[ecrea] CFP: 6th Media Innovations Symposium

This is a reminder that the CFP deadline for the sixth annual 
International Symposium on Media Innovations (ISMI) is in less than a month.

ISMI 2017 takes place 16-17 October 2017 in Tallinn University, Estonia. 
It takes place immediately before the AoIR conference in Tartu, another 
Estonian town.

The symposium is organised by Tallinn University Centre of Excellence in 
Media Innovation and Digital Culture (MEDIT).

The focus of ISMI is on the dynamics of change in all kinds of 
contemporary media. We aim to explore how the complex interrelationships 
between changing technologies, economic environment, modes of usage or 
policy imperatives bring about the transformation of the media industry. 
The symposium will work towars a dialogue between media industries and 
academic media resereach.

Keynotes by:
Prof. Robin Mansell, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Prof. Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Submission deadline: 750-word extended abstracts due 15 May 2017

We invite submissions for papers on any aspect of media innovation, 
including the following topics:

* Management of media innovation
* Alternative economic approaches to media innovation
* Innovation policies vs. media policies
* Innovation in media policies
* Media innovation systems
* Political economy of media innovation
* The role of start-ups in innovating media systems
* The role of social innovation in media systems
* User-driven innovations in media
* University and industry cooperation in facilitating media innovation
* Media co-innovating with other industries (education, health care, 
tourism, etc.)
* The role of platforms in media innovation
* Fake News as a disruption to media industries
* Data driven innovations in media
* Mobile and location based media innovations
* Sharing economy and media innovation
* The role of cross- and transmedia in innovating media
* Virtual and augmented reality as drivers of innovations in media
* Innovations in alternative media
* Innovation in distribution and delivery (reaching the audience in new 
ways)
* Innovation in advertising formats and strategies.
* Failed innovations: new products that did not succeed.

Submissions will be peer-reviewed. Extended abstracts of proposed 
papers, ­750 word maximum, should be sent to (ismi2017 /at/ tlu.ee) 
<mailto:(ismi2017 /at/ tlu.ee)>

Deadlines and Dates:
15 May, 2017: extended abstracts due
June, 2017: notice of acceptance
15 September, 2016: full papers due

Best paper award will be announced during the conference. Selected 
papers from the symposium will be published in a special issue of the 
Journal of Media Innovations (https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/)

The conference has a new and updated web presence: 
http://medit.tlu.ee/events/ismi-2017

Please note that registration for the conference is already open: 
http://medit.tlu.ee/events/ismi-2017/registration


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