[Commlist] cfp: ICA Pre-conference on Debating Creator Culture

Reminder: ICA Pre-conference on Debating Creator Culture — Call for 
Submissions (Jan 31)

This is a reminder about our thrilling ICA25 Preconference, "*Debating 
Creator Culture*," hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder, College 
of Media, Communication, and Information, on June 11, 2025. *The 
submission deadline is January 31, 2025.*

*What’s the debate all about?*
Building on recent research into creators, influencers, and digital 
labor and visibility, we wish to collectively explore whether “creator 
studies” constitutes a new subfield, an extension of communication 
studies, or something else entirely. Revisiting foundational debates 
around disciplines and field-setting, we ask (borrowing from Baym, 
2005): What is the “right term” for this scholarly community and its 
work? Is it an academic “field” or “discipline”? To what extent does 
“creator studies” demand a unique scholarly space strengthened by 
interdisciplinary epistemologies and methods, especially from 
communication and media studies?

_We particularly welcome papers or panels that explore and debate topics 
such as:_
*#* Continuities and departures from media and communication history
*#* Studies that bring outside or novel epistemologies, theories, and 
frameworks into dialogue with existing communication scholarship
*#* New approaches, methods, or questions deemed central to creator studies
*#* Questions about the value of content-related terms, such as 
“format,” “genre,” and “engagement”
*#* The structural and material conditions of creator industries
*#* The global formations and dynamics of creator industries, 
particularly in peripheral markets and the Global South, and in response 
to the conditions posed by platform nationalism

*For more details, including the full CFP, schedule, and submission 
instructions, visit:*
https://www.ccsn.site/ica <https://www.ccsn.site/ica>

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