Welcome to MediAsia 2012!
Hear the latest research, publish before a global audience, present in a supportive environment, network, engage in new relationships, experience Japan, explore Osaka and Kyoto, join a global academic community... 

The International Academic Forum, in conjunction with its global partners, is pleased to announce the Third Annual Asian Conference on Media and Mass Communication 2012, to be held in Osaka, Japan, from 2-4 November 2012.
The MediAsia event is a remarkable cross-cutural and interdisciplinary discussion, which encourage academics and scholars to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum encouraging  lively but respectful dialogue. This international conference will bring together a number of university scholars working throughout Japan, Asia, and beyond to share ideas.

MediAsia 2012 will afford the opportunity for renewing old acquaintances, making new contacts, and networking across higher education. Academics working in Japan and Asia will be encouraged to forge working relationships with each other, as well as with colleagues from Europe and the US, facilitating partnerships across borders. We hope to see you (again) in Osaka in the fall.

Professor Gary E. Swanson
Mildred S. Hansen Endowed Chair in Journalism
The University of Northern Colorado, USA
Conference Chair

Professor Tamara Swenson
Osaka Women's University
Local Conference Chair



SUBMISSIONS SYSTEM SOON
CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE: August 1 2012


Publishing Opportunities: Authors of accepted abstracts will have the opportunity of publishing their associated paper in the official conference proceedings, and a selection of papers will be considered for inclusion in the internationally reviewed IAFOR Journal of Education. For more information about IAFOR journals and other publications, click here.

Conference Archive: To see photos from past events, as well as access the archive of the programme and proceedings, please click here for 2011 and here for 2010. (MediAsia 2011 Keynote, Pulitzer Prize Nominee, Richard J. Roth, of the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism is pictured at right).


MediAsia2012 will be held alongside the First Asian Conference on Film and Documentary, or FilmAsia 2012. Registrants to either event will have the option of attending parallel sessions in the other for no extra charge. The FilmAsia 2012 site will be up soon. Watch this space!



For more information about iafor and for a feel of our events, please click on the events brochure below:



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MediAsia 2012 is supported by its Global Partners:

iafor 2012 Associate Members:


     

& iafor 2012 affiliates:

 

For a full list of our Global Partners, please click here



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