TOL Announcement: Last reminder - Call for Papers related to Media and Migration!

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Announcement: Last reminder - Call for Papers related to Media and Migration!

This is your last chance to submit your abstracts for the third edition of the Prague Media Point conference.

Taking place in Prague between November 7th and 9th, as a pre-conference to the ECREA´s sixth European Communication Conference. #PragueMediaPoint.

We invite abstracts on any of the following topics: 
The narratives used by mainstream media to cover the so-called “refugee/migrant crisis”.   The depiction of refugees, asylum seekers and migration in the media.   The ways that new/social media are changing our perception of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants Comparisons between the approaches of public and private media. The role of the media in culturally diverse democracies. Journalists as observers or actors when covering the crisis.  The role of immigrant/diaspora/minority media. Discourses of racism and anti-racism in European media.
Please submit your 500-word abstracts and a short bio by 31 May 2016. The abstracts will be subjected to a peer-review process and should be submitted to: kusa...@keynote.cz
You can find more information here.

Our upcoming activities:
International Storytelling Course
10 July 2016 – 18 July 2016
Prague Media Point Conference: Media and Migration
7 November 2016 – 9 November 2016