[ecrea] Call For Proposals: Global Fusion Annual Conference

Global Fusion 2014: Extending the Boundaries of Global Media and 
International Communication

A Global Media and Communication Conference

October 24-26, 2014

Austin, TX

Hosted by the Radio-Television-Film Department and the Moody College of 
Communication, University of Texas at Austin



NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2014



The purpose of the Global Fusion Conference series, which began in 2000, 
is to promote academic excellence in global media and international 
communication studies. The conference is sponsored by a consortium of 
Universities: The University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, 
Ohio University, Southern Illinois University and Temple University. We 
invite original, non-published research submissions on any aspect of 
global media and international aspects of mediated communication. Any 
theoretical and methodological approaches appropriate to communication 
research are acceptable and encouraged. The call is open to panels and 
papers on the widest possible range of topics, as well as proposals for 
workshop sessions.

Conference begins Friday evening October 24, and ends at 4 p.m. on 
Sunday October 26.

The Global Fusion Conference 2014 will additionally include a 
preconference focusing on ethnographic global media research methods. 
The preconference will include a series of mentorship workshops with 
prominent global media scholars designed to provide graduate students 
and professors with skills and insight into the field of global media 
research. Qualified applicants for the preconference are not limited to 
ethnographic or qualitative research backgrounds, and multidisciplinary 
interests are encouraged.

The preconference will be held in the morning and afternoon onFriday, 
October 24, prior to the conference reception and plenary.

Submission instructions:
Individual papers: Proposals may be submitted in the form of completed 
papers or abstracts of 300-400 words. (Only full papers will be 
considered for best paper awards.) Please include a cover sheet with the 
paper title, the names of all authors, and contact information for the 
submitter (affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, and email 
address). No identifying information should appear on the paper or on 
the abstract page for blind review.
Panels: Please submit a panel abstract of 200-300 words, and 50-100 word 
abstracts for each included paper. The names of all authors along with 
their paper titles, as well as contact information for the submitter, 
should appear on a cover sheet. Proposals for workshop session panels 
are welcome. No identifying information should appear on the panel 
proposal page for blind review.

Preconference: Interested applicants can submit a brief biography 
(limited to 100 words) and a 200-400 word statement of interest. The 
statement of interest should include current research interests and/or 
projects, as well as topics and issues the applicant hopes to engage in 
during the workshops. Although the workshops are focused on ethnographic 
methods, the preconference will be open to suggestions from various 
methodological backgrounds. The preconference will be limited to 25 
participants.

Notice:
Submission format should be WORD. PDF format will NOT be accepted.

The abstract/paper/panel proposal page should: (1) Be separate from the 
cover page; (2) Contain the ?title of the proposed paper; (3) Include a 
total word count; (4) NOT contain any identifying ?information about the 
submitter (including contact information).

At least one author of an accepted faculty paper must attend the 
conference to present the paper. If student authors cannot be present, 
they must make arrangements for the paper to be presented by someone 
else.  Submit to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gf20140



Awards: The Global Fusion conference offers a graduate student 
competition. To be considered for an award, a full paper must be 
submitted by July 31, and must be marked on the title page as being a 
submission for the competition. Papers submitted with both faculty and 
student authors will be considered faculty papers and are not eligible 
for graduate student competitions.

Location: Austin, TX
Dates: October 24-26, 2014
Deadline: 11:59 P.M. (EST) Thursday, July 31, 2014

For additional information, visit 
http://rtf.utexas.edu/news/media-studies/global-fusion-conference-2014

For questions, please contact us at (globalfusion2014 /at/ gmail.com)

thanks very much!

Stuart Davis
Department of Radio-TV-Film
University of Texas-Austin
Department of Sociology
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
(stuart.davis /at/ utexas.edu)
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