Conference Program Now Finalized: Comparing Political Communication Across Time and Space

Now the program for the 2011 ECREA Political Communication Section Conference – Comparing Political Communication Across Time and Space – is finalized and published. It can be downloaded either at the conference website or here.

It promises to be a very exciting and interesting conference in the beautiful city of Madrid, thanks to the many and strong submissions we received, and we are very happy with the program.

The conference registration is now also open, for those who have not yet registered but wish to attend the conference.

Conference Registration Now Open: Comparing Political Communication Across Time and Space

Now the registration for the 2011 ECREA Political Communication Conference – Comparing Political Communication Across Time and Space – is open. The conference will be held in Madrid between October 20-21, 2011. For more information and registration, please visit the conference website.

New issue of Political Communication Report

Now the new issue of the Political Communication Report, the newsletter for the Political Communication Divisions of the International Communication Association and American Political Science Association, has been published.

New book on European political communication

Now Ashgate has just published the new book Political Communication in European Parliamentary Elections, edited by Michaela Maier, Jesper Strömbäck and Lynda Lee Kaid (Ashgate, 2011). More information about the book can be found at the publishers website.

If any members of ECREA’s political communication section has published a new book and want it listed at this webpage, just sent an email to jesper@jesperstromback.com.

Upcoming Conference: Political Communication in the Era of New Technologies

On September 22-23, the Polish Communication Association and the Institute of Political Science at the University of Warsaw will organize the conference Political Communication in the Era of New Technologies. The conference is sponsored by ECREA’s Political Communication Section, among others. For those interested in attending the conference, more information can be found at the conference website.

Call for Papers: Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies

Now the new Catalan Journal of Communication and Cultural Studies has issued a Call for Papers. The journal seeks to be  multidisciplinary, publishing articles dealing directly or through a comparative frame with media and communication history, media and cultural policies, audience and reception studies, cultural and national identity, media discourses, intercultural communication, sport and media, language and media language uses, new media and the internet, gender studies, cinema, popular culture, media and cultural industries, public relations, advertising, tourism and cultural heritage.

The journal now invite contributions from scholars, researchers and professionals from around the world working in the above mentioned fields who wish to publish their works in a journal with a truly international scope.

For more information, see the full Call for Papers which can be downloaded here.

Where is European democracy heading?

On May 19, the final outreach conference for the project Reconstituting Democracy in Europe will be held in Brussels. More information about the conference and selected findings in brief can be found at the project’s website.