[ecrea] CFP: the 2015 ICA mobile pre-conference

12th ICA Mobile Pre-Conference CALL FOR PAPERS
San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 20-21 (1.5 days), 2015
Location: the main ICA conference hotel
Deadline for Abstract Submissions: December 1, 2014


Communication through mobile media has become central to people’s lives 
around the world, no matter age, gender, or ethnicity, and is driven by 
widespread adoption of a repertoire of mobile devices. Usage of mobile 
media is closely tied to the life circumstances of individuals. The 12th 
annual ICA Mobile Pre-conference will examine, scrutinize, and reflect 
upon the influence of this dominant new medium on everyday practices of 
communication through the theme “From Womb to Tomb: Mobile Research 
Across Genders, Generations, Ethnicities, Cultures, and Life Stages.

We anticipate a broad range of research topics in mobile communication 
and welcome extended abstracts based on empirical and/or theoretical 
work as it relates to: civic engagement, activism and social movements, 
social media, learning and education, methodologies, international 
contexts, international development, health, cultural similarities and 
differences, local culture and heritage, place-based issues, journalism, 
politics, usability issues, user experiences and perceptions, 
technologies, interfaces, mobile media histories, and archaeology.

The pre-conference will include a workshop for emerging scholars to 
provide a forum where graduate students, new faculty, and early scholars 
can present and discuss their research with more experienced mobile 
researchers, thus representing an opportunity to establish and nurture a 
supportive and integrated community. This pre-conference also features a 
“best paper” competition, Professor James E. Katz (Boston University) as 
the closing keynote speaker, and other fun and engaging extra-curricular 
activities.

Submissions are welcomed from scholars at all stages of their careers 
and across multiple disciplines related to mobile communication. 
Submissions should be extended abstracts of no more than 750 words and 
be completed online through the main website 
(http://icamobile.org/2015/submissions). The deadline for submissions is 
11:59 PM EST on December 1, 2014. Papers will be judged by peer review 
on criteria of relevance, originality, adequacy of literature review, 
methodology, legitimacy of conclusions, clarity of presentation, as well 
as fit with—and contribution to—the conference theme. Notifications of 
acceptance will be emailed in January 2015.

More information please visit: http://icamobile.org/2015/.



best wishes,

Jun

Jun Liu, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Media, Cognition and Communication,
University of Copenhagen
Karen Blixens Vej 4,
2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark
Phone: +45-35328416


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