---Apologies for cross-posting--- Pre-ANNOUNCEMENT 4TH EUROPEAN COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE ECC2012 / ISTANBUL October 24- 27, 2012 ECC2012-ISTANBUL IS COVERING “SOCIAL MEDIA AND GLOBAL VOICES” The Fourth European Communication Conference of ECREA will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, October 24- 27, 2012. The conference will be organized by the Turkish Communication Research Association (ILAD) and will take place in Bilgi University. THE THEME OF THE CONFERENCE IS SOCIAL MEDIA AND GLOBAL VOICES ECC2012-Istanbul-“Social Media And Global Voices” aims to open up a vibrant discussion in the European academic scene in the areas of: new media, peace and conflict journalism, network society, convergence culture, cultural spaces of human interaction, social media use and access, media as a platform for democracy, legislative restrictions of the old and new media, limits of artistic expressions, issues of multiculturalism, ubiquity of the internet and digital divide, local media as community builder, diasporic media, transnational media, and the political economy of the media. CONFERENCE WEBSITE http://www.ecrea2012istanbul.eu/