TUMKUR
UNIVERSITY
University
College of Arts
B. H. Road, Tumkur-572103,
Karnataka
(Reaccredited with NAAC A
Grade)
DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM
Organises
National
Conference on
Traditional
Media and
Social
Communication
Date: March 28, 2018
Venue: Sir M. Visvesvaraya Auditorium,
Tumkur University
About University
College of Arts
University College of Arts is a Constituent College of Tumkur
University located beside B.H. Road, Tumkur. The college is a pioneer in
delivering quality education and is arguably among the most prestigious
colleges affiliated to Tumkur University. Established as an intermediate
college in 1940, the institute became Government College in 1948. It was
renamed as University College of Arts after it was made the constituent college
of Tumkur University in 2009.
The College predominantly caters to a non-metropolitan student
population who, more often than not, come from marginalized sections of the
society. The College has been
re-accredited with ‘A’ grade by NAAC. The college offers Journalism as a core
subject in BA along with Political Science, Optional Kannada, Optional English,
History, Psychology and Library & Information Science in various
combinations. The Department of Journalism puts maximum efforts towards
providing practical knowledge to the aspiring journalists in order to meet the
expectations of the modern media world.
The Conference Theme | Traditional Media and Social Communication
Despite the surge in the modern tools of mass communication, the
importance of traditional/ folk media cannot be overlooked. Even the revolution
in social media cannot replace the relevance of traditional media like folk
theatre, folk music, folk dances, street plays, story-telling, puppet shows,
riddles, proverbs, etc. Tamasha,
Burrakatha, Yakshagana, Jatra, Harikatha, Lavani, Bhavai, Terukoothu, Povada, Puppetry, Nautanki and hundreds of such
traditional media have not only been the integral part of the Indian culture
and heritage but also the powerful means of communication.
It has been proved time and again that traditional media have an
indispensable role in enhancing one’s social reciprocity, social interaction,
social skills and communication skills. Therefore traditional media have been
instrumental in the process of development communication across the globe.
While there are apprehensions that the traditional media is
moving towards extinction due to the dominance of modern mass media, there is a
strong urge from experts, researchers and policy makers that the traditional/
folk media should be preserved and used for better social and development
communication. In this pretext, the present conference intends to have a relook
into the potentialities of the traditional media in social communication and
their role in the process of development.
Objectives of the Conference
To re-explore the communication abilities of the traditional or
folk media; to examine the potentialities of traditional/ folk media in disseminating
development messages; to explore social communication abilities of traditional media;
to study the impact of modern mass media on traditional/ folk media; to study
the application of traditional/ folk media in cinema, animation, television,
advertising and other media; to explore further avenues in folklore research
and their application in extension communication.
Call for papers
The conference invites
original and unpublished research papers on the theme Traditional Media and Social
Communication from academicians, research scholars, students and
professionals from media, literature, folklore studies and related areas. The
following sub-themes have been identified.
1.
Folk arts as media of communication
2.
Social communication through traditional/folk media
3.
Traditional media vs. new media
4.
Traditional media and cinema
5.
Commercialization of traditional media
6.
Traditional/folk media in development communication
7.
Folk media in advertising
8.
Status of traditional/ folk media and folk artistes
Researchers may identify any other related dimension to the main
theme.
Abstract
Submission
Paper presenters should
send their abstracts to the Organizing Secretary on e-mail ID: journalismtut@gmail.com by
March 10, 2018. The abstract should contain the title of the paper, full
address and contact number of the author/s, and keywords, and it should be sent
as a MS Word document. The abstracts will be peer reviewed by a panel of
experts, and the authors will be intimated on the acceptance of their
abstracts.
Submission
of Full Papers
Authors whose abstracts are accepted should submit their full
papers latest by March 24, 2018. The papers, not exceeding 4000 words, should
be set in 12 point Times New Roman font. APA style should be followed while
preparing the paper including the references.
Publication
of proceedings
Selected papers will be published in the form of a book with
ISBN, after the conference.. Peer reviewed papers of high quality will only be
published. Any form of plagiarism is strictly prohibited.
Registration details
Registration is mandatory
to attend the conference or to present the paper. Both the author and the
co-authors are expected to pay the registration fee. The registration fee
details are as follows:
Research Scholars : Rs. 500
Academicians/ faculty :
Rs. 750
Payments should be made through DD/ Cheque in favour of The Principal, University College of Arts,
Tumkur payable at Tumkur. The last date of registration is March 26, 2018.
Accommodation
Paid accommodation can be arranged on prior request at a nominal
cost for the outstation delegates. However, it should be communicated at least
five days in advance. For more details please contact the Organizing Secretary.
Important
dates
Submission
of abstracts : March 10, 2018
Acceptance
of the abstracts : March 12, 2018
Submission
of full papers : March 24, 2018
Last
date for registration : March 26, 2018
Conference date : March 28, 2018
Prof. Jayasheela
Vice Chancellor, Tumkur University
Prof. B. S. Gunjal
Registrar, Tumkur University
Organizing Committee
Chairman
Prof. K. Ramachandrappa
Principal, University College of Arts
Organizing Secretary
Padmanabha K. V.
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Members
Sri T. N. Hariprasad
Sri M. D. Srinivasmurthy
Sri Venkatareddy Ramareddy
Sri Shripad Kulkarni
Dr. Ashwini B. Jane
Sri Ramesh Reddy V.
Sri Subrahmanya Sharma V.
Smt. Sumadevi S.
Sri Eshwar M. K.
For all enquiries, contact
Organizing Secretary
Padmanabha K. V.
Assistant Professor of Journalism
University College of Arts, Tumkur
Phone: +91 9449525854
