[ecrea] CFP on Global Mediatization Research in Klagenfurt, Austria

*CALL FOR PAPERS *

*GLOBAL MEDIATIZATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY *

Digital embeddedness (Markham, 2017) is increasingly shaping how we 
experience our social lives. At the same time, as all levels of culture 
and society are shaped by new technological advancements online that 
lead to new forms of mediatization, the ways and contexts in which 
digital media are integrated into communicative structures are becoming 
more diversified and - at the same time - globalized. Likewise, 
mediatization is directly linked to modernity as new technologies 
permeate everyday life at the personal, social and global level 
(Hjarvard, 2008). Global flows of information are regarded as a 
fundamental driving force and an integral part of everyday life 
(Livingstone, 2009). Rapid developments in media technologies engender 
global mediatization processes within overlapping, micro, meso and macro 
levels (Döveling & Harju, 2017).

In this context, mediatization research has evolved into a highly 
beneficial meta-perspective (Krotz, 2007; 2017) of communication and 
media science (Lundby, 2014; Couldry & Hepp, 2013). The challenge that 
mediatization research nowadays faces is grasping the rapidly developing 
online communication and integrate this into mediatization research, at 
the same time taking the shift of cultural boundaries in comparative 
studies into account.

This *G**LOBAL **M**EDIATIZATION **C**ONFERENCE *will tackle these 
issues and invites abstracts on research investigating the international 
perspective on mediatization.

Vital questions are:

How can we conceptualize global mediatization in the digital age?

How has digital communication changed mediatized social behavior and 
vice versa?

How does the global dimension influence local practices and vice versa?

How does globally mediatized communication affect individuals, groups 
(e.g. religious groups) and society? How do different cultures affect 
globally mediatized communication?

What insight do we gain from a culturally and internationally 
comparative focus?

How are visuals used globally, e.g. after terrorist attacks?

What role do emotions and affective practices play?

Which methods do we have to grasp globalized mediatization online? 
Which time-frame in research should be chosen and what methodological 
challenges do we need to tackle?

By analyzing the extent to which people actively participate with new 
media technologies, we can grasp the multifaceted interrelations of new 
globally evolving media-technological developments, provide insight into 
usability, psychology in the context of user interfaces, virtual 
reality, sentiment analysis as well as the sociological analysis of the 
digital of everyday life.

This conference thus invites scholars from wide international and 
interdisciplinary fields to examine one of the predominant queries 
concerning humans in today’s society and aims to provide insight and 
understanding into current psychological, cultural, sociological, 
political and media technological developments and concerns that relate 
to social as well as political and technological challenges we face. The 
conference will shed light into factors influencing humans in the 
digital age from a long-term and global perspective. Analytical 
perspectives as well are empirical studies are welcome. An international 
plenary discussion will illuminate the challenges we face regarding 
globally mediatized communication.

We invite abstracts (300-400 words) and panel submissions (3-4 
abstracts, each 150 words). The conference will lead to a high ranked 
peer-reviewed publication. We offer a specially reduced fee and special 
accommodation for doctoral students.

**

*C**ONFIRMED **K**EY NOTE SPEAKERS**: *

*S**TIG **H**JARVARD**, U**NIVERSITY OF **C**OPENHAGEN**, D**ENMARK *

*F**RIEDRICH **K**ROTZ**, U**NIVERSITY OF **B**REMEN**, G**ERMANY *

**

*Responsible: *Katrin Döveling (katrin.doeveling /at/ aau.at)

*Organizational Team*: Katrin Döveling, Sarah Kohler, Christina Farcher

*Conference organizers contact and submission to *(GMR /at/ aau.at)

*Location*: Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria

**

*Website will be launched soon! *

*DATES: *

*Conference Dates*: April 19th - April 21st, 2018

*Submission of Abstracts *(300-400 words) & *Panels *(3-4 abstracts 150 
words) Nov. 15th, 2017

*Submission Feedback: *Dec. 15th, 2017


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