Conference Theme: “Individual, Community & Society: Conflict, Resolution & Synergy” The conference theme is “Individual, Community & Society: Conflict, Resolution & Synergy” and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this question from a variety of perspectives, and is designed to elicit a wide variety of interpretations as avenues of research. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of disciplines and fields related to media and mass communication, including: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations Digital Media and Use of New Technology in Newsgathering Communication Theory and Methodology Critical and Cultural Studies, Gender and Communication Media Disaster Coverage Media History International Communication Law, Policy & Media Ethics Newspapers & Magazines as Print/Digital Media Mass Communication Broadcast Media & Globalization Journalism Education & Scholastic Journalism Sports, Media & Globalization Media Management and Economics Political Communication and Satire Visual Communication Media & Education: Training journalists Social Media & Communication Technology Documentary Production* Film*