[ecrea] CFP: 10 YEARS ON: LOOKING FORWARDS IN MOBILE ICT RESEARCH

10 YEARS ON: LOOKING FORWARDS IN MOBILE ICT RESEARCH



ICA Communications and Technology Division Mobile Communications 10th 
Anniversary Pre-Conference Workshop 
https://www.icahdq.org/conf/2013/10yearson.asp



16th and 17th June 2013

Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and 
Political Science



Lead Organisers:

Leslie Haddon (Senior Researcher LSE)

Jane Vincent (Visiting Fellow University of Surrey Digital World 
Research Centre)



We are pleased to invite papers for the Mobile Communications ICA 
Pre-Conference Workshop. In celebration of its 10th Anniversary Year we 
also announce the introduction of an Award for the Best Paper. We look 
forward to receiving your submissions and to welcoming you in London in 
June 2013!



Aims of the Pre-Conference Workshop

This Workshop aims to understand more about the implications of the fast 
moving mobile world both on the social practices of the users of mobile 
ICTs as well as, and following the main ICA conference theme, on the 
ability of researchers to deliver reliable and effective research 
material. This 10th Mobile Communications ICA pre-conference provides a 
chance to take stock, reflect on and look forward to developments in 
research in this field over the forthcoming years. This will include 
discussing the general expectations and aspirations of an invited panel 
of experts and exploring the future research implications of 
contemporary studies to be reported at the conference.



Workshop Topics

Mobile communications are by no means new when we think in terms of 
walkie-talkies or car telephones but the hand held digital voice and 
data mobile communications that now populate our always on connected 
lives have only become omnipresent in the last five years. Ten years 
ago, when the first ICA Mobile Communications



Pre-Conference

Workshop was held, Twitter was unheard of, wifi virtually non-existent 
and mobile phone subscriptions a fifth of their present day numbers. 
Nowadays mobile ICTs are no longer merely mobile phones nor do they just 
involve communication between people. Instead mobile devices like 
smartphones, tablets or laptops use many convergent technologies (3G, 
4G, Wifi, Television etc). How can this experience of, and exponential 
global growth in, mobile ICTs inform our ideas about the future? We 
anticipate many diverse topics which will be linked through the common 
thread of looking forwards in mobile communications perhaps also 
providing material that may help set a future research agenda.



We welcome abstracts that relate to the following broad areas of mobile 
ICT research -Cultural differences -Gender -Children -Elderly -Mobile 
media -Migration -Social Media This range is in part designed to produce 
a broad overview, but other more specific areas will be considered. For 
example, contemporary studies are already identifying challenges in 
achieving consistency, reliability and quality of results in a fast 
moving world of Big Data, petabytes and change. New research has already 
highlighted the effects of people on the move around the globe – 
migration within and between nations; as well as emotions, affect and 
sentiment with regard to using mobile devices.



Best Paper Award

An Award for the best paper will be given at this event; only full 
papers submitted by the entry date can be included for consideration for 
this award.



Programme Outline

Commencing 9am Sunday morning 16 June 2013 and concluding at 1pm 17th 
June, this one and a half day event will consist of expert panel 
presentations and reflections, and strands for the presentation of papers.



There is an upper limit of 46 papers, and a limit of 70 delegates.

Poster sessions may be an option if there is high demand.

More details of the programme and social events including a dinner on 
Sunday night will be released as they are confirmed



Venue and Cost

The event is hosted by Department of Media and Communications, LSE.

The cost will be £70 per person inclusive of lunch Sunday and coffee/tea 
Sunday and Monday morning.

Map link http://www2.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/howToGetToLSE.aspx

The LSE is the world’s leading social science institution for teaching 
and research, with an academic profile spanning a wide range of 
disciplines. Teaching and research are conducted through 18 departments 
and 26 research centres and institutes, with students drawn from more 
than 130 countries worldwide.



Paper Submission Process

Contributions are invited from scholars from multiple disciplines 
studying mobile ICTs and at all stages of their career. In keeping with 
the pre-conference theme, those submitting abstracts should write 
something about the broader implications, issues, trends, future 
research, etc. that can be derived from the particular empirical study 
or the topic they focused upon. This will also help to seek further 
publication of any papers. Although the papers may well cover diverse 
topics this will ensure they have a common thread of implications for 
communications research.



Abstracts 250 – 500 words to be sent to (j.vincent /at/ surrey.ac.uk) Please 
use ICA Mobile Communications cfp Abstract Submission as email subject 
and include a 50 word max biography



Abstract Deadline 16 November 2012

Confirmation of acceptance by 4 January 2012 Only Full Papers (max 8000 
words) submitted by 31 March 2013 will be considered for the Best Paper 
Award.





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