[ecrea] CFP: Consumer Identities and Digital Culture Symposium

CFP: Consumer Identities and Digital Culture Symposium

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 20, 2016


The Institute for International Communication at St. John’s University 
is now accepting submissions for paper presentations at an upcoming 
one-day symposium, Consumer Identities and Digital Culture. We seek 
transdisciplinary interpretations and critical analyses of consumption 
and consumer identity, broadly defined across emerging media and digital 
landscapes. This symposium is the first in a planned series of events 
interrogating various aspects of consumer identity, using fans as one 
exemplar and catalyst for discussion. Panelists will also be invited to 
participate in the development of an edited volume.


POTENTIAL TOPICS (including but not limited to):


— Fans and fandom

— Aspirational consumption

— Anti-consumerism/consumer activism

— Brand communities

— Makers, crafters and prosumers

— Target markets and subcultural identities

— Cultural marketing and consumer relationships


We welcome scholarly submissions that address audience, industry, and 
critical/cultural perspectives and are particularly interested in the 
intersections thereof.


LOCATION: St. John’s University, Queens Campus


DATE: March 28, 2017


KEYNOTE:


Dr. Paul Booth, associate professor of Media and Cinema studies at 
DePaul University and author of several books including Digital Fandom 
2.0: New Media Studies (Peter Lang, 2016), Game Play: Paratextuality in 
Contemporary Board Games (Bloomsbury, 2015) and Playing Fans: 
Negotiating Fandom and Media in the Digital Age (University of Iowa 
Press, 2015).


SUBMISSIONS: 350-word abstract and brief biographical note by 12/20/2016 
to (consumer.identities /at/ gmail.com).


Accepted panelists will be notified in mid-January.


Please address any questions to:

Candice D. Roberts

Assistant Professor of Communication

St. John's University

(robertsc /at/ stjohns.edu)

Myles Ethan Lascity

Assistant Professor of Communication

Chestnut Hill College

(lascitym /at/ chc.edu)


Website: http://www.consumeridentities.com

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