Dear Participants!
Thank you for making IAMCR 2011 Istanbul a successful and productive conference!
See you in Durban!
IstanbuLOC
DEAR PARTICIPANTS
You can download the digital abstract book here!
PLEASE NOTE!
Diaspora Section
Session 6: July 16, 14:30-16:00 Fener Hall
Moderator: Roza Tsagarousianou
Special Session: (Re) thinking the Concept of Diaspora
Elihu Katz and Menahem Blondheim: Diaspora dreams in the biblical Book of Esther.
Discussant: Amit Kama
The continuation of the International Council meeting will be held during lunch time on Saturday, 16 July in Fener.
Please visit our exhibition!!!
NOTICE TO PARTICIPANTS:
PLENARY’S ARE NOW AVAILABLE!
Please Download the file : Plenary 1 , Plenary 2, Plenary 3
NOTICE TO PARTICIPANTS:
FINAL VERSION OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!
Please Download the file
NOTICE TO PARTICIPANTS:
Kadir Has Venue Maps and Shuttle Schedules are now Available !
Please Download the files:Venue Maps Pdf, Shuttle Schedules Pdf
AN IMPORTANT NOTE TO PRESENTERS ON TECHNICAL AND VARIOUS OTHER CONFERENCE RELATED MATTERS!
Please Download the file
FOR THOSE INTERESTED:
FINAL PROGRAM OF THE IAMCR-UNESCO JOINT SESSION ON
“Media and Information Literacy Indicators”
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NOTICE: Program Change
Attn: IAMCR Istanbul 2011 Conference Attendees
Please be advised that the opening ceremony of the 2011 IAMCR Istanbul Conference
will commence at 18:00 (6pm local Istanbul time) on July 13, 2011 Wednesday.
Your attendance is cordially requested.
Prof. Deniz Bayrakdar
IAMCR 2011 Istanbul Conference
LOC Coordinator
Accommodation Grant
Dear participants,
Accommodation grants are now available for the low income countries for 10 single rooms sponsored by Bilgili Holding and Radisson Hotel. To receive the grant, please send us your name, affiliation, country, and an explanatory paragraph on your reasons for applying to his grant. Please be aware that your e-mail should not exceed 250 words and be sent not later than July 8th by e-mail to the following address .
We look forward to seeing you in Istanbul.
Best,
IstanbuLOC
Conference Program Overviews
IAMCR 2011 Istanbul
Conference and Session Program Overviews are NOW Available!
Please visit our Conference Program page
IstanbuLOC
Dear All,
The deadline for the regular registration period is coming to the end (June26th). We strongly urge you to register before then. For security reasons,no one will be allowed to enter the University premises without their badge.
If you are not registered during the regular period, you would be asked to register on-site (and pay the on-site fees). Until the end of the regularregistration period, we will reimburse half the amount of the registration fee if there will be cancellations.
Also note the hotel rooms reserved for the conference participants arefilling up (especially, the following Crowne Plaza Old City, Royal, GrandHalic, The Peak, Venera, Oran, Grand Ons, Hamidiye, and Klas). This maymean that you will be paying more for the comparable places. We urge you to make your reservations soon.
Looking forward to seeing you in Istanbul!
IstanbuLOC
BERSAY ACADEMY AND UNICEF TURKEY GRANTS ANNOUNCED
Bersay Academy offers six travel grants in the amount of 500 Euros to six PhD students residing in low-income countries with an abstract already accepted for presentation at the conference. Read More
IACMR 2011 Social Events in Istanbul
For an overview of social events and information about locations please visit our Conference Program page.
IstanbuLOC
Conference Program Overviews
IAMCR 2011 Istanbul
Conference and (provisional) Session Program Overviews are NOW Available!
Please visit our Conference Program page
IstanbuLOC
Letter from Hopeton Dunn, IAMCR Secretary General
It’s All Systems Go!
IAMCR on target for
Istanbul Conference 2011, July 13-17!
With just under two months to go, planning is now in high gear for another exceptional IAMCR conference, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17, under the theme Cities, Creativity, Connectivity.
The conference will be attended by close to 1000 registered academics and researchers, participating in some 340 concurrent panel sessions and 24 poster sessions.
While the majority of attendees will be established scholars from Europe and North America, Istanbul will also see participation from a strong contingent of experienced scholars from the developing countries and a large number of emerging scholars, young researchers and students from all continents.Read More
Full paper upload link is available
To upload your full paper you should login to the link below with your user name and password and click on waiting upload.
Paper upload deadline is JUNE 3rd.
The next step is
-choose file (where you select your paper)
-cick upload button
-click save and continue button
UNICEF Student Grants for Registration
UNICEF Turkey offers registration grants in the amount of 150 Euros to five MA/PhD students with Turkish citizenship and an abstract already accepted for presentation at the conference. MA/PhD students studying in or out of Turkey are eligible. If the successful applicant has already paid the registration fee, reimbursement of a maximum 150 Euros will be provided. Applicants should send the following documents:
CV
Abstract sent to IAMCR 2011 Istanbul
Copy of the e-mail stating the acceptance of the abstract
Proof of enrollment as MA/PhD student from their respective institutions
A copy of the Turkish identity card
Please send your applications to: Elif Kahraman at
Deadline for application: May 30, 2011
All documents should be sent electronically.
BERSAY Travel Grants for Students from Low-income Countries
Bersay Academy offers six travel grants in the amount of 500 Euros to six PhD students residing in low-income countries with an abstract already accepted for presentation at the conference.
CV
Abstract sent to IAMCR 2011 Istanbul
Copy of the e-mail stating the acceptance of the abstract
Proof of enrollment as a PhD student from their respective institutions
Please send your applications to: Elif Kahraman at
Deadline for application: May 30, 2011
All documents should be sent electronically.
SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPERS
Deadline for the submission of full papers is fast approaching. Please visit our OCS page to upload your full papers.
HOTEL REGISTRATION
Hotel Crowne Plaze Istanbul has discount rates for IAMCR participants for only a very brief period. Please visit our webpage on accommodation and book your hotel rooms as early as possible.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Dear All,
Proposal submissions is now closed and review process has begun. Conference registration will be open soon.
IstanbuLOC
EXECUTIVE BOARD VISITS THE KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY
The President of the IAMCR Annabelle Sreberny and General Secretary Hopeton Dunn visited the Kadir Has University between 20-22 January to meet the Local Organizing Committee and visit the facilities for this years’ IAMCR conference. The site-visit started at Kadir Has University, where Communication Faculty is located and Conference will take place.
In addition to meetings with the coordinators of the local organizing team, Annabelle Sreberny and Hopeton Dunn were also received by the Rector of Kadir Has University Professor Mustafa Aydın. Both parties agreed that it was a productive meeting and were satisfied with the current state of the progress.More Photos
WELCOME ADDRESS FROM PRESIDENT OF IAMCR
2008 was a milestone in human history, when more than half the world’s population was deemed to live in cities. UN forecasts suggest that the world’s urban population will reach 5 billion by 2030, when three out of five people will live in cities. Read More
CALL FOR PAPERS
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submission of abstracts for its 2011 academic conference to be held at Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey, from July 13 to 17, 2011. The general theme of the conference is ‘Cities, Creativity, Connectivity’.
WELCOME ADDRESS
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Istanbul, the European Capital of Culture of 2010, will be the host of IAMCR 2011 Conference. Kadir Has University’s Faculty of Communication is honored to organize and coordinate the event and pleased to invite the researchers and scholars of media and communication to Istanbul. Read More
Turkey is a real bridge between East and West, both geographically and culturally.
Turkey is situated between 36° and 42° north latitude, and between 26° and 55° east longitude. It is bounded, on the north, by the Black Sea; on the northeast, by the Russian Caucasus; on the east, by Iran; on the south, by Iraq Syria and the Mediterranean Sea; on the west, by the Aegean Sea and Greece; and on the northwest, by Bulgaria. Land frontiers total 1,635 miles, as follows : with Russia, 366.6; with Iran. 292; with Iraq, 2349; with Syria, 490.37; with Greece, 126.7; and with Bul¬garia, 124. There are 4.249 miles of coastline, deeply indented and fringed with islands along the Aegean Sea and private Read More
