[ecrea] Call for papers: Paradoxes as Sources of Creative Tensions, China Media Research

Call for papers: China Media Research

Special issue:

PARADOXES AS SOURCES OF CREATIVE TENSIONS

Guest editor: Ivana Beveridge

**

China Media Research invites scholars from various disciplines to submit 
manuscripts on the theme of “Paradoxes as Sources of Creative Tensions.” 
Scholars are increasingly adopting a paradox lens as a new way of 
approaching the growing complexity of the “messy, apparently 
unexplainable, and often seemingly irrational contemporary world” 
(Smith, Erez, Jarvenpaa, Lewis, & Tracey, 2017, p. 304). Paradoxes have 
been acknowledged as a source of creative tensions and energy that can 
support learning, change and development. Notwithstanding the potential 
of a paradox lens to inform the increasingly equivocal reality, paradox 
research remains confined to organizational behavior and strategic 
management, while its application in other fields of research remains 
limited at best.

China Media Research invites scholars from a wide range of academic 
disciplines to explore how to apply a paradox lens across academic 
fields. In addition to the research applying paradoxical approaches, 
scholars are invited to submit their original manuscripts that address 
the following questions, among others:

      - What are some of the persistent paradoxical tensions inherent 
in academic research in general, or in your research field? 


      - What are the current and recommended strategies for dealing 
with these tensions?

       -What are the most common research methods applied to study 
these tensions? 


       - How can the findings from your research field contribute 
towards addressing long- 
standing tensions in other fields of science? 


       - How can scholars move past the oversimplified or polarized 
notions in science and 
embrace complexity, diversity, and ambiguity? 


       - How can a paradox lens enrich academic research and help to 
navigate complexity 
and ambiguity in the contemporary world?


*Submissions and deadlines:

-30/11/2018: extended abstract up to 1,000 words

-15/12/2018: notification of abstract acceptance or refusal

-31/03/2019: full paper submission

Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the APA publication 
manual (6th edition) and should not exceed 8,000 words including tables 
and references. All manuscripts will be peer reviewed.


*Ivana Beveridge, University of Houston

Email: (ibeveridge /at/ bauer.uh.edu) <mailto:(ibeveridge /at/ bauer.uh.edu)>; 
(Ivana.beveridge /at/ sunrise-education.com) 
<mailto:(Ivana.beveridge /at/ sunrise-education.com)>


China Media Research (CMR) is an official joint publication of the 
American Chinese Media Research Association and Communication Studies 
Institute of Zhejiang University. The journal seeks to provide a 
platform for Chinese media research, as well as to serve as a bridge 
between media research done in China and in other parts of the global 
community. In reciprocal fashion, the journal seeks to acquaint scholars 
within China with media research done outside of China.

This is a peer- reviewed journal with an editorial board of senior 
scholars from major universities in China, Europe, and the U.S. China 
Media Research is the first international English-language journal in 
its field. The journal includes papers directly related to all the 
fields of Chinese media research as well as pioneering media research 
papers from other sectors.

For further information, please visit the CMR website at: 
www.chinamediaresearch.net <http://www.chinamediaresearch.net>




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