[ecrea] CFP: Social Media, the fourth Transforming Audiences conference, London Sep 2013

CALL FOR PAPERS

Social Media
The fourth international
transforming audiences conference
making connections | creative cultures | open everything

Date: 2 -- 3 September 2013
Venue: University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS

The previous Transforming Audiences conferences, in 2007, 2009 and 2011, 
have seen this event become Europe's major international conference 
series for audience/user studies, bringing together researchers from all 
over the world. Now we are delighted to invite you to Social Media, the 
fourth in the Transforming Audiences series, in central London in 
September 2013.
The Social Media conference is organised by the Centre for Social Media 
Research at the University of Westminster's Communication and Media 
Research Institute. The event will present a rich set of analyses of the 
current situation and raise important questions about the future. We 
strongly encourage papers from new scholars as well as more established 
researchers.

Keynote speakers include Stuart Allan (author Citizen Witnessing), Megan 
Boler (co-editor DIY Citizenship and Critical Making), Larissa Hjorth 
(co-author Understanding Social Media) and D.E. Wittkower (editor 
Facebook and Philosophy).

We particularly invite papers that connect with the themes making 
connections, creative cultures and open everything.
Making connections --- friends | followers | connections | networks | 
communities | tags | favourites | playlists | channels | emotions | 
affect | information | knowledge | circulation | movement | share
Creative cultures --- critical making | memes | do-it-yourself | 
do-it-with-others | collaboration | participation | read-write | edit | 
hacking | modding | coding | creativity
Open everything --- Big Data | data journalism | visualisation | mapping 
| activism | commons | business models | access | education | MOOCs | 
private | public | surveillance | visibility


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
You can submit proposals for individual papers or for themed panels. 
Individual papers will each have 15 minutes plus discussion time. Panels 
should consist of three presentations of 15 minutes each, to be followed 
by fifteen minutes of discussion for a total session of one hour.
For individual papers, please send a 300-word abstract and brief 
biographical note of up to 70 words. Abstracts should highlight the 
original theoretical or empirical contribution. They should also include 
the presenter's name, institutional affiliation, title of paper, email 
and work address.
Proposals for panels or alternative formats should include a 300-word 
overview as well as individual abstracts following the guidelines above.
All proposals should be sent by 12 April 2013 to (TA4 /at/ westminster.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(TA4 /at/ westminster.ac.uk)>
Electronic submissions only. Successful applicants will be notified by 
mid-May.

REGISTRATION
The registration fee for the two days will be £285, for one day will be 
£180. ICA, AoIR, IAMCR and ECREA members will be given a preferential 
rate of £245 for the two day event. The special rate for students will 
be £130 for the two days, or £75 for one day. This covers all conference 
documentation, refreshments, lunches, wine reception and administration 
costs. Registration will open mid-May.

http://www.transformingaudiences.org.uk 
<http://www.transformingaudiences.org.uk/>
http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/events/camri-events-calendar/2013/social-media-transforming-audiences-conference