Information and Call for Papers Russian Communication Association Conference-2006

Information and Call for Papers

Russian Communication Association Conference-2006

The Russian Communication Association with the participation and support of St. Petersburg Administration and leading St. Petersburg leading universities – St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg Petersburg-M. A. Bonch-Bruevich State University for Telecommunications, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture, St. Petersburg Institute of Foreign Economic Relations, Economics and Law – announces its third international conference:

“Communication and (Re) Making Social Worlds” (Communication-2006).

The National Communication Association and the Internatioal Communication Association areis a the conference partners and information sponsors.

The conference will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 12-16, 2006.

The conference aims at:

1)  Bringing together domestic and international professionals as well as, educational and scientific research institutions to discuss the following issuesproblems:

-  conceptualizing communication as a social process, the (formative) role of communication in in today’s society a contemporary world

-  foundation of communication theory as an area of study and a research discipline; and its practical applications

-  communication processes analysis in various social contexts

-  development and institutionalization and development of communication education in Russia

2)  Exchanging communication research and educational experience in the field of communication among scholars of Russia, the NIS, Europe and the USANorth America.

The conference focuses on the following areasissues:

Philosophy and theory of cCommunication theory and philosophy Organizational, professional, and business communication Interpersonal and small group communication Gender cCommunication gender measurement Computer-mediated communication and advanced information technologies (IT) Mass and media communication Public relations theory and practice Political communication and political rhetoric Communication and culture Communication and education Communication practice(s) and social responsibility

We invite submissions of papers and proposals for During the conference we plan to organize paper panels, roundtables, poster sessions, and master classesworkshops (including GIFTS- great ideas for teaching communication), and student panels for students.

The collection of papersworks will be published before the conference.

Submission of Papers and Acceptance and Selection of ProposalsPapers:

Papers (in the form of abstracts up to 10 pages) and all other proposals (applications for plenary participation,for sessions, and roundtable discussions, and workshops) should be submitted by January 15, 2006.

Please send all submissions to:

Dr. Steven A. Beebe
Department of Communication Studies
601 University Drive
Texas State University-San Marcos
San Marcos, TX

Office phone:  5
Office fax:  8
e-mail:  *****@***edu

The organizing committee is entitled to reject papers that are of low quality, do not meet deadlines and submission requirements or are irrelevant to the conference. Works rejected on the above grounds are not reviewed and returned.

The abstracts up to 10 pages and a registration form should be e-mailed to *****@ to the Head of PR faculty of SPb IVESEP (IFEREL) Larisa V. Volodina.

A registration form should be attached to the abstracts.

Registration Form

First name
Last name
Place of work (university, department, faculty)
Position, academic degree
Phone/fax
E-mail
A Ttopic of presentationa talk
Topic of roundtable or workshop A talk or a publication without a talk
Short Work description (in English)
Technical equipment Application for participation without a talkneeded

Submission Requirements (if you are considering your abstract for publication)

Directions

·  Margins: top – 2 cm, bottom – 2,5 cm, left – 2,5 cm, right – 2,5 cm;

·  Type: Times New Roman, Normal, 14pt;

·  Line spacing – 1;

Paper structure

·  The name without academic degrees and titles is printed in small letters in the top right-hand corner

·  Organization, city, and country are indicated in a single space in small letters in brackets

·  The title of the paper is printed in a double space in capital letters at the middle of the line

·  The body is printed in a double space

·  References should be put at the end of the paper

· 

A paper example

Name

(Organization, city, country)

A TITLE (IN CAPITAL LETTERS)

The conference registration fee is will be announced in September. Preliminary plans for expenses that will be $500, includeding transfer in the registration fee are airport transportation, paper publication, lunch and coffee-breakslunch, coffee breaks, translation services at the conference, welcome reception, a guided-tour of St. Petersburg, a banquet on a boatmotor-ship, excursion to and a the Hermitage museum tour. Planning for dinner arrangements is not finalized. TheA list of hotelsaccommodations will be available later. The registration fee does not include travel and accommodation costs.

Conference languages are Russian and English.

You can find the detailed information about the Russian Communication Association and two previous conferences at http://**/eng/ Updates on the conference will be posted on the RCA site http://*****/eng/rca_projects/rca-conf2006/

For those of you who would like an introduction to the charm and beauty of the city of St. Petersburg, visit our photo gallery at

http://*****/photo/piter/

Contacts:

Organizing Committee Chair:

Olga Matyash, USA-Russia, President, Russian Communication Association

Committee Chair

*****@***net

Executive Director, North American Russian Communication Association, Inc.

David Cratis Williams, Florida Atlantic University

*****@***edu

US Program Coordinator:

Steven A. Beebe, Texas State University-San Marcos

*****@***edu

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Coordinators for foreign participants:

Traveling arrangements from the US :

Maureen Minielli, IUPUI, Indianapolis, USA, *****@***edu

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Program International Participants Coordinator in Russia: –

Alyona Dyakova, St. Petersburg - M. A. Bonch-Bruevich State University for Telecommunications, Russia, alyona__*****@***com

Traveling arrangements – Maureen Minielli, USA, *****@***edu