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[ecrea] Call for Papers for the SACM 2014 Conference: Ruptures – Upheavals – Opportunities

Mon Oct 07 18:43:55 GMT 2013



Call for Papers for the Annual Conference 2014 of the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research



"Ruptures – Upheavals – Opportunities:

The Transformation of the Swiss Media Landscape in an International Context"



Date: Friday/Saturday, April 11/12, 2014

Venue: University of Zurich, Switzerland

Website: www.sgkm2014.ch



Conference Theme



The media landscapes in Switzerland and other Western democracies are rapidly changing. As traditional media are confronted with new providers, platforms, products and usage modes, resources available to news organizations are shrinking. Both audiences and advertising have shifted to domains of the web that have little to do with journalism, like search engines or social networking sites. As a consequence, news organizations are forced to cut costs. Newspapers are particularly affected by these changes, which have let to repeated buyouts and even newspaper closures. This so-called media crisis offers both a chance and a challenge.



The SGKM/SSCM/SACM annual conference 2014 focuses on these developments. It aims at describing, analyzing and critically reflecting upon ruptures, upheavals and opportunities from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. We invite scholars from all research fields of communication and media studies as well as media practitioners to submit abstracts and proposals. We seek contributions that analyze changes in the Swiss media landscape within an international context. Submissions may focus on the micro-, the meso- or the macro-societal level and can be of either a theoretical or an empirical nature.



Possible topics include new forms of journalism and new business models; changes in media content, use and effects; and the impact of the crisis on democracy, media policy as well as the discipline itself. For a more extensive and detailed list of topics please have a look at the

French or German version of this call for papers on our website.



Program



The SGKM/SSCM/SACM Annual Conference will kick off on Friday, April 11 2014, at 10:00 with a plenary session. This opening plenary features a keynote speech by Slavko Splichal (University of Ljubljana) followed by respondents and an open debate. In the afternoon, two rounds of parallel sessions and the general assembly are scheduled. After the assembly the optional conference dinner will take place.



On Saturday, April 12 2014, the conference starts with a third round of parallel sessions before hosting a plenary session with guests from media organizations and media policy. After lunch, section-sponsored sessions and a final round of parallel sessions take place. The conference will end with a reception and an award ceremony.



Submissions



You may submit single contributions as well as panel session proposals. Moreover, alternative session formats can be arranged. Submissions and presentations are possible in German, French, Italian or English. PowerPoint presentations will be requested in a different language than the language of presentation in order to be as inclusive as possible.



Single contributions: Please submit abstracts of approx. 2000-2500 words. Presentations will be 15 minutes long.



Panel sessions: Aside from single contributions you may also submit proposals for panel sessions (90 minutes long) which should consist of 3 to 5 single contributions. Submissions should contain both a panel description of 1000 words and abstracts of approx. 1000-1500 words for each contribution.



Alternative session formats: The SACM annual conference also welcomes different formats like workshops, posters, round tables, films and exhibitions. If you are interested, please contact Martina Leonarz ((swissgis /at/ sgkm2014.ch)) as soon as possible.



All submissions are subject to double-blind peer review. Please mention your contact details only on the cover sheet of your submission.



Please submit your abstracts and proposals as Word files (no PDF files please) to (swissgis /at/ sgkm2014.ch) by December 1, 2013.



Review results will be communicated by early February 2014, registration for the conference starts in early December 2013 and ends on March 15, 2014.



Contact



Organization:
SwissGIS – Swiss Centre for Studies on the Global Information Society and IPMZ – Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research



Local Organizing Committee:

Michael Latzer, Martina Leonarz, Werner A. Meier, Manuel Puppis, Corinne Schweizer



E-Mail: (swissgis /at/ sgkm2014.ch)

Website: www.sgkm2014.ch



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