[ecrea] cfp - NordMedia 2017: Mediated Realities – Global Challenges

NordMedia 2017: Mediated Realities – Global Challenges
August 17 - 19, 2017
University of Tampere, Finland
http://www.uta.fi/cmt/en/Conferences/NordMedia2017/index.html


Call for Abstracts

NordMedia invites you to submit abstracts and panel session proposals 
for the NordMedia 2017 conference that will be held on August 17 - 19, 
2017 in Tampere, Finland. NordMedia is a biannual conference organized 
by Nordic media research associations in cooperation with Nordic 
Information Centre for Media and Communication Research NORDICOM.

The submission period is January 9 – February 17, 2017.

The theme for the 2017 conference is “Mediated Realities – Global 
Challenges”. The conference takes a critical approach to the mediated 
realities of contemporary social and cultural institutions, identities 
and everyday life and sheds light on the debates over mediation and 
mediatization in relation to global challenges. Read more about the 
conference theme from our website:

http://www.uta.fi/cmt/en/Conferences/NordMedia2017/About.html


Conference Divisions & Temporary Working Groups

All submissions must be addressed to a specific conference division or 
temporary working group. NordMedia 2017 conference features 10 divisions 
and 8 temporary working groups. Complete descriptions of the divisions 
and the working groups can be found on the conference website:

http://www.uta.fi/cmt/en/Conferences/NordMedia2017/Divisions.html


Divisions

Division 1 - Environment, Science and Risk Communication
Division 2 - Journalism
Division 3 - Media and Communication History
Division 4 - Media, Globalization and Social Change
Division 5 - Media Literacy and Media Education
Division 6 - Media Management, Economics and Policy
Division 7 - Organization, Communication and Society
Division 8 - Political Communication
Division 9 - Theory, Philosophy and Ethics of Communication
Division 10 - Television and Film Studies

Temporary Working Groups

TWG1 - Media & Religion
TWG2 - Digital Games & Playful Media
TWG3 - Gender and the Media
TWG4 - Media and Celebrity Culture
TWG5 - Onlife: Digital Media Sociology in a Digital Cross-Platform World
TWG6 - Media Across the Life Course
TWG7 - Visual Communication & Culture
TWG8 - Audience Studies


Abstract Submission Guidelines

The submission period for abstracts is January 9 – February 17, 2017.

All abstracts must be addressed to a specific conference division or 
temporary working group.

All abstracts submitted to NordMedia 2017 conference must contain the 
following elements:

1) Theoretical framework of the study
2) The methodology used to conduct the study
3) Description of the research material
4) The key findings of the study (for completed projects)
5) Author’s contact information

The word limit for abstracts is 600 words.

Incomplete abstracts will not be reviewed. Abstracts cannot be modified 
once they have been submitted.

The abstracts should be written in clear and concise English.

Submission of multiple abstracts is allowed, but please note that you 
can only be the main author in one paper. If multiple abstract 
submissions from the same participant are accepted, the author must 
decide which one he or she will participate with. However, you can still 
be a co-author in other accepted papers in addition to the main one.

All abstracts must be submitted using the online system provided. To 
submit your abstract, please click on the following link:

https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/nordmedia2017_callforabstracts

The submission deadline for abstracts is 17th of February 2017. 
Notification regarding acceptance or rejection of abstract will be sent 
to the presenting author by email by the end of March 2017.


Panel Session Proposal Submission Guidelines

Several thematically parallel abstracts can be combined to form a panel 
session proposal for NordMedia 2017 conference. The ideal number of 
presentations in a single panel is 3–5. All panel session proposals must 
contain:

1) Name of the contact person responsible for the panel session
2) Brief description of the panel theme
3) List of panelists and their contact information
4) The abstracts of the papers to be presented within the panel session

The submission period for panel session proposals is January 9 – 
February 17, 2017.

All panel session proposals must be addressed to a specific conference 
division or temporary working group.

A panel session proposal must include the name of the contact person for 
the panel. The contact person will act as organizer of the panel session 
and is responsible for communication with the chairs and co-chairs of 
the hosting division or temporary working group as a representative of 
the whole panel group.

All panel session proposals must be accompanied by description of the 
panel theme including a brief account that specifies why this topic is 
important and how it contributes to the overall work of the conference 
division or working group. The word limit for the description is 400 words.

In addition to the thematic description the panel proposal must contain 
a list of suggested panelists, their contact information accompanied by 
short biographical notes and the headlines of the papers they will be 
presenting within the panel session.

The contact person is responsible for collecting and including the 
abstracts to the panel session proposal. The abstracts intended for 
panel sessions must be devised following the general guidelines for 
abstracts in Nordmedia 2017 conference:

http://www.uta.fi/cmt/en/Conferences/NordMedia2017/Divisions/Guidelines.html

By default the contact person will act as a moderator of the panel 
session. Alternatively an outside moderator can be used. In this case 
the contact information of suggested moderator should also be included 
in the panel proposal.

All panel session proposals must be submitted using the online system 
provided. Please note that in addition to the panel description the 
proposal must include all the abstracts intended for the panel session. 
To submit your panel proposal and abstracts included in the panel, 
please click on the following link:

https://www.lyyti.in/nordmedia2017_callforpanels

The submission deadline for panel session proposals is 17th of February 
2017. Notification regarding acceptance or rejection of proposal will be 
sent to the contact person by email by the end of the March 2017.


Important dates

Call for abstracts: January 9 - February 17
Notification of acceptance: By the end of March
Early Bird registration: April 5 - May 15
Deadline for full papers: June 30


Contact

For any further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact:

Ilmari Hiltunen
Coordinator: Divisions and temporary working groups
(Ilmari.hiltunen /at/ uta.fi)

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