[Commlist] CFP: The 2nd Communication in the Digital Age Symposium

*CFP: The 2nd Communication in the Digital Age Symposium

The 2ndCommunication in the Digital Age Symposium

26-28 October 2020

İzmir University of Economics


(Dis)Continuities

Cultures, Markets & Politics


*(15 April 2020* – Deadline to submit abstracts)


Call for proposals

It was during the early 1900s when processes of communication were for 
the first time acknowledged as constituent components of social 
relations in modern societies. Since then, communication studies have 
flourished and become one of the most active fields of scholarly 
research mainly due to its interdisciplinarity and its inherent 
association with everyday life. The past century has been marked by 
momentous discontinuities and changes – in societal structures, in 
political organizations, in markets and industries, in everyday 
technologies and in human thought and interaction in all its forms. All 
these discontinuities and changes have had an impact on the field, 
contributing in productive ways to the vibrant flux in communication 
research and creating ruptures, cleavages, offshoots, camps, and 
approaches within the discipline. So much so that today some areas of 
the field are all but unrecognisable. The rise of new forms of ICTs just 
over the last few decades, for instance, are forcing communication 
scholars to embrace enormous challenges. Today we are faced with new 
means of production and distribution in all forms of content; innovative 
narrative practices that span diverse media forms have become 
commonplace; we see novel producers and consumers that transform markets 
as we have known them; we tackle data in extraordinary sizes and novel 
manners. In short, in the age of digitalisation, unprecedented media and 
communication ecologies have come into being which demand new methods of 
analysis and intelligibility.


While change is ever-present, there are also many continuities. Many 
aspects of the social world and the processes of communication intrinsic 
to it endure. In fact, if the old saying can be trusted, “the more 
things change, the more they remain the same”. Our desire and concern 
for emancipation, equality, empowerment, freedom, justice and struggle 
for a better world unwaveringly prevail as our most impending 
challenges. Our deepest desires, fears, longings, and anxieties are 
still at the heart of the human condition. We know for a fact that the 
centrality of communication processes in modern democratic societies 
remains unchanged. In turn, despite vicissitudes in communication 
technologies and social life, there are many continuities in 
communication theory and practice. Many methods, models, approaches, 
theories and schools of thought are still highly relevant and applicable 
- perhaps more so than ever.

It is these continuities and discontinuities in both social life and the 
field of communication studies that frame the theme of this year’s 
Communication in the Digital AgeSymposium. Hence, the symposium theme 
(dis)continuitiesaims to bring together different academic 
disciplines/approaches/issues represented within the field of 
communication studies. A better understanding of these continuities, 
discontinuities and changes will enable us to make better sense of the 
ways in which contemporary societies function and the role of 
communication in them. Driven by our belief in the importance of such a 
discussion, we invite communication scholars working in all related 
fields to contribute to the symposium with their work. We welcome 
abstracts for scholarly papers and themed panels related to the theme of 
the symposium.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

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    Histories, theories and models

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    Media, gender and LGBTQ+

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    Children, youth and media

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    Law, governance and politics

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    Ownership, production and distribution

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    Audience and reception

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    Media and/of diaspora

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    Global media studies

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    Networks, clusters and minorities

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    Old and new modes of cinematic narration

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    Interactive media and digital platforms

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    Media activism and social movements

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    Ecology and sustainability

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    Big data and digital humanities

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    Corporate identity, image and reputation

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    Brands, consumers and new markets

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    Perception, persuasion and engagement

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    New approaches in public relations and advertising

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    Ethics, crises and community impact

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    Intercultural/transcultural communication and diversity

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    Mediatization and/of politics


For further information http://cida2020.ieu.edu.tr/

For inquiries (cida2020 /at/ izmirekonomi.edu.tr). 
<http://(cida2020 /at/ izmirekonomi.edu.tr).>



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