1. 회원님들의 건승을 기원합니다.

2.  뉴스통신진흥회에서 오는 8월 15일-16일 하와이 대학에서 개최하는   “Evolving News Consumption in New Media Environment” 국제세미나와 세미나 발표논문 공모를 <다음>과 같이 안내해드립니다. 관심있는 회원님들의 많은 참여를 부탁드립니다.

 

 

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Call for Paper

 

International Conference on Evolving News Consumption in New Media Environment: Theorizing the Impact of New Communication Technology on News Consumption

 

Date : August 15-16, 2011

Venue : Center for Korean Studies (CKS), University of Hawaii at Manoa

Host & Sponsor : Korea News Agency Commission

Co-Hosts : Department of Communicology & Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawaii at ManoaKorean American Communication Association (KACA)

The conference on “Evolving News Consumption in New Media Environment: Theorizing the Impact of New

Communication Technology on News Consumption”istobeheld during August 15thand16th,2011inHonolulu,Hawaii,U.S.

This conference aims to bring together scholars that conduct research on changing news consumption and its consequences in the face of today’s ever changing new communication technologies. The conference seeks to provide an opportunity in which researchers deliberate various aspects of changing news consumption behaviors using a theory-based approach. In the related theories, the changing news consumption can be treated as independent variable and dependent variable.

The digital age, along with the World Wide Web and the Internet, and more recently social media and mobile phone, is drastically altering the news media landscape, thus challenging traditional models of news production, circulation, and consumption. Indeed the paradigmatic shifts in the news media environments have altered the way citizens consume news. Nowadays people get news from far more diverse media outlets in varied formats than ever before. Many people have moved away from newspapers and broadcast news, the so-called traditional news media, in search for alternative news sources. People now generate their own news content in various forms and exchange it with one another online or over mobile technology. Individuals’ ability to actively participate in news production and to influence political and media agenda has tremendously increased. Some scholars argue that this is a positive step towards a brighter future for the media and democracy while others raise concerns about how the diversified but polarized news media environment divides and fragments citizenry. In addition, citizens nowadays are faced with the challenge of having to sift through the vast amount of information available on the Internet, much of it neither checked nor verified by anyone, and much of it in the form of ‘infotainment’ rather than news. On the other hand, many scholars give attention to what factors have drastically changed citizens’ news consumption behaviors. New communication technologies, new political environments, some economic factors including cost of media usages have been addressed as affecting changes in media consumption.

While these changes in news media environment and news consumption patterns are taking place all over the world, there are some significant differences in the nature and extent of change for various countries due to many political, economical, and technological factors. This conference aims to provide an open forum for comparative analyses of changing news consumption all over the world in the face of the changing news media environment. We hope to stimulate scholarly exchange of different theoretical perspectives and to move towards the development of theories that enhance our understanding of the impact of a paradigmatic change in new communication technologies on news consumption worldwide.

 

The conference organizers welcome contributions of papers that address topics including (but not limited to) the following.

 

▷ Comparative analysis of the changes in news consumption in different countries (U.S. , Korea, China, Singapore etc)

▷ Analysis of the impact of new media technologies on news consumption patterns.

▷ Analysis of the impact of new media technologies on news gathering practices, newsrooms cultures, or journalistic values.

▷ Analysis of the impact of changing public’s news consumption behavior on the news media industry practices, values, or culture.

▷ The impact of changing public’s news consumption behavior on communication in a society and democracy.

▷ The impact of changing news consumption behavior on public sphere

▷ The influence of news agencies on changing news consumption.

▷ Test of a theory about news consumption

 

The conference organizers want to encourage a vigorous dialogue between various fields of study (e.g. journalism, audience studies, cultural studies, organizational communication, and political communication). Submissions of papers from professional journalists are welcome.

Those who are interested in participating in the conference should submit an extended abstract (400-500 words) or a full paper by May 30, 2011 to yyjjchoi@hotmail.com or yjchoi@hallym.ac.kr. Once accepted, a completed paper will be due on August 1, 2011.

Upon acceptance as a speaker, two-day lodging accommodations, program-related meals, and a partial subsidy of airfare to and from Hawaii will be provided.

For additional information about the conference, please contact:

 

Choi, Young Jae

Organizer,

Associate Professor, Hallym University, Korea

Board Member, Korea News Agency Commission

Phone Number 82-10-9064-4713

E-mail: yyjjchoi@hotmail.com or yjchoi@hallym.ac.kr

 

Conference Organizing Committee

Choi, Young Jae, Associate Professor, Hallym University, Korea

Lee, Hye-ryeon, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Kim, Jang Hyun, Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Nojin Kwak, Associate Professor, University of Michigan; President, Korean American Communication Association