Calls for Papers
Shanghai, China, 8-10 November 2013
Communication and Social Transformation
Call for Papers
The ICA Shanghai regional conference, organized jointly by 15 universities (see organizer list) in mainland China with a global advisory board and partnerships, in agreement with the International Communication Association (www.icahdq.org), is scheduled for 8-10 November 2013 in Shanghai, China. This conference marks the first ICA co-sponsored regional conference in mainland China.
The Conference’s goals are the following:
Subject areas and sub-topics
We welcome paper submissions on a broad range of topics that exemplify the societal transformation and impact of communication in all its various forms. Topics could concern issues of media/mediated communication in cultural, economic, political, or social contexts as relevant to societal changes. In other words, papers could discuss how our society is transforming in the new media and communication environment. However, other potential topics include, but not limited to:
Deadlines
Online Submissions Open 1 March 2013
Online Submission Deadline 1 May 2013, midnight Beijing’s time
Decision Notices Will Be Sent No later than 1 July 2013
Conference Registration 15 August 2013
USD80 or RMB500
Early Bird Registration Deadline 1 October 2013
Conference 8-10 November 2013
On-Site Conference Registration:
USD100 or RMB650z
Conference Paper Contact: Qian WANG
E-mail: icashanghai2013@gmail.com
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Eligibility
You do not need to be an ICA member to submit a paper for the conference.
Paper Submission
If your paper is accepted for presentation at the Shanghai regional conference, you will be notified and must then register for the conference and pay the conference fee. Submission of your paper or proposal does not enroll you as an ICA member, or automatically register you for the conference itself.
Conference languages
The papers and presentations can be either in English or Chinese. There will be accommodations made for translation in the keynote sessions and panels. Panelists may designate peer translator(s) from the participants for non-keynote translation. Assistance in translations will be provided by host universities. Presenters are encouraged to use Power Point or PDF presentations in two languages (Chinese and English).
Conference presentations quota
We anticipate about 300 presenters and attendees at the conference.
Conference room equipment
Audiovisual equipment is available during the conference: all meeting rooms will be equipped with a PC laptop or PC desk computer, a screen and an LCD projector. Bear in mind that TV/VCRs, overhead projectors, and slide projectors will not be available. The participant will need to convert those modes of presentation to laptop or desk computer.
Registration and Accommodation
Each attendee must pay either the early or the on-side conference registration fee, USD80 or RMB500 per person (early bird registration) or USD 100 or RMB 650 (on-site conference registration, cash only). The registration fee covers the costs for meeting rooms, forum materials, snacks and beverage, lunches, and closing dinner banquet. Once their papers are accepted, attendees should pay the registration fee to an appointed account. Attendees will pay the costs of transportation, accommodation, and breakfast by themselves.
During the conference, there will be a Shanghai City Tour and other optional tours for which conference attendees may register and pay ahead of time. Conference participants may sign up for an optional dinner cruise on the Huangpu River for the first conference night. Conference attendees may register and pay ahead of time for this boat tour and dinner. An optional day-long post-conference tour of an ancient Chinese water village (with lunch included) will be organized for November 11, 2013. Interested attendees must register with the conference secretariat. Full details will be provided for these options at the time at which paper acceptance notifications are emailed. People will be available to provide information if attendees should wish to tour the city themselves.
Conference Site
Hotel information will be available at a later date.
Submission of Papers, Rights, and Agreement
By submitting papers, abstracts, author names, diagrams, and other data (the “submission”) to the conference, authors understand that:
Chinese Conference Organizers and Sponsors (in alphabetic order)
Beijing University
Communication University of China
East China Normal University
Fudan University
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
International Communication Association (ICA)
Jinan University
Nanjing University
Renmin University of China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai University
Shenzhen University
Sichuan University
Tsinghua University
Wuhan University
Zhejiang University
18-19 July 2013
Why should I trust you? Challenges for communication in times of crisis
The International Communication Association (ICA) are the sponsors of a regional conference in collaboration with the Asociación de Comunicación Política-Political Communication Association (ACOP) and the Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación-Spanish Association of Communication Research (AE-IC) and the Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación, Universidad de Málaga-Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Malaga, Málaga (Spain) on 18-19 July, 2013. Renowned scholars will speak at the conference (Michael Delle Carpini, Dean of the Annenberg School of Communication, amongst others)
Submission of contributions: there are two options, full papers or extended abstracts of not more than 500 words detailing methods, theoretical focus, results etc. should be sent to: www.ica2013malaga.org
Deadline for submission: 25 February 2013
Languages: Papers/abstracts can be submitted in English or in Spanish. The language of the conference is English. Some paper sessions will be in Spanish.
Required information: name(s) of paper presenters, affiliations, email address, number of research area to which the paper is submitted (see below).
The present economic and financial crisis is associated with a decrease in trust in organizations and institutions. As research has shown, trusted organizations bring benefits to different areas of society: they maintain and enhance public participation, empower citizens, increase engagement and attract business.
This ICA/ACOP/AE-IC/UMA Regional Conference provides a forum to discuss critical issues that are at the forefront of the debate about how to interpret and restore trust between citizens and organizations, global communities and citizens. Related issues, such as the relation between communication and reputation, civic engagement, participation, transparency or accountability will also be discussed.
Plenary invited speakers and papers presenters will deal with several challenges that communication and trust put to the fore.
One of the challenges is the definition of trust itself. ‘Trust’ has to do with how organizations and institutions are seen as efficient, representative, fair and benevolent. But despite substantial research, a generally accepted working definition of trust seems to be lacking. What do we understand by trust and related concepts (such as ‘scepticism’, ‘social trust’, ‘social capital’, ‘civic engagement’ etc.)?
A second challenge for research is exploring the role the media (including new media) play in (de)constructing (dis)trust. In the context of what Silverstone has termed the ‘mediapolis’ (see 2007: 25), functions of organizations are subject to new management and marketing strategies. Also the intrinsic dynamics between the media and organizations in the construction of scandals will be discussed.
A third challenge for research is exploring what might be the best communication strategies to develop trust. How should organizations think and plan their communication to establish long-term relationships with their stakeholders? How should public policies be communicated? How does transparency and accountability of public institutions operate on citizens’ trust? Who is a reliable leader in the context of an economic crisis? What is the impact of new media technologies on researchers’ approaches in this area?
Fourth, how to measure the effects of communication on citizens’ (dis)trust in organizations is another challenge for research. What are the effects of organizations’ communication on how stakeholders engage with others? What are the effects of political online discussion on the stability of voting decisions? What are the democratic outcomes of online political discussion? How to measure reputation of leaders and organizations?
Fifth and finally, what is the impact of digital technology on levels of (dis)trust? How do they affect communicative practices and issues such as privacy and transparency? What risks and opportunities do they pose for increased citizen participation or state surveillance?
We invite researchers to submit empirical as well as theoretical papers that contribute to advancing research in the field of communication and trust looking at 8 areas related to:
We are particularly interested in papers that address the following aspects of trust and communication:
BOARD
Rosa Berganza-ACOP
María José Canel-ACOP
Felipe García Bersabe-UMA
Mario García Gurrrionero-ACOP
Michael Haley-ICA
Francois Heinderyckx-ICA
Rosa Franquet-AE/IC
Juan Antonio García Galindo-UMA
Carlos de las Heras-UMA
Miquel de Moragas-AE/IC
Teresa Vera-UMA
Eva Campos-ACOP
Dolors Palau-AE/IC
Karen Sanders- ACOP
Cynthia Stohl- ICA
Amanda L. Kundrat Health Communication Thesis of the Year Award
Health Communication Dissertation of the Year Award
2013 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
ICA and NCA are pleased to release a call for outstanding masters theses and doctoral dissertations in the area of health communication. A cash award is given in the amount of $500 each for the top dissertation and top thesis.
To be considered for the 2013 awards, theses and dissertations must have been completed (defended) between 1 September 2011 and 31 December 2012. If the completion date was in the last four months of 2011, the thesis or dissertation cannot have been submitted for last year’s (2012) competition. Individuals may nominate themselves, but advisors must be notified of the nomination. Thesis and dissertation nominations will be evaluated by a panel of officers and members of the ICA and NCA Health Communication Divisions, with the ICA Chair serving as the award coordinator.
**Please read the following instructions for submitting a nomination packet carefully and in their entirety, because they have changed substantially since the 2010 competition.**
The nomination packet should include (a) a cover letter with the name, postal address, telephone number and email address of the nominee and his or her advisor(s) and completion date of the thesis or dissertation, and (b) a summary (excluding title page and references) of the thesis or dissertation not exceeding 5 pages (Times New Roman 12” font, double-spaced, one-inch margins on all sides, and in English; not counting title page and references). The 5-page summary should describe clearly and concisely the study’s rationale, theoretical framework, research questions, methods, results, and conclusions. Care should be taken to mask the identity of the author within the text of the summary. The summary should include a title page that contains only the title of the thesis or dissertation. Complete theses or dissertations or chapters of same will not be accepted for review. Reviewers will be instructed not to read beyond the first 5 pages of text. PLEASE SUBMIT PACKET AS A MS WORD DOCUMENT—NOT AS A PDF.
On or before March 6, a slate of up to 3 finalists for each award will be selected by the evaluation committee. Finalists will be invited to submit an extended integrated summary of the thesis or dissertation not exceeding 30 pages (double-spaced, one-inch margins on all sides, and in English). These summaries will be reviewed by the committee and the award winners will be selected from among the finalists.
Send an electronic copy of the nomination packet including cover letter and 5-page summary to:
Mohan J. Dutta
Chair, ICA Health Communication Division
Email: cnmmohan@nus.edu.sg
The deadline for receipt of the nomination packets is February 08, 2013. Nomination packets received after that date will not be reviewed.
The 2013 Australia and New Zealand Communication Association’s (ANZCA) annual conference, hosted by Murdoch University’s School of Arts, will be held from July 3-5 2013 at the Esplanade Hotel in the historic port city of Fremantle, Western Australia.
The call for papers for the main conference and pre-conference events, can be found on the dedicated website: www.anzca2013.org.au
Abstract submission and conference registration will be open in early February 2013 .
Contact details for co-convenors, Associate Professor Terence Lee and Ms Renae Desai can also be found on the website.
June 14-15, 2013 in Budapest, Hungary
Inspired by the life and work of Budapest native and renowned Communication and Media scholar Dr. George Gerbner (1919-2005), the Budapest College of Communication, Business and Arts invites scholars, researchers, practitioners, students, and other interested parties to submit paper and panel proposals for presentation at the George Gerbner Conference on Communication, Conflict, and Aggression. This conference will take place from Friday, June 14 to Saturday, June 15, 2013 in Budapest, Hungary. The goal of the conference is to bring together individuals with a common interest in aggressive communication and conflict so as to foster international relationships that lead to research collaboration and knowledge exchange. The inaugural Gerbner Conference, held in May 2010, and the second conference, held in June 2012, featured presentations by scholars from eight countries covering three continents.
This international conference will focus on aggressive communication and behavior, conflict, and other types of antisocial communication and behavior across contexts. Specific topics include, but are not limited to: media violence, media coverage of crime and violence, violence in advertising, political violence, workplace violence and aggression, aggression in instructional settings, war rhetoric, peace and conflict communication, verbal aggression, crime, oppression, injustice, incivility, assertiveness, argumentativeness, disagreement, bullying, indirect aggression, psychological abuse, anger, frustration, hostility, deception, child abuse, spousal abuse, domestic violence, youth violence, school violence, gang violence, sexual violence, discrimination, conflict styles, conflict resolution, the origins, causes, and predictors of aggression, and the management and prevention of aggression.
Interested individuals are invited to submit an abstract (in English) of 200 to 500 words describing their individual presentation or panel idea to Rebecca.Chory@mail.wvu.edu by March 01, 2013. Decisions regarding the acceptance of papers and panels for presentation at the conference will be made by March 18, 2013. Completed papers should be sent to Rebecca.Chory@mail.wvu.edu by May 13, 2013. With the authors’ permission, top papers will be published in the journal Kommunikáció, Média, Gazdaság (Communication, Media, Economics), which is published by the Budapest College of Communication, Business and Arts or in an edited book. One scholar will also be honored with the Gerbner Award. The conference registration fee is expected to be approximately 50 Euros.
Co-organizers of the conference are Dr. Jolán Róka, Vice Rector for Research and International Relations at the Budapest College of Communication, Business and Arts, and Dr. Rebecca M. Chory, Professor of Communication Studies at West Virginia University and 2009 Fulbright Scholar at the Budapest College of Communication, Business and Arts. For more information, please contact Jolán Róka at jroka@bkf.hu; +36-20-366-5023 (tel); Budapest College of Communication, Business and Arts; Nagy Lajos király útja 1-9; 1148, Budapest, Hungary; or Rebecca M. Chory at Rebecca.Chory@mail.wvu.edu; 304-293-3905 (tel); P.O. Box 6293, 108 Armstrong Hall; West Virginia University; Morgantown, WV, 26506; USA.
Where: University of Nevada--Reno, Nevada
When: June 23-27, 2013
The International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR) invites you to join us at the 8th Biennial International Conference on Intercultural Research. The conference will be hosted by the University of Nevada, located in the beautiful city of Reno, Nevada—“The Biggest Little City in the World.”
The IAIR is an explicitly interdisciplinary forum which promotes and facilitates intercultural research in the areas of Psychology, Sociology, Communication, Education, Anthropology, Management, Political Science, and other areas of specialization in the social sciences and practice. The 2013 conference theme is “Pushing the Frontiers of Intercultural Research: Asking Critical Questions.” The immediate objective of the conference is to provide an international forum for participants to consider and question information through meaningful dialogues. Whether we are conducting research or applying it, we need to consider whether we are asking the types of critical questions that are necessary. Are we pushing the boundaries of our fields, or staying bounded by existing frameworks of knowledge, methodology, or applications?
All theoretical and empirical works regardless of method or discipline are solicited. Members and non-members at all levels of training and practice are encouraged to submit proposals. There are two upcoming submission deadlines: January 15th and February 15th. Proposals received by the first deadline will be given first consideration.
More information about the conference and the call for proposals is available at the following website: http://www.intercultural-academy.net/iair-2013-home.html
CFP: Monetization of User-Generated Content — Marx revisited
Forum Editors:
Jennifer Proffitt, School of Communication, Florida State University
Hamid Ekbia, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington
Stephen McDowell, School of Communication, Florida State University
Two TIS articles, Fuchs (2010) and Arvidsson & Colleoni (2012), which develops a critique of the former, have generated considerable debate, including a response from Fuchs (2012), regarding fundamental questions about the core processes of value creation and social and economic organization in contemporary societies. To further this conversation, we invite 4000-5000 word Perspective essays, which are published at the discretion of the guest editors / editor, and should address one or more of the following questions the Fuchs and Arvidsson & Colleoni debate problematizes:
The Perspective essays should have layers of thought that take the thinking beyond Fuchs and Arvidsson & Colleoni. Approximately half of the essay should be devoted to a reflection on / critique of these writings and the ensuing debate, and the remaining half should extend / add to the theoretical foundations of the debate.
Interested authors are invited to email an abstract (no longer than 500 words) to Jennifer Proffitt (email: jproffitt@fsu.edu) by March 1, 2013. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to submit their Perspective essays by July 1, 2013.
For pdf copies of Fuchs (2010) and Arvidsson & Colleoni (2012), please send an email to
hsawhney@indiana.edu
Sources
Arvidsson, A., and E. Colleoni. 2012. Value in informational capitalism and on the Internet. The
Information Society 28(3): 135-150.
Fuchs, C. 2010. Labor in informational capitalism and on the Internet. The Information Society
26(3): 179 -196.
Fuchs, C. 2012. With or without Marx? With or without capitalism? A rejoinder to Adam
Arvidsson and Eleanor Colleoni. tripleC 10(2): 633-645.
A Communicative Perspective on the Military: Messages, Strategies, Meanings
We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume featuring previously unpublished reports of original research on communication and the military. We are interested in proposals featuring contemporary research examining any aspect of the following three topics:
Each of the three topics above will constitute a section of the final collection that discipline experts Katheryn Maguire (Wayne State University), Roger Stahl (University of Georgia) and Gordon Mitchell (University of Pittsburgh) will introduce with overarching and integrative literature reviews that offer directions for the field. We invite studies using any established research method (qualitative and/or quantitative). Manuscripts written from all theoretical orientations are welcome. We welcome proposals addressing military concerns related to any country and/or culture.
Chapter Proposal Guidelines:
We welcome your questions and inquiries about the edited volume or chapter proposals. Please address your concerns to the editors:
Erin Sahlstein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, erin.sahlstein@unlv.edu, Telephone: 702-895-3640.
Lynne M. Webb, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Arkansas, 417 Kimpel Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, LynneWebb320@cs.com, Telephone: 479-575-5956.
An International Conference in Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, Canada, June 7-9, 2013
The volatile and chaotic nature of the current global system and the central role of ‘communicative capital’ in the constitution of the crisis-ridden global order bring new urgency to efforts to critically analyze enduring issues and new dynamics in global communications. A critical perspective requires that we look beyond dominant ‘power shift’ discourses, which focus primarily on the changing ‘balance of power’ among states, to consider other emerging power shifts, from the global workforce to transnational capital and from established institutions and entrenched power structures to networked individuals and ‘multitudes.’ The ongoing restructuring of the global political economy is at once challenging and accentuating existing forms of domination.
Keynote speaker: Taiaiake Alfred, Professor in Indigenous Governance (IGOV), University of Victoria; other confirmed speakers include Mark Andrejevic, Glen Coulthard, Guillermo Mastrini, Richard Maxwell, Kaarle Nordenstreng, B. P. Sanjay, Dan Schiller, Raka Shome, Audra Simpson, and Dolores van der Wey.
Call for Papers: This multifaceted topic invites interdisciplinary and multidimensional analysis, from the perspectives of political economy and policy, critical cultural analysis, and technology and society studies. The most promising lines of inquiry will involve projects that address political economy and cultural politics as they intersect critical categories such as empire, class, nation, race, and gender. Relevant topics include but are not limited to:
Please submit paper proposals of 250 words to cmns40@sfu.ca by February 15, 2013. Include a short biography (75 words). Acceptance will be confirmed in early March 2013.
Note: Graduate students and junior scholars are invited to attend the International Joint Summer School on the same theme as the conference, Vancouver 3 - 14 June, 2013.
Please see the 40th Anniversary Conference website (http://pages.cmns.sfu.ca/40years-conference/) for updated information.
Pre-IECA conference: International workshop organised by the Science and Environment Communication Section, ECREA (http://www.ecrea.eu/divisions/section/id/16 and http://www.scienv-com.eu) and Department of Culture and Media Studies, Umeå University, Sweden (http://www.kultmed.umu.se).
Where: Uppsala, Sweden When: 6 June 2013
The purpose of this workshop is to focus on the role of the communication researcher in science and environmental projects. This type of (self)reflection is a much needed, yet on the whole overlooked or at least not sufficiently acknowledged activity among our research community. And this even if the position(s) of communication researchers often are complex and contradictory. Many science-related projects for example suggest that the main problem (for instance regarding implementation of new technologies), is that the public is uninformed and needs education. The role of the communication researcher therefore becomes to tackle the 'deficit'. Such approach can, in turn, be problematic seen from a democratic perspective where everybody’s view is equally valid or at least seen as legitimate. In environmentally related projects, on the other hand, communication researchers are themselves often motivated by a will to change or to improve actual situations (for people and the environment), if not to solve practical problems. Sometimes the work involves initiating communication campaigns to raise awareness about an urgent environmental issue or attempts to influence people’s behaviour, for example. But how to decide what the best way forward is and how do you combine the analytical task with practical work to solve the very same problem? How can the identities of communication scholars as researchers and as advocates be reconciled? What kinds of ethical and value-related questions do different roles raise? And lastly, to what extent can we expect potential transformative impacts from the specific perspectives, research questions and methods we start from in the framing of our research projects?
In this workshop we want to gather communication researchers with different experiences from the field of science and environmental communication and discuss their different role(s) in projects. We hope to create a space for dialogue, (self)reflection and learning among the participants and to offer an opportunity to deepen the understanding of these vital issues. Please send a 200 word abstract to Annika Egan Sjölander (annika.egansjolander@kultmed.umu.se), Anabela Carvalho (carvalho@ics.uminho.pt) and Pieter Maeseele (Pieter.Maeseele@ua.ac.be) by 8 February 2013. Notification of acceptance will be made by February 14, 2013.
Journal of Applied Communication Research Special Issue
Co-editors: Robert T. Craig and Karen Tracy, University of Colorado Boulder
Submission deadline: June 15, 2013
Anticipated publication: May, 2014
Grounded practical theory (GPT) is a conceptual and methodological approach that aims to develop normative communication theories useful for reflecting on real-world dilemmas and practical possibilities of communication.
Following the initial formulation of GPT by Craig and Tracy in 1995, the approach has been applied to a variety of communicative practices ranging from academic colloquia to crisis negotiations, public meetings, and new forms of organizing. Many of these applications have not only used GPT but have also extended the approach to engage conceptual issues and to employ methods not anticipated in its initial formulation. For this special issue we seek studies that continue this process of challenging, refining, and extending the GPT framework through innovative applications of the approach to address important communication problems in any field of applied communication research.
Manuscripts, limited to 8,000 words, should be prepared for blind review. Please see the Journal of Applied Communication Research for author instructions and guidance on making submissions. Mention in the cover letter that the submission is for consideration in the special issue.
Please contact either special issue co-editor regarding and questions or preliminary ideas: (Robert.Craig@Colorado.edu, Karen.Tracy@Colorado.edu).