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IAMCR 2012 - Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section Call for Papers

erythrina_caffraThe Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR annual conference that will be held in Durban, South Africa, July 15-19, 2012. The overall conference theme is 'South North Conversations'.

The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2012. (For more information on submissions and decisions, see below)

Our section firstly encourages submissions that relate theoretical and empirical work that is relevant to the overall theme of the conference whether on mediated communication use and implications to South and North Conversations or on the implications of media and public opinion to conversations or the lack of conversations among South and North nations or within nations.

We secondly wish also to continue our well established tradition to promote the further theoretical discussions on the contribution of prominent thinkers on the field of communication research. In the last years we organized panels that discussed the contribution of the works of Goffman, Habermas, Schutz, Bourdieu, Foucault, McLuhan, Walter Benjamin and Roland Barthes. Following that tradition we would like to organize for the Durban conference at least one session centred on the contribution of the works of Antonio Gramsci to the theory and research in the field of communication. In addition, we plan a panel to promote the dialog and exchange of theoretical approaches concerning media research between south and north – abstracts for that panel are also welcome.

Thirdly, we would like to continue to make space for the presentation and discussion of theoretical and empirical papers about Family and Mediatization. Despite the social and cultural changes it seems that the family is still the main place of media domestication and media use, and it is the place where children learn to operate with media and start their lifelong media career. The main question we would like to discuss is: how this takes place today in the different cultures, different classes and with reference to the different possibilities to deal with media.

Finally, we would like to continue our long standing interest in the discussion, development and critical assessment of the methodologies we use and we need for communication research and especially for international and cross cultural research projects, both quantitative and qualitative.

Abstracts should be sent to the MCPOS Section Heads only through the Open Conference System (OCS), and should be 500 words long in English. Each abstract must include title, name(s), affiliation, institutional address and email address of author(s) and a short (up to 100 words) bio-data.

It is also possible to propose a full panel of no more than four participants, which should come from at least three different countries. In this case we expect the four abstracts of the participants and their short bio-data and in addition a framing text about the idea and the goal of the full panel. It would also be recommended to name a panel chair and a discussant.

IAMCR accepts presentations in English, French and Spanish. However, it is requested that abstracts will be submitted in English.

Non members of IAMCR and/or of the section are welcome to submit and present if accepted, following the same procedure as described above and if accepted also the procedure as described below.

Papers and panels proposals will be reviewed by the two heads of section and by further specialists, named by the heads.

Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to individual applicants by the Section Heads no later than March 12, 2012.

If a proposal is accepted, the sender must fulfil two preconditions to be included in the final program of the section. She or he must upload a full paper by June 10, 2012 via the OCS, register for participation at the Conference and mail a copy of the registration to the heads of section.

For more information on the submission of abstracts, registration, theme, location, etc., please go to the IAMCR institutional website, or to the Durban 2012 Conference website.

All Abstracts, although to be identified for specific Sections or Working Groups, should be submitted only via the central Open Conference System (OCS).

Deadlines

The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 14, 2012. Please note that this deadline will not be extended.

The OCS system will open on December 1, 2011, and will close on February 14, 2012.

Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to individual applicants by the Section Heads no later than March 12, 2012.

On the same day, March 12, 2012, conference registration will open for bookings by participants.

For those whose abstracts are accepted, full conference papers are to be submitted via the IAMCR OCS by June 10, 2012.

General Guidelines for Abstracts

Abstracts should be 500 words in length.

All abstract submissions must be made centrally via the OCS. There are to be no email submissions of abstracts addressed to any Section or Working Group Head.

It is expected that for the most part, only one (1) abstract will be submitted per person for consideration by the Conference. However, under no circumstances should there be more than three abstracts bearing the name of the same applicant either individually or as part of any group of authors. Please note also that the same abstract or another version with minor variations in title or content must not be submitted to other Sections or Working Groups of the Association for consideration, after an initial submission. Such submissions will be deemed to be in breach of the conference guidelines and will be automatically rejected by the Open Conference System, by the relevant Head or by the Conference Program Referee. Such applicants risk being removed entirely from the conference program.

Upon submission of an abstract, you will be asked to confirm that your submission is original and that it has not been previously published in the form presented. You will also be given an opportunity to declare if your submission is currently before another conference for consideration.

Questions for further information should be addressed to the section heads.

Looking forward to seeing you in Durban!

Hillel Nossek
College of Management Academic Studies, Israel
hnossek [at] colman.ac.il

Friedrich Krotz
University of Bremen, Germany
krotz [at] uni-bremen.de

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IAMCR 2012 - Participatory Communication Research Section Call for Papers
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IAMCR Durban 2012

Annual Conference of the
International Association for Media and Communication Research
Durban, South Africa
July 15-19, 2012

Theme: ‘South-North Conversations’
The International Association for Media and Communication Research invites submissions of abstracts for papers and panel proposals for the 2012 IAMCR conference to be held from July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa.

The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2012.


The conference will be held under the general theme, 'South-North Conversations'. The theme reflects the asymmetry of global communication flows, but without implying the negatives that usually accompany discussions of the 'digital divide'. The theme also calls for balanced and empowering narratives that do not regard those in ‘the South’ as victims primarily in need of handouts from the more affluent.

Participatory Communications Research Section

The PCR section has been among the most vibrant sections at IAMCR. It has, over the years, explored the theory and practice of participatory communications, and has played an important role as a platform for new thinking. While the PCR section has traditionally accommodated old and new approaches to participatory communications, it has over recent years, intentionally encouraged inter-disciplinary approaches marked by creativity, critique and innovation.

This year’s theme ‘South-North Conversations’ offers the section an opportunity to highlight advances in the theory and practice of participatory communications from the South and North. The section welcomes abstracts that explore the theory and practice of participatory communications, tensions and struggles between agency and structure, power flows, methodological innovations, engagements with participatory communications as process, political economy, the relationship between PC and gender and other markers of identity, urban interventions, social movements, ICTs and social networking.

While all abstracts will be reviewed, the section is specifically interested in abstracts on the following themes:

Contributions by Critical Theories and Theorists from the South
The Co-option of Participatory Communications by Corporate Structure
Rethinking the Role of the State in facilitating/promoting Participatory Communications in the Context of Globalization
Social Networking, Social Movements & Social Change
Participatory Communications, Free and Open Source Software & Social Change
The Critique of Empowerment, Participation & Other Buzzwords within the Development Industry
Understanding Participatory Communications as Process
Theorising Voice: Listening, Speaking and Public Spheres
Participatory Communications in Africa
Participatory Communications and the Marginalised

Deadlines

The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 14, 2012. Please note that this deadline will not be extended.

The OCS system at http://iamcr-ocs.org will open on December 1, 2011, and will close on February 14, 2012.

Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to individual applicants by the Section or Working Group Head no later than March 12, 2012.

On the same day, March 12, 2012, conference registration will open for bookings by participants.

For those whose abstracts are accepted, full conference papers are to be submitted via the IAMCR OCS by June 10, 2012.

Guidelines for Abstracts

Abstracts should be between 300 and 500 words in length.

All abstract submissions must be made centrally via the OCS at http://iamcr-ocs.org. There are to be no email submissions of abstracts addressed to any Section or Working Group Head.

In the interest of equity, the PCR Section encourages the submission of 1 abstract per individual. We encourage Spanish speakers to submit their abstract in Spanish.

Upon submission of an abstract, you will be asked to confirm that your submission is original and that it has not been previously published in the form presented. You will also be given an opportunity to declare if your submission is currently before another conference for consideration.

For further information, please contact the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) or consult the Conference Organizers via the website at:

http://www.iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za/

or by email at:

IAMCR2012[at]ukzn.ac.za

Satarupa Dasgupta (Vice Chair)
Florencia Enghel (Vice Chair)
Pradip Thomas (Chair)

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IAMCR 2012 - Political Communication Research Section Call for Papers

erythrina_caffraThe Political Communication Research Section will be organizing panels at the 2012 IAMCR conference in Durban, South Africa. The section is of course interested in Political Communication papers related to the main theme of the conference.

The section also is also seeking papers on any of the whole range of political communication research: the media and political socialization, political campaigning, public opinion and political participation, interactions between the media and intermediary organizations such as interest groups and political parties, as well as the involvement and uses of the medias in campaigns, election; and also the media and marketing processes in government, from policy making to day to day politics at the local level, including Town Halls and other Local Government Institutions communication, from their day to day governance to the answers given to problematic neighborhoods. The use of Internet, blogs and all king of Internet social networks in modern political communication is also of interest to the section, as well as other new media and e-government processes. Paper proposals should be one page, and should list the author's name, address, university affiliations, telephone, fax, and e-mail, followed by the paper's title and an abstract of 500 words/1500 signs. The abstract should specify the subject, questions asked, methodology and findings.

Anyone interested in presenting a paper should send his application, before the deadline indicated on IAMCR website, through IAMCR's Open Conference System (OCS). See the "general" call for paper at:

http://iamcr.org/iamcr2012cfp

and enter your proposals at:

http://iamcr-ocs.org/index.php/2012/2012

Proposals will be peer-reviewed, and in order to improve the on-site discussions, all panels will have a discussant. Colleagues willing to act as discussants may apply as far as they have already taken part to at least two previous meetings of the section and/or are well-known researchers in the field. Paper givers may also volunteer to be discussants in other panels than theirs. Would-be discussants should specify in which field of political communication they are rather willing to work and also send in the same personal data required from paper givers.

Also, in keeping with our section’s tradition of exploring points of intersect with other research groups of IAMCR, this year we wish to convene a joint panel with the Law Section on the theme: “Electoral Law and Political Communication” (see the Joint Session specific CFP). Those who wish to submit a proposal for this session are encouraged to contact either Philippe J. Maarek (maarek [at] univ-paris12.fr), Head of the Political Communication Research Section, or Sandra Braman (braman [at] uwm.edu), Head of the Law Section, with an abstract proposal in the format of the general call for paper for these sections and within the same deadline.

For any further information, it is possible to contact the section head, Professor Philippe J. Maarek, at maarek [at] univ-paris12.fr.

E-mail should be privileged, but he can also be reached as follows:

Philippe J. Maarek
Professeur à l'Université Paris Est -UPEC
41 rue du Colisee,
75008 Paris,
France
Fax: +331- 43.59.57.03,
Tel: +331- 42.25.85.82





Law Section and Political Communication Research Section Joint Session

Electoral Law and Political Communication

In many countries, the regulation of election campaigns – Electoral Laws – are undergoing change in ways that affect political communication and, therefore, the role of communication during "democratic" election campaigns. In some countries, the laws are becoming more complex in an effort to try to level the playing field for candidates of all parties and ensure equal access to campaign debates for those from all perspectives. In other countries, the law is changing in such a way that the playing field is becoming LESS even, making it easier for those with the most money to dominate – or take over altogether – the communicative space for elections.

Regulation of campaign financing is a policy tool that has been used in both ways: in some countries, there are stronger limits on what can be spent, and how, while in others such restraints have been removed. This panel will provide a comparative look at changes in election campaign laws as they affect political communication across countries.

Both papers analyzing the political and communicative effects of changes in election laws within countries and comparatively across countries are welcome.

Those who wish to submit a proposal for this session are encouraged to contact either Philippe J. Maarek (maarek [at] univ-paris12.fr) Head of the Political Communication Research Section, or Sandra Braman (braman [at] uwm.edu), Head of the Law Section, with an abstract proposal in the format of the general call for paper for these sections and within the same deadline.

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IAMCR 2012 - Political Economy Section Call for Papers
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IAMCR Durban 2012

Annual Conference of the
International Association for Media and Communication Research
Durban, South Africa, July 15-19

Theme: ‘South-North Conversations’

The Political Economy Section looks forward to the next IAMCR Conference and invites submissions (both individual proposals and collective panels) for the 2012 conference to be held at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa, 15-19 July.

The conference will be held under the general theme, 'South-North Conversations'. The theme reflects the asymmetry of global communication flows, but without implying the negatives that usually accompany discussions of the 'digital divide'. The theme also calls for balanced and empowering narratives that do not regard those in ‘the South’ as victims primarily in need of handouts from the more affluent. The general conference theme is therefore highly relevant for a cross-cutting Section such as Political Economy and the following conference general sub-themes seem particularly relevant for the section:

Uneven access to technological, political and social capital;
Issues of the so-called ‘digital divide’ post WSIS;
Asymmetrical news and information flows;
Trend lines and origins of innovations, apps and new media;
The spectre or reality of cultural imperialism;
Fighting back: empowerment of the local, the regional and integration into the global;
Local languages – a growth area in media in the north and south;
Media, development, democracy;
Social media, challenge and advocacy;
Users and service providers: north and south;
Communication as a tool of empowerment of the marginalised and the stigmatized;
Global media hegemony, regional hegemony and counter hegemony.

In addition to and/or in articulation with the conference sub-themes, the Political Economy Section also welcomes submissions on:

Political economy of the Internet, social media, and mobile communications;
Moral economies, gift economies and free culture/free economy;
Media capital and financialization of corporate media;
Public interest and public goods;
Political economy of audiences;
Political economy of journalism;
Political economy of personal information;
Power, media policy and regulation;
Media, citizenship and democracy;
Tracking and analyzing processes of de-commodification or de-marketization;
Cultural and creative work in the context of digitization and global capitalism;
Continuing crisis (financial, moral, others);
Communication experiences of the OccupyWallStreet and Indignados around the world as counter hegemonic social agents.

Aiming to reflect the state of the art, the Section is particularly open to new theoretical approaches and empirical developments.

Deadlines

The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 14, 2012. Please note that this deadline will not be extended.

IAMCR's OCS system will open on December 1, 2011, and will close on February 14, 2012.

Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to individual applicants by their Section or Working Group Head no later than March 12, 2012.

On the same day, March 12, 2012, conference registration will open for bookings by participants.

For those whose abstracts are accepted, full conference papers are to be submitted via the IAMCR OCS by June 10, 2012.

Guidelines for Abstracts

Abstracts should be 300-500 words in length.

All abstract submissions must be made centrally via the Open Conference System (OCS).

The Political Economy Section accepts only one paper per author. Proposals should only be proposed to one section or working group.

Information

General information on the conference:

For further information on the conference, please contact the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) or consult the Conference Organizers via the website at:

http://www.iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za/

or by email at:

IAMCR2012[at]ukzn.ac.za

Information on the Political Economy Section:

For more information about the Political Economy Section and its plans for the Durban conference, please contact the coordinating team:
Chair: Helena Sousa
University of Minho, Portugal
helena[at]ics.uminho.pt
Vice-Chair:
Rodrigo Gómez
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
rgomez[at]correo.cua.uam.mx
Vice-Chair: Janet Wasko
University of Oregon, United States
jwasko[at]uoregon.edu

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The Comic Art Working Group invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR annual conference that will be held in Durban, South Africa, July 15-19, 2012. The overall conference theme is 'South-North Conversations.'

The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2012. (For more information on submissions and decisions, see below) Abstracts should be sent to the working group chair only through the Conference website, and should be 200-250 words long in English. Each abstract must include title, name(s), affiliation, institutional address and email address of author(s) and a short (up to 100 words) bio-data.

IAMCR accepts presentations in English, French and Spanish. However, it is requested that abstracts be submitted in English.

Non members of IAMCR and/or of the working group are welcome to submit and present if accepted, following the same procedure as described above and, if accepted, also the procedure as described below.

Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to individual applicants by the working group chair no later than March 12, 2012.

If a proposal is accepted, two preconditions must be met to be included in the final program: upload a full paper by June 10, 2012 via the IAMCR Open Conference System (OCS) and register for participation at the conference.

For more information on the submission of abstracts, registration, theme, location, etc., please go to the IAMCR institutional website or at the Durban 2012 Conference website.

All abstracts, although to be identified for a specific working group, should be submitted only via the central Open Conference System (OCS).

John A. Lent
International Journal of Comic Art, USA
john.lent [at] gmail.com

Deadlines

The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 14, 2012. Please note that this deadline will not be extended.

The OCS system will open on December 1, 2011, and will close on February 14, 2012.

Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to individual applicants by the Section Heads no later than March 12, 2012.

On the same day, March 12, 2012, conference registration will open for bookings by participants.

For those whose abstracts are accepted, full conference papers are to be submitted via the IAMCR OCS by June 10, 2012.

General Guidelines for Abstracts

Abstracts should be 200-250 words in length.

All abstract submissions must be made centrally via the OCS at . There are to be no email submissions of abstracts addressed to any section or working group head.

It is expected that for the most part, only one (1) abstract will be submitted per person for consideration by the conference. However, under no circumstances should there be more than three abstracts bearing the name of the same applicant either individually or as part of any group of authors. Please note also that the same abstract or another version with minor variations in title or content must not be submitted to other sections or working groups of the association for consideration, after an initial submission. Such submissions will be deemed to be in breach of the conference guidelines and will be automatically rejected by the Open Conference System, by the relevant head or by the conference program referee. Such applicants risk being removed entirely from the conference program.

Upon submission of an abstract, you will be asked to confirm that your submission is original and that it has not been previously published in the form presented. You will also be given an opportunity to declare if your submission is currently before another conference for consideration.

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IAMCR 2012 - Communication and HIV/AIDS and Health Communication and Change Working Groups Call for Papers

erythrina_caffraThe Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group and the Health, Communication and Change Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) welcome the submission of papers for the 2012 Conference to be held in Durban, South Africa from July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).

The theme of the conference, ‘South-North Conversations’, reflects the inherent asymmetries in communication flows between the developed and the developing nations.

Wider understandings of ‘developed- developing- underdeveloped’ countries in transition as well as the ‘core-periphery’ are changing. It can be evidenced by BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), the ‘African Renaissance’ and the African Union. We cannot, therefore, continue to assume that communication and media – seen in terms of value and meaning systems, historical trajectories, monetary and technological transfers – can continue to be seen as they have been in the past.

Yet the reality of disparity and inequalities persist, and these need to be situated and evaluated. South-North Conversations asks us to engage with disparities and inequalities in conversation – as partners, with peer-to-peer equality, in a more optimistic vision of global engagement. We hope to not only focus on topics close to the concerns of the host nation, South Africa, but also to a range of regional interests across the globe. Some of the sub-themes include:

Uneven access to technological, political and social capital;
Asymmetrical news and information flows;
The un-dead spectre of cultural imperialism;
Media & social media, social challenge and advocacy;
Communication as a tool of empowerment of the marginalised and the stigmatized;
Dependency on uneven donor-recipient relationships;
Lack of indigenous theory formation.

HIV/AIDS has been in existence around the world for over 25 years, and illnesses with a longer history continue to pose challenges across the socio-economic and medical spectrum. The greatest effects of the epidemic are felt predominantly by the most marginalized sectors of society, in developed and developing countries. This takes place in the context of increasing polarizations between the very rich and the very poor, increasing processes of exclusion and marginalization. This remains true for other health conditions, as these social processes are produced and reproduced across a range of health conditions. This includes unequal and value-laden communication flows between centres and peripheries, with political and socio-economic contexts and histories playing a role in how communication is perceived and used to address the problems. As such, anomalies and inequalities exist in the flow of knowledge between ‘North-South’ and centre-periphery within and between societies.

Call for Papers

The working groups wish to invite papers that engage with these dynamics in relation to HIV/AIDS and broader health conditions and concerns. We are interested in both theoretical and practice-based work that reflect upon health, including HIV/AIDS, in communication practice. In the context of this year’s conference theme, we are interested in issues related to health and/or HIV/AIDS and dynamics of inequalities and difference: How does communication intersect with HIV/AIDS, health and social change in the context of cores and peripheries. How can dialogue about HIV/AIDS, health and social change processes take place within the context of South-North relations? How have communication processes between the South and North been affected and changed by the epidemic and the changing nature of health and dis/ease? Where have spaces of communication about health and/or HIV/AIDS been created? What are their dimensions and textures? What are the uses of and intersections with alternative media and health and/or HIV/AIDS? What about health conditions, and the role of media and communication in constructing health discourses?

In addition to conference-specific themes, we will continue to encourage papers that engage with critical, dynamic reflection on communication research and practice, addressing the multiple dimensions of health, HIV/AIDS, communication and change, from multiple disciplinary perspectives. We encourage papers that enhance understandings of the role of media and communication in general about health, illness and disease, and the contexts in which diverse audiences engage with, negotiate, accept and/or resist these. This may include, for example, communication policy, implications of cultural contexts for communication, the influence of biomedical interventions on communication practice, campaign fatigue, governance and accountability, communication and the construction of illness and the gendered nature of the health and HIV/AIDS. Please consider the implications of your paper for communication theory and/or practice.

We are particularly interested in papers that present innovative approaches to HIV/AIDS and/or communication theory and practice, and take a critical approach to communication, exploring the interdisciplinary, multi-dimensional nature of the epidemic. As such, we hope to see more studies that move beyond traditional health communication models, and reflect upon the diversity of approaches to communication, including, for instance, social change communication, citizen/alternative/radical media approaches, participatory communication, advocacy communication, folk media and other cultural approaches.

Both individual abstracts and panel proposals are encouraged. The sessions of the working groups will be organized to suit emerging themes from submitted abstracts.

Logistics & Deadlines

It is expected that for the most part, only one (1) abstract will be submitted per person for consideration by the Conference. The working groups will consider no more than two abstracts per presenter. However, under no circumstances should there be more than three (3) abstracts bearing the name of the same applicant either individually or as part of any group of authors. Please note also that the same abstract or another version with minor variations in title or content must not be submitted to other Sections or Working Groups of the Association for consideration, after an initial submission. Such submissions will be deemed to be in breach of the conference guidelines and will be automatically rejected by the Open Conference System, by the relevant Head or by the Conference Programme Referee. Such applicants risk being removed entirely from the conference programme.

Upon submission of an abstract, you will be asked to confirm that your submission is original and that it has not been previously published in the form presented. You will also be given an opportunity to declare if your submission is currently before another conference for consideration.

Abstracts or panel proposals should include: the name(s) of author(s) and professional title(s); institutional affiliation; and e-mail address/contact information. Due to scheduling considerations, a limited number of panels will be accepted.

The deadline for submission of abstracts (between 300 and 500 words in length) is February 14, 2012. You will be informed whether or not your abstract is accepted by March 12, 2012. The deadline for full conference papers is June 10, 2012.

Abstract Submission

All abstract submissions must be made centrally via the Open Conference System (OCS). There are to be no email submissions of abstracts addressed to any Section or Working Group Head.

If you have trouble with the online submission process or questions related to this call for papers, please contact the co-chairs of the working group.

Please CC the co-chairs of the Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group and the Health, Communication and Change Working Group:
Sarah Cardey:
s.p.cardey [at] reading.ac.uk
Ravindra Kumar Vemula:
ravindrakumar [at] efluniversity.ac.in
Nanna Engebretsen:
nanna.engebretsen [at] hil.no
Marjan De Bruin:
marjan.debruin [at] uwimona.edu.jm
Kate Holland: kate.holland [at] canberra.edu.au

Please note that if your abstract is accepted, you may be called upon to facilitate or moderate one of the working group sessions.

The Working Group will be cooperating with Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, in producing a theme issue arising out of the conference deliberations.

Papers presented at the conference will be considered for this issue but must be written as journal articles in the required style.

The issue is scheduled for 2012/5 (November). Selection will be done by the guest editors (Sarah Cardey et al.) at the conference and production will commence on 1. August. Critical Arts is ISI and IBSS listed, amongst other indexes.

For further information see:

http://ccms.ukzn.ac.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=151&Itemid=87
This issue of Critical Arts is being is being sponsored by USAID/PEPFAR through Johns Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa an affiliate of the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Centre for Communications Programs.

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IAMCR 2012 - Digital Divide Working Group Call for Papers

erythrina_caffraThe Working Group on Digital Divide of the International Association for Media and Communication Research invites submissions for the IAMCR Conference that will be held from July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2012.

The conference will be held under the general theme, 'South-North Conversations'. The theme reflects the asymmetry of global communication flows, but without implying the negatives that usually accompany discussions of the 'digital divide'. The theme also calls for balanced and empowering narratives that do not regard those in ‘the South’ as victims primarily in need of handouts from the more affluent.



The term ‘Global South’ refers to countries, territories and communities that have been excluded from the mainstream of economic, social and communication development. In much of the discourse around global geo-politics, these countries and communities are still regarded as the recipients of economic and technical largesse from more developed sources. In this conference, we wish to interrogate this position, and to emphasize the communicative empowerment and the positive potential of media and communication in and from the ‘Global South’.

Selected Issues

The Working Group on Digital Divide welcomes papers and panels related to the conference theme, including such topics as:

Digital divide at the global and regional level as a consequence of South-North disconnection Issues of the digital divide post WSIS: new dimensions of digital inequality in frames of the digital revolution
Asymmetrical news, information flows and content supply in new media
Uneven access to technological, political and social capital
Local languages in digital environment - a growth area for media in the North and South
Users vs. content vs. service providers: North and South
Digital inclusion for digitally less advanced: how the South could benefit from the North Communication in the digital environment as a tool of empowerment of democracy and education Journalism, digital media and modern newsroom practices: experiences in North and South Gender, age, education and other social issues in the context of digital divide in the North and South

Deadlines

The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 14, 2012. Please note that this deadline will not be extended.

The Open Conference System (OCS) will open on December 1, 2011, and will close on February 14, 2012.

Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to individual applicants by their Section or Working Group Head no later than March 12, 2012.

On the same day, March 12, 2012, conference registration will open for bookings by participants.

For those whose abstracts are accepted, full conference papers are to be submitted via the IAMCR OCS by June 10, 2012.

Guidelines for Abstracts

Abstracts should be between 300 and 500 words in length.

Abstract submissions

All abstract submissions must be made centrally only via the Open Conference System (OCS). There are to be no email submissions of abstracts addressed to any Section or Working Group Head.

It is expected that for the most part, only one (1) abstract will be submitted per person for consideration by the Conference. However, under no circumstances should there be more than three abstracts bearing the name of the same applicant either individually or as part of any group of authors. Please note also that the same abstract or another version with minor variations in title or content must not be submitted to other Sections or Working Groups of the Association for consideration, after an initial submission. Such submissions will be deemed to be in breach of the conference guidelines and will be automatically rejected by the Open Conference System, by the relevant Head or by the Conference Programme Referee. Such applicants risk being removed entirely from the conference programme.

Upon submission of an abstract, you will be asked to confirm that your submission is original and that it has not been previously published in the form presented. You will also be given an opportunity to declare if your submission is currently before another conference for consideration.

For further information, please contact the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) or consult the Conference Organizers via the website at:

http://www.iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za/

or by email at:

IAMCR2012[at]ukzn.ac.za

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