The Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR annual conference that will be held from 27 -31 July, 2016 in Leicester, UK.
Conference theme: "Memory, Commemoration and Communication: Looking Back, Looking Forward"
See the conference key dates and deadlines: http://iamcr.org/leicester2016/keydates
See all Calls for Papers for IAMCR 2016: http://iamcr.org/leicester2016/cfp
Visit the conference website: http://iamcr.org/leicester2016
Abstracts should be submitted only via IAMCR's Open Conference System (OCS) from 1 December 2015 – 15 February 2016. (For more information on submissions and decisions, see below).
First and foremost, we invite papers and panels submissions that relate to the conference theme and to the aims of the section in general.
We secondly wish also to continue our well-established tradition to promote the further theoretical discussions on the contribution of prominent thinkers on the field of communication research. In the last years we organized panels that discussed the contribution of the works of Goffman, Habermas, Schutz, Bourdieu, Foucault, McLuhan, Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes, and Antonio Gramsci among others. Following that tradition, we would like to organize for the Leicester conference at least one session centred on the contribution of Anthony Giddens intellectual work to media and communication studies
In addition, we would like to continue our long standing interest in the discussion, development and critical assessment of the methodologies we use and we need for communication research and especially for international and cross cultural research projects, both quantitative and qualitative.
Abstracts should be sent to the MCPOS Section Heads only through the Conference website, and should be 500 words long in English. Each abstract must include title, name(s), affiliation, institutional address and email address of author(s) and a short (up to 100 words) bio-data.
It is also possible to propose a full panel of no more than four participants, or if the panellist are from the same country to have a chair or discussant from a different country.
Both individual and panel submissions are welcome.
Non members of IAMCR and/or of the section are welcome to submit and present if accepted, following the same procedure as described above and if accepted also the procedure as described below.
Abstracts and panel proposals must be submitted only via IAMCR's Open Conference System (OCS) from 1 December 2015 – 15 February 2016. (For more information on submissions and decisions, see below).
Early submission is strongly encouraged.
Please take note that there are to be no email submissions of abstracts addressed to any Section or Working Group Head.
Guidelines for Abstracts
It is expected that for the most part, only one (1) abstract will be submitted per person for consideration by the Conference. However, under no circumstances should there be more than two (2) abstracts bearing the name of the same applicant either individually or as part of any group of authors. Please note also that the same abstract or another version with minor variations in title or content must not be submitted to other Sections or Working Groups of the Association for consideration, after an initial submission. Such submissions will be deemed to be in breach of the conference guidelines and will be automatically rejected by the Open Conference System, by the relevant Head or by the Conference Programme Reviewer. Such applicants risk being removed entirely from the conference program.
Upon submission of an abstract, you will be asked to confirm that your submission is original and that it has not been previously published in the form presented. You will also be given an opportunity to declare if your submission is currently before another conference for consideration.
For further information, please consult the conference website at: http://iamcr.org/leicester2016
Review process and Criteria for Evaluation
According to IAMCR rules abstract and panels will be peer reviewed.
Submitted abstracts will generally be evaluated on the basis of:
- theoretical contribution
- methods
- quality of writing
- literature review
- relevance of the submission to the work of the Section or Working Group
- originality and/or significance of the work
Deadlines
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 February 2016. The OCS system will close at midnight GMT on 15 February 2016.
Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to applicants by their Section or Working Group Head no later than 1 April 2016.
Conference registration will be open in March 2016.
Presenters are expected to confirm their participation upon receipt of acceptance letter, to register to the conference and to submit their full paper by 30 June 2016.
Questions for further information should be addressed to the section head.
Looking forward to seeing you in Leicester!
Important dates and deadlines to keep in mind:
- 1 December 2015 Open Computer System (OCS) available for abstract submission
- 15 February 2016 Deadline for submissions
- 1 April 2016 Notification of acceptances of abstracts
- 15 April 2016 Deadline to apply for travel grants and awards
- 28 April 2016 Deadline to confirm your participation
- 20 May 2016 Last day to register at discounted early-bird fee
- 30 June 2016 Deadline for full paper submission
- 7 July 2016 Final conference programme published on the website
- 27-31 July 2016 IAMCR 2016 Conference
Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society Section
Chair:
Hillel Nossek, Kinneret College on the lake of Galilee, Israel
hnossek(at)kinneret.ac.il
hnossek(at)gmail.com
Vice-Chair:
Corinna Lüthje, TU Dresden, Germany
mail(at)corinnaluethje.eu
See the conference key dates and deadlines: http://iamcr.org/leicester2016/keydates
See all Calls for Papers for IAMCR 2016: http://iamcr.org/leicester2016/cfp
Visit the conference website: http://iamcr.org/leicester2016