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This Working Group aims to examine the development of comic art – including animation, comic books and strips, political and gag cartoons - world-wide in terms of its political sophistication, role in educational and conscientization initiatives, within and outside the mainstream and in terms of the implications of the corporatisation of the media.
Chair: John Lent [Contact]
The Comic Art Working Group invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR annual conference that will be held in Durban, South Africa, July 15-19, 2012. The overall conference theme is 'South-North Conversations.'
The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2012. (For more information on submissions and decisions, see below)
The Comic Art Working Group invites proposals for research papers and panels for the 2013 conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) to be held at Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland from 25-29 June, 2013. The overall conference theme is "Crises, 'Creative Destruction' and the Global Power and Communication Orders".
The Comic Art Working Group invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR 2011 Conference to be held at Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey, from July 13 to 17, 2011. The general conference theme is ‘Cities, Creativity, Connectivity’.
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The Comic Art Working Group is accepting paper proposals for 2010 IAMCR in Portugal.
Please send 100-word proposals on any aspect of comic art (Graphic novels, comic books, comic strips, caricature, political cartoons, gag and humorous drawings, animation) including presenter's name, postal and email addresses, telephone number. Each abstract/submission should be accompanied by the name(s), affiliation, institutional address and email address of (all) author(s).
Paper proposals are being accepted for the Comic Art Working Group until February 16, 2009.Abstract of 100 words, as well as postal and email address, should be sent to John A. Lent.
Email: jlent[AT]temple.edu
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Negotiating Communication Rights - Case studies from India
Pradip N. Thomas
Communication Rights is a key issue in contemporary societies, especially in a country like India, which faces major communication deficits. Negotiating Communication Rights explores some of the most important aspects of communication rights movements in India.
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