Argumentor Conference 2014

TEN YEARS OF FACEBOOK: THE THIRD ARGUMENTOR CONFERENCE. Oradea | Nagyvárad, Romania, 4-6 September 2014.

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This year marks the tenth anniversary of the launch of Facebook, the most ubiquitous social media and communication platform in the world. It also gives us the opportunity to take a step back and examine increasingly important questions about how Facebook and the new social web have impacted the world of communication, from debate, discourse and rhetoric to philosophy, politics, social context, and other forms of new media.

Has Facebook been constructive or disruptive in these different areas – or perhaps both? How does the ease and ubiquity of online communication affect longstanding national, generational, ideological, gender and class divides?

We welcome papers seeking to explore such questions, including approaches that aim to challenge the importance, relevance or timeliness of such questions.

Keynote speakers:
Mark DEUZE, University of Amsterdam
László ROPOLYI, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Fabio SABATINI, Sapienza University of Rome

Organizing Committee:
Gizela HORVÁTH, Partium Christian University, Romania
Rozália Klára BAKÓ, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Romania
Éva BIRÓ-KASZÁS, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Scientific Committee:
Petra ACZÉL, Budapest Corvinus University, Hungary
Rozália Klára BAKÓ, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Romania
Brigitta BALOGH, Partium Christian University, Romania
Krisztina BERNÁTH, Partium Christian University, Romania
Silvia BRANEA, University of Bucharest, Romania
István BUJALOS, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Georgeta DRULĂ, University of Bucharest, Romania
László Attila HUBBES, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Romania
László NEMES, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Levente SZÉKEDI, Partium Christian University, Romania
Gyöngyvér TŐKÉS, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Romania
Gábor Á. ZEMPLÉN, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Deodáth ZUH, University of Pécs, Hungary

The language of the conference is English. For sections 3 and 5, we accept papers and presentations either in English or in German. However, all abstracts should be submitted in English.

CONFERENCE SECTIONS:

1. Argumentation, Rhetoric and the Internet
Chairs: Petra ACZÉL, Gábor Á. ZEMPLÉN

2. Facebook and Communication
Chairs: Silvia BRANEA, László Attila HUBBES

3. Facebook and Debate
Chairs: Rozália Klára BAKÓ, Deodáth ZUH
We also accept papers/presentations in German for this section, provided that the abstract is written in English.

4. Facebook and New Media
Georgeta DRULĂ, Gyöngyvér TŐKÉS

5. Facebook and Philosophy
Chairs: Brigitta BALOGH, László NEMES
We also accept papers/presentations in German for this section, provided that the abstract is written in English.

6. Facebook and Politics
Chair: István BUJALOS

7. Facebook and Social Context
Chairs: Krisztina BERNÁTH, Levente SZÉKEDI

Contact: argumentor.conf@gmail.com