Five years ago, a major conclusion of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s (KFF) second national survey of U.S. young people’s media use was that time available to devote to media had finally hit a ceiling … at about 6 hours 20 minutes daily. The ensuing half decade, however, has brought new communication technologies that allow nearly […]
“dot.Real” Changer le monde (réel) par le Web!
Cette année, Lift with Fing 2010 expliquera comment les technologies du web changent le monde d’aujourd’hui et de demain. Depuis 20 ans, les technologies redistribuent le pouvoir d’imaginer, d’évaluer et d’agir. Toutes les frontières bougent. L’Asie n’est plus seulement l’atelier du monde, mais un des principaux pôles d’innovation. Les consommateurs sont aussi producteurs. Les distinctions […]
CFP Deadline: Humanities Conference 2012
The deadline for the current round in the Call for Papers is 10 November 2011. Please return to this page after this date for subsequent rounds and deadlines in the Call for Papers. Proposals received during earlier rounds, when accompanied by a paid registration, will be given scheduling priority. Theme 1: Meaning and Communication; Theme […]
Humanities Conference 2012: “New Directions in the Humanities”
Welcome to the website of the Tenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, to be held at the Centre Mont-Royal in Montréal, Canada from 14 to 17 June 2012. The Conference will address a range of critically important themes in the various fields that make up the humanities today. Plenary speakers will include […]
CFP: Academic Exchange Quarterly Spring 2012, Volume 16, Issue 1
AEQ welcomes submissions on the topic of media literacy or the uses of specific educational media and technologies for the Spring 2012 issue. Given the diverse convergence of scholarship in domains such as media literacy/education, cultural studies, media studies, educational media and instructional technology, and critical pedagogy, this issue of AEQ seeks to make theoretical […]
WORKSHOP, Social Media and Cross-border Cultural Transmissions: Technologies, Policies, Industries
This workshop explores how social media, online consumer practices and transcultural pop flows have facilitated the emergence and development of new global cultural distribution avenues and transformed the cultural industry landscape, and how Asia is at the centre of this newly emerging global cultural economy. The workshop will focus on three specific areas