[Commlist] cfp: Trends in Media and Communication Conference 2023

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS EXTENDED TO AUGUST 7, 2023

Trends in Media and Communication Conference 2023 (TiMC 2023)
Call for Abstracts (Virtual Conference)

Theme: The African Youth and Communicative Behaviours in Digital Spaces

Conference Dates: November 1 – 3, 2023

Recent media and communication scholarship converges on the idea that 
media consumers, particularly young people, are moving away from the 
traditional media to digital media (Kemp, 2021; PwC Global, 2019). 
Digital media and platforms have assumed prominence in all spheres of 
life as people turn to them for news, entertainment, advertising, 
politics, education. Besides these consumption patterns, digital media 
have also become a primary avenue for networking, self-expression, 
self-presentation, the pursuit of economic and other opportunities, as 
well as civic engagement and action. As a result, the literature on 
digital media reveals exponential increase in the rate at which people 
interact in digital spaces (Kemp, 2021). Recent reports show that about 
40% of Africa’s population is frequently online (Kamer, 2022) engaged in 
behaviours and activities that are, in one breadth, unique but in 
another also share commonalities with the rest of the world. For 
instance, on TikTok, we know that patterns around content creation and 
consumption differ in some ways from those of other continents 
(Statista, 2023). In Ghana, for instance, consumption favours 
entertaining content as opposed to tutorial videos where consumers tend 
to go for music videos and comedy, meme or viral videos (Kemp, 2023).  
As contemporary life, particularly for young people, gravitate away from 
traditional spheres of interaction and towards digital spaces, new 
questions call for scholarly contemplation. For instance, how are 
African youth using the communicative liberation that digital spaces 
provide to create economic opportunities to counter their high 
unemployment? How do African youth leverage but also counter legal and 
regulatory regimes in pursuit of their communicative endeavours online? 
What patterns are evolving around creation, consumption and moderation 
of extremist content in African digital spaces?

These questions necessitate scholarly attention and reflections for 
practice. The 2023 edition of the Trends in Media and Communication 
Conference (TiMC) will provide a forum to scholars, practitioners and 
students in Media and Communication to share ideas and evidence on the 
theme, the African Youth and Communicative Behaviours in Digital Spaces. 
The Conference invites abstracts of research on topics related but not 
limited to:

Consumption behaviours and practices in digital spaces
Online communities
Online media entrepreneurship
Social media influencing
Education via digital platforms
Regulations and engagement on digital platforms
Opportunistic behavior in digital spaces
Cyber bullying
Gender and digital spaces
Identity construction in the digital space
Knowledge on cyber policy amongst digital users
Virtual civic engagement and activism

Abstract submission deadline: extended to August7, 2023

Acceptance notification: August 31, 2023

Registration: September 15 – October 21, 2023

Conference dates: November 1 – 3, 2023


Conference fees:

GHS 200 (local participants)

$30 (International participants)


Student participants:

GHS100 (local participants)

$20 (International participants)


Submit a 250-word abstract via: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6KizOHg3JMLzToT-Zzn3tlPiqFBGVl97aLeYxicRhhQhFGw/viewform

For detail/clarifications, you may contact: (tawfad /at/ gmail.com)


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