*CFP* “VOICES OF THE VOICELESS: NEW CHALLENGES OF MOBILIZATION AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT”, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - UNDERSTANDING TRANSITION VII, UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST

Voices of the voiceless: New challenges of mobilization and citizen engagement

International conference - Understading Transition VII

Bucharest, Romania

September, 11-12

The Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies (University of Bucharest, Romania), the Association of Trainers in Journalismand Communication (AFCOM) and the Lumière University Lyon 2 (France) organise the 7th edition of the international conference Understading Transition. 

Presentations based on empirical research and on sound theoretical approaches are invited on topics such as:

•  Citizen engagement – analytical and methodological challenges
•  Citizen journalism
•  Digital activism
•  Cyber-protests
•  e-governance
•  Public engagement
•  Slacktivism
•  Crowdsourcing
•  New forms of organization-public relationship
•  Corporate citizenship
•  Social media crisis/ paracrises
•  New media as a device for education in citizenship
•  Any other topic related to the main theme of the conference.

 The conference languages are English and French.

Important dates:

Deadline for abstracts: May 15, 2019

Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2019

Deadline for registration fee: July 15, 2019

Deadline for complete manuscripts: October 30, 2019

You may find more information about the conference (abstract criteria, publication, or accommodation) here.