CREATEC

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CREATEC

• Choosing your conferences

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Choosing your conferences

• Perth is the most isolated city in the world
  and sometimes it feels that way as a researcher.
  Even though we have email and the internet, its
  not easy to approach prominent scholars in the
  field for an opinion or advice. One of the
  easiest ways to remedy this situation is to
  attend conferences. They are a great opportunity
  to get to know your colleagues in Australia or
  in the world. Conferences provide networks and
  (publication) opportunities not to be missed. 

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Conferences

• CREATEC or other bulletin boards make sure that
  you hear about them.
• Local
• National
• International
• Yearly conferences of a particular organisation
  (ANZCA, JEA etc.)
• One offs to a particular topic

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Conferences

• National conferences are usually the yearly
  conference of a particular organisation.
• And there are many to choose from.
• Decide whether you want to fall in with a wide
  ranging crowd or a very focussed one.

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Conferences

• International
• Again, there are the yearly conferences of the
  big international organisations.
• The biggest in the communication field are IAMCR
  http//www.iamcr.org/
• and ICA http//www.icahdq.org/ .
• Joe can tell you about e-media.

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Conferences

• The most logical step is to start with the
  national conference in your field.
• There you meet your colleagues from around the
  country, learn who is doing what and hear about
  the most recent research.
• You start networking very important when you are
  looking for research partners but also when you
  are looking eg for markers of your postgraduate
  students theses.

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Conferences

• Give a paper!! So that others know what you are
  doing and you can measure your own work against
  that of others and can get input from your
  colleagues.
• Find out beforehand whether refereed conference
  papers will be published.
• Often this is nowadays done on websites.
• http//profed-iamcr.cci.ecu.edu.au/papers.php

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Conferences

• If and when you can afford it, go to
  international conferences. Youll realise that
  thats where it is at. But some of these
  conferences are very large and they take courage
  and strategic planning when first confronted with
  the conference catalogue. Listen to as many
  papers as you can. Ask for a copy of that paper.
  It will take a while before it gets published. Be
  brave.

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Conferences

• Sometimes there are very good, brief special
  conferences.
• Eg Internationalising Media Studies at
  Westminster University in Sept. 06.
• Or a conference I only learnt about by chance,
  Global Journalism Research Theories, Methods,
  Findings, Future
• in Erfurt, Germany, July 04.

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Conferences

• Paradigms of Journalism Research In an Era of
  Globalization
• Submitted by Professor David Weaver (Indiana
  University) and Professor Martin Loeffelholz
  (Ilmenau University of Technology)
• 1. David Weaver (Indiana University, U.S.A.)--An
  Introduction to the forthcoming book, Global
  Journalism Research Theories, Methods, Findings,
  Future (Blackwell Press)
• 2. Zhongdang Pan (University of Wisconsin,
  U.S.A.), Joseph Man Chan (Chinese University of
  Hong Kong), and Ven-hwei Lo (National Chengchi
  University, Taiwan)--Paradigms of Journalism
  Research in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
• 3. Arnold S. de Beer (Stellenbosch University,
  South Africa)Paradigms of Journalism Research in
  South Africa
• 4. Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Bob Franklin
  (Cardiff University, U.K.)Paradigms of
  Journalism Research in the United Kingdom
• 5. Jane Singer (University of Central
  Lancashire, U.K./ University of Iowa,
  U.S.A.)Paradigms of Journalism Research in the
  United States
• 6. Martin Loeffelholz (Ilmenau University of
  Technology, Germany)Theories of Journalism
  Research in an Era of Globalization

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Conferences

• Lawrence Erlbaum Associates - International
  Communication Association Handbook Series
• Handbook of Journalism Studies
• Part I Introduction
• Introduction (Karin Wahl-Jorgensen Thomas
  Hanitzsch)
• The intellectual origins of journalism studies
  (Martin Löffelholz)
• Journalism and the academy (Barbie Zelizer)
• Journalism education (Beate Josephi)
• Part II News production and organizations
• News organizations and routines (Lee Becker
  Tudor Vlad)
• Journalists as gatekeepers (Pamela Shoemaker
  Stephen Reese)
• Journalistic identities and news cultures (Stuart
  Allan)
• Professionalism, objectivity and truth-seeking
  (Michael Schudson)
• Reporters and their sources (Dan Berkowitz)
• Gender in the newsroom (Linda Steiner)
• Convergence and technology (Jane Singer
  Thorsten Quandt)
• Alternative reporting practices (Janet Cramer)
• Part III News content
• Agenda-setting and priming (Renita Coleman,
  Maxwell McCombs David Weaver)
• News values and selectivity (Tony Harcup Deidre
  ONeill)

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Conferences

• Journalism Education in Challenging Environments
  (Hampton Press)
• Contributors for chapters on
• Brazil, China, Cambodia, Singapore, Kenya,
  Tanzania, Oman, Egypt, Palestine, Croatia/ The
  Balkans, Romania and Russia.

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Conferences

• Conferences can have great benefits!
• But you have to put in papers and publications
  and hard work as well!