[ecrea] LaborComm-2013: The 4th International Labor and Communication Conference

LaborComm-2013: The 4th International Labor and Communication Conference



May 3-4, 2013, Ankara, TURKEY



As a part of the International Labor Film Festival

Today’s capitalism rises on networked production processes that rely 
strongly on information and communication technologies (ICTs). 
Additionally, economic activities related with communication are now 
considered as one of the most strategic sectors for capitalist 
accumulation. However, current global crisis of capitalist system paves 
the way for questioning the system and the emergence of new approaches 
in communication studies as well. Among these new approaches, idealists 
claim that the crisis can be overcome by the expansion and deepening of 
ICTs and related services markets. In contrast, realists critically 
analyze the structure of capitalist communication industries, the 
qualifications of its products and the labor processes through the 
concepts of political economy.

LaborComm 2013 aims to discuss new approaches rising in the 
communication studies and to uncover their significance for labor in the 
context of the current global crisis of capitalism.



Possible topics include (but are not necessarily limited to):

Critical conceptual and theoretical frameworks to explain the 
interaction of communication, technology and labor in politics, 
economics, culture and daily life.

Global crisis of capitalism and its significance for the social 
communication processes.

New forms emerging in the economical, political and ideological 
structures of capitalism in relation to ICTs.

New forms of organization, solidarity and resistance using ICTs.

Obstacles and threats against using ICTs for the aim of solidarity and 
resistance.

New forms of work in media/telecommunication/information industries.

New forms of labor and class formations in 
media/telecommunication/information industries.



Time Schedule:

February 25, 2013: Deadline to submit abstracts. Abstracts (max. 500 
words) should be sent to (info /at/ laborcomm.org)

March 25, 2013: Announcement of selected abstracts.

April 22, 2013: Deadline to submit full papers. Full papers should be 
sent to (info /at/ laborcomm.org)



Conference Secretariat:

Ankara University, Faculty of Communication, Division of Informatics



For further details and arrangements visit www.laborcomm.org

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