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[ecrea] Call for abstracts: New Directions in Media Research Conference 2015

Mon Apr 06 06:59:36 GMT 2015




*Call for Abstracts/Papers*

*New Directions in Media Research Conference 2015*

*Media and Communication Department, University of Leicester, UK*

*Friday 12 June 2015*

*Submission deadline: 24 April 2015*

Dear All,

On behalf of the organising committee it is a pleasure to invite you to
the upcoming New Directions in Media Research Conference, which will
take place at the Media and Communication Department, University of
Leicester, Friday 12 June 2015.

This one-day academic conference is organised by PhD students from the
Department of Media and Communication and provides postgraduate
students, PhD students and early career researchers with a platform and
opportunity to develop and share their research and critically
contribute to discussions of theory and methodology on a variety of
Media and Communication issues. The NDiMR conference has been held
annually since 2012, each year growing in size and attracting more
delegates from across the UK, Europe and Asia.

Presentations and papers related to proposed sub-themes are welcomed,
but do not limit to:

•       Media and politics

•       Research methods in media studies

•       Media and Journalism

•       Media audiences

•       Media and culture

•       New media and society

•       Advertising and public relations

•       Media production, consumption and representation

*Guidelines for Abstracts:*

•Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words in length and in English.

•One author should not submit more than one abstract for the evaluation
unless the second paper is co-authored one.

•Same abstract or another version with minor variations in title or
content must not be submitted to other Sections for consideration.

•As all the abstracts will be printed in the conference program, we
would suggest author to evaluate their own abstracts before submission.

*Guideline for Papers:*

Accompanied with your abstract, students or researchers who would like
to publish their paper in NDiMR PGR journal can submit a paper alongside
their abstract.

Papers should be between 3000 to 4000 words in length in English
(references excluded).

•       The paper will be sent in electronic format taking into
consideration the deadlines.

•       Any paper received after the deadline will not get in the paper
review process.

•       The paper must arrive in only Microsoft WORD file (.doc or.docx)
format.

•       The first page of the paper should have:

1.     Full name of the author/s, the title of the author/s. the
University of the author/s.

2.     The email addresses of the author/s.

3.     A short biography of author/s that are no more than 100 words per
each author.

•       Final paper content should conform to the APA referencing style.

•       We will be publishing accepted papers in the NDiMR PGR Journal
in September 2015.

*Important Date:*

          Submission for both abstracts and papers closes on 24 April 2015.

          All abstracts will be reviewed by a committee of students and
faculty from the department of Media and Communication. Notification of
both abstract and paper acceptances will be communicated by 8 May 2015.

*More submission details can be finding on:*

https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/media/news-and-events/ndimr

For any queries about NDiMR 2015 please contact: Shuhan Chen:
(sc463 /at/ le.ac.uk); Hannah Ditchfield: (hd111 /at/ le.ac.uk).

Kind Regards,

Shuhan Chen; Hannah Ditchfield

PhD Student Representatives

Department of Media and Communication

University of Leicester

Bankfield House

132 New Walk

Leicester

LE1 7JA

Email: Shuhan Chen: (sc463 /at/ le.ac.uk); Hannah Ditchfield: (hd111 /at/ le.ac.uk)



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