[ecrea] CfP: ECREA 2016 Pre-conference *Cleaning the House: Testing critical concepts on communication and society*

Call for Papers now open:

*Cleaning the House: Testing critical concepts on communication and society*
ECREA 2016 Pre-conference, Prague, 8-9 November, 2016

The aim of this preconference is to critically scrutinize contemporary
key concepts and paradigms in communication research. We invite papers
that aim to identify such concepts and their status, assess their
usefulness to theoretical development and empirical work, and/or
critique the theoretical/normative assumptions they carry.

Contributions are particularly welcomed around the three thematic
sessions of the preconference:
1) Mediatization: Are we mediatized?
2) Inequality: Are media a cause or a solution to social inequality?
3) Normativity and activism: What role for communication academics in
society?

The themes are further explained in the Call for Papers
(http://blogs.helsinki.fi/ecrea16preconf/call-for-papers/) Please, send
your abstract of 250 to 500 words by 29 April 2016 using the form on the
CfP page.
We welcome paper proposals that approach the above-mentioned, or closely
related, themes from a variety of perspectives.

Speakers:
Keynote speakers include: Graham Murdoch (Loughborough University),
Gianpetro Mazzoleni (University of Milan), Robin Mansell (London School
of Economics and Political Science), Des Freedman (Goldsmiths,
University of London), Péter Bajomi-Lázár (Budapest Business School),
and John Downey (Loughborough University).

Organisers:
Helsinki Media Policy Research Group
Euromedia Research Group

For further information, please contact:
Hannu Nieminen, hannu.nieminen (at) helsinki.fi
Josef Trappel, josef.trappel (at) sbg.ac.at




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