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Dear Colleagues,
<div class="gmail_quote">as we are approaching to the deadline for
the submissions of individual paper, panel and poster<font
color="#888888"> </font>proposals for the European
Communication Conference 2012 to take place in Istanbul, we would
kindly remind you that the submission deadline is 28 February 2012
and that this deadline will not be extended.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Please check for the CFP below and our
website at: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ecrea2012istanbul.eu/" target="_blank">www.ecrea2012istanbul.eu</a> </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Looking forward seeing you in Istanbul,</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Nurcay Turkoglu, Conference Chair</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Salvatore Scifo, General Coordinator</div>
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ECREA 2012 - 4th European Communication Conference<br>
Istanbul Bilgi University<br>
Istanbul, Turkey, 24-27 October 2012</b><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>
<br>
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>
<br>
ECREA is pleased to accept proposals for individual papers, panels
as well as poster presentations. All proposals must be submitted
through the conference website <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ecrea2012istanbul.eu" target="_blank">www.ecrea2012istanbul.eu</a>
and will be reviewed by the 17 ECREA thematic sections. The
descriptions of the sections are listed further below in this
message.<br>
<br>
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 1 December 2011 to 28 February 2012. Early submission is
strongly encouraged. Please note that this submission deadline
will not be extended.<br>
<br>
Timeline<br>
1 December 2011: Online submission system for proposals open<br>
28 February 2012: Deadline for online submission of proposals<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>
24-27 October 2012: European Communication Conference<br>
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<br>
ECREA Thematic Sections descriptions<br>
<br>
Audience and Reception Studies<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>
Communication and Democracy<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>
Communication History<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>
Communication Law and Policy<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>
Diaspora, Migration and the Media<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>
Digital Culture and Communication<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>
Film Studies<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>
Gender and Communication<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>
International and Intercultural Communication<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>
Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction<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>
<br>
Journalism Studies<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>
Organisational and Strategic Communication<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>
Philosophy of Communication<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>
Political Communication<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>
<br>
Radio Research<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>
Science and Environment Communication<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>
<br>
Television Studies<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>
Istanbul, 24-27 October 2012<br>
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