This international congress #comunicambio [#com4change] addresses issues that are related to communication, civil society and social change in a broad sense. These general themes are organized around the following topics and their related panels of communications (which will take place in the afternoon sessions of the first two days of the congress):
T1. Communication and social change: epistemologies and indicators
Possible sub-topics: culture of peace, theories of social change, theories of transformative communication, indicators of peace and communication
Hashtags: #PeaceCulture, #SocialChange, #Com4change, #globalchange, #buenconocer, #procomún, #15mp2p, #buenvivir #perunavidavivible
Coordination: Salvador Seguí Cosme and Irene Comins Mingol, Universitat Jaume I
T2. From victims to indignants: discourses, representations and empowerment
Possible sub-topics: the condition of the victim in the media, representations of protests
Hashtags: #EmpowerVictims, #Indignants, #MediaDiscourse, MediaRepresentations, #IamAMigrant #ForoMigrante #ForoFeminista #cineMigrante
Coordination: Vicente Benet Ferrando and Álex Arévalo Salinas, Universitat Jaume I
T3. Journalism, media and social change
Possible sub-topics: traditional, digital and local media, experiences in journalism
Hashtags: #Media, #CitizenJournalism, #AlternativeMedia, #Media4Change, #Mediadev, #devreporter, #migrantfiles
Coordination: Eva Espinar Ruiz, Universidad de Alicante, and Amador Iranzo, Universitat Jaume I
T4. Commercial communication, organizations and social change
Possible sub-topics: advertising, consumer behavior, the role of organizations, solidarity 2.0
Hashtags: #comunicambio, #mediadev, #conigualdad, #laayudaimporta, #comunicaciónsocial, #Fscat2014, #crowdfunding, #funding
Coordination: Montse Santolino Prieto, LaFede.cat (Organitzacions per a la Justícia Global) and Yolanda Polo, Coordinadora ONGD de España
T5. Social mobilization and emotions
Possible sub-topics: social movements, forms and attitudes in the protests, violence/nonviolence, moral sensitivity, global awareness
Hashtags: #SocialMovements, #Nonviolence, #CivilResistance, #MoralSensitivity, #SocialEngagement, #Globalrev, #movilizacción, #Occupy, #15M, #ciudadaníaalpoder
Coordination: Daniel Pinazo Calatayud and Sonia París Albert, Universitat Jaume I de Castellón
T6. Cyberactivism, social change and social movements
Possible sub-topics: Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, N-1, streaming, online collaborative work
Hashtags: #ICT4socialchange, #SocialMedia4Change, #hacktivism, #redvolucionate, #Datactic, #SocialTIC, #tacticalmedia, #OccupyEP2014, #europe4the99, #TTIPnogracias, #novotisinjustícia, #bigdata
Coordination: Sonia Núñez Puente, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid, and Alessandra Farné, Universitat Jaume I
T7. Education, civil society and social change
Possible sub-topics: Critical pedagogy, Education for citizenship, Community education, Participatory methodologies in education, Service Learning, Popular education, Intercultural inclusive schooling, Critical citizenship, Transformative education, lifelong learning
Hashtags: #TransformativeEducation, #educacionsocial, #redvolucionate
Coordination: María Lidón Moliner Miravet and Andrea Francisco Amat, Universitat Jaume I de Castellón
T8. Transmedia narratives, artivism and social change
Possible sub-topics: artistic and creative initiatives, audiovisual culture, videogames, newsgames, webdocumentary, videogames documentary, Border Games
Hashtags: #art4change, #video4change, #artivism, #transmedia, #viñetasdevida, #16zemos98, #music4change
Coordination: Roberto Arnau Roselló, Universitat Jaume I