[ecrea] CfP: ASA Media Sociology Preconference 2015

Call for Papers: Media Sociology Preconference 2015

Venue: Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

Date: August 21, 2015

We invite submissions for a third preconference on media sociology to
be held at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management on
Friday, August 21, 2015. (This is one day before the start of the
annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Chicago.)
To encourage the widest possible range of submissions, we have no
pre-specified theme again this year and invite both theoretical and
empirical papers on any topic related to media sociology. Submissions
from graduate students and junior scholars are particularly welcome.

This preconference is linked to an effort to strengthen media
sociology within the ASA: After a long period of negotiation, the
media sociology steering committee was able to broker a deal with the
Communication and Information Technologies section (CITASA) at the end
of 2014.  If all goes well in 2015, CITASA will be changing its
section name to "Communication, Information Technologies and Media
Sociology." The current section membership still needs to formally
vote in favor of this change but we have been assured--based on the
recent survey of current CITASA members—that this will most likely
happen.

Media sociology has long been a highly diverse field spanning many
topics, methodologies, and units of analysis. It encompasses all forms
of mass-mediated communication and expression, including news media,
entertainment media, as well as new and digital media. Outstanding
research exists within the different subfields both within and beyond
the discipline of sociology. Our aim is to create dialogue among these
disparate yet complementary traditions.

Papers may be on a variety of topics including, but not limited to:
-production processes and/or media workers
-political economy (including the role of the state and markets)
-media and the public sphere
-mediatization
-media content
-the Internet, social media, cellular phones, or other technology
-the digital divide
-new uses of media
-media globalization or diaspora
-media effects of media consumption
-identity, the self, and media

Invited Speakers

Last year’s preconference, held at the Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School
of Business at Mills College in Oakland, California, was again very
well-attended and featured an invited keynote by Clayton Childress
(University of Toronto – Scarborough) and a plenary panel addressing
the theme, “Media Sociology as a Vocation” featuring Laura Grindstaff
(UC Davis), Paul Hirsch (Northwestern University), Ron Jacobs (SUNY
Albany), Paul Lopes (Colgate University), and Guobin Yang (University
of Pennsylvania).

This year’s keynote speaker will be Tressie McMillan Cottom (Virginia
Commonwealth University, starting fall 2015). There will again be a
closing special plenary session. We will announce further invited
speakers in due course.

Submissions

Submissions should include:
-Separate cover sheet with: title, name and affiliation, and email
address of author(s).
-Abstract of 150-300 words that discusses the problem, research,
methods and relevance.
-Also include at least three descriptive keywords. Note: DO NOT put
identifying information in the body of the abstract; only on cover
sheet.
-Use Microsoft Office or PDF format.

Send abstracts to (casey.brienza.1 /at/ city.ac.uk). Please write “Media
Sociology Preconference” in the subject line.

Abstract deadline is March 31, 2015.

Notification of acceptance will occur sometime in mid-April.

Contact Casey Brienza ((casey.brienza.1 /at/ city.ac.uk)) or Matthias Revers
((matthias.revers /at/ uni-graz.at)) for more information about the
preconference.

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Casey Brienza
Lecturer in Publishing and Digital Media
Department of Culture & Creative Industries
City University London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7040 8531
Email: (Casey.Brienza.1 /at/ city.ac.uk)
Twitter: @CaseyBrienza
Website: http://www.caseybrienza.com


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