Friday 3:30 pm October 31
to
Sunday midday November 2nd

Paper and Panel deadlines extened to August 15, 2008.

AN INTERNATIONAL/INTERCULTURAL
COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE

The Purpose of the Global Fusion Conference Series is to promote academic excellence in international-intercultural communications studies worldwide. These conferences bring together scholars and professionals interested in mass communications, journalism, comparative broadcasting, diplomacy, transnational communication, advertising, new technology, media economics and privatization, cultural effects, visual communication, media and international law, and global dialogues in search of peace.

AWARDS

Cash prizes: $200 awarded to competition winners (one faculty and one graduate student), and top papers will be published in the Global Media Journal,  the official journal of the conference series. The peer-reviewed paper competition is conducted by members of the International Communication Division of AEJMC, Intercultural Development Division of ICA, and the International Division of BEA.

GLOBAL FUSION CONSORTIUM SPONSORS

The Global Fusion Conference series is sponsored by participating universities of the Global Fusion Consortium:

OHIO UNIVERSITY
Scripps College of Communication, Gregory J. Shepherd, Dean

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
College of Mass Communication & Media Arts, Gary Kolb, Interim Dean

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Department of Communication,

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
College of Communication, Roderick P. Hart, Dean

STEERING COMMITTEE

Members of the GFC Steering Committee are:  Professors Karin Wilkins (Texas), Drew McDaniel (Ohio), John Downing (SIU), and Patrick Burkart (Texas A&M)