[ecrea] Call for papers Qualitative Research in Communication

Call for papers

Qualitative Research in Communication International Conference
Bucharest, Romania, October 3-4, 2013

This conference will explore qualitative research as a method of inquiry 
which enriches the understanding of communication and of social 
phenomena. It also aims to provide a venue for discussing and assessing 
theories and methods currently used in qualitative research in 
communication, as well as future trends likely to impact the work being 
done in this field. The conference will focus on sharing and examining 
qualitative research methodologies, research topics, questions and 
applications, with a consistent emphasis on their merits and limitations 
as inquiry tools deployed in the study of communication. Nevertheless, 
the conference is not limited to methodological aspects, as it welcomes 
studies that focus on the results qualitative research in communication.
We value interdisciplinary approaches to qualitative research within and 
throughout communication-related subfields, (interpersonal 
communication, organizational communication, intercultural 
communication, language and social interaction, applied communication, 
media and cultural studies etc.). Contributions from all these research 
areas are welcome.
A distinct goal of the conference is to provide a stimulating 
environment for future academic collaboration. The event is planned as a 
venue for exchanging and expanding ideas in qualitative research. We 
invite communication scholars and researchers and their colleagues in 
the social sciences to contribute papers which address theoretical and 
methodological aspects of qualitative research, and which discuss 
research findings based on qualitative investigations of communication. 
The papers should address topics related to one of the conference’s four 
sessions:


1. Language and social interaction

This session seeks to explore the potential of narrative and discursive 
approaches to communication. It will include (but will not be limited 
to) contributions which make use of content analysis, discourse 
analysis, narratives and biographical approach, interpretative 
phenomenological analysis.

2. Applied communication and media studies

In this session, we will include papers covering theoretically and 
empirically grounded work on social interaction, verbal and non-verbal 
communication, organizational communication, media and cultural studies 
and technology-mediated interpersonal communication.

3. Visual communication

Until recently, the interest in visual and image-based research has been 
rather marginal in the field of communication. However, due to the 
growing dominance of the visual in an individual’s personal and cultural 
experience, and in the society at large, significant image-related 
research work has emerged across various disciplines, including 
communication. In this session, we invite scholarly contributions that 
use qualitative research to explore and explain visual communication and 
image-making processes.

4. Counseling studies

This session will include papers that refer to biographical and 
narrative methods of counseling and approaches used in the individual 
career design.

Keynote speakers
Nancy Arthur, University of Calgary, Canada
Mireia Fernández-Ardc(vol, IN3 - Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona 
(Catalonia), Spain
Spyros Kriwas, University of Patras, Greece
José González Monteagudo, University of Seville, Spain
# Important deadlines
15th of March 2013 abstract submission
30th of April 2013 notification of authors
30th of June 2013 full paper submission
30th of August 2013 notification of authors

Abstracts
The abstracts (max. 500 words followed by 3-5 keywords) will be 
submitted for review in MS Word format (.doc, .docx) via e-mail. Please 
provide the full names, affiliations, mailing addresses, telephone and 
fax numbers, and e-mail addresses of all authors, indicating the contact 
author. Only one paper for each participant (as a first author) will be 
accepted. Abstracts will be submitted online to the following e-mail 
address: (corina.buzoianu /at/ comunicare.ro). The official language of the 
conference is English. The authors will receive confirmation via email.
Publication
All conference papers are subject to a peer-review process. All accepted 
papers will be published in the conference proceedings (CD with ISBN). 
Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Romanian 
Journal of Communication and Public Relations 
(www.journalofcommunication.ro), an academic journal which is indexed in 
the following research data-bases: EBSCO, ProQuest, DOAJ, CEEOL, 
Cabell’s Directories, Genamics Journal Seek and Index Copernicus.
Organizers

*
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, 
Bucharest, Romania
* University of Lower Silesia, Poland
o Academic Counseling Studies Society @ University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw
o Center for Research in Communication, Social Cognition and 
Communication of Emotions Lab & Identity and Image Lab @ National 
University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest

Information & contact
Further information and updates regarding the conference will be 
available in due time on the conference website: 
http://centrucomunicare.ro/conference2013.html
For details and inquires please send an e-mail to: 
(corina.buzoianu /at/ comunicare.ro). Please find attached the call for papers.

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