Tuesday, February 17, 2009

New Fields of Study

I don't know why I am interested in working on topics which have not researched so much! What I am reading about now is social capital, Internet, blogging and social network analysis. I hope that I will be able to present my PhD proposal in communication in this field but unfortunately, there are a few scholar works on social science particularly in the field of Internet. In fact, I did not find anything about social capital in the cyberspace with the focus on the blogging.
In addition, social network analysis as a methodology is not acceptable by all scholars in Social Science different branches and connecting among these new concepts are not easy to me.
I hope I will find something useful to base my research on it.

I sent an abstract for IAMCR international conference in Gender and Communication section. The head of the section wrote to me:


"I have received the abstract and we are now reviewing the materials. We should have final word in a month or so, but, given how well you did last year, and how interesting your topic was, I would anticipate at your proposal will be accepted.

No guarantees, of course (and I have to consult with the other organizers of our section), but that would be my early guess."

The previous year was the first time I participated in this conference. Actually, my paper seemed fascinating for audience!
Wow! Well done!

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