Prof. Andrea Volterrani [Conference Co-chair]
Researcher of Sociology of Cultural and Communication Processes
Director of Master in Social Communication
Director of Master in Social Farming
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Dr. Andrea Volterrani is a Sociologist of Cultural and Communication Processes at Department of Enterprise Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. After graduating from the Faculty of Political Science Cesare Alfieri of the University of Florence, she is a fellow student at the Italian Foundation for Volunteering.
He was then assigned research from 1999 to 2005 at the Department of Sociology and Political Science of the University of Florence. From 1997 to 2003 he is also a professor of sociology of cultural processes, theory and technique of social communication, territorial communication and marketing at the Faculty of Political Science Cesare Alfieri of Florence.
From 2005 to 2008 he is a contractor and research grant at the Department of Historical, Legal and Political Sciences and Social Sciences at Siena University and a social contractor and family sociology lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Siena . At the same time he is a professor of social studies contract at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of La Sapienza University of Rome (2004-2008) and of sociology of communication at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Florence (2004-2006).Since 2008 is a researcher at Department of Enterprise Engineering, Tor Vergata University, Rome.
Volterrani is engaged in research, teaching and consulting on social communication, the third sector, integrated social politics and assessment processes, resilience community and prevention communication related on natural disaster
Prof. Elisabetta Gola [Conference Co-chair]
University of Cagliari
Italy
Elisabetta Gola is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Language at the University of Cagliari, where she teaches different courses among which Theory of Language and Communication, Semiotics of media, Writing Lab., and Journalism.
Her research interests are focused on cognitive semantics, experimental pragmatics, computational linguistics and natural language processing, with a focus on metaphors and other non-literal usages of language in all the mental processes that are involved in communication and comprehension. More recent research interests include promotion of cultural heritage, health communication, framing effects and stereotypes, social network communication and language.
Dr.Fabrizio Meloni
Head of Local Organizing Committee of MEDCOM 2020,
University Hospital of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Fabrizio Meloni is Press Office Manager in charge of communication and external relations of Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria of Cagliari, a very important Health University Institution in Italy. Professional journalist, he majored in Communications at University of Cagliari. He worked as a editor-in-chief for several Italian newspapers. Expert in Social Media, Social Communication, Public Communication and Political communication, he joined Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria of Cagliari in 2011. His research interests include social media, health communication and communication between doctors and patients, but also all areas of public communication and citizens’ relations.
Prof. Chris Fenner [Conference Co-chair]
Assistant Professor of Communication
University of West Florida
USA
Chris Fenner is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of West Florida, where he teaches courses in public relations, strategic communications, scientific communication, and persuasion and propagand..
His research interests include public relations education, crisis management, and leadership theory. His current work explores the role of agnotology, the intentional creation of ignorance, on public discourse and understanding of scientific knowledge. Dr. Fenner is an experienced public speaking consultant having served as a competitive collegiate speech and debate coach for over 15 years.
Scientific committee MEDCOM 2019
The scientific committee will be constituted by scholars and experts selected for their great knowledge and competence of one of more topics for each panel. In this way we aim at guaranteeing the high quality and fairness of the reviewing process.
The chairs of the conference (Andrea Volterrani, Elisabetta Gola, Fabrizio Meloni) and the lead of the panels (Alessandro Lovari, Emiliano Ilardi, Francesca Ervas, Alessio Ceccherelli) are in charge of the scientific responsibility of the scientific committee.
The scientific committee will be published soon
If you would like to be considered to serve on the Scientific Committee, please visit the Reviewer Application.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE – HOSTING PARTNERS
- Francesca Ervas , University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- Emiliano Ilardi , University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- Alessandro Lovari , University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- Alice Guerrieri , University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- Amitash Ojha , University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- Ivan Blečić , University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- Francesca Daniela Virdis, University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- Alessio Ceccherelli , University of Tor Vergata, Italy
- Elisa Mancinelli , University of Tor Vergata, Italy
- Laura Di Pasquale , University of Tor Vergata, Italy
- Alberto Berretti , University of Tor Vergata, Italy
- Stella Iezzi , University of Tor Vergata, Italy
- Angelica Spampinato , University of Tor Vergata, Italy
- Marco Serra , University of Tor Vergata, Italy
Conference Convener
Mr. Isanka P Gamage
The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), Sri Lanka
Hotline: +94 715 589 870 / +94 777 379 779
TP: +94 112044485
Email: isanka.gamage@tiikmedu.com
Conference Secretariat
Mr. Viraj Mayadunna
Tel: +94 112044480/ Ext.6102
Fax: +94 112 873 371
Hotline (viber / whatsapp): +94 76 573 3737
Email: secretariat@mediaconference.co