[ecrea] "Discourse / Conversation / Communication", International conference, Loughborough University, UK, 21-23 March 2012

From David Deacon <(D.N.Deacon /at/ LBORO.AC.UK)>


*** Deadline extended to 1 December ***
*** Apologies for cross-posting ***

"Discourse / Conversation / Communication", International conference, 
Loughborough University, UK, 21-23 March 2012

Confirmed plenary speakers: Michael Billig, David Buckingham, David 
Deacon, Paul Drew, Derek Edwards, Peter Golding, Jim McGuigan, Angela 
McRobbie, Graham Murdock, Michael Pickering, Jonathan Potter, Teun A. 
Van Dijk, Liesbet Van Zoonen.

CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite submissions for individual papers that engage with empirical 
and theoretical topics in communication studies, discourse analysis, 
conversation analysis, media studies, social interaction, or cultural 
studies. Preference will be given to papers that address in original 
ways the promises and challenges or research in these areas.

Possible topics include:
* cultural economies and media industries
* popular culture and cultural history
* identity, difference and communication
* political communication
* communication and social exclusion
* media and religion
* memory and media
* comparative media research
* political and nationalist discourse
* discursive psychology
* membership categorization analysis
* conversation analysis

Abstracts should be up to 350 words in length and written in English. 
Only one abstract as single / first author will be accepted from any one 
individual.

Please submit your Abstract via Loughborough University's Conference 
Administration page: 
http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~ssca1/DCconf2012/DC2012home.html 
<http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/%7Essca1/DCconf2012/DC2012home.html> .

Deadline for Abstracts: 1st December, 2011.

Looking forward to meeting you in Loughborough!