[Commlist] Nordmedia conference cfp

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
NordMedia 2019 will be held on 21st-23rd August at Malmö University in 
Sweden. The theme of the conference is Communication, Creativity and 
Imagination: Challenging the Field. There will also be a pre-conference 
for PhD-students held two days prior to the conference 19-20th  August. 
For mor information

https://www.delegia.com/NordMedia2019
For further information than that given below, please contact Margareta 
Melin ((margareta.melin /at/ mau.se)), Linnea Mörth ((linnea /at/ morth.se)) or Henrik 
Örnebring for the pre-conference ((henrik.ornebring /at/ kau.se)).
ABOUT THE THEME
In an increasingly interconnected and accelerated world, our academic 
field offers significant opportunities to grapple with shifting and 
often contentious media and communication landscapes. With these 
opportunities comes a charge for responsible research and reporting of 
results, as scholars make their work public through their teaching, 
publishing, and engagement in the world beyond the academy. Are we 
living up to this charge? Do our current approaches work? How might we 
work both responsibly and creatively?
While global social and technological changes put new demands on 
academia, how we imagine “our field” is also perpetually in flux, as 
represented by the many ‘turns’ and ‘returns’ endemic to media and 
communication studies, as well as related fields. Part of this 
re-imagining also results from organizations’ merging traditionally 
different subjects into single departments in the name of efficiency. In 
many cases, these new departments represent rich meeting places for 
innovative, interdisciplinary research.
At NordMedia 2019 in Malmö, Sweden, we look forward to addressing our 
field’s past and current trends, and to envisioning new avenues for 
creation and collaboration. Examining media and communication studies at 
the nexus of global shifts affecting and reflected in academia, we aim 
to track and respond to recent challenges from both outside and within 
our field, in order to better understand, and reimagine, the ‘state of 
the art’.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The NordMedia 2019 conference is now open for abstract. The deadline for 
abstract submission is March 18th, 2019. At the beginning of April, the 
chairs of the divisions/working groups will have made their decision and 
an acceptance or rejection letter will be sent by email. The deadline 
for full papers and long abstracts is June 30th.

TYPES OF PRESENTATION
•	Paper presentation – full paper (6-8000 words). Typically, a paper 
presentation will be allotted 10-15 minutes for presentation and 15-20 
minutes for discussion. •	Paper presentation – long abstract (2-3000 
words). Typically, a long abstract presentation will be allotted 10 
minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. •	Panel 
presentations (a number of full papers or long abstracts). Typically, a 
panel lasts for 1-1 ½ hours, and consists of a number of 10-15 minute 
presentations, followed by a longer discussion. There should be a common 
theme to the panel.
•	Workshop – based on a long abstract (2-3000 words). Typically, a 
workshop lasts 1-1 ½ hours, where a theme is presented during 10-15 
minutes. Thereafter audience members become participants, and together 
with presenters make or discuss something concerning the theme. At the 
end there is a 10-15 minute wrap-up. The purpose of the workshop could 
be to aid the presenters in their research or to come up with a common 
good, something all participants can use.
GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS
-	The word limit for abstracts is 500 words. The abstracts should be 
written in clear and concise English.
-	All abstracts have to be addressed to a specific conference division 
or temporary working group (listed below).
-	Submission of multiple abstracts is allowed, but one can only be the 
main author of one paper. If multiple abstract submissions from the same 
author are accepted, the author must decide which one s/he will present. 
However, one can still co-author other accepted papers in addition to 
the main one.
-	Incomplete abstracts will not be reviewed. Abstracts cannot be 
modified once they have been submitted.
-	All abstracts must be submitted using the online system provided and 
follow the instructions given (at the website that will be open in 
January). Guidelines for Panel Abstracts
The guidelines for panels follow those of general abstract guidelines, 
but with the following additions:
-	A panel session must have a 400-word description of the theme of the 
panel, a brief account that specifies why this topic is important, and a 
clear explanation of how it contributes to the overall work of the 
conference division or working group
-	A list of suggested panellists and titles of papers and a 300 word 
abstract for each paper in the panel.
-	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.
-	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 the suggested moderator should also be 
included in the panel proposal.

GUIDELINES FOR WORKSHOPS The guidelines for workshops follow those of 
general abstract guidelines, but with the following additions:
-	A workshop session must have a 500-word abstract describing the aim 
and anticipated outcome of the workshop, a brief account that specifies 
why this topic is important, and a clear explanation of how it 
contributes to the overall work of the conference division or working group
-	A list of suggested workshop leaders
-	A list of materials needed.
-	A workshop session proposal must include the name of the contact 
person, who will act as organizer of the workshop and is responsible for 
communication with the chairs and co-chairs of the hosting division or 
temporary working group.
-	By default, the contact person will act as a moderator or leader of 
the session. Alternatively, an outside moderator or leader can be used. 
In this case, the contact information of suggested moderator should also 
be included in the proposal.

DIVISIONS: 1. Environment, Science and Risk Communication
2. Journalism
3. Media and Communication History
4.  Media, Globalization and Social Change
5. Media Literacy and Media Education
6. Media Industries
7. Organization, Communication and Promotion
8. Political Communication
9. Theory, Philosophy and Ethics of Communication
10. Television and Film Studies

TEMPORARY WORKING GROUPS
TWG1. Media across the Life Course
TWG 2. Gender and Media
TWG 3. Game Studies
TWG 4. Audience Studies
TWG 5. Media studies in the Anthropocene
TWG 6. Health Environment and Communication
TWG7. Visual Communication and Culture


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