The Local Organising Committee of AFDA in close collaboration with the Executive Committee of SACOMM have released the first preliminary programme for the upcoming Annual Conference. #SACOMM23 will be held from 27-29.09.2023, on the AFDA Johannesburg Campus, 41 Frost Avenue, 2092 Auckland Park. Presentation Guidelines:All presenters are urged to bring along their presentations in .ppt …
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Executive Committee Elections – 2023
New stream leaders need to be elected for the next two years.Nominations for the new Deputy President also need to be made. The election for the new Executive Committee will take place during the AGM at the upcoming conference to be held at AFDA Johannesburg, from 27-29.09.2023. The current Executive Committee, with their stream descriptions …
Monday Night Film Screenings – August 2023
AFDA Johannesburg, SACOMM Conference Host 2023 In the run-up towards the annual SACOMM Conference in September, in partnership with Goethe Institut, AFDA Johannesburg is hosting free film screenings on each Monday evening. Ample, safe, on campus parking is available during the screenings. All the productions that will be screened during the month of August will …
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#SACOMM23 – Registration now open
The SACOMM 2023 Conference stands under the heading Communication and Media Education: Driving Change and will be hosted from Wednesday, 27 to Friday, 29 September on the AFDA Johannesburg Campus.
#SACOMM23 – Accommodation
Conference Hotel: The Conference organisers have been able to negotiate reduced rates at the Garden Court Hotel, Milpark. The hotel is within walking distance of the AFDA campus and across the street from the vibrant 44 Stanley centre.
CFP: ‘Journalism Studies’ Special Issue Call for Papers:
Rethinking the Sociology of News: Global, Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives Special Issue Editors: Hayes Mabweazara, University of Glasgow – Hayes.Mabweazara@glasgow.ac.uk Catherine Happer, University of Glasgow – Catherine.Happer@glasgow.ac.uk Manuscript deadline – 1 May 2022 Journalism studies is defined by and benefits from its interdisciplinary nature and broad scope of interests and priorities. However, one consequence of this is that …
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UMass PhD Program Info Session
16.11.2021 The Department of Communication at UMass Amherst invites interested PhD applicants to a virtual visit and meet-and-greet with faculty and current graduate students.The one-hour Zoom session aims to introduce you to faculty and their current research projects, connect you with graduate students, and answer questions that can help demystify the application process.For 49 years, the Department of Communication …
Scholarship: MSc Strategic Communication – London School of Economic and Political Science
Applications are now open for graduates interested in pursuing an MSc in Strategic Communications at the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, from September 2022. The course offers students a critical theoretical exploration of strategic communications theory and practice, in the context of the wider field of media and …
Invitation: Garbage in Popular Culture
4 November 2021There will be a webinar at 16h00 SAST (GMT +2). You can join by clicking this link. Speakers:Grace Martini (University of Tasmania)Eleftheria Lekakis (Sussex University) Emmanuel Septime Sessou (Temple University)Emma Bloomfield (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Myrian del Vecchio (Universidade Federal do Paraná) Afterwards at 18h00 SAST for anyone in Johannesburg there will be an in-person artist residency visit (with drinks!) at Shade (166 Caroline St, …
Prof Arnold S. (Arrie) de Beer
SACOMM mourns the passing of one of its founder members, Prof Arnold S. (Arrie) de Beer. Prof De Beer was part of the organisation from its inception, as one of the participants at a meeting in 1974 at UNISA where the forming of a new communication association was discussed, and helped draw up the first …