Istanbul Gelisim University - The 5th International New Media Conference starts in November

The 5th International New Media Conference starts in November

The main theme of the International New Media Conference, which will be held for the 5th time this year by Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Department of New Media and Communication, has been determined as 'Digital Inequality'. The conference will be held online free of charge on 25 – 26 November.

The 5th International New Media Conference, organized by Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Department of New Media and Communication since 2015, will take place this year. The main theme of the 5th International New Media Conference, which will be held by the IGU Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences Department of New Media and Communication between 25 - 26 November, has been determined as 'Digital Inequality'.

“CONFERENCE WILL DRAW ATTENTION TO INEQUALITIES”

The following statements were made by the university regarding the conference:

"Started to come to the fore with the Covid-19 pandemic we have been experiencing since the end of 2019, ‘Digital Inequality’ points to both the reproduction of existing social inequalities in new media environments and the new inequalities that have emerged with new communication technologies. The conference adopts the principle of open science, with the belief that access to scientific information should not be restricted and that it supports the advancement of science through collaboration, while at the same time considering that the limits placed on access to scientific information create a new inequality.”

In the statement emphasizing that participation is open to everyone and free of charge, the sub-titles of the conference are listed as follows:

“Open Science, Gender, Digital Capitalism, Informational Capitalism, The Problem of Access to Technology, International News Monopoly, Political Economy, Inequality of Opportunity in Digital Education, Digital Labor, Digital Surveillance, Subaltern Studies”