[ecrea] iamcr Durban conference section and wg calls - part 1

IAMCR Durban 2012

Annual Conference of the

International Association for Media and Communication Research

Durban, South Africa,

July 15-19, 2012



Theme:

‘SOUTH-NORTH CONVERSATIONS’

The International Association for Media and Communication Research, 
IAMCR, invites submissions of abstracts for papers and panel proposals 
for the Durban conference to be held from July 15-19, 2012 in South Africa.

The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2012.

http://www.iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=58

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IAMCR 2012 - Audience Section Call for Papers

The Audience Section invites submissions for its open sessions at the 
IAMCR to be held in Durban (South Africa) 2012 from July 15-19. The 
conference theme for 2012 is ‘South-North conversations’.

The Audience Section invites papers within this overall theme and which 
reflect the Section's interest in new approaches and thinking to 
audience research in a global context.
The Section encourages and aims to inspire greater interest in exploring 
and understanding audiences in diverse settings, and the contextualized 
power balances and imbalances that characterize these settings.



The nature of audiences as critical interpreters and producers, 
ethnographic approaches to researching them and their embeddedness in 
the power logics of everyday life, and the extent to which traditional 
classifications of audiences (masses, publics and markets) are being 
challenged by the fluidity and ephemeral nature of virtual and mobile 
audiences are important concerns.

Also the relationship between audiences and technological affordances, 
limiting and/or enabling their empowerment, the struggle for an 
increased semantic democracy and ways of dealing with glocalized or 
translocalized media content are on the agenda of the Audience Section.

Finally, the Section gives special attention to reassessing the 
theories, methods and issues that inform practices of audience 
researchers. The Section also encompasses investigations of the 
appropriateness of 'Western' and 'non-Western' theories and methods in 
this diversity of settings.

Themes

In addition to the open call for papers, we would like to invite papers 
and proposals for panels which address the following themes:

Embedded audiences

The contextualisation of audiencehood in everyday life has opened up 
audience studies to look at the audience as radically embedded, also in 
space. The strong emphasis on the cultural turn has in some cases 
diverted our attention from an equally significant movement, which has 
been labelled the spatial turn. Falkheimer and Jansson's core questions 
(in Geographies of Communication: The Spatial Turn in Media Studies) 
touch upon the key issues of this spatial turn for communication and 
media studies scholars: how does communication produce space and how 
does space produce communication. The translation to audience studies 
raises questions about the geography and spatiality of audiencehood: How 
do audiences relate to private and public spaces, how does the local, 
cultural, national (and the translocal, transcultural and transnational) 
relate to audiencehood, how are audiences embedded and embodied in urban 
cultures, and how do audiences function in online, networked, liminal 
and alternative spaces?

Resistant audiences, critical audiences, networked audiences

Central to the audience research tradition has been a commitment to 
examining forms of resistance and opposition exhibited by audiences. 
Much of the seminal work of audience studies was forged in a time of 
economic crisis through the 1970s and 1980s when forms of audience 
resistance revealed deep-seated social tensions and a charged political 
environment. Are similar patterns evident in the current global economic 
crisis? The locus of resistance has shifted from the 
ideal-interpretative to the material-productive. How does this affect 
the nature of resistance? How do audiences network and join forces in 
alternative interpretative communities? How is the resistant and 
critical audience manifest across today’s more complex media landscape? 
How do media organizations and professionals deal with the resistant and 
critical audiences? And how is resistance, at the level of the 
ideal-interpretative and the material-productive incorporated and 
transformed into compliance? We invite papers that look across the full 
spectrum of audience experience and examine diverse accounts of 
readings, modes of engagement and mediation of audience relationships 
with the wider society.

Decentralizing the audience

Audience studies have often implicitly centralized mediated experiences 
while at the same time contextualizing, qualifying and decentralizing 
the role of media in people’s everyday lives. This tension has lead to 
an over-emphasis on audience activity, both at the level of media 
consumption and media (self-production), while more passive and 
indifferent media uses and referential interpretations are 
under-theorized and under-researched. We invite papers that focus on the 
everyday passiveness of (some) media audiences and their acceptance of 
or indifference to the media frameworks that are offered to them. 
Moreover, we also call for papers that theorize or research the 
sometimes limited importance attributed to media in the everyday life of 
audience members.

Children as audiences

Children and young people represent are a hugely important constituency 
for today’s media and are frequently seen to be in the vanguard of new 
audience trends and emerging practices of consumption and engagement. As 
a distinct audience grouping, children are the focus of special public 
policy provisions including codes regarding media content, professional 
guidelines regarding children as subjects and participants in the media, 
and a host of initiatives designed to foster citizenship and creativity 
through media literacy. Empirical work on children as audiences remains 
scarce however and in this stream we invite papers that explore audience 
experience from the child’s perspective, and that examine opportunities, 
risks, and challenges faced by children in the current media 
environment. Questions might include the extent to which media 
literacies are evident in children’s audience practices or how agency 
supported or strengthened through civil society, educational or 
governmental action?

Proposals for papers under any of the above can be made by submitting an 
abstract of between 300-500 words long through the Conference website. 
Each abstract must include title, name(s), affiliation, institutional 
address and email address of author(s). Proposals for panels, containing 
details of each paper, are also welcome. IAMCR accepts presentations in 
English, French and Spanish. However, it is requested that abstracts, if 
at all possible, be submitted in English.

For more on the submission of abstracts, registration, theme, location, 
etc., please go to http://iamcr2011istanbul.com.

Guidelines for Abstracts

Abstracts should be 300-500 words in length.

All abstract submissions must be made centrally via the Open Conference 
System (OCS).

Deadlines

February 14, 2012: Submission of abstracts (papers will be assessed by 
double blind review of abstracts).
March 12, 2012: announcement of acceptances.
June 10, 2012: Full papers due.

For enquiries or further information, please contact:
Section Head: Nico Carpentier
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
nico.carpentier[at]vub.ac.be
Deputy Head:
Brian O’Neill
School of Media
Dublin Institute of Technology
Aungier Street - Dublin 2 - Ireland
brian.oneill[at]dit.ie
Deputy Head:
Toshie Takahashi
Dept. of Communication and Media Studies
Rikkyo University
3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku,
Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
t-takahashi[at]rikkyo.ac.jp

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IAMCR 2012 - Gender and Communication Section Call for Papers

erythrina_caffraThe Gender and Communication Section of the 
International Association for Media and Communication Research announces 
its call for papers for the annual IAMCR Congress, to be held in Durban, 
South Africa, July 15-19, 2012.
Ir a la convocatoria en español...

The section seeks research that balances theory and practice, and 
explores the relationship between gender, media and communication in its 
panoply. In recent years sessions have included papers on the Internet, 
television, film, journalism, magazines, violence, queer theory, media 
production, reception, advertising, representation, the Global Media 
Monitoring Project, human rights, discrimination, elections, the body, 
HIV/AIDS, development, pop culture, and consumption. In keeping with our 
philosophy of ?inclusivity, we welcome contributions without regard to 
empirical, theoretical, disciplinary or philosophical perspective.

Although we welcome submissions on any topic involving gender, media and 
communication, we encourage and will give special consideration to 
papers and panel proposals that examine connections to the conference 
theme (South-North Conversations). A list of possible topics have been 
suggested by conference organizers and can be found in the general call 
on the IAMCR website. Themes suggested there which seem most consonant 
with our section, include:

relations between the marginalized and/or disempowered and the powerful;
studies of (uneven) access to technological, political and social capital;
asymmetrical information flows; and
communication as a tool of empowerment of the marginalized and/or 
stigmatized

Irrespective of topic, we encourage the submission of complete panel 
proposals (although individual papers will be considered). We also 
encourage proposals for papers/panels and presentations in any of the 
three official association languages (English, French, Spanish).

By association rule, IAMCR does not permit submission of identical 
abstracts to more than one section—and this policy is strictly enforced. 
If violated it will lead to automatic rejection.

Abstracts should be between 250 and 500 words, and bibliographies and 
author profiles are not required. However, please include: the name(s) 
of author(s); professional title(s) (i.e. professor, postdoctoral 
fellow, independent researcher, graduate student, student, etc.); 
institutional affiliation; and e-mail/contact information.

For a detailed explanation of the section’s review procedures and 
selection criteria, please visit our webpage.

The period for submitting abstracts will open on December 1, 2011 and 
close on February 14th 2012; announcement of acceptance will be no later 
than March 12th, 2012. full papers are due by June 10 st 2012. Abstracts 
and full papers should be submitted via the Open Conference System 
(OCS), NOT to the section coordinators.

Questions about submissions or consultations regarding possible panels 
should be directed to:

Todd Holden
Section Co-Chair
holden.intcul [at] gmail.com

Aimée Vega
Section Co-Chair
aimeevm [at] servidor.unam.mx

Kaitlynn Mendes
Section Vice-Chair
kmendes [at] dmu.ac.uk

Convocatoria para el Envío de Resúmenes
Sección Género y Comunicación de la AIECS
Durban, Sudáfrica, Julio 15-19, 2012

La Sección de Género y Comunicación de la Asociación Internacional de 
Estudios de Comunicación Social convoca al envío de resúmenes para 
participar en la Conferencia Internacional de la AIECS 2012 que tendrá 
lugar en Durban, Sudáfrica, del 15 al 19 de julio de 2012.

La Sección promueve la difusión de investigación que, con base en la 
teoría y estudios empíricos, explore la relación entre género, medios y 
comunicación. En los años recientes las sesiones han cubierto diversos 
tópicos, tales como Internet, televisión, publicidad, cine, periodismo, 
publicaciones impresas, violencia, teoría Queer, producción, recepción, 
representación, el Proyecto Global de Monitoreo de Medios, derechos 
humanos, discriminación, elecciones, cuerpo, VIH Sida, desarrollo, 
cultura popular y consumo. En este tenor, y manteniendo nuestra 
filosofía de promover la diversidad de temas, damos la bienvenida a 
todos los trabajos que contribuyan al desarrollo de este campo de 
estudios, sin distinción de perspectivas empíricas, teóricas, 
disciplinarias ni filosóficas.

Adicionalmente, en esta convocatoria invitamos al envío de propuestas de 
ponencias y paneles que examinen relaciones con el tema de la 
Conferencia: Conversaciones Sur-Norte. Una lista de posibles tópicos ha 
sido propuesta por el Comité Organizador y puede ser consultada en la 
convocatoria general de la Conferencia IAMCR 2012. Los temas que 
muestran mayor consonancia con nuestra Sección, incluyen:

relaciones entre grupos sociales marginados y empoderados;
acceso al capital social, tecnológico y político;
flujos desiguales de información; y
comunicación como una herramienta para el empoderamiento de los grupos 
marginados.

Independientemente del tópico, además de convocar al resumen de 
participaciones individuales, invitamos también al envío de propuestas 
de paneles.

Por regla, la AIECS no permite el envío de un mismo resumen a más de una 
Sección.

Los resúmenes deben tener una extensión de entre 250 y 500 palabras y 
deben incluir: nombre del/de la autor(a), título académico (profesor(a), 
investigador(a), estudiante de postdoctorado, de posgrado, etcétera), 
adscripción institucional, datos de contacto (correo electrónico).

Las reglas para la elaboración del resumen pueden ser consultadas en la 
página electrónica de la Sección Género y Comunicación.

Fechas límite

Envío de resúmenes: del 1 de Diciembre de 2011 al 14 de Febrero de 2012
Publicación de resúmenes aceptados: 12 de marzo de 2012
Envío de ponencias completas: 10 de junio de 2012

Resúmenes y ponencias completas deben ser enviados a través del Open 
Conference System (OCS), NO a las y el coordinador de la Sección.

Les recordamos que la AIECS acepta el envío y la presentación de 
trabajos en Español, Francés e Inglés.

Cualquier duda acerca de esta convocatoria, favor de dirigirse a

Todd Holden
Co-Coordinador de la Sección
holden.intcul [at] gmail.com

Aimée Vega
Co-Coordinadora de la Sección
aimeevm [at] servidor.unam.mx

Kaitlynn Mendes
Vice-Coordinadora de la Sección
kmendes [at] dmu.ac.uk

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IAMCR 2012 - History Section Call for Papers

erythrina_caffraThe 2012 IAMCR Conference will be held in Durban (South 
Africa) on July 15-19. The overall conference theme is “South-North 
Conversations”. Along with this topic, which is also closely related to 
our interest as researchers, the History Section proposes specific 
sessions for papers.

Papers of historical perspectives, national studies and international 
comparisons are particularly sought around the following related themes:

Tabloids and Tabloidization Across Media History

The term "Tabloid", originally used for a pharmaceutical trademark 
("tablet"), had been introduced in the first part of the 20th century to 
refer to commercialized newspapers promoted by pressures of advertisers. 
It began to replace earlier terms like "penny press" or "popular press". 
Meanwhile a general trend of "tabloidization" seemed to shape the media 
systems, meaning downgrading hard news and the upgrading soft news, 
infotainment etc. This includes not only the content but also the 
layout. Historical investigations about the origins and development of 
tabloids in different countries, their types and marketing are the 
issues for elaborating. Another relevant question is how tabloidization 
affects today’s newspapers and other media throughout the world.
Media and ‘Empire’: Historical Perspectives

Through theoretical and case studies in communication history, we invite 
papers focused on the analysis of the relationships between media 
development and empires in different periods and regions. Globalisation 
is not a completely new phenomenon and the extension of new 
communication technologies and other media contributed to foster former 
empires in their attempts to maintain their influence and power. A 
special call is made for papers on colonial experiences in contemporary 
African media systems. The topic also includes research on media empires 
of the 20th century on all continents.

Journalists’ Biographies and Autobiographies as a Resource for Media History

Among the diverse resources that media historians have for their studies 
on the history of the different media, autobiographies written by 
journalists, editors or publishers, and their biographies have a special 
value. The autobiographies, since they come from first-person 
experiences, offer a colourful picture of journalists’ experiences 
during their professional careers: how they reflect the advancement of 
their careers, changes in journalistic standards and editorial routines; 
what kinds of professional dilemmas they faced in different political 
and cultural environments, etc., etc. Autobiographical material reflects 
the individuals’ experiences within particular social contexts and is 
very subjective and emotional. It cannot be looked at from the viewpoint 
of ‘historical truth’; but it does have other merits for research. The 
value and reliability of the autobiographies as sources for journalism 
historical research should definitely be discussed. Also, biographies of 
journalists as a rich resource and source for journalism history should 
be explored.

Methodological Approaches to Media History

The growing importance of journalism, and in a broader sense, of 
communication in modern societies has led to formation of media and 
communication studies as an independent field of research. Given the 
diversity of traditions in this field, we invite papers that explore: 
the development of journalism and communication history research in 
different countries; methodological approaches to face new challenges 
derived from new media, and other contemporary issues.

Historical Research on Foreign Correspondents

From the early days of the press foreign correspondents have served to 
cover news and information from other countries in the world. In doing 
this they often played an important role in international political 
relations. From the historical perspective, different questions may be 
asked: Who were these correspondents? From where and how did they 
report? What was the amount of foreign news compared to domestic ones? 
Did censorship affect foreign correspondents and if yes, how? How did 
foreign correspondents perceive their role? Which kinds of relations 
existed between foreign correspondents and diplomacy?

History of the Internet

The invention of the Internet enabled new ways of communication, 
including online networking and social media. The Internet is not only 
an important technological innovation (history of which is as important 
to study as history of Television or any other medium), but it also 
challenges the societal power of the ‘old’ media. Papers, discussing the 
development of the Internet and its implications from the historical 
perspective are particularly welcome.

Abstracts should be sent to the Section Chair only through the Open 
Conference System (OCS), and should be between 300-500 words long. Each 
abstract must include title, name(s), affiliation, institutional address 
and email address of author(s).

The deadlines are as follows:

Submission of abstracts: February 14, 2012 (papers will be assessed and 
provisionally accepted on the basis of the abstracts).
Announcement of acceptances: March 12, 2012
Full papers due: June 10, 2012

IAMCR accepts presentations in English, French and Spanish. However, it 
is requested that abstracts, if at all possible, be submitted in English.

Further information about IAMCR and this conference is available on the 
respective websites: http://iamcr.org/ and http://iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za.

Contact address for questions regarding the History Section:
Chair: Carlos Barrera
Department of Public Communication
School of Communication
University of Navarra
31080 Pamplona, Spain
cbarrera [at] unav.es

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IAMCR 2012 - International Communication Section Call for Papers
erythrina_caffra

Annual Conference of the
International Association for Media and Communication Research
Durban, South Africa, July 2012

Theme: ‘SOUTH-NORTH CONVERSATIONS’

The International Communication Section of the IAMCR invites submissions 
of abstracts for papers and panel proposals for the next annual IAMCR 
conference to be held from July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus 
of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa.

The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2012. We request you to 
read this CFP in full, and note all details and requirements regarding 
submissions.

This year’s conference theme, South-North Conversations, prompts us to 
foreground unique communication opportunities, learn from creativity in 
the face of severe constraints, and celebrate achievements of the global 
South. It seeks to promote a South-North dialogue to enable innovative 
comparative approaches to media and communication systems, policies, 
technologies, cultures, networks, practices flows. Researchers, 
practitioners and scholars of development are invited to share their 
research, experiences and recommendations for negotiations between 
standardized approaches to communication and change typically attributed 
to the North, and the need for more contextualized approaches raised 
through encounters with the South.

The Section especially encourages papers involving players in the South; 
for example, research on and from:

Advanced developing economies such as South Africa, Brazil, India and 
sub-Saharan power centres in East and West Africa,
Continental Africa and South America, and Southeast Asia,
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ranging from Mauritius to Comoros 
in the Indian Ocean region, to Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti in the 
Caribbean region,
Political units as yet under foreign rule, such as Reunion, Martinique 
or Guadeloupe, and
Developing nations in the South Pacific region

The Section welcomes submissions on all areas of interest to the broad 
designator of international communication, and is especially interested 
in research on the following topics:

Communication and humanitarian emergency relief
Media and communication in relation to internally displaced persons and 
refugees
Communication and conflict negotiation
Conflict and peace journalism
Fighting back: empowerment of the local, the regional and sustainable 
integration into the global
Mobile technology applications for development
Non-governmental and civil society organizations for communication and 
development
Local languages – a growth area in media in the north and south
Social media, advocacy and mobilization for popular uprisings
Media, development, democracy

Preparation and submission of paper and panel abstracts

Please ensure that your abstract contains the following:

Title of the paper.

Author information: The name(s) of author(s) and title (professor, 
postdoctoral fellow, graduate student, etc.), institutional affiliation, 
e-mail address, postal, phone and fax information should be provided .

Length of abstract: 300 - 500 words.

Content: The section values diversity in perspectives and methods. For 
full-fledged studies, reviewers will look for a clear idea of the 
following: what is the topic and why is it important to know about the 
research (significance of the study), the main question or research 
problem addressed, some form of conceptual framework or theory that 
inspires the paper, methods used to answer the main questions posed, 
anticipated analysis, and expected outcomes. For literature reviews 
assessing the state of the art, and syntheses, some idea of framework, 
questions, methods and sources have to be addressed in the abstract, to 
help evaluate the submission.

Mode of submission: All Abstracts should be submitted only via the 
central Open Conference System (OCS).

Number of submissions for the Section: Only one submission per author or 
co-author or panel chair or panel participant will be considered for 
review in the International Communication Section.

Panel submissions: In the case of panel submissions, the panel chair 
must provide the following information in a single document for the OCS: 
(a) panel title (b) panel participants, titles, institutional 
affiliation (c) overarching panel rationale of about 300 words, (d) an 
abstract of about 300 words for each paper to be presented within the panel.

Please note that in submitting the same or very similar abstract to more 
than one section or working group, the author risks being removed from 
the conference program. Duplicate or very similar abstracts submitted to 
other sections or working groups will not be considered for review by 
the International Communication Section.

Languages

Although IAMCR accepts presentations in its official languages of 
Spanish, English, and French, we encourage abstract submissions in 
English to facilitate timely completion of the reviews and selections 
for the conference.

Deadlines

The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 14, 2012.

All submissions must be uploaded to the Open Conference System (OCS). 
The OCS will open on December 1, 2011, and will close on February 14, 2012.

Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to individual 
applicants by their Section or Working Group Head no later than March 
12, 2012.

On the same day, March 12, 2012, conference registration will open for 
bookings by participants.

For those whose abstracts are accepted, full conference papers are to be 
submitted via the IAMCR OCS by June 10, 2012.

Information

For further information, please contact the Local Organizing Committee 
(LOC) or consult the Conference Organizers via the website at:

http://www.iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za/

or by email at:

IAMCR2012[at]ukzn.ac.za

Section Contacts
Section Head:

Sujatha Sosale
sosaleui[at]gmail.com
Associate Conference
Programme Coordinator: Tania Cantrell Rosas-Moreno
tcrosasmoreno[at]loyola.edu

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IAMCR 2012 - Journalism Research and Education Section Call for Papers

erythrina_caffraThe Journalism Research & Education Section invites 
submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR that will be held from 
July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of 
KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa.

'Journalism as a tool for conversation' is not limited to conversations 
between journalists and their prospective audiences, but also related to 
high quality conversation for democracy. Many writings address the 
global prospects for journalism to serve democracy and conversation 
between the north and south, but less attention has been given to the 
diversity of the south-south conversations. However, positions are 
usually too optimistic or too pessimistic with no middle grounds most of 
the time.


Skeptics show concern about the global future of journalism. From media 
concentration to authoritarian media policies that make the current 
media landscape full of constrains facing the role of journalism as a 
vehicle for public expression and political accountability. However, 
journalism research and education cannot be boxed in these distinct 
categories.

Through the research papers, panel proposal and workshops moderated, the 
JRE section can help convene quality public conversations among its 
members to stimulate further quality dialogues in the public spheres 
between the north and south, as well as between the diverse 'Souths'.

The Journalism Research & Education Section thus invites submission 
within the general theme of 'South-North Conversations', by raising a 
main question: 'What can we expect of Journalism Research and Education 
in addressing such conversations (North-South) or (South-South)?" 
through the lens of the five JRE themes:

International Collaborative Research in Journalism Research: New 
Challenges and Emergent Perspectives
Innovations in Journalism
The Professional Journalism
Methods for Quantifying Professional Journalism
Generic Studies of Journalism

The Journalism Research & Education Section is opened for panel 
proposals, workshop sessions and research papers proposals.

Many times journalism research highlights the division between the 
(rich) global North and the (poor) global South. Less research and focus 
is given to the diversity within and among journalism schools and 
curricula of the global South.

Abstracts should range between 300 and 500 words in length including the 
research objectives, theoretical framework and methodology. Each 
proposal must include title, name(s), affiliation, institutional address 
and email addresses of the author(s). All abstract submissions must be 
made centrally via the IAMCR Open Conference System (OCS).

It is expected that for the most part, only one (1) abstract will be 
accepted per person in the research paper proposals in the JRE section 
Program. But the author could also submit a panel proposal. The JRE 
section encourages its members to take part in their moderation and 
chairing sessions so please let us know, if you are interested.

The deadlines are as follows:

The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 14, 2012. Please 
note that this deadline will not be extended. The OCS system at will 
open on December 1, 2011, and will close on February 14, 2012.

Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to individual 
applicants by JRE section chair no later than March 12, 2012.

On the same day, March 12, 2012, conference registration will open for 
bookings by participants.

For those whose abstracts are accepted, full conference papers are to be 
submitted via the IAMCR OCS by June 10, 2011.

IAMCR accepts presentations in English, French and Spanish. However, it 
is requested that abstracts, if at all possible, be submitted in English.

Further information about IAMCR and this conference is available on the 
respective websites: http://www.iamcr.org/iamcr2012cfp or at the Durban 
2012 Conference website http://www.iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za/

JRE Publications: JRE has its two JRE Online Journals (English & 
Portuguese). The deadline is Oct. 15 at 3p.m, 2012, Central European 
Time. For the English Edition, send your submissions to the editors 
Susan Jacobson and Ibrahim Saleh (susanj[at]temple.edu & 
jre09is[at]gmail.com). For the Portuguese edition, send your submission 
to the journal editor Claudia Lago (claudia.lago07[at]gmail.com) and CC 
(jre09is[at]gmail.com).

In addition, 2012 marks the launch of the New JRE Journal: Journal of 
Applied Journalism and Media Studies (ISSN 2001-0818) that is edited by 
Leon Barkho and Ibrahim Saleh. Please send your submissions to: 
editors[at]jams.se.

Please refer to the Journalism Research and Education Section website 
for guidelines

Ibrahim Saleh
IAMCR Journalism Research & Education Section, Chair
jre09is [at] gmail.com

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IAMCR 2012 - Media and Sport Section Call for Papers

erythrina_caffraThe Media and Sport Section invites submissions for its 
program for the IAMCR annual conference that will be held in Durban, 
South Africa, July 15-19, 2012. The overall conference theme is 
'South-North Conversations.'

All papers, from the full range of perspectives on the study of Media 
and Sport will be considered. Particularly welcome are contributions 
which bridge between the study of mediated sport and the conference’s 
theme 'South-North Conversations'. Abstracts of 300-500 words, followed 
by the title, name, institutional address and email address of the 
author or authors (with no biographical notes or references) should be 
sent through IAMCR IAMCR Open Conference System (OCS) by February 14, 2012.

An indication of intention of submission would be very much appreciated 
(directly to the section head). Please note that the 
approvals/rejections will be announced by March 12, 2012.. Full papers 
must be submitted online via the IAMCR-OCS by June 10, 2011.

IAMCR accepts presentations in English, French and Spanish. However, it 
is requested that abstracts be submitted in English.
Section Head:
Dr. Alina Bernstein
(home address)
4, Kahanshtam (flat 9)
Tel Aviv, 62193, Israel

Tel/Fax: + 972 3 5449202

E-mail: alinabernstein [at] gmail.com

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The Media Education Research Section (MER) warmly invites submissions 
(both individual proposals and collective panels) for the next IAMCR 
conference to be held at the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in 
Durban, South Africa. The section is interested in papers bearing on all 
the dimensions of media education research, to promote further the 
construction of our field:

Epistemology and theory in media education research
Place of media education within information and communication sciences
Research methodologies in media education
Representations and coverage in the media
Pedagogy/pedagogies, curricula and teaching practices
Media education policies at local, national and international level 
(indicators, benchmarking,…)
The frontiers of media education with information literacy, digital 
literacy, computer literacy, etc.
New learning research processes and their impact on media education
Literacy studies as social practices
Play, simulation and other participatory techniques for media education
The contribution of media education to citizenship, ethics, peace and 
participation
Resistance and criticism to media education

The conference main theme 'South-North Conversations' provides a defying 
and suggestive focus of inspiration, inviting us to think in comparative 
studies, dialogic approaches and pluralistic methodologies. It may be 
taken up by participants when deciding to present their paper. It opens 
interesting possibilities for interaction with other sections, so 
researchers are hereby encouraged to submit proposals both for thematic 
tables and joint initiatives with other sections. Some suggested topics 
could relate to:

Digital divide and inclusion projects and results
Pedagogical and cultural work in the field of intercultural communication
Experiences and practices involving South-North exchanges
The role of international organizations and NGOs in promoting 
South-North conversations
Media and information literacy and curriculum development
Media literacy education as a tool and field for intercultural communication

Paper proposals should be one page long, and should list the author's 
name, address, university affiliation, telephone and e-mail, followed by 
the paper's title and an abstract of 500 words/1500 signs. The abstract 
should specify the subject, research questions asked, methodology and 
indicate some of the findings. Proposals will be peer reviewed and 
supervised by the scientific board of the Media Education Research 
section. In order to improve the on-site quality of the contributions, 
all panels will have a discussant.

Submission of abstracts can only be done online, via the IAMCR OCS 
website. The deadline for submission is February 14th 2012. You can 
enter your proposals at http://iamcr-ocs.org/index.php/2012/2012.

For further information about the conference, please contact the Local 
Organizing Committee (LOC) by email (IAMCR2012 [at] ukzn.ac.za) or 
access the Conference website.

In case of need, please do not hesitate to contact the Media Education 
Research Section:
Chair: Divina Frau-Meigs
University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
divina.frau-meigs [at] univ-paris3.fr
Co-Chair:
Manuel Pinto
University of Minho, Portugal
mpinto [at] ics.uminho.pt

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