[ecrea] Call for Paper - Youth, Media and diversities - YMdiv 2015, Brussels

YMdiv: YOUTH, MEDIA AND DIVERSITIES

Practices of diversity: from production to reception



International conference

April 2015, 2nd-3rd

Brussels, Belgium

(Call for Paper : december 17th)

Organised by the Centre d’études sur les jeunes et les médias
(Centre for Youth and Media Studies)

in partnership with Media Animation and the Masters Program of the 
IHECS, Brussels





Diversity is either considered as a situation in which our societies 
exist or as a value to be promoted; however as a concept, it remains 
polysemous and complex. The definition of diversity comes back to the 
character of what counts as diverse, varied and different. Yet, the term 
is commonly used to refer to categories of citizens marked by the 
singularity of their geographic, sociocultural or religious origins or 
background, by their age or gender, etc. But diversity is also 
associated with heterogeneous practices – in short, to plural practices.



Media, as they institute symbolic, technical and social mediations 
between individuals and their environment, underline the complexity of 
diversity. As symbolic industries, they build and show a ‘reality’ of 
the world in its diversity. Thereafter, what are the traits of 
diversity, a notion set by and with media? How do the production and 
reception of content, mechanisms, tools and outlets represent 
experiences of diversity? Is the experience of diversity within media 
linked with social and cultural diversity as it is lived on a daily basis?

In different countries and different periods of their history, diversity 
issues and media issues have been brought closer. In each case, this has 
led to both civic debate and political/activist positions – and this has 
fed into academic research on them.



Continuing previous research undertaken by the Centre d’études sur les 
jeunes et les médias and by its partners IHECS and Media Animation, the 
Youth and Media diversities (YMdiv) Conference aims to discuss the 
fields of youth and media through the prism of diversity. The aim is to 
focus on relationships between the young and diversity via media, on 
three levels (approaches are explained in the attached document):

° micro: the level of reception and of various experiences of diversity 
via media practices - Approach 1 – Diversity of practices, practices of 
diversity

° meso: the level of the production of diversity, whether it is reached 
within professional practices or by content creation - Approach 2 – 
Media and the diversity of production: visibility and content

° macro: the level of cultural, educative and communication industries 
in a transnational perspective - Approach 3 – Cultural and educative 
industries through the prism of diversity



The YMdiv Conference has the ambition of dealing with several 
situations, thoughts and trends about youth and media experiencing 
diversity, through three academic approaches.

For this conference, multidisciplinary and international approaches will 
be highly appreciated. In order to offer a powerful and critical look at 
these issues, a discussion will be engaged with social and political 
actors in the professional media world.



Abstracts should be submitted by December 17, 2014 in French or English 
(maximum 5,000 characters, including spaces, Times New Roman, font size 
12, single spaced, 5 keywords, one title) to the address 
(jeunesetmedias.events /at/ gmail.com). All proposals will be evaluated 
double-blind by the scientific committee. Proposals and papers may be 
given in English or French.



In the email, please provide the following information: first name, 
name, email address, academic/professional status, university and 
research centre affiliation, title of the paper. Please send the paper 
proposal itself in an attached document in .doc format with your name 
(FirstnameName.doc). In the paper, on the other hand, you are asked to 
respect anonymity, even if you are referring to some of your previous 
publications.



Selected papers will be grouped in an academic publication whose terms 
will be specified later.



Calendar

Deadline for submissions: December 17, 2014

Notification of acceptance: January 30, 2015

Conference: April 2 and 3, 2015



For publication:

Sending texts for evaluation: June 1, 2015

Notification of Assessment: September 30, 2015

Submission of final texts: November 10, 2015

Expected Publication: Spring 2016



Scientific committee

Christian Agbobli (Professor, UQAM, GERACII, Quebec)

Baptiste Campion (IHECS, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)

Sirin Dilli (Lecturer, HDR, University of Giresun, Turkey)

Pierre Fastrez (Professor, UCL, Belgique)

Claire Frachon (Media and Diversity Expert, European Council)

Alec Hargreaves (Professor, University of the State of Florida, 
Winthrop-King Institute, USA)

Angeliki Koukoutsaki-Monnier (Lecturer, University of Haute-Alsace, 
CREM, France)

Christine Larrazet (Lecturer, University of Bordeaux, Centre Emile 
Durkheim, France)

Guy Lochard (Emeritus Professor, University of Paris 3, CIM, France)

Tristan Mattelart (Professor, University of Paris 8, CEMTI, France)

Maria Ranieri (Lecturer, University of Florence, Italy)

Virginie Sassoon (Twiki Productions, IFP, CARISM, France)

Aude Seurat (Lecturer, University of Paris 13, LABSIC, France)

Daya Thussu (Professor, University of Westminster, UK)

Carsten Wilhelm (Lecturer, University of Haute-Alsace, CRESAT, France)







Organization committee

Paul de Theux (Director of Média Animation)

Isabelle Feroc Dumez (University of Poitiers, ESPE, Laboratoire TECHNE)

Marlène Loicq (President of Centre d’études sur les jeunes et les médias)

Jérémie Nicey (University of Tours, Laboratoire CIM-MCPN)

Anne Claire Orban (International Project Manager, Media Animation)

Isabelle Rigoni (INS HEA, Grhapes / Centre Émile Durkheim / MICA)

Patrick Verniers (President of Master en Éducation aux médias IHECS)





Contact

Marlène Loicq, (marleneloicq /at/ gmail.com)





More information at www.jeunesetmedias.fr

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