Self, Screen, Success – Blog Post Competition about Digital Communication
2021-09-21 02:39:00The Institute of Communication and Sociology, together with the Department of Communication and Media at Corvinus University of Budapest, is glad to announce its first Blog Post Competition entitled “Self, Screen, Success” focusing on crucial issues of New Media and Mobile Technology.
The application deadline has been extended until October 31.
The overall objective of this unique competition is to invite all Students studying in Hungary to challenge them-selves in creative writing, text production strategies and content creation concerning digital communication in an international environment. We do encourage students to share their personal experiences and perspectives on the topic available, without being driven by societal expectations or general opinions. Contestants can choose one of the following topics:
Competition Topics
- What does labour market not know about my generation and use of technology?
- How does my smartphone affect my daily life? What does my smartphone not know about me?
- I am smarter than AI because…
Application Requirements
- Blog post in English with a title and a lead
- Length between 6.000 and 10.000 characters, including spaces (number of characters indi-cated at the end of the text)
- Sources (if any) indicated in a list of references at the end of the essay
- Anonymous application with a chosen code name (please, indicate your code name after the title in the document and in the file name as well: blogpost_codename.pdf) – Submission in PDF format on the application form
- Deadline of application extended: 31st October 2021, 11:59 pm (Budapest time zone)
Prizes
Applicants will have been informed of the results by the end of November 2021. The winners will have their names published in the official page and they will also be informed by email.
The Corvinus University of Budapest offers the following prizes to the Students awarded in the Blog Post Competition:
- purchase voucher for electronic items with a total value of 300,000 HUF for the three best authors supported by Com-Forth, delivering innovative industrial IT solutions;
- book package selection;
- publishing top 3 articles on the International Corvinus website (www.internationalcorvinus.com) and sharing them on social media;
- opportunity for top 5 authors to publish in a digital booklet collection organized by the Department of Communication and Media Science.
Organizing Committee
- Organizers: Prof. Dr. Petra Aczél, Dr. Ágnes Veszelszki, Dr. Eszter Deli
- PhD and student assistants: Milson Veloso, Aizhamal Muratalieva, Tünde Taxner
- Contact for information: Milson Veloso (blogpost@uni-corvinus.hu)
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