WORLD PUBLIC RELATIONS FORUM
Research Colloquium
Oslo, Norway
April 22, 2018
Research Colloquium of the World Public Relations Forum
Every two years since 2001, the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management has brought together public relations and communication professionals and scholars from around the world to share their experiences and knowledge and to reflect together on major issues affecting the profession.
The three-day World Public Relations Forum (WPRF) includes a Research Colloquium, a full day of discussions and presentations featuring the world’s leading educators, researchers and practitioner thought-leaders. The Research Colloquium has become a unique opportunity to engage professionals, academics and students from across the world in the key challenges facing the profession, to advance thinking and research and share best practices. It builds a bridge between the academic and practitioner communities and is for the benefit of both.
The 10th World Public Relations Forum to be held April 22–24, 2018 in Oslo, Norway, has as its theme “Value! Communication's impact in a fast and ever-changing world".
Main themes: Truth, profit and intelligence (as in human intelligence and artificial intelligence)
Should we believe the media hype, there are changes in society’s epistemic foundation. Descriptions abound of a “post-truth society” – word of the year in 2016, according to Oxford Dictionaries. Post-truth denotes “circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” While the use and misuse of facts and research is nothing new, it might be possible to talk about an intensification due to changes in the media landscape leading to fragmentation and potentially to “echo chambers” where people seek to get their views confirmed without being exposed to counterarguments.
If it is correct that the epistemic foundation of society becomes more polarised, fragmented, uncertain and fluid, grasping the ways in which organisations communicate becomes important to understand what contributes to increase or decrease in social fragmentation. What truths are forwarded by public relations, and how do organizational intelligence and ultimate goals of profit and legitimacy play into this? That is the challenge the Research Colloquium will examine.
WPRF 2018 participants will come away with a better understanding of communications impact in a fast and ever-changing world.
Research Colloquium Submissions and Review
Because so much knowledge is generated by transdisciplinary work, the Research Colloquium invites speakers from many branches of knowledge. Researchers, educators, students and academic thought-leaders from around the world are invited to submit 1,500-word abstracts, in English, that relate to the main theme, Value! Communication's impact in a digital and ever-changing world".
The submissions will go through a double-blind review and the authors of the highest quality abstracts will be invited to submit full papers for presentation at the Research Colloquium.
Full papers of a maximum of 8000 words will be considered for publication in a special edition of a journal (to be decided).
Research Colloquium Topics
We welcome contributions to the Research Colloquium that speak to the conference theme and may focus on topics such as:
All papers should also include
Please ensure that you have read these guidelines before submitting your abstract. Abstracts not submitted in this format may not be considered for review.
All abstracts must be submitted in the paper management system using the template provided on the WPRF website.
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ABSTRACT TEXT
KEYWORDS
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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION
For queries, please contact project manager Malin Sundby Revaa, malin@kommunikasjon.no
September 1 2017 |
Submission of abstracts opens |
December 1 2017 at 11:59 p.m. ET |
Submission of abstracts closes |
January 15 2018 |
Notification of abstract decisions, authors of accepted abstracts to be invited to submit full papers |
March 31 2018 |
Full papers due |
April 22 2018 |
Research Colloquium in Oslo, Norway |