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

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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