The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion and Society (MPS) Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites the submission of proposals for papers and panels for IAMCR 2022, which will be held online from 11 to 15 July 2022. The conference will also have a national hub at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2022, at 23.59 UTC.
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Conference Themes
IAMCR conferences have a main conference theme (with several sub-themes) that is explored from multiple perspectives throughout the conference in plenaries, in the programmes of our sections and working groups, and in the Flow34 virtual cinema and podcasts stream. They also have many themes defined by our 33 thematic sections and working groups. Proposals submitted to sections and working groups may be centered on an aspect of the main conference theme as it relates to the central concerns of the section or working group, or they may address the additional themes identified by the section or working group in their individual calls for proposals.
The main theme for IAMCR 2022, “Communication Research in the Era of Neo-Globalisation: Reorientations, Challenges and Changing Contexts,” is concerned with possibilities for rethinking communication research agendas in the post-pandemic world, which has seen dramatic shifts in the way we interact and understand our physical, social, cultural, political and material environments.
Eight sub-themes of this central theme have been identified: Reorienting Media and Communication Research in the Era of Neo-Globalisation; Artificial Intelligence in Global Communication Contexts; Cultural Identities and Dis-Identities in the Era of Neo-Globalisation; Communication for Sustainability: Climate Change, Environment, and Health; Media Ethics and Principles in the Digital Age; Media, Communication, and the Construction of Global Public Health; Data/Digital Science and Intercultural Communication; Digital Platforms and Public Service: Science, Technology and Sustainability. See the complete theme description and rationale here.
The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion and Society section fosters and encourages knowledge, scholarship, theoretical debates and empirical work in the field of mediated communication as well as the changes new media and mediated communication induce on (non-)mediated communication, public opinion and society. It welcomes diverse epistemological positions and methodologies and encourages research from diverse socio-cultural and geo-political contexts and angles.
This year, we particularly encourage submissions engaging in the research of digital platforms and the effects of platformization, datafication and the associated fragmentation of society. Platformization has been approached from different angles. In software studies, emphasizing the infrastructural dimension of platforms, by business studies focusing on the economic dimension, and by critical studies analyzing power and governance. Within the context of this section we encourage submissions that investigate the communicative dynamics of digital platforms, such as the role of intermediaries, opinion-voicing, information, trust and credibility, fragmentation, the formation of political and/or cultural citizenship and papers that consider ethical implications of technology and infrastructure, market dynamics & business models, and governmental regulation.
Guidelines for abstracts
Abstracts are requested for the Online Conference Papers component. Abstracts submitted to the Mediated Communication, Public Opinion and Society section should have between 300 and 500 words and must be submitted online at https://iamcr2022.exordo.com. Abstracts submitted by email will not be accepted.
The deadline to submit abstracts is 9 February 2022 at 23h59 UTC.
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It is expected that authors will submit only one (1) abstract. However, under no circumstances should there be more than two (2) abstracts bearing the name of the same author, either individually or as first author. No more than one 1 abstract can be submitted by an author to the Mediated Communication, Public Opinion and Society section. Please note also that the same abstract or another version with minor variations in title or content must not be submitted to more than one section or working group. Any such submissions will be deemed to be in breach of the conference guidelines and will be rejected.
Proposals are accepted for both single Papers and for Panels with several papers (in which you propose multiple papers that address a single theme). Please note that there are special procedures for submitting panel proposals. You can find the detailed procedures when submitting your abstract online in the abstract submission system.
Languages
This section will receive and evaluate abstracts in English only.
For further information about the conference contact beijing2022@iamcr.org
For further information about the Mediated Communication, Public Opinion and Society section, its themes, submissions, and panels please contact the Head of the section:
Chair: Susanne Eichner (Aarhus University, Denmark)
seichner@cc.au.dk
Vice-chair: Ruchi Tewari (MICA, India)
ruchi.tewari@micamail.in
Vice-chair: Franziska Thiele (University of Rostock, Germany)
franziska.thiele@uni-rostock.de