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Call for papers for Selling Politics and War - I International graduate conference on media and communication (ICMC). University of Porto, May 13-14 2010.The conference is organized by the Centro para as Ciências da Comunicação (C2COM -University of Porto) and the European Communication Research and Education Association’s Young Scholars’ Network (YECREA). Invited speakers include Paolo Mancini (Università di Perugia) and Philip Hammond (London South Bank University). The conference will provide a timely opportunity to spark a discussion on the dynamics between media and the political world, in different countries, with a particular focus on the role of the media in exceptional times: the way candidates and parties are covered during elections campaigns and the media performance in wartime periods.An electronic version of the extended abstract, with a preferred length between 750 to 1000 words, accompanied by contact details and a brief bio on a separate page, should be sent no later than February 28th. All proposals should be submitted to the email: icmc2010abstracts@icicom.up.pt. Notification of acceptance will be sent by March 15. For more information, please visit: http://icmc2010.wordpress.com/.