{"id":59165,"date":"2014-06-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/scholars-from-throughout-world-to-meet-on-uris-providence-campus-for-communication-conference\/"},"modified":"2014-06-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T00:00:00","slug":"scholars-from-throughout-world-to-meet-on-uris-providence-campus-for-communication-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/06\/scholars-from-throughout-world-to-meet-on-uris-providence-campus-for-communication-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholars from throughout world to meet on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Providence campus for communication conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 30, 2014 \u2013 Professors, scholars and students from throughout the world will gather at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Providence campus next month to brainstorm about ways to improve and promote global communication.<\/p>\n


\nSponsored by 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Harrington School of Communication and Media and the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies, or IAICS, the conference will be from July 31 through Aug. 3 at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Feinstein campus, 80 Washington St., Providence. <\/p>\n


\nFounded nearly three decades ago, the association is an international academic group of scholars from more than 32 countries, including the United States, Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, Iran, India and Chile. <\/p>\n


\nThe group meets every year at different places around the world. Last year, participants met in Vladivostok, Russia. Professor Guo-Ming Chen, Professor of Communication Studies at the Harrington School, was successful in luring them to Rhode Island this year. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cInternational scholars from many fields, including communication, language, business and education, benefit from opportunities to exchange information to help bridge cultural divides and promote cultural understanding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The program\u2019s pre-conference event features a free screening of the one-hour documentary film by Tiffany Schlain, \u201cConnected,\u201d which uses animation and archival footage to share a personal portrait of Leonard Schlain, author of Art and Physics and The Alphabet vs the Goddess. The film explores the visible and invisible connections linking major issues of our time, including the environment, consumption, technology, human rights and the global economy. The screening, at 6 p.m. July 31 in Paff Auditorium, is free and open to the public. <\/p>\n


\nThe IAICS conference also features Professor David Bellos of Princeton University, winner of the Man Booker Prize for translation and author of the book, Is that a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything. Bellos will talk about the pros and cons of having just one language for the global community. He\u2019ll explore what language the global community really speaks and examine whether it\u2019s possible to understand another culture without speaking the same language. His keynote, \u201cStop, Learn, Listen! Language in Intercultural Communication,\u201d will start at 10 a.m. Aug. 1 in Paff Auditorium.<\/p>\n

The other keynote speaker is journalist Llewellyn King, who will focus on the media and global energy. His weekly television show, \u201cWhite House Chronicle,\u201d airs nationwide on PBS. King will talk about the \u201cnew world order\u201d in communication, with information and disinformation, the one-source piece and \u201cvulnerable truth.\u201d King says the new media landscape is more speed and less space, with an absence of accountability and fewer editors and reporters. He questions whether it is the end of the golden age of newspapers and the beginning of the age of citizen journalism, dominated by opinion rather than reporting. His talk, \u201cThe Media Revolution,\u201d will start at 10 a.m. Aug. 2 in Paff Auditorium.<\/p>\n


\nDuring the conference, more than 200 papers will feature the work of scholars from 30 countries in a variety of fields and disciplines in the arts and humanities, languages, communication, business, education and the social and natural sciences. 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty including Norbert Mundorf and Joy Ye are among those giving talks. <\/p>\n


\nOther talks include:

\n* \u201cSustainability, Communication and Culture\u201d by Chen, professor of communication studies at 溏心vlog免费B站. The talk will start at 11 a.m. Aug. 1 in Room 202.

\n\t* \u201cNational Boundary in International Communication\u201d by Cho Roland Nkwah, Binzhou University, China. The talk will start at 2 p.m. Aug. 1 in Room 202.

\n* \u201cDigital Media and Communication\u201d by Cecilia Basabas-Ikeguchi, Tsukuba Gakuin University, Japan. The talk will start at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 1 in Room 228.

\n* \u201cAdvertising and Culture\u201d by Trisha T.C. Lin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The talk will start at 5 p.m. Aug. 1 in Room 203.

\n* Branding, Marketing and Culture\u201d by Doreen D. Wu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. The talk will start at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 2 in Room 233.

\n* \u201cIntercultural Understanding Through Communication\u201d by Diri I. Teilanyo, University of Benin, Nigeria. The talk will start at 2 p.m. Aug. 2 in Room 202.

\n* \u201cAcquiring Cultural Awareness and Communication Skills\u201d by Priscilla Young, Peking University HSBC Business School, China. The talk will start at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 2 in Room 202.<\/p>\n


\nA banquet for registrants will be held at the Providence Public Library, 150 Empire St., the evening of Aug. 1. <\/p>\n


\nFor details about the conference and to register, visit IAICS Conference<\/a> or email Jonathan Friesem, assistant director of the Media Education Lab at the Harrington School of Communication and Media and a doctoral student in media literacy, at yonty@my.uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nIn addition to the Harrington School and IAICS, the other key sponsors of the conference are 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Office of the Provost, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Confucius Institute of 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nPhotos above: David Bellos, a world-famous translator, and Llellwyn King, a nationally recognized journalist and energy expert. Both are keynote speakers at the International Association of Intercultural Communication Studies, July 31 through Aug. 3, at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Feinstein campus in Providence. Photos courtesy of David Bellos and Llellwyn King.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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