Month: January 2016

Rhetorical Perspectives on Chinese Media & Communication

China Media Research Call for Submissions
Theme: Rhetorical Perspectives on Chinese Media and Communication

This special section of China Media Research invites scholars from across disciplines to submit manuscripts on the theme of “Rhetorical Perspectives on Chinese Media and Communication.” About four decades have passed since China started economic reform and opening to the West. The rapid development of Chinese economy, diverse media outlets in the country, various official and unofficial voices on the Internet, and increasing exchanges with Western nations have all contributed to new rhetorical discourses that shape and reflect Chinese language, culture, persuasion, and politics. Such changes call for new conceptualizations of Chinese media and communication. This special section aims to examine the continuity and change in Chinese rhetorical practice, criticism, and theory. Over the years, the scope of rhetoric has expanded from public address to a range of artifacts including written texts, media messages, visual images, public exhibitions, and online discourses in the age of new media technologies. Papers which engage in rhetorical criticism and inform theory building are particularly welcome.

This special section is especially interested in the studies that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
–         Rhetorical discourses in Chinese media;
–         Chinese public address and political communication;
–         Chinese epideictic rhetoric;
–         Online rhetoric of Chinese/overseas Chinese communities;
–         The role of rhetoric in the transformation of Chinese culture;
–         Comparative studies of Chinese and Western rhetorics.

Submissions must not have been previously published nor be under consideration by another publication. An extended abstract (up to 1,000 words) or a complete paper at the first stage of the reviewing process will be accepted. All the submissions must be received by March 6, 2016. If the extended abstract is accepted, the complete manuscript must be received by May 22, 2016. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the APA publication manual (6th edition) and should not exceed 8,000 words including tables and references. All manuscripts will be peer reviewed, and the authors will be notified of the final acceptance/rejection decision. Please visit the journal’s website for more information about the quarterly journal of China Media Research, which publishes both print and online versions.

Please direct questions and submissions to the CMR special section guest editor, Dr. Mei Zhang.

CFP Online Discourse, Talk & Interaction (UK)

Call for papers
ONLINE DISCOURSE, TALK AND INTERACTION
4th International, Interdisciplinary Symposium: Microanalysis Of Online Data (MOOD-S)
Media City UK, University of Salford, UK | 15th-16th September 2016

The Microanalysis Of Online Data (MOOD) network is an interdisciplinary group of scholars who explore theoretical and methodological issues related to the study of online discourse and interaction. In particular, we are interested in developing novel methods that are tailored towards multimodal environments, including talk, text, images, sound and video.

The two keynote speakers for the 2016 symposium are:
Professor William Housley, Cardiff University
Dr Janet Smithson, University of Exeter

We invite proposals for paper presentations that address theoretical and methodological issues related to the analysis of online discourse and interaction. We particularly encourage submissions related to the following topics:
• The application of conversation analysis and a range of discourse analyses, including – but not limited to – interactional sociolinguistics, pragmatics, Foucauldian discourse analysis, systemic functional linguistics and ethnomethodology, to the study of online interaction
• Methodological challenges related to carrying out micro-analyses of online discourse and interaction in textual and multi-modal environments
• Theoretical and methodological considerations around analysing online talk, text and interaction e.g., addressing how video, audio and images can be analysed alongside more traditional forms of computer-mediated communication
• New and innovative ways of collecting online data suitable for micro-analysis
• Ethical dilemmas inherent to the study of online textual and visual interaction

Submission instructions:
Proposals (max. 500 words excl. references) for presentations (15 minutes) should be submitted as Word documents to mood.organizers@gmail.com by 29th February 2016. Please include the full title of your proposed paper, institutional affiliation, and contact information (including email). Decisions will be made by the end of April 2016.

We also invite proposals for data sessions using data from any online platform e.g., online forums, games, Wikipedia, Twitter. For proposals for data sessions please send a brief description of your data and some indication of your particular interest in this data (max 500 words). These should also be submitted as Word documents via email by 29th February 2016.

CFP IAICS Culture, Communication, and Cosmopolitanism (Shanghai)

IAICS-2016 Call for Submissions
Conference Theme: “Culture, Communication, and Cosmopolitanism”
July 1-3, 2016
Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China

Topic areas are broadly defined as, but not limited to, the following:
Comparative culture
Comparative literature
Comparative poetics
Cosmopolitanism in culture
Cosmopolitanism in literature
Cross-cultural encounters
Culture and diplomacy
Cultural study theories
Culture and travel writing
Foreign Language Teaching as Intercultural Communication
Imagology
Interculture and human resource management
Interculture and public policy
Intercultural communication and cosmopolitanism
Intercultural communication and interculturality
Intercultural communication and nationality
Intercultural communication competence
Intercultural education
Interculturality in literature
Intercultural pragmatics
Internet intercultural communication
Language and culture
Language and identity
Language planning and policy
Literature and film
Literature and religion
Media and interculture
Multi cultures and interculturality
Time and space in culture / literature
Translation studies
Transnational enterprises and intercultural communication

Guidelines for Submissions
Categories: Abstract, panel proposals, and workshop proposals may be accepted.
Abstract: 150-250 words in English, including positions, affiliations, email addresses and mailing addresses for all authors.
Panel proposals reflecting the conference theme may be submitted. All panel proposals should provide a 100-word rationale and a 100-200 word abstract of each panelist’s paper; include affiliation and email
addresses for each panelist.
Workshop proposals relevant to the conference theme may be submitted.
Proposals should be 3-5 pages in length, single spaced.
Deadline: Please submit abstracts, panel/workshop proposals, and roundtable discussion sessions by 10th March, 2016.

Conference Working Languages: English and Chinese
Conference host: School of English Studies, Shanghai International Studies University

CFP ICA regional conference (Kenya)

Call for Extended Abstracts

The International Communication Association (ICA) and the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) hereby invite extended abstract paper proposals for the first ICA Africa Regional Conference to be held at Daystar University in Nairobi – Kenya.  The conference dates are 19th – 21st October 2016.

The conference will focus on the theme of Growing Communication Scholarship: Looking to the past with gratitude, the present with passion, the future with hope. The conference will bring together communication scholars and professionals from around the world to share research, exchange ideas, and stimulate dialogue on the past, present, and future of communication scholarship. The conference seeks to highlight relevant issues, trends, and future agendas for communication scholarship. Also included in the conference will be keynote and plenary sessions by notable communication scholars, practitioners, and policy makers.

Participants should submit extended abstracts of 1000 – 2000 words including the title, description, rationale, theoretical framework, and methodology of their proposed presentation. Panel proposals should consist of 1000-word description and rationale of the panel and 500-word description of each presentation on the panel.

The abstracts are to be submitted via the ICA paper management system on the ICA website on/by 1st March 2016.

Proposals may address subthemes including, but not limited to:
– Global Communication
– Media Use across the Lifespan
– Media Regulation, Ownership & Convergence
– New Media
– Religion and Media
– Development and Health Communication
– Communication, Regional Cooperation, Peace & Conflict Resolution
– Localizing Media (content generation & distribution)
– Children, Youth and Women in the Media
– Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing Communication
– Journalism in the Technological Age (e.g. convergence, training)
– Political Communication (e.g. electioneering, good governance)
– Crisis /Risk/Disaster Communication (e.g. terrorism, safety)
– Science Communication (e.g. environment and climate change, Sustainability)
– Dominant Cultural themes and Communication (e.g. cultural anthropology & communication)

For more information, please contact the Conference organizers by email or check out the Facebook group.

International Conference on Intercultural Management (Romania)

International Conference on Intercultural Management, Iasi, Romania, 2016

The Conference is organized by the Center for Socio-Economic Studies and Multiculturalism together with “Nutrigrup” Romania Association and other partners. The conference will bring together scholars and practitioners in order to support the dialogue between theory and practice in intercultural management and global leadership. The conference will combine academic and practitioner presentations with workshops. The conference will host 6 keynote speakers. Noted business, academic and community leaders are invited to use the conference as a forum to share their expertise, experience, and research in diverse areas. The conference is aimed at presenting current approaches to intercultural management and global leadership with emphasis on the new challenges for Eastern Europe.

The goals of the conference are:
• To draw attention to the new and important challenges of globalization for Eastern European countries
• To provide scholars, educators, business professionals and practitioners from different countries with opportunities to interact, network and benefit from each other’s research and expertise related to intercultural management and global leadership issues
• To share resources, ideas, and best practices for building intercultural management competence and engage in dialogue on how to tap into the positive sides of cultural diversity , and how companies and institutions can realize its potential.
• To synthesize research perspectives and foster interdisciplinary scholarly dialogues for developing integrated approaches to complex problems of communication and understanding across cultures
• To disseminate through volumes and websites the results of research and practice to other practitioners and professionals in the field of intercultural management
• To educate the general audience on intercultural issues and on the results of research and practice in intercultural management and leadership

Milton Wolf Seminar on Media and Diplomacy (Vienna)

Graduate Students Invited to Apply
2016 Milton Wolf Seminar on Media and Diplomacy Emerging Scholars Program

Initiated in 2001, the annual Milton Wolf Seminar in Vienna, Austria explores cutting edge issues related to media and diplomacy. It is designed to bring together a diverse group of individuals representing multiple perspectives and nationalities. Attendees include: diplomats, journalists, academics, NGO professionals, and graduate students. The 2016 Seminar will take place from April 4-6 and explore the theme: “The Paris Effect: Journalism, Diplomacy, and Information Controls.”

Each year the seminar organizers select approximately 5-10 outstanding advanced MA candidates, PhD students, post doctoral students, law students, or equivalents studying areas related to the seminar theme to serve as Emerging Scholar Fellows. Selected Fellows receive economy class airfare, accommodation, and a food and local travel stipend, which covers all costs of attending the Seminar. In exchange for full funding,
Emerging Scholars attend all seminar discussions and events and serve as a member of our blogging team and author a 2000-word blog post documenting and analyzing the seminar discussions.

To apply for the 2016 Emerging Scholars Program, please send your CV, a cover letter outlining your interest in the 2016 seminar topic, and a completed application form to Amelia Arsenault by January 25, 2016.

Anastacia Kurylo Profile

ProfilesAnastacia Kurylo, Ph.D. (Rutgers University) is an assistant professor in the Communication Studies Department at St. Joseph’s College in New York.

Anastacia-Kurylo_CommunicationsHer research focuses on stereotypes communicated in interpersonal, intercultural, organizational, and new media contexts. Specifically, she explores the ways in which stereotypes are constructed through interpersonal communication and how this interactional and collaborative process facilitates stereotype maintenance within a cultural knowledge base.

Dr. Kurylo has written over 25 publications including authoring The Communicated Stereotype: From Celebrity Vilification to Everyday Talk and editing Inter/Cultural Communication: Representation and Construction of Culture. Most recently she has worked on two projects related to new media. First, she has co-edited a special issue of the International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies titled Intercultural New Media Research for the 21st Century. Second, she has co-edited a new book titled Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age. Both projects advance this vibrant area of research in which new media is viewed as integral to exploring communication practices, their outcomes, and their implications. As assistant director of the Center for Intercultural New Media Research, Dr. Kurylo focuses on facilitating collaborative research opportunities for those interested in new media in the context of intercultural communication specifically.

Professor Kurylo is President of the New York State Communication Association and organized their 73rd annual conference last October. She is also the chair of the Board of Trustees of The Quad Preparatory School, and former president of the New York Chapter of the Tri-State Diversity Council. She has served as a reviewer for several journals and is an Associate Editor of the Atlantic Journal of Communication.

Work for CID:
Anastacia Kurylo wrote KC55: Stereotypes.

Media & Governance in Latin America – an IAMCR 2016 pre-conference

Media & Governance in Latin America: Past, present and future of communication in the region
An International Association for Media and Communication Research IAMCR 2016 pre-conference

Description: The pre-conference will explore the connections between the media and models of governance in Latin America and the Caribbean, from both a comparative and an interdisciplinary perspective, paying particular attention to changes in the communication patterns of governments, interest groups, journalists and news organizations, NGOs and civil society. We are interested in paper presentations exploring empirical, theoretical and methodological issues connected to research on media and communications in the region, and raising issues about how Latin American scholarly traditions, approaches and cases can better dialogue and inform academic debates of global relevance.

Location: School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Date and time: 25-26 July 2016

Contact: conference.mediagovla@gmail.com

Organisers: Dr Jairo Lugo-Ocando and Antonio Brambila (University of Leeds), and Ximena Orchard and Sara Garcia Santamaria (University of Sheffield)

CFP World Communication Association 2016 (Winnipeg)

World Communication Association-North America 2016 CONFERENCE
THEME:  COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
AUGUST 2-6, 2016
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA, RBC Convention Centre
Submission deadline extended to March 30, 2016

Our world is increasingly fraught with failures to communicate and clashes between people and among cultures. The world as we know it changing due to our collective behaviors. We need many perspectives as we discuss how to address sustainability, communication and cultural issues.  One way to do so is to provide an international, interdisciplinary conference where academics and people from all areas of the economic and cultural sector address specific concerns and solutions.  This WCA-North America conference theme allows each participant to gain from the collective wisdom to find ways to negotiate the journey to find answers.   This conference is distinctive in that we provide opportunities for students to consider applications in a variety of formats as well as aboriginal speakers and storytellers whose unique perspectives provide food for thought and action.

Categories
1.     Student opportunities:
a.     Student-Only:  Students may submit their papers or panels to the student-only sessions where they will not be in competition with faculty or community submissions.  (Be sure to note student status.)  Students, may, of course, also submit in the general categories.
b.      Poster sessions:  Students with research in progress, teaching ideas, or completed research projects may submit their work in the poster session category. Those selected will share their work in specific sessions with a 10-minute rotating schedule.  We encourage students at all levels to submit their ideas. We’d love to have High School, Undergraduate and Graduate students presenting side-by-side!
c.       Mentoring sessions:  Students should indicate their interest in these sessions and we will match content and methodology experts to help you discover ways to move forward, ways to provide a unique perspective, or, ways to flesh out ideas for your classroom or degree research.
2.     Storytellers & storytelling:
a.     Featured Storytellers:  Give us your ideas based on a captivating story–include an abstract-should be up to a 60-minute presentation followed by interaction with audience and questions and answers
b.     Stand-Alone Storytelling Sessions: Send us an abstract for a 15-20-  minute story especially those on any aspect of the conference theme.  Submit an abstract and the amount of time needed for your story.  Stories will be combined so 2-4 storytellers with similar themes present together. [Followed by a question and answer session.]
3.     General PAPER AND PANEL-60 minutes for presentation followed by audience interaction (15-minutes).
WORKS IN PROGRESS (nearly completed):  Please submit an abstract and note when completed paper is expected. (Blind reviewed–use separate cover page with title, name and institutional affiliation.)
COMPLETE PAPERS: Please submit paper and include an abstract.
(Blind reviewed-send papers and abstracts without names.  Use separate cover page with name(s), affiliations, and title.
PANELS:  Include title of panel, identify chair and members on the panel and their institutions as well as titles of presentations, if relevant, and a brief description (75-100 words) of the session.
4.    THEMATIC PANELS:  Presenters may take the whole or any part of the conference theme and develop a panel of up to six participants who explore the theme.  Please identify Names of chair and panelists, institutional affiliations, title of specific presentations, and a brief description. (75 min.)
5.    Workshops:  Provide a Title, names of presenters and their affiliations, description of the workshop, and time needed/required. (75 min.)

Important Dates:
Submission deadline–March 10-15, 2016
Notification–April 10-15, 2016
July 1, 2016–Full Papers due

Send submissions and any questions to conference co-chairs:
Melissa L. Beall OR Dwight R. Harfield

ECREA 2016: Mediating (Dis)Continuities (Prague)

European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) and Charles University Faculty of Social Sciences cordially invite you to the 6th European Communication Conference to be held in Prague 9-12 November 2016.

The European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), in partnership with Charles University in Prague, will organise the 6th European Communication Conference (ECC). The Conference, due to take place in Prague from 9 to 12 November 2016, has chosen as its overarching theme Mediated (Dis)Continuities: Contesting Pasts, Presents and Futures.

The organisers call for proposals in all fields of communication and media studies, but particularly invite conceptual, empirical, and methodological proposals on mediated memory cultures and working through discursive dislocations and cultural traumas intrinsic to (late) modernity, that link the general conference theme to the fields pertinent to each ECREA section.

The theme of the 2016 ECREA conference is “Mediating (Dis)Continuities: Contesting Pasts, Presents and Futures”.

Discontinuity is the far side of change. Late modernity – as the unstoppable flow of permanent changes – is haunted by the disparity of its various histories, geographies, ontologies and technologies. How are media and communication practices engaged in communicating across these divides?

The theme heralding European Communication Conference 2016 derives from the political history of the post-socialist region of which Prague as the conference host is a symbolic memento. After the collapse of communist totalitarianism, the countries in post-socialist Europe have been undergoing a crisis of continuity in the realms of political values, historical consciousness, moral sense of the self and the memory of the past.

The conference theme, however, reaches far beyond the post-totalitarian context and encourages its participants to reflect upon the question of how media and communication practices are involved in communicating over many other dislocations in political, cultural, temporal or spatial realms in all European countries. Acceleration in all aspects of social life generates pasts we cannot return to, territories we cannot access and selves we do not recognize any more. Are media capable of navigating through the related feelings of nostalgia, cultural trauma, guilt, shame or (be)longing? Does communication help to make sense of them?

Can a sense of home be mediated for those who are expelled from their countries or displaced by war, the paramount discontinuity? How is communication entangled in commemoration and remembering? What are the communicative means of identity building in the age of digitised archives which are not static storehouses of memories? Should we consider the media as an actor in economic discontinuities such as crisis and recession?

We cordially invite media and communication scholars to submit papers addressing these questions – together with other ramifications of the conference theme – and to share their ideas with the wide community of colleagues from Europe and beyond.

Submission and deadline
Proposals for individual papers, panels, and posters can be submitted to one of the 21 ECREA sections through the ECC conference website from 1 December 2015 to 29 February 2016. For section overviews, please click here.

Abstracts should be written in English and contain a clear outline of the argument, the theoretical framework, and, where applicable, methodology and results. The maximum length of individual abstracts is 500 words. Panel proposals, which should consist of five individual contributions, combine a panel rationale with five panel paper abstracts, each of which shall be a maximum length of 500 words.

Participants may submit more than one proposal, but only one paper or poster by the same presenting author will be accepted. Participants can still present in one extra session as second (or third, etc.) author of other papers or posters and can still act as chair or respondent of a panel.. All proposals should be submitted through the conference website from 1 December 2015 to 29 February 2016. Early submission is strongly encouraged. Please note that this submission deadline will not be extended.

Call for papers 29 February 2016. All abstracts must be submitted electronically via the online submission system. Should you have any questions do not hesitate to contact the ECREA 2016 Conference Secretariat.