[Commlist] Nordmedia2019 conference and pre-call for abstracts

Notification of conference

NordMedia 2019 will be held on 21^st -23^rd August at Malmö University 
in Sweden. The theme of the conference is /Communication, Creativity and 
Imagination: Challenging the Field/. There will also be a pre-conference 
for PhD-students held two days prior to the conference 19-20^th  August.

For further information than that given below, please contact Margareta 
Melin ((margareta.melin /at/ mau.se) <mailto:(margareta.melin /at/ mau.se)>), Linnea 
Mörth ((linnea /at/ morth.se) <mailto:(linnea /at/ morth.se)>) or Henrik Örnebring for 
the pre-conference ((henrik.ornebring /at/ kau.se) 
<mailto:(henrik.ornebring /at/ kau.se)>).

About the theme

In an increasingly interconnected and accelerated world, our academic 
field offers significant opportunities to grapple with shifting and 
often contentious media and communication landscapes. With these 
opportunities comes a charge for responsible research and reporting of 
results, as scholars make their work public through their teaching, 
publishing, and engagement in the world beyond the academy. Are we 
living up to this charge? Do our current approaches work? How might we 
work both responsibly and creatively?

While global social and technological changes put new demands on 
academia, how we imagine “our field” is also perpetually in flux, as 
represented by the many ‘turns’ and ‘returns’ endemic to media and 
communication studies, as well as related fields. Part of this 
re-imagining also results from organizations’ merging traditionally 
different subjects into single departments in the name of efficiency. In 
many cases, these new departments represent rich meeting places for 
innovative, interdisciplinary research.

At NordMedia 2019 in Malmö, Sweden, we look forward to addressing our 
field’s past and current trends, and to envisioning new avenues for 
creation and collaboration. Examining media and communication studies at 
the nexus of global shifts affecting and reflected in academia, we aim 
to track and respond to recent challenges from both outside and within 
our field, in order to better understand, and reimagine, the ‘state of 
the art’.

Pre-Call for abstracts

The NordMedia 2019 conference will be open for abstract submissions at 
the beginning of January 2019. The deadline for abstract submission is 
February 28^th , 2019. At the end of March, the chairs of the 
divisions/working groups will have made their decision and an acceptance 
or rejection letter will be sent by email. The deadline for full papers 
and long abstracts is June^30^th .

Types of presentation

·/Paper presentation – full paper/(6-8000 words). Typically, a paper 
presentation will be allotted 10-15 minutes for presentation and 15-20 
minutes for discussion.

·/Paper presentation – long abstract/(2-3000 words). Typically, a long 
abstract presentation will be allotted 10 minutes for presentation and 
10 minutes for discussion.

·/Panel presentations/(a number of full papers or long abstracts). 
Typically, a panel lasts for 1-1 ½ hours, and consists of a number of 
10-15 minute presentations, followed by a longer discussion. There 
should be a common theme to the panel.

·/Workshop/– /based on a long abstract/ (2-3000 words). Typically, a 
workshop lasts 1-1 ½ hours, where a theme is presented during 10-15 
minutes. Thereafter audience members become participants, and together 
with presenters make or discuss something concerning the theme. At the 
end there is a 10-15 minute wrap-up. The purpose of the workshop could 
be to aid the presenters in their research or to come up with a common 
good, something all participants can use.

General Guidelines for Abstracts

-The word limit for abstracts is 500 words. The abstracts should be 
written in clear and concise English.

-All abstracts have to be addressed to a specific conference division or 
temporary working group (listed below).

-Submission of multiple abstracts is allowed, but one can only be the 
main author of one paper. If multiple abstract submissions from the same 
author are accepted, the author must decide which one s/he will present. 
However, one can still co-author other accepted papers in addition to 
the main one.

-Incomplete abstracts will not be reviewed. Abstracts cannot be modified 
once they have been submitted.

-All abstracts must be submitted using the online system provided and 
follow the instructions given (at the website that will be open in January).

Guidelines for Panel Abstracts

The guidelines for panels follow those of general abstract guidelines, 
but with the following additions:

-A panel session must have a 400-word description of the theme of the 
panel, a brief account that specifies why this topic is important, and a 
clear explanation of how it contributes to the overall work of the 
conference division or working group

-A list of suggested panellists and titles of papers and a 300 word 
abstract for each paper in the panel.

-A panel session proposal must include the name of the contact person 
for the panel. The contact person will act as organizer of the panel 
session and is responsible for communication with the chairs and 
co-chairs of the hosting division or temporary working group as a 
representative of the whole panel group.

-By default, the contact person will act as a moderator of the panel 
session. Alternatively, an outside moderator can be used. In this case, 
the contact information of the suggested moderator should also be 
included in the panel proposal.

Guidelines for Workshops

The guidelines for workshops follow those of general abstract 
guidelines, but with the following additions:

-A workshop session must have a 500-word abstract describing the aim and 
anticipated outcome of the workshop, a brief account that specifies why 
this topic is important, and a clear explanation of how it contributes 
to the overall work of the conference division or working group

-A list of suggested workshop leaders

-A list of materials needed.

-A workshop session proposal must include the name of the contact 
person, who will act as organizer of the workshop and is responsible for 
communication with the chairs and co-chairs of the hosting division or 
temporary working group.

-By default, the contact person will act as a moderator or leader of the 
session. Alternatively, an outside moderator or leader can be used. In 
this case, the contact information of suggested moderator should also be 
included in the proposal.

Divisions:

1. Environment, Science and Risk Communication

2. Journalism

3. Media and Communication History

4.  Media, Globalization and Social Change

5. Media Literacy and Media Education

6. Media Industries

7. Organization, Communication and Promotion

8. Political Communication

9. Theory, Philosophy and Ethics of Communication

10. Television and Film Studies

Temporary Working Groups:

TWG1. Media across the Life Course

TWG 2. Gender and Media

TWG 3. Game Studies

TWG 4. Audience Studies

TWG 5. Media studies in the Anthropocene

TWG 6. Health Media and Communication

TWG7. Visual Culture and Communication

/Margareta Melin/

PhD, Senior lecturer/Associate professor

Media and Communication  / Research leader for arts education

K3, School of Arts and Communication / KSM, Communication, Language and 
Media

Malmö University

205 06 Malmö

Tel. +46-40-665 7221

Mobile work: +46-72 702 5877

Mobile priv: +46-739 644849

E-mail: (margareta.melin /at/ mau.se)

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