[Commlist] CFP: Global Fusion 2020 (Virtual) Conference

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*CFP: Global Fusion 2020 (Virtual) Conference**
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(In)visibility in Global Communication: Connections & Inequities

October 9-11, 2020

About the Conference

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Global Fusion conference, 
held annually by an innovative consortium of mass communication programs 
from institutions of higher education in the United States. This will be 
our  first-ever virtual gathering, in order to avoid the risks of 
in-person gatherings in the age of the novel coronavirus pandemic. We 
are committed to having a 2020 conference given the need for serious 
discussion of vital global communication issues in the face of planetary 
challenges, in particular the current pandemic, the impacts of global 
climate change and a seeming collapse of democratic structures.

We invite original, non-published research submissions on any aspect of 
global media and international aspects of mediated communication. We 
encourage special attention be paid to issues of scale and 
accessibility, class, and notions of “resilience” during this global 
pandemic and the increasingly frequent climate-driven disasters 
befalling populations worldwide. Given these circumstances, how should 
we study contemporary global discourses and the varied mass 
communication systems which deliver them?

While we have chosen a theme, we also encourage research encompassing 
the widest possible range of topics. We encourage a variety of 
theoretical and methodological approaches appropriate to communication 
and media studies research. Suggested topics include, but are not 
limited to: social justice and media, new technologies and communities, 
social movements, media representations of global or transnational 
issues, global media flows, media audiences and reception. Other topics 
may include: communication and immigrant or diasporic populations, the 
comparative or international role of social media in political systems 
and institutions, messaging techniques and strategies for health 
communication in global settings, media policy and law in global or 
international settings, infrastructural challenges for media and 
development, the philosophy of globalization and media, international 
film and television studies, the role of streaming platforms in 
developing or challenging globalization, and the rise of authoritarian 
populism around the world and in the United States.

Begun in 2000, the purpose of the Global Fusion Conference is to promote 
academic excellence in global media and international communication 
studies. The conference is sponsored by a consortium of universities: 
Southern Illinois University, the University of Texas at Austin, Texas 
A&M University, Ohio University, University of Virginia, and Temple 
University.

Call for Papers
Submission Instructions

NOTE: For the 2020 virtual conference, if a proposal is accepted, the 
presenter will need to record their presentation for upload to the 
virtual conference site prior to the conference. All panelists’ 
presentations will be made available for conference participants to view 
prior to a designated live (synchronous) discussion of the panel’s 
presentations. The schedule of presentations will be made available 
through the virtual conference website.

Individual papers: proposals may be submitted in the form of completed 
papers or abstracts of 300-400 words. Please note that only full papers 
will be considered for the awards for best paper. Please include a cover 
sheet with the paper title, the names of all authors, paper keywords, 
and contact information for the corresponding author (affiliation, 
mailing address, telephone number, and email address). No identifying 
information should appear on the paper or on the abstract page, to 
ensure  blind review.

Panels: Please submit a panel abstract of 200-300 words, and 50-100 word 
abstracts for each paper. The names of all authors along with the paper 
titles, as well as contact information for the submitter, and paper 
keywords, should appear on a cover sheet. No identifying information 
should appear on the panel proposal page.

Individual Abstracts: Please submit a paper abstract of 200-300 words. 
The names of all authors along with the paper titles, as well as contact 
information for the corresponding author, and paper keywords, should 
appear on a cover sheet. No identifying information should appear on the 
panel proposal page.

Note: Word documents or .pdf files are the only accepted formats for 
papers and panel proposals. People interested in submitting creative 
work should contact Sarah Lewison at  (sacamixta /at/ gmail.com) for further 
instructions. Global Fusion strongly encourages the submission of 
creative work in order to widen our conversations about the 
possibilities for global communication.

Abstract, papers, panel proposals, and proposals for creative work 
should: (1) Be separate from the cover page; (2) Contain the title of 
the proposed paper; (3) Include a total word count; (4) paper keywords, 
and (5) NOT contain any identifying information about the identity of 
the author(s).

At least one author of an accepted paper must attend the conference 
virtually to present the paper. There is one exception: if student 
authors cannot be present, they must make arrangements for the paper to 
be presented by someone else. If an accepted author unexpectedly 
 discovers they will not be able to present, we would very much 
appreciate notification no less than one month before the conference 
date, allowing us time to re-arrange the schedule.

Submission deadline: 11:59 P.M. (EST) Friday, August 21, 2020

Submit proposals to (globalfusionconference /at/ gmail.com)

Awards: The Global Fusion conference offers a graduate student 
competition. To be considered for an award, a full paper must be 
submitted by August 30th and must be marked on the title page as a 
submission for the student competition. Papers submitted with both 
faculty and student authors will be considered faculty papers and are 
not eligible for graduate student competitions.

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