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

SAMPLE_FORMAT

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

denizyengin@aydin.edu.tr 

Associate Coordinators

Assist.Prof.Dr. Ayşegül Akaydın Aydın

aakaydinaydin@aydin.edu.tr

Assist.Prof.Dr. Tamer BAYRAK

tbayrak@aydin.edu.tr

Res. Assist. Sertaç Kaya

sertackaya1@aydin.edu.tr

Link: https://ctccongress.org