[ecrea] CFP: ICA Preconference, "Mediating War and Technology, " 26 May 2011

>Call for papers: Mediating War and Technology
>ICA Preconference sponsored by the Communication History Interest 
>Group Boston, May 26, 2011
>
>This ICA pre-conference brings together communication and history 
>scholars for an exchange of ideas concerning war, technology, media, 
>and history. War and technology are established themes in the fields 
>of history and communication, though hoped-for connections between 
>scholars in both fields have been slow in coming. Careful attention 
>to how historical methods can assist communication scholars in their 
>understanding of these broad themes will offer to pre-conference 
>attendees and presenters alike valuable tools for more thoroughly 
>working history into the field of communication.  At the same time, 
>historians will gain new insight into archival texts through the 
>application of communications theory and methodology, leading to 
>exciting developments in both fields. The pre-conference will 
>feature invited speakers from both fields.
>Submitted papers should connect with ideas related to the history of 
>war and technology. The following illustrations of topics 
>suggest-but are not intended to limit-topics suitable for paper submissions:
>*       The role of recording media (including photography, audio 
>technology) in chronicling atrocity and war;
>*       The history of war journalism, as it relates to issues in 
>the history of technology;
>*       The history of information warfare;
>*       The history of the study of communication, as affected by 
>war and technology;
>*       Considerations of transportation as related to the history 
>of war and technology;
>*       New media and war, including perspectives on surveillance;
>*       The changing roles of technology in the history of 
>battlefield censorship;
>*       Media technology as a variable in home-front morale;
>*       Geopolitical advantage as related to media developments;
>*       The role of military initiatives and investment in the 
>evolution of civilian media technology;
>*       The international circulation of propaganda in wars hot and cold; and
>*       Comparative studies of conflict, technology and media
>We also encourage multi-media presentations and other 
>non-traditional scholarly formats that explore preconference themes 
>in novel ways.
>Abstracts of 300 words should be submitted no later than November 
>15, 2010. Send abstracts to David Park at: (park /at/ lakeforest.edu) 
>.  Authors will be informed whether abstracts have been accepted by 
>December 10, 2010. Completed papers will be due by May 1, 2011.
>The pre-conference will take place on Thursday, May 26, 2011, at the 
>Westin Boston Waterfront, the site of the ICA conference.
>Organized by
>*       Sharrona Pearl, the Annenberg School for Communication, 
>University of Pennsylvania
>*       Jefferson Pooley, Muhlenberg College
>*       David W. Park, Lake Forest College
>
>This CFP can also be found at:
>http://www.communicationhistory.org/precon/precon.html

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