[ecrea] CFP - The 20th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association - Media Ethics: Human Ecology in a Connected World

Deadline for submission: extended to JANUARY 15, 2019

The Media Ecology Association invites paper and panel proposals for 
presentation at its 20th Annual Convention, taking place on 27-30 June 
2019 in Toronto.

We welcome submissions that encompass the broad array of disciplines 
focusing on the study of media as environments, technology and 
techniques, modes of information, and symbolic codes of communication 
that constitute media ecology.

We also invite submissions exploring this year’s theme “Media Ethics. 
Human Ecology in a Connected World”.

In our current hyper-connected era, information and communication 
technologies are increasingly forming the infrastructure of a new 
digital human ecosystem which is larger and quicker to evolve than any 
prior.
This continually transforming and evolving planetary habitat connects 
all of humanity into, what Marshall McLuhan’s prescient mind termed, a 
“Global Village”.

Technology and new media’s impact on this ecosystem has a profound 
effect on every aspect of the human ethos – self-expression, education, 
values, beliefs, needs, livelihood, enjoyment – and society at large.
Over the past few years, these emerging technologies and unforeseen 
digital media practices have also given rise to ethical issues, 
political and societal questions of critical importance to our evolving 
future.

The countless unintended implications – current or potential – of 
today’s rapid technological developments have largely come from 
socio-technical systems and emerging digital, robotic, artificially 
intelligent, or biomedical technologies. These advances have led to an 
unprecedented need for new ethical perspectives and frameworks to 
underpin the building blocks of our new digital ecosystem.

General areas of interest related to this year’s theme include, but are 
not limited to, the following topics:

     Artificial intelligence and machine learning
     Internet of things
     Robotics and automation
     Bioengineering
     Virtual/augmented reality
     Data ethics, privacy, surveillance, cyber security, and data 
protection
     Big data and cloud computing
     Social media algorithms
     Internet policy
     Misinformation on social media
     Propaganda, censorship, and free speech
     Net Neutrality, openness, and digital inclusion
     Media integrity in journalism, advertising, public relations
     Digital citizenship, social and political engagement
     Entertainment media, digital and media arts
     Digital literacy and media pedagogy
     Civil discourse, human dignity, diversity, and individual 
expression in the media ecosystem
     Wellbeing sustainability and prosperity in the media environment
     Innovative interpretations and new ethical perspectives emanating 
from the Media Ecology intellectual tradition

For submissions and other information please see the convention website: 
http://mediaethics.ca/



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