  
offered great contribution in promoting world businesses, political  
agendas, various popular cultures as well as individual performances,  
which bring about huge and important  changes in societies. In this  
globalized world, media has a breakthrough in the nexus of various  
human cultures. This includes the fact that media has simultaneously   
challenged us in looking at how the changes have made us be controlled  
by the media instead of we, controlling the media. We need to see the  
world of media with a more critical mind, which could prevent us from  
becoming the helpless and hopeless victims of the changes.
Petra Christian University as an academic institution wants to take  
the intiative of gathering scholars, intellectuals, students, and  
media practitioners to discuss what and how media can work in our  
lives, as well as to see how we can face them with more critical mind  
in order to be able to see how the changes caused by media could work  
for the well-being of humankind and the world. Four social studies  
departments, namely, English Department, Department of Communication,  
Department of Visual Communication Design, and Department of Business  
Marketing  will take part in conducting the International Conference  
on Media. Each discipline will look at media practices from their  
point of view, but can see the problem being discussed as our very own  
problem as well. Hence, it may also reveal the present need of an  
interdisplinary study and the interelatedness of sciences. Due to the  
importance of the issues on media and what people can learn from the  
keynote speakers and the paper presentations in the conference, we are  
challenged to participate in this very unique and important conference.
The following sub-themes are recommended paper topics :
Media and Multiculturalism
Media and Globalization
Media and Politics
Media, Popular Culture, and the Construction of Identities
Representation of Gender / Ethnicity in Media
Understanding Media Discourses
Mediamorphosis, Mediaspora, Mediaddict: A Media-Minded World
Quo Vadis Postmedia?
Media for Brand Communication
CSR in Marketing Media
Codes of Ethics in Media Practices
Guidelines for paper Submission:
Length of each paper : 6 – 8 pages, single spaced, TNR size 11, A4 paper.
Deadline for paper submission: January 15, 2009.
Announcement for paper acceptance: March 3, 2009.
Website in progress: http://mediacon.petra.ac.id
Contact person:    Satya Limanta, Professor
		   English Department
		   Petra Christian University
		   Siwalankerto 121-131, Surabaya 60236, Indonesia.
		   Telp: +62 31 298 3064 ; Fax: +62 31 843 6418