[ecrea] CFP. The Political Economy of Communication Conference. JMaD, Auckland University of Technology. 15-16 Sept 2011

JMAD presents The Political Economy of Communication

AUT University, Auckland.  15 - 16 September 2011
School of Communication Studies
Keynotes: Janet Wasko, Dwayne Winseck and Graham Murdock

_/http://www.aut.ac.nz/jmad/_ for more information

>>> On 01/06/2011 at 12:51 p.m., in message 
<(4DE635D1.6F96.00EE.1 /at/ aut.ac.nz)>, Martin Hirst <(mahirst /at/ aut.ac.nz)> wrote:

Centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD)

Invites papers for a two-day conference

Political Economy of Communication

Dates: Thursday, Friday 15-16 September, 2011

AUT University – Auckland

Keynotes: Graham Murdock; Dwayne Winseck; Janet Wasko

Organisers: Wayne Hope _/(wayne.hope /at/ aut.ac.nz) 
<mailto:(wayne.hope /at/ aut.ac.nz)>/_ Martin Hirst _/(martin.hirst /at/ aut.ac.nz) 
<mailto:(martin.hirst /at/ aut.ac.nz)>/_

There is a deepening symbiosis between capitalism and communication. 
 Convergences across mass media, telecommunication and computer 
technologies have opened up new sectors of production and profit 
realisation.  These same technologies also shape the networks of 
finance, production, symbolic representation and consumer culture.  For 
scholars and policy makers such developments have generated concerns 
about regulation, cultural expression, ideological obfuscation and 
communication rights.  Meanwhile, evolving information and communication 
technologies directly facilitate local-global activism against 
prevailing relations of power.

With these thoughts in mind researchers are invited to submit papers 
under the following themes and subthemes:

Capitalism, Communication and Ideology

·         Neo liberalism today

·         Information society

·         Knowledge economy

·         Network society

·         Populism

·         New philanthropy

·         Corporations and PR

·         Finance and communication

·         The surveillance economy

Convergence and Cross Media Ownership

·         Media –entertainment corporations

·         Financialisation and media ownership

·         Telecommunications

·         Google

·         Social media

·         The leisure market

Political Economy of Journalism and Publishing

·         Commercialisation and broadcast news

·         Financial crisis and publishing companies

·         Journalism and professionalism

·         Digital vs. print media

·         Journalism and the Internet

Political Economy of Alternative Media

·         Maori radio, television

·         Maori print media

·         Media and diasporas

·         Internet and political activism

·         Economics of the blogosphere

·         Music, media, cyberspace

·         Alternative models of journalism

Capitalism and the Culture Industries

·         Film

·         Music

·         Sport

·         Fashion

·         Gaming

·         Celebrity culture

·         Critical theory and commodification

·         ‘Creative’ industries

·         Immaterial labour

Communications Policy and Regulation

·         Broadcasting policy

·         Telecommunications

·         Communications convergence and regulation

·         Internet and censorship

·         Copyright and intellectual property

Abstracts due: June 23, 2011 – Full papers due: July 31, 2011

Publication of best papers in the Australian Journal of Communication 
(November 2011)

Register online at: _/http://tinyurl.com/yrd78a/_

Cheap accommodation reserved (to offset Rugby World Cup demand) - email 
for details

online registrations now open - good earlybird rates

Martin Hirst,
Associate Professor, Journalism
Director, Centre for Journalism, Media & Democracy,
School of Communication Studies,
AUT University,
Auckland, New Zealand