About 1,000 communication scholars are set to converge for the maiden edition of the Mass Communication International Conference, which is scheduled to take place at the University of Cross River (UNICROSS) in two weeks’ time.
Participants for the conference will be drawn from different Nigerian institutions of higher learning and foreign universities to brainstorm at the conference.
Committee Chairman, Mass Communication International Conference, Dr. Emmanuel Inyang, disclosed this in an interactive session with The Guardian on Monday in Calabar.
Speaking on the theme, Intersectionality of Science and Communication, Inyang averred that the international conference is not organised to witch hunt any public institution but to present UNICROSS to the world, create an enabling environment for communication scholars and professionals and brainstorm on the changing communication infrastructure.
The conference, which will attract communication scholars, professionals from the communication industry, as well as communication students, will have the UNICROSS Vice Chancellor, Prof. Francisca Bassey, playing host to participants.
“The three-day conference, which starts on May 13 and ends on May 16, requires submission of abstracts to be presented by scholars at the ceremony. The Head of Department, Mass Communications, Dr. John Ukam, will co-host it.
Keynote speakers at the conference include Cross River State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Erasmus Ekpang, lead paper presenter, Prof. Nandi Ekeanyanwu, of Sub Fellow Script College of Communications, Ohio University, USA and Prof. Herbert Batta of the University of Uyo.
“We expect that, arising from the conference, journalists and operators of the media industry would do things differently.
“We believe that participants in the May conference, who include students of journalism and mass communication, would have a rewarding experience as they learn outside the regular classroom,” the committee chairman said.
Solomon Azu, The Guardian
