Call for Papers New deadline for abstracts submission Scholars and researchers are invited to present papers on every topic related to media studies, particularly those included in the following research areas: 1.   Journalism 2.   Television Studies 3.   Advertising 4.   Multimedia 5.   Interactive Media 6.   Political Communication 7.   Organizational Communication 8.   Sociology of Communication 9.   Theories of Communication 10. Cognition and Languages 11. Semiotics 12. Art and Rhetoric 13. Communication Ethics We particularly welcome papers on the relationships between media, cognition and culture as well as those regarding the cognitive and sociocultural topics referred to in the conference description. Papers will last for 20 minutes plus 10 minutes Q&A and they will be presented in parallel sessions. Congress languages are Portuguese, English, Spanish and French. Paper abstracts should not exceed 500 words (exclusive of references) and should state research questions, approach, method, data and (expected) results. Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. Deadline for abstract presentation is April 30th, 2009. Acceptance/rejection notification deadline is May 31st, 2009. The abstract, edited in Word or RTF (or PDF, in case it contains special symbols), should be sent to the following address: cicom2009@gmail.com Please do not mention the author’s name, institution or address in the abstract. The e-mail subject should be “abstract” and the message should include the following information: 1. Author’s name(s) 2. Affiliation (s) 3. Paper title 4. Research area (as listed above) 5. Post address 6. E-mail address 7. Phone/fax nº 8. Necessary equipment (beyond data projector and laptop)