Turkish scholars visit J-School for study

The halls in the School of Journalism will continue going international. This week, the journalism school is hosting its fifth international symposium, “Communication in the Millennium,” which includes around 40 mass communication scholars from Turkey, according to a news release. \nThe University of Texas held the first such symposium in 2003. Since then, the location has alternated between U.S. and Turkish universities. The goal is to host a forum for international multidisciplinary dialogue about mass communication between Turkish and American scholars, according to the release.\nPresenters for the conference come from as far away as Buenos Aires, Argentina, but students from other American universities and the IU Journalism School also attend, according to the press release. \nThe conference began Wednesday and will continue through Friday at the Indiana Memorial Union. There will be nine sessions with news media agenda-setting as topics, along with public relations, advertising, cyber-politics and the television industry in Turkey. \nBrad Hamm, dean of the IU School of Journalism, said the conference allows a chance for American and Turkish communication scholars to meet. \n“It’s also a fascinating time in Turkey’s history, as recent news events show this week, and we look forward as a campus to learning more about the issues from our guests during their stay in Indiana,” Hamm said in the news release.