[From nobody Mon May 1 09:54:59 2006 X-Account-Key: account3 Return-Path: <mutlub@tr.net> X-Original-To: suletar@bilkent.edu.tr Delivered-To: suletar@bilkent.edu.tr Received: from pigeon.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr (pigeon.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr [139.179.10.21]) by turna.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73F40397FAA for <suletar@bilkent.edu.tr>; Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:56:19 +0300 (EEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 404DD356143 for <suletar@bilkent.edu.tr>; Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:52:05 +0300 (EEST) Received: from pigeon.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pigeon.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 09690-04 for <suletar@bilkent.edu.tr>; Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:52:05 +0300 (EEST) Received: from smtp.tr.net (smtp.tr.net [195.155.1.28]) by pigeon.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB139356141 for <suletar@bilkent.edu.tr>; Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:52:04 +0300 (EEST) Received: from [195.142.51.135] (ppp-odtu-nas-135.tr.net [195.142.51.135]) by smtp.tr.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00BF4434DF; Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:56:17 +0300 (EEST) User-Agent: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 5.01 (1630) Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:55:50 +0300 Subject: CfP: ESA-Media Network From: Mutlu Binark <mutlub@tr.net> To: Mutlu Binark <binark@baskent.edu.tr>, Gunseli Bayrak <bayrakt@baskent.edu.tr>, Suleyman Irvan <suleyman.irvan@emu.edu.tr>, Yonca Ermutlu <yonca.ermutlu@helsinki.fi>, Gamze Goker <gamze@stgm.org.tr>, Erdal Dagtas <edagtas@superposta.com>, Banu Dagtas <bdagtas@anadolu.edu.tr>, Hasan Akbulut <hakbulut75@hotmail.com>, Serpil Aygun Cengiz <scengiz@baskent.edu.tr>, <suletar@kulturad.org>, Sule Tarakcioglu <suletar@bilkent.edu.tr>, Necdet Subasi <necdet@mu.edu.tr>, Kaoru Murakami <murakami@ide.go.jp>, Ruhdan Uzun <ruhdanuzun@yahoo.com>, Ruhdan Uzun <ruhdanuzun@hotmail.com> Message-ID: <C07AFF06.7FF4%mutlub@tr.net> In-Reply-To: <20060430195308.b4yzl40zk1csg000@mail.ankara.edu.tr> Mime-version: 1.0 MutluBinark: Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bilkent.edu.tr > EUROPEAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION >=20 > MASS MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH NETWORK >=20 >=20 > SEMINAR ON CURRENT RESEARCH > ANTALYA, TURKEY =E2?? NOVEMBER 3-5 2006 >=20 >=20 >=20 > The ESA Sociology of Mass Media and Communications Research Network > meets every year, including at the main ESA conferences. The last > meeting was at the ESA conference in Torun in 2005. The previous year, > as has been the network=E2??s regular practice, it met as a group for a > more informal network only seminar in Thessaloniki. Details of these > and other meetings are all available on the Network=E2??s website > (http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/esa/commun.htm). >=20 > In 2006, courtesy of the University of Ankara, the Network will hold a > meeting in Turkey (in Antalya) on November 3rd to 5th. Further details > of local arrangements will be posted on the website and circulated to > Network members as they are confirmed. This initial notice is both to > confirm the date and to issue a Call for Papers. Local accommodation > and hospitality will be subsidised or possibly even fully paid for by > our hosts. It may be possible to offer some assistance with travel > costs for young scholars or others unable to receive support from their > institutions. This will be confirmed later. Membership of the Network > is simply achieved by sending your details (if you have not done so > previously) to Sarah Barnard (S.H.Barnard@lboro.ac.uk). There is no > fee. We do strongly urge members to join the ESA itself. This should > be done directly with the ESA (go to > http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/esa/membership.htm). The Network meetings > seek to foster dialogue between researchers interested in sociological > aspects of media and communications in Europe. To that end our network > meetings aim to be inclusive of topics and research areas, but we wish > especially (though not exclusively) to invite papers for this Seminar, > whether theoretical or empirical, which are rooted in sociological > concerns, and which may be especially interested in: >=20 > =E2?=A2 The role of the media in fostering or inhibiting a =E2??European public > sphere=E2??; > =E2?=A2 Changes in the political economy of the European media industries; > =E2?=A2 Sociological analysis of media culture, especially comparative studie= s; > =E2?=A2 Changes in patterns of consumption or reception of media output; > =E2?=A2 Theoretical innovation and debate within sociology of relevance to > scholars concerned with media and communications >=20 > Abstracts (no more than 500 words) should be submitted to Sarah Barnard > by no later than July 31st 2006. They should include full contact > details for the authors. The programme will try to accommodate as many > papers as possible, but we will have to exclude any by authors unable > to confirm attendance at the Seminar by a date to be announced > subsequently. These network seminars have always been exceptionally > enjoyable, collegial and productive occasions, and we very much look > forward to seeing as many colleagues as possible at the Antalya meeting. >=20 > Peter Golding >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 ]