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[ecrea] call for papers - 'Users Across Media'

Thu Dec 18 11:31:53 GMT 2014




Call for papers: Users Across Media – extended deadline for submitting abstracts: January 15th 2015

Conference at University of Copenhagen, Denmark, May 6th-8th 2015



Recent years have seen a great diversification in mediated communication as highlighted not least by the vast spread of the Internet and mobile media. With new media come new use practices, which, in turn, have consequences for individual media users as well as for established media producers and societal institutions.



One concept that has been offered as a way of approaching the changes to practices of communication in the contemporary mediascape has been that of cross-media communication.



While the concept of cross-media communication has mainly been associated with the production of media content to multiple platforms, it is clear that media users also cross media; they combine, juggle and move almost seamlessly between various media platforms and services to pursue information and entertainment and to communicate about and act on tasks and demands in their everyday lives. This insight has important consequences both methodologically and theoretically.



In terms of methodology, analyses focusing on technological platforms, mediated content or contexts of production and use as isolated phenomena fall short in a cross-media perspective, as each analysis paints only part of the larger picture. Consequently, methods are needed that may help researchers study in a more holistic manner the interactions among platforms, content, users and producers.



In terms of theory, a cross-media approach to the study of the contemporary mediascape implies an increased sensitivity to the interconnectedness and interactions of communication practices, platforms, users and institutions. A cross-media perspective thus may affect and challenge our understandings of key concept such as media, communication, participation, users and institutions. Furthermore, it raises questions about the consequences of cross-media communication for users, producers and institutions.



We encourage both scholars and practitioners to contribute to the further development of the study of cross-media communication in a user perspective. Contributions might include, but are not limited to:

· Methods and tools to study users across media, platforms and/or contexts

· Theoretical frameworks to understand the complex use practices in the contemporary mediascape

· Critical perspectives on the concept of ‘user’ in cross-media communication, for instance in relation to concepts of ‘consumer’, ‘audience’, ‘prosumer’, and ‘producer’.

·       Empirical studies of cross-media usage

· Empirical studies of how media producers and institutions envision, target and interact with users in their cross-media communication





We invite you to submit individual abstracts to the conference. Abstracts (400 words) and short bio (100 words) should be e-mailed to Kjetil Sandvik ((sandvik /at/ hum.ku.dk)) no later than January 15th 2015. Notes of acceptance: February 2nd.



Accepted papers may be invited to be re-written into articles appearing in a special issue of Convergence on users across media.



The conference is organized by the research project “Meaning Across Media” located at the Department for Media, Cognition and Communication.



Confirmed keynote speakers:

· Maria Bakardjieva, Professor at the Department of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary, Canada.

· James W. Webster, Professor in Communication Studies at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA

·       Other keynote- and invited speakers will be announced shortly.



Presentations from the “Meaning Across Media”-project:

· Klaus Bruhn Jensen, Professor, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen: “Results from the baseline survey of ‘who uses which media and genres in which combinations and with what intensity’: An overview of Danish and some European findings"

· Kjetil Sandvik, Associate Professor, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen: "Cross-media perspectives on user-centered and co-creative aspects of creating smart cities at citizen eye-level"

· Anne Mette Thorhauge, Associate Professor, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen: "Cross media in a user perspective: the role of micro-management"

· Stine Lomborg, Associate Professor, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen: "Self-tracking as cross-media use"

· Mette Mortensen, Associate Professor, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen: "Conflictual media events and eyewitness images: The case of Boston Marathon bombing"

· Bjarki Valtysson, Associate Professor, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen: "Digitization strategies and cultural heritage: User perspectives"

· Jakob Linaa Jensen, Associate Professor, Department of Aesthetics and Communication, Aarhus University: "The Danish news sphere on social media: A network analysis"

· Jacob Ørmen, PHD student, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen: "Would you like to set the agenda?: (Dis)engaging with politics in face-to-face and mediated situations"

· Troels Fibæk Bertel, Post.Doc., Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen: "Everyday uses of social and other media among individuals suffering from chronic illness who have become caught up in the Danish municipal system"



Read more about the conference at http://usersacrossmedia.dk

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