The coronavirus, which emerged in Wuhan, China on December 1, 2019, spread all over the world in a short time. The pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. Humanity is going through a period called the new normal. Vaccination and drug studies are ongoing against this pandemic. In this period, different sectors have entered into period of transition. Particularly, education and communication sector are at the center of this transition. How were the communication processes shaped during the pandemic period? How did the innovations in the field of communication brought about transform societies by this period? How are convergent technologies (mobile, cloud technologies, robots, virtual reality…) used today to control the pandemic and find vaccines or drugs?
CTC 2021 will discuss the issues of technology, the transformation of society, digital participation, online education around the pandemic that shapes communication ecology. The theme of CTC 2021 is “communication ecology in the age of COVID 19”. Manuel Castells named the structure dominated by information and communication networks as informationalism”, as for the society formed by this structure “network society”. Digitalization quickly leads us in all areas of our daily life.
The new normal no longer will be today’s normal. At this point, all interrelated fields have to renew itself, otherwise, the person society, company, state, etc. who does not keep in step with the new world order, As Iris stated, they will not be able to continue their emperorship. It is essential to update each field within the discipline of communication, that is education or academic, and to produce new approaches. In this congress; With the pandemic, it is aimed to discuss the new approach, theory, practice and training pattern in “communication ecology”.
Communication and Technology Congress
CHAIRMAN OF THE CONGRESS ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Prof.Dr. Yadigar İzmirli, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
GENERAL COORDINATORS OF THE CONGRESS ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Prof.Dr. Deniz Yengin, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist.Prof.Dr. Deniz Akbulut, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Gonca Yıldırım, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Akaydın, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Tamer Bayrak, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Nur Emine Koç, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Prof.Dr. Cem Sütçü, Marmara University, Turkey
Prof.Dr. Douglas Kellner, UCLA University, U.S.A
Prof.Dr. H.Hale Künüçen, Başkent University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Hasan Akbulut, İstanbul University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Şükrü Sim, İstanbul University, Turkey
Prof.Dr. Haluk Gürgen, Bahçeşehir University, Turkey
Prof.Dr. Hülya Yengin, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Prof.Dr. Judith K. Litterst, St. Cloud State University, U.S.A.
Prof.Dr. Korkmaz Alemdar, Atılım University, Turkey
Prof.Dr. Maxwell E. McCombs, University of Texas, U.S.A.
Prof.Dr. Nazife Güngör, Üsküdar University, Turkey
Prof.Dr. Ümit Atabek, Yaşar University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Neşe Kars, İstanbul University, Turkey
Prof.Dr. Zafer Ertürk, Maltepe University, Turkey
Prof.Dr. Özer Kanburoğlu, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Prof.Dr. Mehmet Üstünipek, İstanbul Kültür University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Timisi, İstanbul University, Turkey
Prof.Dr. Banu Manav, Kadir Has University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Aysel Aziz, İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Güven Büyükbaykal, İstanbul University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Reşat Başar İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Okan Ormanlı, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Aytekin, İstanbul University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Dr. And Algül, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist.Prof. Dr. Gökmen Hakan Karadağ, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Serdar Kuzey Yıldız, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Deniz Akbulut, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Tuğçe Çevik, İstanbul AydınUniversity, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Gonca Yıldırım, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Müge Öztunç, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayten Övür, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Umur Bedir, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Selin Kiraz Demir, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Tamer Bayrak, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Dr. Nur Emine Koç, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
LOCAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Assist.Prof.Dr. Ayşegül Akaydın, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist.Prof.Dr. Fatma Nazlı Köksal, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist.Prof.Dr. Tamer Bayrak, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof.Dr. Serdar Kuzey Yıldız, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Assist. Prof.Dr. Nur Emine Koç, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Res. Assist. Sertaç Kaya, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Res. Assist. Hatice Öksüz, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Elif Tuba Tezcan, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Call For Papers
CTC 2021 (Communication and Technology Congress) will take place April 12th-13th-14th 2021. The Congress will bring together academics and professionals coming from different fields to discuss their differing point of views on these questions related to “Communication” while referring to “technology”. “Communication ecology in the age of COVID-19” is our theme in this Congress.
MAIN TOPICS OF CTC 2021
- Social Sciences (Digital Humantites, Communication Studies, Researches, Applied Studies…etc)
- New Media (Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Interactivity, Convergence, Virtuality, Social Media, Philosophy of Technology, Political Economy… etc.)
- Digital Arts (Cinema, Video, Television, Photograph, Illustration, Kinetic, Graphics… etc.)
- Digital Society (E-community, Electronic Culture, Surveillance Society, Network Society…etc.)
- Corporate Communication (Corporate Communication Management, Advertising, Public Relation, Marketing, Gamification, Sustainability… etc.)
- Mass Communication (Television, Radio, Newspaper… etc.)
- Communication Education (E-learning, Hybrid, Virtual, Blended, COVID-19)
Language Of CTC
Turkish and English
Paper Guidelines
Important Dates
Congress Dates: 12-13-14 April 2021
Abstract submission deadline: 12 February 2021
Registration : 1-12 March 2021
Deadline for presentation: 2 April 2021
Deadline for full paper submission: 7 May 2021
CTC Venue
İstanbul Aydın University (ONLINE)
Contact CTC 2021
Coordinator
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Deniz YENGİN
Associate Coordinators
Assist.Prof.Dr. Ayşegül Akaydın Aydın
Assist.Prof.Dr. Tamer BAYRAK
Res. Assist. Sertaç Kaya
Link: https://ctccongress.org