The Success Story of the 8th World Conference On Media and Mass Communication 2023 (MEDCOM 2023)
The 8th World Conference on Media and Mass Communication 2023 (MEDCOM 2023) held from 16th – 17th March 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand in hybrid platform. MEDCOM 2023 was organized under the theme “Has Something Changed? Media and Communication in the Transformation of Knowledge.” The conference was organized by The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), Sri Lanka.
The conference united diverse researches and case studies from all over the world, in parallel sessions while offering many networking and publishing opportunities. Moreover, the conference welcomed 100+ Academics, Researchers, Scholars, Activists Industry Leaders and Professionals from 20+ 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 across the globe.
INAUGURATION CEREMONY AND KEYNOTE SPEECHES
The opening remarks of MEDCOM 2023 were made by Mr. Isanka P. Gamage (Co-Founder & Managing Director – The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), Sri Lanka) and the Conference Co-Chairs Assistant Professor TÜLÂY ATAY, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Communication, Journalism Department, Antakya, Türkiye, PROF. ANDREA VOLTERRANI, Director of Master in Social Comm. | Social Farming, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy and DR. CHRIS FENNER, Public Relations Faculty, Dept. of Communication, University of West Florida, USA.
Along with the Conference Co-hosting Partner Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication, Thammasat University,Thailand and Xiamen University, Malaysia and Academic Partners, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, The University of Zululand, South Africa, Durban University of Technology, South Africa, Telkom University, Indonesia addressed the gathering.
The keynote speakers were PROF. DR HAB. MAREK JEZIŃSKI (Nicolaus Copernicus, University in Toruń), PROF. BANU BAYBARS, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, PROF. DR. YASEMIN GIRITLI İNCEOĞLU, Visiting Professor at London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Media & Communication, ASS. PROF. NANTAPORN WONGCHESTHA, PH.D., Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication, Thamasat University, Bangkok. The plenary speakers were DR. N. NURLAELA ARIEF, Assistant Professor, School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia and DR. NAWAL SHAHARYAR, Tallinn University Estonia, Northeastern Europe.
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Conference Co-Chair
Tülây ATAY, PhD & PhD
Assistant Professor, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Communication, Journalism Department, Antakya, Türkiye.
Conference Co-Chair and Keynote Speaker
Prof. Andrea Volterrani
Director of Master in Social Comm. | Social Farming
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Italy
Conference Co-Chair
Dr. Chris
Fenner
Public Relations Faculty,
Dept. of Communication,
University of West Florida
USA
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Dr. Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu
Visiting Professor at London School of Economics and Political Science,
Department of Media & Communication
Keynote Speaker
Ass. Prof. Nantaporn Wongchestha, Ph.D.
Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication
Thamasat University
Bangkok.
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Arkadiusz
Karwacki
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Poland
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Dr Hab. Marek
JEZIŃSKI
University in Toruń
Poland
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Banu Baybars
Kadir Has University
Istanbul
Turkey
Plenary Speaker
Dr. N. Nurlaela Arief (Lala Arief)
Assistant Professor
School of Business and Management
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Indonesia
Plenary Speaker
Dr. Nawal
Shaharyar
Tallinn University
Estonia
Northeastern Europe
Participants from over 20 Countries
MEDCOM 2023 brought together over 120 participants (85 Physical + 35 Virtual) from more than 20 countries around the world, including from: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Spain, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Pakistan, Egypt, Philippines, UAE, India, Portugal, Norway, USA, Romania, Turkey, Vietnam, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Estonia, Poland, Botswana, France, China, Canada, , Kuwait, Japan, , Lithuania, Oman and Nigeria among the many nations represented. The Conference provided an opportunity for participants to share their valuable knowledge from various perspectives. This conference had the representation of almost every continent and region from across the world and provided a global platform to share views and ideas in the field of disability and rehabilitation, as well as to network with international colleagues.
Technical Sessions
MEDCOM 2023 comprised of forty-two (23) Technical Sessions and a Poster Session. The Technical Sessions were under the below themes:
- LANGUAGE, MEDIA AND CORPORATE
- MEDIA EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
- DIGITAL COMMUNICATI ON TECHNOLOGY
- SOCIAL MEDIA: IMPACTS, FUTURE AND ISSUES
- JOURNALISM
- FREEDOM OF SPEECH, MULTICULTURALISM, CULTURAL STUDIES, YOUTH AND GENDER COMMUNICATION
- HEALTH COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNICATION
- MEDIA AND THEORY OF COMMUNICATION
- PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNICATION
- MULTICULTURALISM, CULTURAL STUDIES, YOUTH AND GENDER COMMUNICATION
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Special Workshops
Workshop 01
The workshop on “Workshop Hybrid participation processes (on-site and digital). Problems and future perspectives” was moderated by PROF. ANDREA VOLTERRANI, Director of Master in Social Comm. | Social Farming, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Workshop 02
The workshop on “The Rise of Cancel Culture: In search of Peace and Redemptive Discourse in Digital Media” was moderated by DR. TULAY ATAY, Co-founder Centre for Women’s Studies Mustafa Kemal University Turkey and ASSOC. PROF. FERIDE ZEYNEP GÜDER, Uskudar University, Turkey.
Workshop 03
Workshop on “The Rise of Cancel Culture: In search of Peace and Redemptive Discourse in Digital Media” was moderated by DR. HAMZEH KHALILI, Researcher, Service as networks (SaS) department, CTTC – Centre Tecnològic Telecomunicacions Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Workshop 04
Workshop on “Multimedia Services and Cloud-Native Media Applications & NetApps” was moderated by DR. HAMZEH KHALILI, Researcher, Service as networks (SaS) department, CTTC – Centre Tecnològic Telecomunicacions Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Publication Workshop
The Publication Workshop on “How to prepare the manuscript for the journals?” was moderated by ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. WANG CHANGSONG, Department of Journalism and Advertising, Xiamen University Malaysia, Malaysia.
- Nivea Cristina Heluey Chelini Pereira, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
- Elvis Madondo, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
- Bhavna Wal, Amity University, India
- Rachel Moyo, Central University of Technology, South Africa
- Jade Snow Dionzon, University of St. La Salle, Philippines
- Herlina Agustin, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
- Sri Seti Indriani, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
- Prachi Dhiman, Faculty of Media and Communication, Vishwakarma University
- Zulqarnain Wajid, HOD Media Sciences SZABIST, Islamabad
- Dr Ramesh Kumar Sharma, VSJMC, VIPS, GGSIPU, India.
- Prof. Esra Cizmeci Ümit, Yalova University, Turkey
- Dr. Savera Mujib Shami, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
- Domenica Fioredistella Lezzi, University of Rome, Italy
- Majid Ghafar, Hazara University, Pakistan
- Mohamed Khaliefa, Minia University , Egypt
- Sharmila Kayal, Adamas University, India
- Ros Aiza Mohd Mokhtar, Protege Telekom Malaysia, Malaysia
- Sayak Pal, School of Media and Communication, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Joshua Madiba, University of Botswana, Botswana
- Prof. Tulay Atay, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Türkiye
- Chris Fenner, University of West Florida, USA
- Andrea Volterrani, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
- Prof. Nantaporn Wongchestha, Thamasat University, Bngkok, Thailand
- N. Nurlaela Arief, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
- Ngonso Frederick, Edo State University Uzairue, Nigeria
- Divyani Redhu, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, India
- Yordan Karapenchev, Sofia University, Bulgaria
- Miglė Černikovaitė, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
- Keshav Patel, Mgcgu Chitrakoot, India.
- Prof. Dr Sunil Kumar Mishra, Vips, Delhi, India
- Raghavendra Mishra, University of Allahabad, India
- Dr Wan Norbani Wan Noordin, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia
- Martha Tri Lestari, Telkom University, Indonesia
- Majid-Ul-Ghafar, Hazara University, Pakistan
- Prof. Sangeeta Tripathi, Sultanate of Oman, Oman
- Hesham Mesbah, Rollins College USA
- Tehseen Tahir, University of Haripur, Pakistan
- Lakhdar Chadli, Canadian University, Dubai
- Alper Kirklar, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
- Peter Egielewa, Edo University Iyamho, Nigeria
- Sadaf Naz, Hazara University, Pakistan
- Noveena Chakravorty, School of Media and Communication, India
Reviewing Committee of MEDCOM 2023
- Prof Dr Mohamed Ahmed Khalifa
- Ratna Roshida Ab Razak
- Savera Mujib Shami
- Prof. Davide Benvenuti
- Mustak Ahmed
- Filippo Silvestri
- Prof. Dr. Mohammed
- Paz Hernandez Diaz
- Peter Egielewa
- Barikui Nnaane
- Sangeeta Tripathi
- Esra Cizmeci
- Wajid Zulqarnain
- Siti Ezaleila Mustafa
- Lakhdar Chadli
- Kevin Naidoo
- Mustak Ahmed
- Manoch Chummuangpak
- Prof. Hesham Mesbah
- Miral Sabry
- Barikui Nnaane
- Ido Prijana Hadi
- Sunil Kumar Mishra
- Majid-Ul-Ghafar
- Azam Jan
- Sharmila Kayal
- Divyani Redhu
- Apoorva Malhotra
- Sachin Bharti
- Atul Arora
- Manisha Rathaur
- Raghavendra Mishra
- Dr Najma Sadiq
- Alper Kirklar
- Roland Tolentino
- Wan Norbani Wan Noordin
- Prof. Hesham Mesbah
- Dr Alessio Ceccherelli
- Prof Stella Iezzi
- Andrea Volterrani
- Vesselina Valkanova
- Quiroga, Sergio Ricardo
- Suwandi Sumartias
- Lourens M.E
- Ven Dr. Sumedh Thero
- Ivan N. Gallegos
- Gaolefufa Joshua Madiba
- Migle Cernikovaite
- Diana Petkova
- Nikola Lyubomirov Vangelov
- Mike Megrove Reddy
- Martha Tri Lestari
- Peirong Ye
- Azam Jan
- Ramesh Kumar Sharma Associate Professor
- Keshav Patel
- Dr Alessio Ceccherelli
- Domenica Fioredistella Iezzi
- Ipsita Banerjee
- Noveena Chakraborty
- Arnab Basu
- Swati Agarwal
- Sayak Pal
- Dr Ros Aiza Mogd Mokhta
- Dr Aiza Maslan
- Abdulqader Alkharraz
- Dr Avashni Moonasamy
- Dr Reddy
- Reggy Marathane Metso
- Elizabeth Naba
- Stenford Matenda
- Ayesha Ashfaq
- Shazia Ismail Toor
- Jonalou San Juan Labor
- Randy Jay C. Solis
- Özlem Çetin
- Elvis Madondo
- Sadad Naz
- Teodora Petkova
- Yordan Karapenchev
- Dr Blessed Ngonso
- Ayesha Ashfaq
- Tara N. Poudel
- Panida Jongsuksomsakul
- Le Thi My Danh
- Madam Shira Haniza
OFFICIAL CONFERENCE PARTNERS
Huge appreciation
for our partners
Hosting Partner
The International Network of Media and Communication (INMC)
Hosting Partner
Xiamen University,
Malaysia
Hosting Partner
Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication, Thammasat University,
Thailand
Academic Partner
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Italy
Academic Partner
The School of Media and Communications – Adamas University,
India
Academic Partner
Faculty of Communication Arts
Dhurakij Pundit University
Thailand
Academic Partner
Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication
Sofia University
ST.Kliment Ohridski
Academic Partner
Future University – Egypt
Academic Partner
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Indonesia
Academic Partner
Telkom University, Indonesia
Academic Partner
Durban University of Technology,
South Africa
Academic Partner
The University of Yalova
Turkey
Academic Partner
The University of Zululand
South Africa
Academic Partner
Canadian University
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Academic Partner
The International University of Minya
Egypt
Academic Partner
Department of Development Communication
School of Communication Studies
University of the Punjab
Lahore. Pakistan
Strategic Partner
Argentine Cultural Institute of Higher Education (ICAES)
Argentina
Media Partner
WIR Research Foundation
Media Partner
Tradewheel.com
Event Partner
TIIKM Events
Tour Partner
Globeenjoy
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The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM)
#531/18, Kotte road, Pitakotte,
Sri Lanka.
Tel: +94 117 992 022
Fax: +94 112 835 571
Hotline: +94 765 733 737
email: isanka.gamage@tiikmedu.com
website : www.tiikm.com
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