[ecrea] Call for Papers: Media Sociology Preconference 2017

Call for Papers: Media Sociology Preconference 2017

<http://asamediasociology.blogspot.com/2017/01/call-for-papers-media-sociology.html>

*Venue: Concordia University, Montreal, Canada*

*Date: August 11, 2017*

We invite submissions for a preconference on media sociology to be held 
at Concordia University on Friday, August 11, 2017. (This is one day 
before the start of the annual meeting of the American Sociological 
Association in Montreal.) 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, now in its fifth consecutive year, 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. CITASA officially changed its 
section name to "Communication, Information Technologies and Media 
Sociology" in 2015 and is officially sponsoring the Media Sociology 
Preconference in 2017. *Free registration to the preconference will be 
offered to all current CITAMS members. *

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 digital ("new") and non-digital ("old") 
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*

Past keynote speakers have included Dhiraj Murthy (Goldsmiths, 
University of London), Clayton Childress (University of Toronto – 
Scarborough), and Eric Grollman (University of Richmond).

We are please to announce that this year's keynote speaker will be 
Nicholas Boston (Lehman College, CUNY).

A special plenary session in the afternoon "Intersectionality and Media" 
will feature Wenhong Chen (UT Austin), CJ Pascoe (University of Oregon), 
Jeffrey Lane (Rutgers), Melissa Guzman-Garcia (San Francisco State), 
Laura Robinson (Santa Clara University), Sarah Sobieraj (Tufts), Apryl 
Williams (Texas A&M), and additional invited speakers to be announced in 
due course. This plenary is sponsored by /Emerald Studies in Media and 
Communications./
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*Submissions*

We will accept both individual abstract submissions and 
fully-constituted panel submissions (of 4-5 participants).

Individual paper submissions should include:
-Title, name and affiliation, and email address of author(s).
-Abstract of 150-200 words that discusses the problem, research, methods 
and relevance.
-Use Microsoft Office or PDF format.

Panel proposal submissions should include:
-Title of panel and 100-word rationale.
-Titles, names and affiliations, and email addresses of panelists.
-Abstracts of 150-200 words for each presentation that discusses the 
problem, research, methods and relevance.
-Use Microsoft Office or PDF format.

Send submissions to (casey.brienza /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(casey.brienza.1 /at/ city.ac.uk)>. Please write “Media Sociology 
Preconference” in the subject line.

*Abstract deadline is March 31, 2017.*

Notification of acceptance will occur sometime in mid-April.

Contact Casey Brienza ((casey.brienza /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(casey.brienza.1 /at/ city.ac.uk)>) for more information about the 
preconference.
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