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<DIV align=justify><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">Bahçesehir University and Kent
State University, USA announce: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=justify><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">1st Annual, International
Conference on Communication, Mass Media and Culture "Freedom and
Prejudice"<BR><BR>Istanbul, Turkey<BR><BR>5-7 October 2006<BR><BR>This year, the
theme of the "Communication, Mass Media and Culture" conference will be Freedom
and Prejudice. The conference will be held at<BR>Bahcesehir University, located
in central Istanbul. The organizers invite paper proposals addressing any aspect
of the conference theme. Papers from a wide variety of subjects including
journalism, mass media, technology and new media, film, television, advertising,
public relations, visual culture, cultural studies are welcome.<BR><BR>There
will be a conference registration fee of $75. Graduate students and participants
from institutions located in low-income and lower-middle-income economies are
eligible for a reduced conference fee. See </FONT><A
href="http://www.worldbank.org/data/countryclass/classgroups.htm"><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">http://www.worldbank.org/data/countryclass/classgroups.htm</FONT></A><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype"> for a list of<BR>low-income and lower-middle-income
economies. A list of hotels, located in close proximity to the conference
location and with specially negotiated prices, will also be posted to the
conference website.</FONT></DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">
<DIV align=justify><BR>Abstracts should be 500 words in length, and should give
some indication as to the theoretical grounding of the paper. The deadline for
abstracts is June 23, 2006. Notification of acceptance/rejection will be no
later than June 30, 2006.<BR><BR>Please visit the following web site to submit
your abstracts:<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://iletisim.bahcesehir.edu.tr/freedom"><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">http://iletisim.bahcesehir.edu.tr/freedom</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">For further information please
contact:<BR><BR></FONT><A href="mailto:freedom@bahcesehir.edu.tr"><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">freedom@bahcesehir.edu.tr</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">Co-chairs of the Conference<BR><BR>Ali Atif Bir,
Ph.D.<BR>Dean, Faculty of Communication<BR>Bahcesehir University,
Istanbul<BR><BR>James L. Gaudino, Ph.D.<BR>Dean, College of Communication and
Information<BR>Kent State University, Kent , Ohio<BR><BR>Scientific
Committee:<BR><BR>Ali Atif Bir, Ph.D. Dean, Faculty of Communication Dean,
College of Communication and Information Bahcesehir University<BR><BR>James L.
Gaudino, Ph.D. Istanbul Kent State University, Kent , Ohio<BR><BR>Suheyla Kirca
Schroeder, Ph.D. Vice Dean, Faculty of Communication Associate Dean, College of
Communication and Information Bahcesehir University<BR><BR>LuEtt Hanson, Ph.D.
Istanbul Kent State University, Kent , Ohio<BR><BR>Ahmet B. Göksel, Ph.D. Dean,
Faculty of Communication Ankara University<BR><BR>Buulent Capli, Ph.D. Ankara
Ege University, Izmir<BR><BR>Haluk Gurgen, Ph.D. Anadolu University<BR><BR>Fatos
Adiloglu, Ph.D. Eskisehir Bahcesehir University, Istanbul<BR><BR>Melih Z.
Arican, Ph.D. Bahcesehir University<BR><BR>Stanley Wearden, Ph.D. Istanbul Kent
State University, Kent , Ohio Conference Organizing Committee:<BR><BR>Suheyla
Kirca Schroeder, Ph.D. Vice Dean, Faculty of Communication Associate Dean,
College of Communication and Information Bahcesehir University<BR><BR>LuEtt
Hanson, Ph.D. Istanbul Kent State University, Kent , Ohio<BR><BR>Selen Imamoglu
Tezcan, Ph.D. Bahcesehir University<BR><BR>Idil Karademirlidag Suher, Ph.D.
Istanbul Bahcesehir University, Istanbul<BR><BR>Nazli Eda Noyan, M.A. Bahcesehir
University<BR><BR>Guven Catak, M.A. Istanbul Bahcesehir University,
Istanbul<BR><BR>Cisil Sohodol Bir, M.A. Bahcesehir University,
Istanbul<BR><BR><BR>Suheyla Schroeder Kirca<BR>Bahcesehir
University<BR>Phone:+90 02122365490<BR>Email: </FONT><A
href="mailto:skirca@bahcesehir.edu.tr"><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">skirca@bahcesehir.edu.tr</FONT></A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>