Second International Conference on Communication & Media Studies
University of British Columbia – Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada
16-17 November 2017
http://oncommunicationmedia.com/vancouver-conference-2017
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Second International Conference on Communication & Media Studies will be held at the University of British Columbia – Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada, 16-17 November 2017. We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, virtual lightning talks, virtual posters, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes:
Theme 1: Media Cultures
- Mass versus niche media
- ‘Audience’ and practices of participation in media
- Cultural representation and power in media
- Popular culture in the media
- Feminist analyses of media
- (In)equities in access, and digital divide
- Politics of media and media in politics
- Censorship, affront and censoriousness in media
- Bodily presence and embodiment in media
- Multicultural media
- Media identities, from stars to selfies
Theme 2: Media Theory
- Communications theory
- Telepresence and time-space compressions
- Psychology of media and communications
- The idea of the virtual
- Cybernetics
- Mediation and remediation
- Media discourses: vicarious and participatory
- Ideologies in media, manipulation and propaganda
- Information theory
- Media analytics
Theme 3: Media Technologies and Processes
- Mass media and broadcast media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines
- Cinema and documentary
- Typographic media, from print to postscript
- Photography, from film to digital
- Hypermedia and multimedia
- Internet and online media
- Social media
- Informatics: code and data in media
Theme 4: Media Business
- Political economy of media
- Media management
- Advertising and marketing
- News media and journalism: changing dimensions of a profession
- Public relations as text and profession
- The changing publishing industry
- Intellectual property, between copyright and commons
- Reputational economies
- Globalization of media
Theme 5: Media Literacies
- Media education
- Media training and workforce development
- From learning management systems to MOOCs: e-learning environments as educational media
- Self-instructing media and informal learning
- Over-the-shoulder learning
2017 SPECIAL FOCUS: Rethinking the “Mediascape”
CONFERENCE SUBMISSION DEADLINE
We welcome the submission of presentation proposals at any time of the year up until 30 days before the start of the conference. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission. To view the next proposal deadline, visit our website.
JOURNAL
The Journal of Communication and Media Studies encourages the widest range of submissions and aims to foster the highest standards of intellectual excellence. Articles may be submitted by in-person and virtual participants as well as Community Members.
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