[Commlist] CfA for CoCoCo: Media, Modes, Meaning - Online Conference on Multimodality for Young Researchers

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Media, Modes, Meanings: Online Conference on Multimodality for Young 
Researchers

https://www.uni-corvinus.hu/post/landing-page/cococo/?lang=en

Date: Friday, May 30, 2025 (online)

When someone wishes you well, how do you judge whether they are sincere? 
Why do reaction videos sometimes trend higher than original content? Why 
did the curators of Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience decide that the 
galaxies in Starry Night should spin?
All of these mediated phenomena can be explored through multimodality, 
an approach to communication that explores the semiotic system that 
emerges when two or more different modes (e.g., text, image, sound, 
gesture) generate meaning in synergy.
Aim and Scope of the Online Conference
Our aim is to explore how multimodal analysis allows us to combine 
diverse forms of media and find parallel systems of meaning embedded in 
them. Many of us already work with multimedia, and multimodality simply 
gives us a structured way to explore this type of communication.  In 
particular, we are looking to build partnerships and new collaborations 
between researchers who have thus far focused on only one mode of media 
(text or image, for example). You might consider asking a colleague to 
team up and co-present!

We invite abstracts on the following themes, among others:
•	The changing landscape of news formats: from text to interactive 
multimedia content
•	[Mis]communication through multimodal messages: interpersonal, 
intercultural, intergenerational
•	Multimodal social media: from blogs to vlogs to stitches
•	Interactive performance and multimodal art installations
•	Experimental approaches to AR/VR in different communication spaces
•	Multimodal pedagogy: platforms, video tutorials
•	GenAI and AI literacy: is it multimodal?
•	Branding as visual identity: cross-platform multimodal strategies

Types of presentations

Abstracts will be accepted for either online paper presentation (in the 
form of a 10-15 minute talk; single or multiple presenters) or an online 
poster (on show throughout the conference as clickable images). Both 
presentation types will be featured in the Book of Abstracts. Proposals 
for panels are also welcome.

Abstract submission: 11 April 2025

Notification of acceptance: 21 April 2025

Abstract submission for Book of Abstracts: 15 May 2025

Conference: 30 May 2025

Please send us a short abstract (150-200 words) that includes the title, 
the name of the presenter(s), affiliation and short bio, as well as 5 
keywords. Panel proposals should include a panel title and short 
description, as well as titles, abstracts, keywords, and affiliations 
for all speakers. Materials should be sent by April 11, 2025 to the 
following email address: (CoCoCo /at/ uni-corvinus.hu).
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