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EFoC 2: Envisioning the Future of Communication II
University of Western Macedonia
Kastoria, Greece, December 11-12, 2023
Submission linkhttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=efoc2
Abstract registration deadlineSeptember 30, 2023
Submission deadlineSeptember 30, 2023

The Department of Communication and Digital Media, the Digital Media and Strategic Communication Lab and the Lab for Social and Migration Studies of the University of Western Macedonia organize the scientific conference titled: “Envisioning the Future of Communication II: Challenges · Trends · Opportunities”.

The EFoC conference aims to provide a forum for academics, researchers, and professionals to share their latest research endeavors and discuss the challenges, trends, and opportunities of the existing communication landscape with the common goal of shaping the future of Communication.

The conference will be hybrid with live and online presentations. 

Academics, researchers, and professionals are invited to submit a 200-250 word abstract of their papers/presentations, either in English or in Greek (the conference will be bilingual), by Saturday 30 September 2023. Each abstract should include the title of the paper/presentation, the purpose and objectives, the methodology (where possible), the applications and the main findings/conclusions of the paper.

Evaluation of abstracts

Each abstract submitted will be subjected to the anonymous judgement of two (2) Scientific Committee reviewers on the basis of scientific ethics, quality and originality. The outcome of the evaluation may be acceptance of the paper for presentation at the conference, conditional acceptance with amendments, or non-acceptance.

All accepted papers will be presented during the conference. Each presentation will be up to 15 minutes in length and there will be 5 minutes for discussion at the end of each presentation.

Important dates

Submission of abstracts (200-250 words): 30 September 2023

Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 15 November 2023

Presentation of papers/conference proceedings: 11-12 December 2023

Submission of papers for the Conference proceedings in English only (optional): 30 April 2024

Participation fee: Participation in the Conference is free of charge

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

The conference focuses on - but is not limited to - the following topics:

  • Media literacy
  • Fake news/ Fact-checking
  • Press freedom
  • Investigative Journalism
  • Gender and the Media/Media and social exclusion
  • Gamification/ Serious Games/ Multimedia applications/ Digital Storytelling in communication
  • Contemporary trends in political communication
  • Big data (e.g., data journalism, data visualization)
  • Online communities
  • AI in communication
  • Strategic Communication and Crisis Communication 

Committees

Scientific Committee

  • Domna Michail, Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Georgios Lappas, Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Amalia Triantafillidou, Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM 
  • Alexandros Kleftodimos, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Michael Vrigkas, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Maria Matsiola, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Anastasia Yannakopoulou, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Stamatis Poulakidakos, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Stefania Giannakaki, Laboratory Teaching Staff, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM

Technical Support

  • Stefanos Goutzios, Special Technical Laboratory Staff, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM

Organizing committee

  • Domna Michail, Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Georgios Lappas, Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Amalia Triantafillidou, Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Alexandros Kleftodimos, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Michael Vrigkas, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Maria Matsiola, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Anastasia Yannakopoulou, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Stamatis Poulakidakos, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Stefania Giannakaki, Laboratory Teaching Staff, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM
  • Stefanos Goutzios, Special Technical Laboratory Staff, Department of Communication and Digital Media, UoWM

Venue

The conference will be held in the premises of the University of Western Macedonia in Kastoria, Greece.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to envisioning.cdm@gmail.com

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