GITAM

Hyderabad, January 23, 2019: Gandhi School of Humanities and Social Sciences (GSHS) of GITAM Deemed to be University, Hyderabad is organizing a two-day National Conference on ‘Changing Dimensions of the Media: Psychosocial, Cultural and Political Correlates’ at its campus on 24-25th January 2019. This is organizing in association with Public Relations Society of India, Hyderabad Chapter and Press Club Hyderabad.

Prof. K.Nageshwar, Department of Communication & Journalism, OU & Former MLC will be the chief guest and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Journalist, Political Commentator, Author & Documentary Film Maker will deliver the keynote speech. They will inaugurate the two-day conference in the GITAM’s seminar hall on 24th January at 10.30 AM.

The conference aims to highlight the changing dimensions of the media with a focus on its psychosocial, cultural, and political correlates in the national and international contexts.

The objective of the conference is to create a platform for academicians, research scholars and students to share their views on various aspects of media and its correlates. The Sub Themes are Social Media: Reshaping the ‘Self’ and ‘Identity’; Politics and Media: Revisiting Ethical Standards; Gender and Media:  Changing Perceptions; Human Rights and Media: Resilience and Support Systems; Media and Society: ‘Image’ as a Social Construct; Media and Culture:  Reflecting Psychosocial Issues and Media and Education: Pathways to Parenting and Teaching.

Papers are invited in English, Hindi and Telugu. Selected papers will be published in a book with ISBN.