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<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://www.icahdq.org/page/ICA2021">71st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA)</a> will be a virtual conference, to be held from 27-31 May.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In order to offer the opportunity for presenters and registrants to interact with one another at a time when international travel to and from most countries is severely restricted, the ICA has approved a series of
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Regional Hubs</a> where conference delegates can meet and have “watch parties” for papers, panels and plenary sessions.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/schools/school-of-literature-art-and-media/department-of-media-and-communications.html">
Department of Media and Communication (MECO) at The University of Sydney</a> will be hosting one of the 12 regional hubs. ICA conference registrants are invited to indicate if they wish to be a part of the Regional Hub, which will have a dedicated space in
 the John Woolley Building at the Camperdown campus for the five days of the conference.
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICA Executive Committee member and former ICA President Terry Flew will be host for the five days, and will work with registrants to develop a playlist for the conference. The event will be catered for the days involved, and small travel
 bursaries may be available, subject to the number of participants. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For the #ICA21 conference, <a href="https://www.icahdq.org/event/ICA21">
registration fees</a> for ICA members are $US50 for Tier A, $US25 for Tier B, and $0 for Tier C. Australia is a Tier A country. Registration fees are $US75 after 13 May, and are $US450 for non-members. If you have already registered, the Regional Hub event
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you wish to register, or have questions about the event, please contact Professor Terry Flew at
<a href="mailto:terry.flew@sydney.edu.au">terry.flew@sydney.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#353535;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Terry Flew, FAHA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#353535;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Professor of Digital Communication and Culture<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#353535;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Media and Communication<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#353535;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Room S208 A20 John Woolley Building<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#353535;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Faculty of Arts &amp; Social Sciences, The University of Sydney<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#353535;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">NSW, Australia 2006<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#353535;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Fellow,&nbsp;<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/mq01CVARKgCxLoO6zcGeZex?domain=icahdq.org" target="_blank" title="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/mq01CVARKgCxLoO6zcGeZex?domain=icahdq.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">International
 Communication Association</span></a></span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Fellow of the&nbsp;<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/U50bCWLVXkU5gmlKNFxA8jS?domain=humanities.org.au/" title="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/U50bCWLVXkU5gmlKNFxA8jS?domain=humanities.org.au/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Australian
 Academy of the Humanities</span></a>.&nbsp;</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Chief Investigator,&nbsp;</span></b><b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/t37DCXLW2mUXyopRkHDo2an?domain=research.qut.edu.au/" title="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/t37DCXLW2mUXyopRkHDo2an?domain=research.qut.edu.au/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Platform
 Governance: Rethinking Internet Regulation as Media Policy</span></a>, Australian Research Council Discovery-Project (DP190100222), 2019-2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">&nbsp;Recent publications:</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#343434;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Flew, Terry, Gillett, Rosalie, Martin, Fiona &amp; Sunman, Lucy (2021)&nbsp;<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/2AkxC2xMQzipJznX0hXkcGA?domain=tandfonline.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">Return
 of the regulatory state: A stakeholder analysis of Australia’s Digital Platforms Inquiry and online news policy</span></a>,&nbsp;<i>The Information Society</i>. DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2020.1870597.&nbsp;</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#343434;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Flew, Terry, and Wilding , Derek (2021),&nbsp;<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/8-1AC3QNPBipJzLlWhEJd6q?domain=journals.sagepub.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">The
 turn to regulation in digital communication: the ACCC’s digital platforms inquiry and Australian media policy</span></a><b>,&nbsp;</b><i>Media, Culture &amp; Society</i>, 43(1), pp. 48-65. &nbsp;</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#343434;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Su, Chunmeizi, and Flew, Terry (2021),&nbsp;“<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/zsaEC4QOPEiBQKLORH3YmCU?domain=journals.sagepub.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">The
 rise of Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent (BAT) and their role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)</span></a>”,&nbsp;<i>Global Media and Communication</i>. DOI:&nbsp;<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/IZBSC5QPXJiZQLq7ws96PR5?domain=urldefense.com" target="_blank" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://doi.org/10.1177/1742766520982324__;!!NVzLfOphnbDXSw!XsGVCUoHmtYJf-fT0SY27vk41n-LSSFgrXJj6Di9HdGwJMk9bueWNcLPRyFrfQgGWA$"><span style="color:#0563C1">10.1177/1742766520982324</span></a>.&nbsp;</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#343434;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Flew, Terry (2020), ‘<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Ku5RC6XQ4LfrAYQvZUvyfCw?domain=eprints.qut.edu.au/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Globalization and Post-Globalization’</span></a>,
 In Lievrouw, Leah &amp; Loader, Brian (eds.),&nbsp;<i>Routledge Handbook of Digital Media and Communication</i>&nbsp;(London: Routledge), pp. 350-362.&nbsp;</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#343434;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Park, Sora, Fisher, Caroline, Flew, Terry and Dulleck, Uwe (2020),&nbsp;Global Mistrust in News: The Impact of Social Media on Trust,&nbsp;<i>International Journal on Media Management</i>,
 DOI:&nbsp;<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/EqJwC71R2NTAx13KnIP9RHX?domain=tandfonline.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">10.1080/14241277.2020.1799794</span></a>.</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#343434;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Fisher, Caroline, Flew, Terry, Park, Sora, Lee, Jee Young and Dulleck, Uwe (2020), Improving Trust in news: Audience Solutions,&nbsp;<i>Journalism Practice</i>, DOI:&nbsp;<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Jzt_C81V0PT6Zpn0BTy759c?domain=doi-org.ezp01.library.qut.edu.au"><span style="color:#0563C1">10.1080/17512786.2020.1787859</span></a></span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#343434;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Flew, Terry and Iosifidis, Petros (2020),&nbsp;<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/g--yC91WPRTkgEoXrFxUGON?domain=doi.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">Populism, globalisation
 and social media</span></a>,&nbsp;<i>International Communication Gazette</i>, 82(1), &nbsp;pp. 7-25.</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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