ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will hold a national conference early next year for developing media-academia collaboration to promote community-based research study and introduce new innovations in social sector that relevant to society’s overall development.
The theme of the conference will be ‘Media in post modern times’.
It will be first-ever media conference, being organized at the University’s level for addressing community-related problems through joint efforts.
Media practitioners and working journalists from print, electronic and social media will be invited for seeking their professional input to achieve the goal of social development through joint efforts.
According to a senior official of the University here on Saturday, the media in the recent years has emerged as most strong social institution that could help the educational institutions to disseminate their research findings among the relevant quarters for the society’s benefit.
AIOU, he said wanted to promote its basic role, creating and constructing knowledge through research, with the support of relevant institutions, particularly the media.
The media conference is likely to take place in March next.
It will be organized by the department of Mass Communication.
Source: APP
