1. 회원 여러분의 건승을 기원합니다.
2. 한국언론정보학회는 2018년 8월 6일부터 9일까지 미국 워싱턴 DC에서 열리는 AEJMC 컨퍼런스의 KACA(Korean American Communication Association) 세션에서 발표할 논문 공모를 다음과 같이 안내합니다. 특히 올해는 KACA 창립 40주년 기념 컨퍼런스도 함께 열리오니 관심 있는 회원분들의 많은 관심 부탁드립니다. 자세한 내용은 아래 영문 Call for Papers를 참조 부탁드립니다. 감사합니다.
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Call for Papers
The KACA’s 40th Anniversary Conference & AEJMC
Thursday, August 9, 2018, Washington, D.C.
Conference Theme:
Renewed Role of the Press in Building, Transforming,
and Restoring Democracy: Korea and Beyond
The Korean American Communication Association (KACA) invites paper submissions for its 40th anniversary conference on August 9, 2018 and for KACA research sessions during the annual meeting of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), August 6-9, 2018. Both KACA’s 40th anniversary conference and KACA research sessions will be at Renaissance Washington DC.
For the 40th anniversary conference, papers that address the conference theme are particularly welcome, but submissions in any areas of communication research on Korea-related topics are encouraged as well. For AEJMC’s KACA sessions, any communications research on Korea-related topics is welcome. The theme of the 40th anniversary conference, “Renewed Role of the Press in Building, Transforming, and Restoring Democracy: Korea and Beyond” aims to facilitate our scholarly discussions on renewed role of the press in changing media and political environments in Korea and elsewhere.
Though compromised from time to time, freedom of the press has become an essential part of Korean politics. Nonetheless, the contribution of the press to Korean democracy continues to be the subject of intense debate among scholars, political elites, and average citizens. Particularly, the recent turmoil in Korean politics presents need to reassess the role of the press not only in building but in transforming and restoring democracy. Also, the wide availability of digital platforms for social networking has fundamentally changed the way citizens become politically engaged, redefining the notion of democratic citizenship. Any potential mismatch between new democratic citizenship and current journalism further justifies need to investigate renewed role of the press in Korea and in other democracies.
As the media have power to influence national political discourse, the notion of free and open media is essential to a healthy democracy. KACA seeks to bring together regional and international media scholars to discuss issues relating to media and democracy and to propose solutions to problems (if any) identified in Korea and in Asian and other countries. Our emphasis on democracy is intended to link up with various communication theories and research approaches that take on the interplay of democracy and media as presented through any forms of data or perspectives. Any topics linking the media to democracy are welcome, including but not limited to:
? Whether/how free media serve or harm democracy once they have been established.
? How to conceptualize and operationalize media’s contribution to democracy. What are potential indicators?
? How traditional and/or emerging media have (re)shaped democratic citizenship, particularly the way citizens obtain and share information and the way they participate in democratic decision making.
? How to (re)conceptualize freedom, democracy, and justice in the 21st century media and political environment.
? How to (re)conceptualize the watchdog, guard dog, and lapdog role of the press in the 21st century media and political environment.
? How new technology affects the principles of democratic journalism and the notion of freedom of the press.
? How market principles and competitions affect journalistic practices.
? The relationship between the media and the government and its potential consequences.
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