The Faculty of Al Alsun and Mass Communication Organizes its Third Graduate Student Conference on Comparative Media Studies

20 Dec 2021

The Department of Mass Communication of the Faculty of Al Alsun and Mass Communication organized its Third  Graduate Student Conference on “Comparative Media Studies” on December 11, 2021.   This year, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that we face as a global community, the conference was virtual.  The one-day conference provided an interdisciplinary platform for scholarly interaction and a sounding board for young scholars (particularly MA and doctoral students) to present their work and get feedback.  The conference also offered emerging scholars the opportunity to discuss and exchange research ideas and innovative theoretical insights with participants from different backgrounds.

The keynote speaker, Dr. Mona Magdy Abdel Maksoud,  Senior Manager, Knowledge and Research, Arab Region, Women in News, The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, Berlin, explored interdisciplinarity in  media research.

A number of Mass Communication professors from different universities participated in the Conference and shared their knowledge and insights with the speakers.  Conference topics included globalization of communication activities and national identity, communication in the digital age, and communication and sustainable development.  The conference attracted a large number of participants from different public and private universities.