[ecrea] ?Stories of the Heart and Mind: Cognitive and Emotional Functions of Media Narratives?

        Call for Papers
        StoryNet Symposium
        ?Stories of the Heart and Mind: 
Cognitive and Emotional Functions of Media Narratives?

        August 11 and 12, 2011
        Jacobs University Bremen, Germany

        Co-Hosted with the Media Psychology Division
        (German Psychological Society)

StoryNet will co-host a symposium at the 
conference of the Media Psychology Division of 
the German Psychological Society on August 11 and 
12, 2011 at the Jacobs University Bremen. In 
accordance with the focus theme of the 
conference, the StoryNet Symposium is concerned 
with cognitive and emotional functions of media narratives.

Stories are one of the most ancient forms of 
human communication and knowledge transmission. 
It has even been argued that storytelling lies at 
the heart of our ability to make sense of the 
world and give meaning to our lives. The 
symposium explores the multiple cognitive and 
emotional functions that media narratives can 
have for their audiences. How can stories help 
media users learn new facts and gain new insights 
about social reality? How can stories make 
individuals change their mind? How can stories 
help individuals improve their mood or cope with 
painful emotions and stressful life experiences?

The workshop's special focus is on the complex 
interplay of cognition and emotion in shaping the 
experience and effects of media narratives. Does 
emotional involvement with narratives foster a 
more careful or a more superficial processing of 
the story content? Can emotional narratives 
motivate cognitive follow-up processes after 
exposure such as (self-)reflection, communication 
with others, or further information seeking? How 
do story-related emotions and cognitions translate into actual behavior?

We invite contributions that address these and 
other related questions concerning the cognitive 
and emotional functions of media narratives. 
Contributions dealing with a wide spectrum of 
fictional and non-fictional media stories 
including textual, audiovisual, interactive and 
cross-media storytelling are welcome. The 
workshop will be held in cooperation with the 7th 
Conference of the Media Psychology Division of 
the German Psychological Society (held on August 
10 and 11, 2011). For further details, please see 
the Call for Papers at: www.jacobs-university.de/medpsych2011


Conference language
The workshop will be held in English (as will the 
conference of the Media Psychology Division).

Types of contributions:
-       position and review papers
-       research papers

Submission:
-       For each type of contribution, please 
submit a 300 word abstract including results to 
the organizers via e-mail ((anne.bartsch /at/ phil.uni-augsburg.de)).
-       Submission deadline is March 1, 2011.
-       Authors will be informed about acceptance by May 15, 2011.

Location:
Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring, 28759 Bremen

StoryNet Website:
http://www.storynet.eu


Symposium Organizers:
Dr. Anne Bartsch
University of Augsburg
Universita¨tsstraße 10
86159 Augsburg
Phone +49 (0) 821 598 - 5933
(anne.bartsch /at/ phil.uni-augsburg.de)
www.imb-uni-augsburg.de Prof. Dr. Helena Bilandzic
University of Augsburg
Universita¨tsstraße 10
86159 Augsburg
Phone +49 (0) 821 598 - 5906
(helena.bilandzic /at/ phil.uni-augsburg.de)
www.imb-uni-augsburg.de



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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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