[Commlist] cfp: Media Industries Conference

International Conference
Media Industries
16-19 April 2024 Hosted by the Department of Culture, Media and Creative 
Industries, King’s College London
Paper, panel, and roundtable proposals are now invited for the 2024 
‘Media Industries’ conference (‘MI2024’).

After the success in 2018 of the inaugural conference ‘Media Industries: 
Current Debates and Future Directions’, unfortunately the planned 2020 
conference had to be cancelled due to Covid lockdowns. We are therefore 
very pleased to announce the conference will return next year.

A key aim of MI2024 is to maintain an open intellectual agenda and 
provide a meeting ground for all forms of media industries research.
To this end, the conference invites proposals for papers, panels, and 
roundtables presenting research from across the full breadth of the 
media industries.
To energize interdisciplinary discussions, we welcome proposals 
presenting research from all intellectual and methodological traditions 
in media industries scholarship.
Additionally, to recognize the full scope and diversity of media 
industries, proposals may address industries in contemporary or 
historical contexts, and at global, transnational, national, or 
sub-national levels of analysis.

Proposals (see below) are welcomed in three categories (see full details 
below):
•	open call papers
•	pre-constituted panels
•	pre-constituted roundtables

*PLEASE NOTE*: MI2024 will take place in-person only and we are unable 
to accommodate requests for virtual presentations.
PARTNERS
A core aim of the ‘Media Industries’ conference is to bring together 
scholars researching media industries from across multiple professional 
associations and their relevant sub-groups or sections. We are therefore 
very pleased to be organizing ‘MI2024’ in partnership with:
•	British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) - 
Screen Industries Special Interest Group
•	European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) - 
Media Industries and Cultural Production Section
•	European Media Management Association (EMMA)
•	European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) - Screen 
Industries Work Group
•	Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GFM) - AG Medienindustrien
•	Global Media and China journal
•	International Association of Mass Communication Research (IAMCR) - 
Media Production Analysis Working Group
•	International Communication Association (ICA) - Media Industry Studies 
Interest Group
•	Media Industries journal
•	Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) - Media Industries 
Scholarly Interest Group

HOST COMMITTEE
Sarah Atkinson, Orcun Can, Virginia Crisp, Matthew Hilborn, Wing-Fai 
Leung, Paul McDonald (conference chair), Jeanette Steemers, and Jaap 
Verheul.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Ruby Cheung, Elizabeth Evans, Terry Flew, Kate Fortmueller, Anthony 
Fung, Melanie Gray, Xiao Han, Catalina Iordache, Anna Jupowicz-Ginalska, 
Aske Kammer, Michael Keane, Florian Krauß, Skadi Loist, Kate Nash, John 
Oliver, Jennifer Porst, Alisa Perren, Steve Presence, Lies van Roessel, 
Willemien Sanders, Kevin Sanson, Andrew Spicer, Vilde Schanke Sundet, 
Fredrik Stiernstedt, Dinara Tokbaeva, Emily West and Anna Zoellner.

REGISTRATION
All delegates will need to register for the conference.

Registration for the conference will go live in November 2023, and fees 
will be structured on the basis of full (academics, waged) and reduced 
(students, unwaged) status, and tiered according to the delegate’s 
country of residence using the World Bank’s country classifications by 
Gross National Income per capita.

SUBMISSIONS
The system for submitting proposal is NOW OPEN.

Deadline for submissions is 23.00hrs Pacific Daylight Time (PDT = UTC 
-7) on Friday 15 September 2023

Proposals are welcomed in three categories and should be submitted 
through the following links.

1)	Open Call Papers
Format: solo or co-presented research paper lasting no more than 20mins.
https://form.jotform.com/231403617601344

2)  Pre-constituted Panels
Format: 90mins panel of 3 x 20mins OR 4 x 15mins thematically linked 
solo or co-presented research papers followed by questions.
https://form.jotform.com/231404242363344

3)  Pre-constituted Roundtables
Format: 90mins interactive forum led by a chair bringing together 4 to 6 
participants (including the chair as a participant if speaking as well 
as chairing) to offer short (up to 6 minute) position statements or 
interventions designed to trigger discussions around a central theme, 
issue, or problem. As such, a roundtable does not involve the 
presentation of formal research papers but rather is designed to create 
a forum for the participants and audience to engage in a shared 
discussion. The format is flexible and can be adapted to allow members 
of the roundtable to introduce exercises or other activities where 
appropriate.
https://form.jotform.com/231403562356350

Delegates will be able to make up to TWO contributions to the conference 
but only ONE in any category, i.e., presenting an open call paper and 
participating in a roundtable will be permitted but not presenting two 
open call papers. Chairing a panel or roundtable will NOT count as one 
of those contributions.
 Papers (either open call or as part of a pre-constituted panel) maybe 
presented individually or by a pair of co-presenters.
 When submitting a proposal, each presenter/co-presenter/participant is 
required to provide their:
•	name
•	institutional affiliation (if any)
•	contact e-mail address
•	a short professional biography (max. 100 words)
 In addition, different proposal categories require the following:
 1)         Open Call Papers
•	title
•	abstract of no more than 400 words
•	3-5 keywords
•	3-5 sources relevant to the paper
 2)         Pre-constituted Panels
•	nominated chair (either one of the presenters or another delegate)
•	panel rationale of no more than 400 words
•	3-5 key words
•	individual proposals (presenter/co-presenter details, title, abstract, 
keywords, sources) for 3 x 20mins OR 4 x 15mins research papers
 3)         Pre-constituted Roundtables
•	nominated chair (either one of the presenters or another delegate)
•	rationale of no more than 400 words
•	3-5 key words
•	details for each participant accompanied by a statement of no more 
than 100 words outlining a participant’s intended contribution

TIMELINE
•	Wednesday 1 June 2023 submissions open
•	Friday 15 September 2023 at 23.00hrs PDT deadline for submissions
•	mid-November 2023 acceptances announced and delegate registration opens
•	early-January 2024 first draft of the programme
•	Friday 29 March 2024 deadline for delegate registrations

WEBSITE AND CONTACT
The conference website will go live towards the end of this year. In the 
meantime, if you have any questions, please contact 
(media-industries /at/ kcl.ac.uk)

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