New Book

Torres, Eduardo Cintra / Mateus, Samuel (eds.)

From Multitude to Crowds: Collective Action and the Media       

Series: passagem - Volume 8

               
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2015. 268 pp.

 ISBN 978-3-631-66802-3 hb.  (Hardcover and ebook)

From Multitude to Crowds: Collective Action and the Media presents a study of collective action in the 21^st century. Experts from Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy, Political Communication and Media Studies offer a multidisciplinary approach to social formations in contemporary collective action. The various contributions discuss the relevance of media and communications in social movements and how social mobilization has changed in mediatized societies.

 

Please visit:

 

http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=88089&cid=448

What a Conference!

Thank you for all the participants for making this event a so thought-provoking opportunity to discuss how crowds and multitudes are influencing our societies today.

It was a very intense two-day conference with so interesting insights and analyses.

Do not forget to check the pictures section!

Welcome to Lisbon

source: tripadvisor.com

The Organizing Committee gives a warm welcome to all the conference participants.
Tomorrow the day starts at 09h30 AM with the opening session and, next, the first plenary session.

The reception starts half an hour earlier.

See you tomorrow.

We Welcome You

"From Multitude to Crowds" conference will begin in three days time.



Catholic University of Portugal is ready to receive you all, either you will be speaking or just attending to the sessions.

As you can see in the Program, the first plennary session will have Professor Todd Gitlin as keynote speaker.

We hope you have a nice flight to Lisbon and hope to see you on Monday.

Conference Will Begin in Three Weeks

Catholic University of Portugal is ready to host the "From Multitude to Crowds in Social Movements – publics, gatherings, networks and media in the 21th century" international conference.

The Organizing Committee reminds that registration is mandatory both to attend to the panels and to present a communication. So, we ask all the speakers that are not yet registered to register to the conference.

See you soon,

The Organizing Committee

Scientific Program is now available

Scientific Program is now available.

Please check it in "here"

Submission of Full Paper: Deadline Extended

Due to requests, the Deadline concerning the submission of the papers have been extended to December, 31 2014