[Commlist] Popular Culture Interest Group at CSCA - Call for papers

POPULAR CULTURE INTEREST GROUP

Call for Papers and Panels

Central States Communication Association (CSCA) Annual 
Convention-Cincinnati, OH

April 1-6, 2025

/Widening the Scope/

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The Popular Culture Interest Group (PCIG) invites the submission of 
competitive papers, extended abstracts, panels, and roundtable 
discussions for the 2025 CSCA convention in Cincinnati, OH. The purpose 
of the PCIG is to promote interdisciplinary study of popular culture 
scholarship. While we welcome submissions that consider any aspect of 
popular culture, in accordance with this year’s conference theme, 
“Widening the Scope,” we especially encourage submissions that address 
(this list is not exhaustive):

  * Politics and popular culture
  * Game studies and cultures (video games, RPG, board games)
  * Memory and historical approaches/artifacts of popular culture
  * Food & beverage (beer, wine, liquor) and popular culture
  * Material popular culture
  * Digital subcultures
  * Fandom and popular culture
  * Popular culture and aging/lifespan
  * Popular culture at the intersections of other disciplines
    (sociology, psychology, literature, etc.)

While many of these subject areas are interdisciplinary, appropriate 
submissions consider these artifacts as communicative ways that popular 
culture is made/shared/understood. In other words, we hope to “widen the 
scope” of how popular culture is communicated.

_Submission Requirements _

*Competitive Papers*: Only completed papers will be eligible for awards. 
Please make sure to remove author(s) names and identifying information. 
Papers must include a title and brief abstract. Students should type 
“STUDENT” on the upper right-hand corner of the title page. If the paper 
is a graduate student debut, please type “DEBUT STUDENT” in the upper 
right-hand corner of the title page. To be considered a graduate student 
debut paper: (a) the author must be a graduate student, (b) the paper 
must have single authorship, and (c) the paper must be the author’s 
first paper to be presented at CSCA.

If you would like your paper to be considered for the Inclusive 
Scholarship Award, type “INCLUSIVE SCHOLARSHIP” in the upper right-hand 
corner of the title page. To be considered as an exemplar of inclusive 
scholarship, the paper must demonstrate academic rigor in the 
examination of communication and historically marginalized 
communities/populations. Provide a paragraph with your abstract that 
addresses this information explicitly.

*Extended abstracts*: For the first time, the PCIG welcomes extended 
abstracts for consideration. Extended abstracts should be between 
250-350 words, may be the work of a single or multiple authors, must 
have a rationale rooted in popular culture scholarship, and should 
contain a clear focus and argument. It is expected that extended 
abstracts will be developed into 12-15 minute presentations by the 
conference. Extended abstracts are not eligible for awards.

*Panels*: Paper panels and discussion panels both will be considered for 
acceptance. Paper panels should include (a) title, (b) panel chair, (c) 
respondent, (d) a 75-word description, (e) rationale of the panel (no 
more than 3,000 words), and (e) paper titles and abstracts from each of 
the panelists. We suggest at least four but no more than five panelists. 
Roundtable discussion panels should include (a) title, (b) chair to 
moderate the discussion, (c) names and affiliations of the panelists, 
(d) a 75-word description, and (e) rationale of the panel (no more than 
3,000 words). *Regarding panels, preference will be given to those with 
panelists representing multiple institutions rather than representing a 
single institution.*

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All technology requests must be made at the time of submission. Send 
submissions electronically through the CSCA online submission system 
site. Submission must be received by *_11:59 CDT, October 5, 2024_. 
*Submitters are encouraged to make a profile on the CSCA submission site 
– you do not need to be a member of CSCA to make a profile.

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