April 16-17, 2020

Istanbul (Turkey)

Deadline: March 2, 2020

7th International Communication Days

Faculty of Communication is hosting the seventh International Communication Days on 16 - 17 April 2020. This year’s symposium title is “Communications Education in the Digital Age”. The symposium series, attracting great interest both nationally and internationally, have been held annually since 2014 with themes such as digital addiction, digital culture and digital transformation.

The main title of this year’s international symposium is “Communications Education in the Digital Age”. In our age, digitalization has led to significant transformations in the media sector and it is inevitable that the educational institutions will develop an educational approach appropriate for this transformation. The accreditation processes initiated in the faculties of communication are indicative of efforts to adapt to the standards of excellence and requirements of the age in higher education institutions. It is important to update the curriculum which forms the basis of communications education in accordance with the requirements of digitalization. Furthermore, it is crucial to replan the educational tools, materials and techniques. It is significant both in terms of meeting the expectations of the sector and professional success of the students that the institutions providing communication education keep up with the times. All these require new approaches to be brought forward, discussed and planned in communications education

Symposium will last for two days and will comprise esteemed scholars from both Turkey and abroad including Prof. Erik Knudsen, Prof. Halil Nalçaoğlu, Prof. Maureen Ellis, Prof. Neira Cruz Xose Antonio and Assoc. Prof. Rocio Ovalle. In addition, as in the previous year, distinguished academics in the field will be moderating the sessions at the symposium.

Communications Education in the Digital Age Symposium is an international peer-reviewed scientific event. At the symposium, oral and poster presentations are welcome. The scientific committee of the symposium includes esteemed academics from home and abroad.

Topics may include but are not limited to:

• Communications education and accreditation
• Rethinking communication sciences in the digital age
• Journalism education in the digital age
• Radio and television broadcast education in the digital age
• Film education in the digital age
• New media education
• Public relations education in the digital age
• Advertising in the digital age
• Visual communication design education in the digital age
• Digital arts education
• Communications arts education in the digital age
• Communications education and artificial intelligence
• Media sector in the digital age: requirements, expectations

Submitted abstracts will be peer reviewed by the referees of Scientific Committee and the accepted papers will be published in the abstract booklet. Afterwards, authors may prefer to have their papers included in full paper booklet or in the Faculty of Communication’s Academic Journal “Etkileşim”. In that case, their work will be peer reviewed for the second time.

Hosted by Uskudar University

Contact e-mail: ifig@uskudar.edu.tr

7th International Communication Days Important Dates:

Abstract Submission Deadline: March 2, 2020

Announcement of the Program: April 6, 2019

You can find the detailed information about the symposium in our website: https://ifig.uskudar.edu.tr/en/2020