[ecrea] CfP: Digital Opportunities and Challenges: Researching Journalism and Media in a Digital Age

*_Call for Papers -  Digital Opportunities and Challenges: Researching 
Journalism and Media in a Digital Age_*

*Deadline:* 31st of August, 2016

This is a call for papers for the upcoming conference 'Digital 
Opportunities and Challenges: Researching Journalism and Media in a 
Digital Age*'*, hosted by the Department of Journalism Studies at the 
*University of Sheffield*. The conference will be held on *26 and 27 
January 2017*.

This conference will explore new directions in journalism and media 
research in digital environments. The emergence of social media has 
ignited lively discussion about the opportunities they can offer to 
journalism, but also about the challenges they pose. These opportunities 
and challenges are not only technological: they touch on a variety of 
areas including social, political and financial realities. What is more, 
by trying to adapt to these changes, journalistic practices are 
constantly evolving and the relationships between producers and 
consumers of news are constantly redefined.

Drawing on these discussions, this conference aims to address a wide 
range of thematic areas, which are:

   * Theoretical approaches
   * Methodological approaches
   * Practical approaches
   * Contextual approaches


         Keynote speakers (so far confirmed)

   * Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of Research, at the Reuters Institute
     for the study of Journalism, Oxford University
   * Brian Loader, Director, School of Social and Political Sciences,
     University of York
   * Scott Eldridge, Lecturer in Journalism Studies, University of 
Sheffield


         Call for papers

We welcome abstracts related to the thematic areas above, or to the 
broader topic. We strongly encourage submissions by PhD students and 
early career researchers, though all scholars interested in these areas 
are welcome to apply.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words by 15 July 2016 to 
(jnlconferences /at/ sheffield.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(jnlconferences /at/ sheffield.ac.uk)?body=Digital%20Opportunities%20and%20Challenges>.


         Registration

Registration will open in autumn 2016. There will be a £35 registration 
fee (£25 early bird rate), which covers lunch and refreshments on both days.

For further information, or to register your interest in advance, please 
contact the organising committee at (jnlconferences /at/ sheffield.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(jnlconferences /at/ sheffield.ac.uk)?subject=Digital%20Opportunities%20and%20Challenges>.

(Web: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/events/digital-age)

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