The currents of global media and culture
Date
July 2-3, 2025
Venue
Thessaloniki, Greece
Co-organizers
THISAM (Peace Journalism Lab, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Institute for Convergence Culture (Hallym University, Korea)
Knowledge Coop for Good Governance (Seoul, Korea)
Global Media and China (Sage)
Purpose of the conference:
Despite of the strong tide of nationalism and protectionism in recent years, the globalization of media and culture has already become an irreversible undercurrent in the global society. The globalization is irreversible as it’s based deeply on the advancements in technology, industrial growth of global media, expansion of global trade, and the emergence of new forms of communication. The number of internet users today is close to 5 billion, and that of the mobile phone users is near 8 billion. Mobile internet is intrinsically global network which turns everything on it into globally available. With the dominance of OTT networks, television has substantially moved from national to global from production to distribution and consumption. The nature of global communication has changed significantly in the last few decades especially since the digital media emerged. This conference aims at gathering and sharing insights from all levels of scholars on the past, present, and the future of global communication.
Some of the exemplary topics might be:
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Current situation of global media in terms of technology, industry, policy, and culture
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Changes of global communication in the 20th and 21st centuries
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Global media spread and consumption such as OTTs on both global and regional levels
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The production, distribution, and consumption of global media in news, dramas, films, music, and other contents
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Global media and culture for public diplomacy and policy
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Other topics related to the above
Keynote Speaker
Nico Carpentier
Nico Carpentier is Extraordinary Professor at Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic), Visiting Professor at Tallinn University (Estonia) and Visiting Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China). He was Vice-President of the European Communication Research and Education Association (2008-2012) and President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (2020-2024). His theoretical focus is on discourse theory, his research is situated in the relationship between communication, politics and culture, especially towards social domains as war & conflict, ideology, participation and democracy. He frequently uses arts-based research methods, as a hybrid scholar, artist and curator. His latest monographs are The Discursive-Material Knot: Cyprus in Conflict and Community Media Participation (2017, Peter Lang, New York) and Iconoclastic Controversies: A Photographic Inquiry into Antagonistic Nationalism (2021, Intellect, Bristol). His last exhibitions were The Mirror of Conflict photography exhibition in October 2023 at the Energy Museum, in Istanbul, Türkiye, and the Moulding Nature arts exhibition in Färgfabriken in Stockholm, Sweden (August-November 2023).
Dates
3rd & 4th of July 2025
Place
Submission of papers
March 31st
Notification of Acceptance
April 21th
Contributors will be informed of their submission status by this date.
Finalization of the Conference Program
April 28th
The definitive conference schedule will be established and communicated.
Submission of Presentation Materials
June 1st
Accepted contributors are required to submit their presentation materials, either brief research papers (2,500~3,000 words) or PowerPoint presentations, by this date.
Additional Information:
- We welcome various forms of writing, including research notes, positioning papers, and well-prepared PowerPoint presentations. Presenters should prepare either short papers (2,500~3,000 words) or PowerPoint presentations for participation.
- Publication Plan: The scholarly journal Global Media and China (Sage) will publish a special issue featuring selected works from this conference. The focus will be on global media and narratives. Contributors interested in having their papers published in this journal must submit a completed manuscript (6,000~8,000 words) by August 30.
- Registration Fee: The fee for conference speakers is 100€. Co-authors will be charged a fee of 40€.
Guidelines for Submission:
- Abstracts must clearly outline the research question, methodology, and its scholarly contribution.
- Submissions must be original and not previously presented or published.
- Submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process.
- High academic and ethical standards must be maintained in research and presentations.
Registration and Participation:
Further details on registration, venue, accommodations, and other logistical matters will be provided following the acceptance of your abstract.
For additional inquiries, please contact
Organizing Committee:
- Shin Dong Kim (Hallym Univerity, Korea)
- Nikolaos Panagiotou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
- Christos Fragkonikolopoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
- Holger Briel ( Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai)
- Sherri Hope Culver (Temple University, US)
- Aphrodite Salas, (Concordia University)
- Anthony Fung (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Administrative Committee:
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Administrative Coordinator: Erasmia Tsipou
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Logistics Coordinator: Apostolos Karampaglidis
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Technical Coordinator/IT support Lead: Kostas Pagalos
