The 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) generated a record 71 paper submissions, confirming the continuing growth of ISOJ’s reputation as a world-class conference. Twenty-two papers were accepted for presentation during the conference, to be held April 20-21, 2012, at the University of Texas at Austin. One of those papers will be selected as the conference's top research paper.
ISOJ, a unique event that blends presentations and input from both professionals and researchers, has become one of the most competitive peer-reviewed conferences in the field of journalism.
“We are very proud of the growth of ISOJ’s research component, as one of our goals is precisely to help fill the gap between industry and academy in the area of digital journalism,” said professor Rosental Calmon Alves, Knight Chair in Journalism and UNESCO Chair in Communication at the University of Texas at Austin. Alves has organized ISOJ annually since 1999.
Topics to be presented at this year’s conference will include:
• The growing number of entrepreneurial news ventures developing around the world and its implications on the journalism industry
• The role of ethics in today’s complicated digital media landscape
• The effectiveness of mobile and tablet media on news practices
• The use of social media in news routines and news presentation
• The analysis of online news by context, preference, and consumption
Scholars presenting at ISOJ in April are coming from such universities as the University of Missouri, Loyola University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Oxford in the U.K., the University of British Columbia in Canada, La Trobe University in Australia, the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, Amsterdam University College in the Netherlands, Centro Universitário Estácio Radial de São Paulo in Brazil, University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and, of course, the host institution of the University of Texas at Austin.
See here for a complete list of participants and the titles of the papers they will be presenting. Abstracts of the papers are available here. Learn more about the professionals' panels and keynote speakers here.
Registration for the conference is still open.
