The 2015 Spring Annual Conference of the Korean Society for Journalism & Communication Studies (KSJCS) was held at Hogil Kim Memorial Hall on May 15 - 16 from 12p.m. to 6p.m. There were more than 400 participants including professors, graduate students, media scholars, and others related to media all over the country. A total of 140 papers about media were announced in 52 sessions on the first day, among which three papers were awarded before sharing dinner at Posco International Center.
The title of the annual conference was “Crisis of Korean Society and Public Communication” and the president of KSJCS, Jaechul Shim, started the conference with an opening address followed by President Yongmin Kim’s speech.
For this annual conference, the first poster session was held to encourage participants to research creative ideas. As the first session of this conference, announcements by graduates were delivered from 12p.m. to 1p.m. The presenters of each subject and session presented and participants chose the sessions they wanted to participate in. Presentations were given in lecture rooms on the 1st and 3rd floor of Hogil Kim Memorial Hall .
This conference is expected to alarm problems of Korean society, emphasize the importance of public communication, and highlighted the close relationship between science and journalism.
On the 16th, participants visited Pohang Accelerator Laboratory and POSCO before leaving Pohang.
Professor Jinhee Kim (HSS) is a member of research group in the KSJCS and organization for the 2015 spring annual conference.