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<b>ECREA 2012 - 4th European Communication Conference</b><br>
Istanbul Bilgi University<br>
Istanbul, Turkey, 24-27 October 2012<br>
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Hosted by the Turkish Communication Research Association (ILAD)<br>
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The European Communication Research and Education Association
(ECREA)
and the Turkish Communication Research Association (ILAD), together
with Istanbul Bilgi University, welcome the submission of abstracts
for
presentation at the 4th European Communication Conference to be held
in
Istanbul, Turkey from 24 to 27 October 2012.<br>
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The general theme of the conference is ‘Social Media-Global Voices’.
The organisers call for proposals in all fields of communication and
media studies, but particularly invite conceptual, empirical, and
methodological proposals on social media and global communication
phenomena and/or on comparative research.<br>
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ECREA is pleased to accept proposals for individual papers, panels
as
well as poster presentations. All proposals must be submitted
through
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and will be reviewed by the 17 ECREA thematic sections. The
descriptions of the sections are listed further below in this
message.<br>
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Abstracts should be written in English and contain a clear outline
of
the argument, the theoretical framework, and, where applicable,
methodology and results. The preferred length of the individual
abstracts is between 400 and 500 words (the maximum is 500 words).
Panel proposals --which should consist of five individual
contributions--, combine a panel abstract with five individual
abstracts, each of which are between 400 and 500 words.<br>
<br>
Participants may submit more than one proposal, but only one paper
or
poster by the same first author might be accepted. First authors can
still be second (or third, etc.) author of other papers or posters,
and
can still act as chair or respondent of a panel.<br>
<br>
All proposals should be submitted through the conference website
from <b>1
December 2011</b> to <b>28 February 2012</b>. Early submission is
strongly encouraged. Please note that this submission deadline will
not
be extended.<br>
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<b><br>
Timeline<br>
</b>1 December 2011: Online submission system open<br>
28 February 2012: Deadline for online submission<br>
30 April 2012: Notification of the acceptance<br>
15 August 2012: End of early bird registration fee<br>
1 October 2012: Deadline for online registration<br>
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<b>ECREA Thematic Sections descriptions<br>
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Audience and Reception Studies</i><br>
The Audience and Reception Studies section invites contributions
that
focus on how people use and make sense of old and new media and with
what consequences for individuals, groups, communities and
societies.
The section welcomes various approaches (theoretical/critical works,
empirical studies, methodological discussions) and methods
(quantitative or qualitative research, or both), and encourages
submissions that cross disciplines (e.g. social sciences, political
sciences, education sciences, humanities and arts, psychology) and
traditional boundaries (e.g. between old and new media, between mass
and group communication, between content/production and audience/
reception/effects).<br>
<br>
<i>Communication and Democracy</i><br>
The Communication and Democracy section invites you to send in
abstracts for papers as well as panel proposals focusing on the
relationship between media, communication and democracy. Democracy
is
being defined here in a broad sense and is not merely limited to the
procedural aspect of political systems, but also includes civic
cultures. Equally, democracy does not only refer to (Western) models
of
liberal democracy, and media and communication relates to both more
traditional (mass) media as well as the internet and newer forms of
(digital) media and communication opportunities. The section-theme
for
2012 Istanbul conference is "Social Media and Global Voices", but
papers outside of this general theme will also be accepted.
Abstracts
and panel proposals should ideally address one of these sub-themes:
democracy, participation and citizenship; critical approaches,
theoretical challenges and methodological innovations; public
spheres,
counter-public spheres and beyond; media and political
mobilizations,
activism and protest cultures; the future of community media and
(local) journalism (in a digital age) and their impact on (local)
democracy; EU and/or national media & communication policies;
civic
engagement and media literacies.<br>
<br>
<i>Communication History</i><br>
The Communication History section provides a forum for scholars from
different European countries who approach communication with a
historical perspective. The section invites contributions dealing
with:
the history of socially relevant and mass communication (e.g., the
history of media production and institutions, history of journalism,
public relations and advertising, new media histories, historical
audiences); the history of communication in general (e.g., history
of
interpersonal or group communication); memory studies (e.g., mass
media
and social memory); the history of ideas related to the field of
communication (the history of theories concerning public or mediated
communication or the history of communication as a scientific
field);
the methodology and theory of communication history.<br>
<br>
<i>Communication Law and Policy</i><br>
The Communication Law and Policy section provides a forum for the
debate and analysis of past and current national and EU legal,
regulatory and policy directions in the field of European media and
communication. The field is interpreted broadly to include
political,
social, cultural, anthropological and economic questions. The
section
invites contributions (proposals for papers, posters or panels) in
any
area of (broadly understood) European media and communication law,
regulation and policy, including historical, comparative and
philosophical approaches to this domain. We welcome critical
methodologies and analyses, as well as discussions on new ways of
thinking about policy and law in the media, communication and
cultural
industries. We also welcome works that are situated at the
intersection
of macro-level and micro-level analysis, that use interdisciplinary
approaches and works that push the boundaries of established work.<br>
<br>
<i>Diaspora, Migration and the Media</i><br>
Transnational and diasporic communications have brought a number of
theoretical and methodological challenges for European communication
research, such as those relating to the significance of the national
public spheres, national broadcasting, multicultural media and the
cultural and communication practices of people living in culturally
diverse societies. The section invites and encourages theoretical
and
empirical explorations of European communications and diversity from
across Europe and beyond. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches
and
innovative studies in all areas of media and communication research
(media production; media texts; consumption of media and
communications
technologies; national and transnational policy; media ethics and
the
representation of difference).<br>
<br>
<i>Digital Culture and Communication</i><br>
The Digital Culture and Communication section aims at exchanging and
developing research at the European level in the developing field of
digital media and informational culture as this is broadly defined.
We
welcome work that crosses disciplines and that operates at the
boundaries of what might generally be allowed to constitute
media/communication systems. The section actively seeks both
empirical
and theoretical/critical work. It therefore welcomes work that
questions the general specificity of 'the digital' and/or uses 'the
digital' to rethink existing media and communication theories and
approaches (as well as research methods).<br>
<br>
<i>Film Studies</i><br>
Ranging from early cinema experiences in European metropolis, to the
contemporary blockbuster multiplexes, film has always been at the
forefront of European popular culture. The Film Studies section
invites
for contributions that deal with film in a broad variety of aspects:
film as content, as cultural artefact, as commercial product, as
lived
experience, as cultural and economic institution, as symbolic field
of
cultural production, as media technology, etc. We strive towards
methodological openness and multilevel approaches on the study of
historical and contemporary cinema: film text, context, production,
representation and reception. Cultural studies perspectives,
historical
approaches, political economy, textual analysis, audience research
all
find their place within the section.<br>
<br>
<i>Gender and Communication</i><br>
The Gender and Communication section invites empirical and/or
theoretical contributions to the field of communication with a
specific
interest in gender and its intersections. Gender is conceptualised
in a
broad sense, aiming for inclusivity and multivocality within the
field.
Contributions can therefore address gender or gender-related issues’
intersection with concepts such as ethnicity, identity politics,
age,
or queer studies. As with gender, the concept of media is equally
open.
Contributions might therefore adopt an interdisciplinary approach,
for
example using insights from feminist media studies, popular culture
studies, and post-structural theory or posing philosophical
questions.
Aiming to bridge the gap between communication and gender studies,
this
section welcomes approaches that combine a focus on gender with
media
research, namely media production, content analysis of media texts
and
media use and/or reception.<br>
<br>
<i>International and Intercultural Communication</i><br>
The field of International and Intercultural Communication has
changed
considerably over the last years. Globalisation and its consequences
have forced the field to broaden its scope. Furthermore the field is
challenged from the outside by other disciplines engaging in the
debate
on the role of communication in globalisation processes. In this
section we welcome contributions that take a broad view on
cross-border
communication in all its forms. We define cross-border communication
in
terms of communication crossing national or/and cultural borders and
we
focus on both mediated and personal forms of communication.<br>
<br>
<i>Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction</i><br>
The Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction section
welcomes
contributions that focus on the study of human interaction and human
communicative behaviour. The core is constituted of contacts and
bonds
between people, whether in private or public contexts, whether
face-to-face or through various communication technologies. The
research fields and theory development areas of interpersonal
communication and social interaction are wide-ranging. They include
interpersonal relationships, relationship formation, development and
termination, group and team communication, conversational
organisation,
verbal and nonverbal communication, public speaking, radio and
television performance, rhetoric, argumentation, persuasion and
mutual
influence, communicative competence and interpersonal skills,
ethnography of speaking, and other related approaches to human
social
interaction. All kinds of contexts are welcome (e.g., family, work,
instructional, political, health), as are all methodologies
(qualitative, quantitative, mixed).<br>
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<i>Journalism Studies</i><br>
The Journalism Studies section is concerned with cultural,
political,
economic, social and professional aspects of journalism and news
work.
The section accordingly invites for consideration papers of high
quality across the range of journalism studies, focussing on
occupational, participatory, regulatory, ethical, social,
technological, political, commercial, cultural, educational,
historical
and other dimensions, with particular reference to the European
and/or
global context.<br>
<br>
<i>Organisational and Strategic Communication</i><br>
The section for Organizational and Strategic Communication promotes
an
active and critical dialogue among scholars in view of consolidating
an
interdisciplinary field of debate, applications and complex
projects.
Its aim is to approach and to debate on the fundamentals of
corporate
communication, and to encourage the development of research topics
and
input concepts by different scholars in various European countries
or
elsewhere. The overall objective of the section is therefore to
enhance
the European research within the field of organizational and
strategic
communications as well as to refine the conceptual and
methodological
background of the correlated practice. The participation rules of
the
section allow contributions from researchers, professors, master and
doctoral students, as well from corporate representatives whose aim
is
to develop the internal research portfolios of their own
organizations.
The section also allows for contributions of independent specialists
and consultants in marketing, public communication or related
fields,
as the very field of organizational communication is difficult to
observe unless part of the organizational systems.<br>
<br>
<i>Philosophy of Communication</i><br>
The Philosophy of Communication section in particular sets out to
consolidate a European forum for the philosophy of communication.
Guided by the ideal of a free, rational, diverse, engaged and
socially
just Europe, the section is explicitly oriented to reflect the
cultural
variety and the variety of traditions in the history of thought,
scholarship and science. The philosophy of communication encompasses
a
variety of concerns including reflective, theoretical, analytical,
normative and historical questions relating to communication as a
phenomenon, a dialectical process, a social reality, a form of
expression, a theoretical construct or last but not at least a
paradox.
What distinguishes Philosophy of Communication from other approaches
is
the foundational dimension embodied by the section. The Philosophy
of
Communication section welcomes contributions that deal with
questions
regarding theory formation and methodology in communication
scholarship, and with fundamental questions regarding the place of
communication in human existence.<br>
<br>
<i>Political Communication</i><br>
The Political Communication section invites empirical and/or
theoretical contributions on the changing nature of the relationship
between citizens, political actors and the media, old and new. We
welcome papers that address issues such as: the implications of
mediated and mediatized politics on the quality of modern democracy;
the European political communication deficit; the link between
political communication and media policy, new journalistic
practices,
but also rising antagonistic civic communicative inputs, practices
and
processes of the mediation and mediatization of politics. Similarly,
we
invite papers on communication strategies and news management of
political elites; campaign communication; citizenship and public
sphere; media effects on political orientations and participation;
as
well as interpersonal and online political communication. In line
with
the general theme of the 2012 ECC we are particularly interested in
papers that take a comparative view on political communication in
Europe. The section aims to bring together, and encourage critical
and
interdisciplinary approaches while creating dialogue between, a
broad
diversity of methodological and theoretical approaches.<br>
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<i>Radio Research</i><br>
Following its successful conference at the University of Minho in
September 2011, the Radio Research Section invites proposals for
ECC12.
Abstracts are welcome from across as wide a range of interests
related
to radio as possible. We do not wish to limit the focus and scope of
members' research in the medium, and the panels will be organized
thematically once abstracts have been peer-reviewed and accepted.
Whole
panel proposals are also welcome, although please note that there
will
inevitably be pressure on the available timeslots in the programme.
Panels and papers could be situated in the following fields as they
relate to radio: audience studies; community radio; audio content
(programming and genre); audio narratives; radio identities;
parallel
web and mobile platform content; digitisation; new or revised
research
methodologies; social networking and user-generated radio. Papers in
languages other than English are very welcome, but in the absence of
funding for translation services, paper proposers are encouraged to
consider ways of communicating their research to as wide a range of
participants as possible. This may involve showing a PowerPoint in
English or another of the widely-used European languages.<br>
<br>
<i>Science and Environment Communication</i><br>
The 21st century faces unprecedented challenges in the environment
and
science fields. The Science and Environment Communication section
seeks
to foster a strong and dynamic research network and welcomes work
that
crosses a range of disciplinary and methodological boundaries.
Examples
of topic areas include - but are far from restricted to: media
representations of science and the environment; political and
commercial discourse on the environment; dialogic, participatory
approaches to the communication of research-based knowledge;
communication, democracy and research governance; public engagement
with science and the environment.<br>
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<i>Television Studies</i><br>
The Television Studies section aims to facilitate strong cooperation
for European research and education in the field of television
studies.
In the face of technological and cultural changes to television 'as
we
know it', the section provides a network for TV researchers from a
wide
range of disciplines focussing on all aspects of television, both
addressing the 'post-broadcast era' and television's history and
multiple futures. The phenomenon of television in its broadest sense
is
the topic of the section: TV as programme, TV as aesthetic form, TV
as
lived experience, TV as cultural and economic institution, TV as
part
of legal and political actions, TV as symbolic field of cultural
production, TV as popular entertainment, TV as media technology, TV
as
commodity, TV as part of convergence culture, etc. The section
welcomes
various approaches (theoretical, analytical, historical, empirical,
critical, methodological) and encourages inter- and
transdisciplinary
work on television. For this conference, we would particularly but
not
only like to hear from researchers working on television and its
relation to different forms of participatory media and new forms of
interactive solutions such as over-the-top television. Another focus
could be fan-like activities and television.<br>
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Salvatore Scifo<br>
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General Coordinator<br>
4th European Communication Conference<br>
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