La comunicación en la sociedad del conocimiento:
desafíos para la universidad
Palacio de Convenciones de La Habana, Cuba
Del 19 al 22 de octubre de 2009
V CONFERENCIA DE ACADÉMICOS DE LA COMUNICACIÓN DE LAS AMÉRICAS
"LA FORMACIÓN DE COMUNICADORES EN LAS AMÉRICAS"
V CONFERENCE OF COMMUNICATION SCHOLARS OF THE AMERICAS
"COMMUNICATION TRAINING ACROSS THE AMERICAS"
Sponsored by FELAFACS (Federación Lationamericana de Facultades de Comunicación Social)
and the NCA (National Communication Association)
XIII Latin American Social Communication Schools Congress
Date: Thursday, October 22nd 2009 Time: 17.00 -19.00
Venue: Room 6 (Palacio de Convenciones de La Habana, Cuba)
A Note of Welcome
Welcome to the V Conference of Communication scholars of the Americas, sponsored by the National
Communication Association (NCA) and the Latin American Federation of Social Communication Schools
(FELAFACS).
The theme of this fifth conference is “Communication training across the Americas: a comparative approach".
Since 1997, in México City, where the first conference was held, NCA and FELAFACS main goal has been to provide
communication scholars from South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and North America an opportunity
to share their teaching, research, and practice experiences in the different areas of the field of communication. As
well, this is an opportunity to improve the North-South dialogue and to promote programs for collaborative
teaching, research, and practice in the continent.
The V Conference will offer a multi-dimensional symposium designed to give participants a greater understanding
of the ideological, pedagogical, theoretical, and practical paradigms relevant to the communication training across
the Americas. Our goal is to fortify professional relationships between Latin American and North American
communication scholars. We would like to extend a special word of thanks to our participants from Argentina,
Colombia, México, Peru and the United States, as this preconference would not have been possible without their
contributions.
We invite you to join us for the conference opening remarks; the two conference panels on “Communication
training across the Americas: a comparative approach"; the dinner and discussion session and the business
meeting, which will take place after the two panels. We have designed the structure and flow of the day to
maximize opportunities for dialogue between panelists and participants.
Finally, we would like to thank all of you who have made special efforts to participate in this conference, in the
hope of continuing the mission of the first conference and fostering relationships between organizations and
individuals within and across national boundaries. We appreciate your support in this endeavor, and we look
forward to working with you to ensure the success of this conference.
All the best!
The Steering Committee.
www.felafacs.org/lahabana |encuentro2009@felafacs.org
La comunicación en la sociedad del conocimiento:
desafíos para la universidad
Palacio de Convenciones de La Habana, Cuba
Del 19 al 22 de octubre de 2009
Steering Committee
Federico Varona, Ph. D., San José State University, San Jose, CA (Chair)
Jesús Arroyave, Universidad del Norte Barranquilla, Colombia
Julio César Mateus, Secretary Executive, FELAFACS, Peru
Institutional affiliates
Teresa Quiroz, President, FELAFACS
Betsy Wackernagel Bach, Ph.D., President NCA
Conference Schedule
17.00 - 17:15: Opening remarks
Federico Varona, San José State University
17.15 - 18:15: First panel: Communication training across the USA
Leading (and) Service Learning: Perspectives of Faculty Participation and Support.
Andrew Jared Critchfield and Abbie Weiner (The George Washington University)
Communication training and civic engagement: Theoretical challenges and practical solutions
Amit M. Schejter (The Pennsylvania State University)
Using the National Communication Association Undergraduate Curriculum Guidelines
to build communication programs.
Betsy Wackernagel Bach and William Bradford Mello (NCA)
Developing Solution-Focus Consulting Skills in Communication Studies Undergraduates.
David E. Weber (University of North Carolina Wilmington)
18.20 - 19:00: Second panel: Communication training across Latin America
Apuntes sobre el plan de estudios de la licenciatura en comunicación y periodismo
de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
Vanesa Muriel (Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México)
Los estudios de comunicación en Argentina
Lucrecia Reta (Federación Argentina de Carreras de Comunicación Social-FADECCOS)
Co-autoras: Lic. María Emilia Pugni Reta y Lic. Nadia Fernández y Valdivielso
Los estudios de comunicación en el Perú
Javier Protzel (Universidad de Lima, Perú)
Encuentros y desencuentros en la formación de comunicadores en las Américas
Jesús Arroyave (Universidad del Norte Barranquilla, Colombia)
19:30 -21:00 Dinner, Discussion Session, and Business Meeting
Coordinated by the Steering Committee
www.felafacs.org/lahabana |encuentro2009@felafacs.org