[Commlist] ICA Pre-Conference Paris 2022, co-organized with UNESCO (Free Flow of Information Division), Paris

ICA Pre-Conference Paris 2022, co-organized with UNESCO (Free Flow of
Information Division), Paris



Comparative Communication Research in a Globalized Risk Arena:

Paradigms – Methods – Critique


Time: Wednesday May 25, 2022, 8.30AM to 5.00PM

Venue: UNESCO Headquarter, Paris


Please note: date change from May 26 to May 25


It is now a hybrid event: on-site / online participation possible



Registration fee: USD 85.00


Call for Papers

Numerous debates have shaped the parameters of international
comparative research over the last decade. Nevertheless, a new
dimension of globalized crisis interaction is emerging from the COVID
pandemic. The pandemic, as a globalized risk reveals new forms of
inequality while increasing existing inequities and situations of high
uncertainty for citizens across the globe. Communications during the
pandemic, it follows, have been characterized by an amalgamation of
all kinds of communicative actors: ranging from journalists,
governments, citizens, to scientists who engage with each other on
digital platforms beyond national borders. The communicative
interactions to which they contribute reveal a sphere of ‘reflective
interdependence’ unfolding across continents, rather than nationally
bound connections establishing ‘networked subjectivities.’ Of
interest, therefore, is to what extent do we really live in ‘one
world, one network’?


In response, this ICA preconference, co-organized with UNESCO’s Free
Flow of Information division, will provide a platform for the
discussion of new dimensions of comparative communication research. It
will address cosmopolitan approaches, assess globalized ontologies,
and explore, overall, those inclusive frameworks which characterize
today’s globalized risk arena. In turn, the preconference will outline
the key challenges to existing paradigms and methodological approaches
and seek to establish a critical dialogue in the field. Overall, this
preconference will provide a platform for the discussion of new
approaches to post- pandemic comparative communication research!


The preconference will begin with remarks from the UNESCO's Chief of
the section for Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists,
alongside a podium discussion with key stakeholders.

Following the preconference, selected contributions will be published
in an edited volume.



Generally, paper submissions could focus on (but are not restricted to):


conceptualizing comparison

comparative methods

approaches for inclusion

digital analysis

Global South crisis communication

engage with potential challenges to existing paradigms and
methodological approaches.


Abstracts of max. 300 words should be submitted here by February 18. 2022.


In case the link above does not work, please copy/paste the following
URL into your browser window:

https://houstoncommunication.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3TM6tpus3NG9lQO


We will notify all authors of acceptance/rejections by March 4, 2022.


For questions regarding the pre-conference and/or abstract submission,
please email Ingrid Volkmer, University of Melbourne:
(ivolkmer /at/ unimelb.edu.au).


Conference Chair: Ingrid Volkmer, University of Melbourne

Co-Chairs:

Ansgard Heinrich, University of Groningen, The Netherlands,

Lea Hellmueller, City, University of London, UK


Conference team (in alphabetical order):

Hanan Badr, Gulf University of Science and Technology, Kuwait

Saba Bebawi, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Rasha El-Ibiray, Future University, Egypt

Julian Matthews, University of Leicester, UK

https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/CFPComparative







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