[ecrea] [ECREA NEWS] Transforming Audiences conference

>Dear Colleagues,
>
>A quick note about the Transforming Audiences 
>conference we are organising at the University 
>of Westminster. The deadline for abstracts is 20 
>April. Please do forward this message to interested parties.
>
>I hope to see many of you at the conference in 
>September, sipping a glass of wine and 
>celebrating the launch of two new books on media 
>audiences by myself and David Gauntlett.
>
>all the best,
>
>Annette
>
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>INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: Announcement and call for papers
>
>TRANSFORMING AUDIENCES
>Identity | Creativity | Everyday Life
>
>6­7 September 2007, CAMRI, University of Westminster
>
>http://www.transformingaudiences.org.uk
>
>in association with the Audience and Reception 
>Studies section of the European Communication 
>Research and Education Association (ECREA), and 
>the Popular Communication Division of the 
>International Communication Association (ICA).
>
>'Audience' is now widely recognised as a concept 
>in crisis. The traditional notion of families 
>gathered around the television set has crumbled, 
>to be replaced by much more complex models of 
>dispersed and fragmented audiences, 'users', or 
>'participants', who may take the role of 
>producer as well as audience, and who use 
>traditional and new technologies in a mix of 
>communication, consumption and creativity.
>
>At the same time, audiences survive. Today's 
>diverse range of media forms continue to have 
>audiences, and media theorists continue to 
>produce important work about the connections 
>between media and identities, everyday life, and 
>responses to current and global affairs.
>
>The approach of this conference is one which 
>understands audiences as engaged in dynamic and 
>creative practices. Such an approach is not 
>located around any particular paradigm, or 
>method, but is rather multidisciplinary and 
>multimethod in its understanding of audience 
>research. Through looking at dynamic practices 
>we can understand how audiences engage with and 
>reflect on the changing nature of contemporary media.
>
>Plenary speakers will include Sonia Livingstone 
>(London School of Economics) and Joke Hermes 
>(Inholland University and University of Amsterdam).
>
>Confirmed speakers include Martin Barker, Göran 
>Bolin, John Corner, Knut Lundby, Peter Lunt, and 
>Maire Messenger Davies, Lothar Mikos.
>
>Conference organisers: Caroline Dover, David 
>Gauntlett, Annette Hill, and Roza Tsagarousianou 
>(CAMRI, School of Media, Arts and Design, 
>University of Westminster), with Geoffroy 
>Patriarche, Chair, ECREA Audience and Reception 
>Studies section, and Lynn Schofield Clark, 
>Chair, ICA Popular Communication Division.
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>See full details at www.transformingaudiences.org.uk
>Deadline for proposals: 20 April 2007
>
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>INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: Announcement and call for papers
>
>TRANSFORMING AUDIENCES
>Identity | Creativity | Everyday Life
>
>6­7 September 2007, University of Westminster
>
>http://www.transformingaudiences.org.uk
>
>in association with the Audience and Reception 
>Studies section of the European Communication 
>Research and Education Association (ECREA), and 
>the Popular Communication Division of the 
>International Communication Association (ICA).
>
>'Audience' is now widely recognised as a concept 
>in crisis. The traditional notion of families 
>gathered around the television set has crumbled, 
>to be replaced by much more complex models of 
>dispersed and fragmented audiences, 'users', or 
>'participants', who may take the role of 
>producer as well as audience, and who use 
>traditional and new technologies in a mix of 
>communication, consumption and creativity.
>
>At the same time, audiences survive. Today's 
>diverse range of media forms continue to have 
>audiences, and media theorists continue to 
>produce important work about the connections 
>between media and identities, everyday life, and 
>responses to current and global affairs.
>
>The approach of this conference is one which 
>understands audiences as engaged in dynamic and 
>creative practices. Such an approach is not 
>located around any particular paradigm, or 
>method, but is rather multidisciplinary and 
>multimethod in its understanding of audience 
>research. Through looking at dynamic practices 
>we can understand how audiences engage with and 
>reflect on the changing nature of contemporary media.
>
>Plenary speakers will include Sonia Livingstone 
>(London School of Economics) and Joke Hermes 
>(Inholland University and University of Amsterdam).
>
>Confirmed speakers include Martin Barker, Göran 
>Bolin, John Corner, Knut Lundby, Peter Lunt, and Maire Messenger Davies.
>
>Conference organisers: Caroline Dover, David 
>Gauntlett, Annette Hill, and Roza Tsagarousianou 
>(CAMRI, School of Media, Arts and Design, 
>University of Westminster), with Geoffroy 
>Patriarche, Chair, ECREA Audience and Reception 
>Studies section, and Lynn Schofield Clark, 
>Chair, ICA Popular Communication Division.
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>See full details at www.transformingaudiences.org.uk
>Deadline for proposals: 20 April 2007
>
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