"Digital News, Social Change and Globalization" conference

Manuscript submission deadline: October 1, 2003

Deadline for paper abstracts and panel proposals: September 1, 2003

Organized by Department of Journalism, Hong Kong Baptist University, China, on the university campus, postponed to December 11-12, 2003

Academic papers, project papers, and broadcast news items (in English or Chinese) related to online, satellite, television or radio news are solicited on themes including but not restricted to the following:

· The past, present, and future of online journalism
· Satellite news and globalization
· Evolving policies and laws relating to online and broadcast journalism
· News values and ethics in global journalism
· Alternative digital news and social change
· Online and broadcast news coverage

Publication of Papers: The Information Society journal has agreed in principle to publish selected papers of this conference in a special issue. The possibility of publishing other selected papers in a refereed book volume is also being explored.

For details visit the web site: http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~jour/DN2003