ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

Deadline: January 9, 2024

The ICA 2024 conference theme Communication and Global Human Rights invites communication scholars to take stock of the contributions of communication scholarship to the study of human rights; to foreground current research and practice; and to outline promising directions for communication studies. Human rights are a central topic and point of concern in many overlapping crises and regarding fundamental questions of our times about war and conflict, climate change and the environment, health, migration, food insecurity, threats to public safety, social exclusion and hate and polarization.

ECREA will host one panel at ICA 2024 and invites the submission of panel proposals that are focused on timely and innovative topics and are diverse in terms of methodologies, theoretical standpoints and/or nationalities of the presenters. We especially encourage panel proposals which include a European perspective and a comparative research focus. This call for panel proposals is open to ECREA members of all ECREA sections and to all topics.

Please note the following information:

Panel submissions. Panels provide a good forum for the discussion of new approaches, ongoing developments, innovative ideas, and debates in the field.  If you plan to submit a panel, please submit the following details: (a) Panel theme or title, (b) a 75-word description of the panel for the conference program, (c) a 400-word rationale, providing justification for the panel and the participating panelists, (d) 300-word (max) abstract of each paper, (e) names of panel participants (usually 4-5 presenters, plus an optional designated respondent), and (f) name of panel chair/organizer. In terms of diversity, we expect a strong panel proposal to (a) include contributions of at least two different countries, (b) feature gender balance, and, ideally, (c) include not more than one contribution from a single faculty, department or school. Panel proposals need to be original and may not have been submitted to ICA before or at the same time. Panels consisting of personal on-site presentations are given priority, hybrid capabilities cannot be guaranteed. Please indicate in your submission if your panel consists of on-site presentations only or not. Accepted panel presentations do not count towards the max. allowed individual paper presentations at the ICA conference.

Registering panelists. All panelists must be ECREA members by the time the conference takes place and agree in advance of submission to participate as panel presenters and to register for the ICA conference. ICA only provides a registration waiver for the panel convener, not for the other panelists.

How to submit?

• Email to: info@ecrea.eu

• Submission deadline is 9 January 2024, 23:59 CET

• In case of questions please contact: Andreas Schuck (a.r.t.schuck@uva.nl)

ECREA-ICA Conference Review Committee:

Andreas Schuck (U Amsterdam, chair)

Christina Holtz-Bacha (U Erlangen-Nürnberg, co-chair)

Irena Reifová (Charles U Prague, co-chair)

June 30-July 4, 2024

Christchurch, New Zealand

Deadline: February 7, 2024 (23:59 UTC)

https://iamcr.org/christchurch2024/cfp-flow34 

The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) calls for academic audio/visual work to be presented at IAMCR 2024, which will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 30 June to 4 July 2024. 

With this call, IAMCR aims to stimulate the use of a broader range of modes for the communication of academic knowledge, complementing conference papers and oral presentations with audio/visual work. In particular, we seek podcasts and videos that integrate academic and aesthetic dimensions, and that use sound and/or image creatively to communicate academic knowledge. This implies that we will not select audio/visual work that merely consists of recorded lectures. The selected works will be presented during the conference in Christchurch from 30 June to 04 July. Flow34 creators are not required to attend the Christchurch conference.

We call for audio/visual work with a maximum duration of 30 minutes, but shorter contributions are also welcomed. 

Submission guidelines

Proposals for the presentation of audio/visual work will consist of one abstract, which will have two parts, namely an academic description of the work and a (basic) script of the audio/visual work. The academic description describes the research communicated by the audio/visual work (its research question, theoretical framework, methodology, research design and corpus, …), while the script provides a chronological description of the form of the audio/visual work. The abstract (with its two parts) has a maximum length of 750 words. Abstracts must be submitted online by 07 February 2024.

The Flow34 evaluation team will review the submitted proposals and announce their decisions in March 2024. The audio/visual work itself will then need to be submitted by 7 June 2024.

Abstracts and scripts must be submitted in English. The final work can be in any language, but subtitles in English are appreciated (but not compulsory).

For further information about Flow34, please contact Mazlum Kemal Dagdelen at <mazlum@iamcr.org>.

Deadline: December 15, 2023

https://iamcr.org/awards/peace-fellowships 

The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) wants to support the creation of collaborative contact zones, with modest means at its disposal, by establishing IAMCR Peace Fellowships. IAMCR will facilitate the collaboration of pairs of individual scholars, who are based in, or strongly connected to, two regions or communities that are currently engaged, or recently have been engaged, in an antagonistic conflict. An IAMCR peace fellowship will last 2 years in order to provide sufficient time for collaboration, and IAMCR will select up to two pairs of peace fellows per year. After four years, IAMCR’s Executive Board will evaluate the project and decide on its continuation.

IAMCR will provide support to IAMCR peace fellows in the following ways:

A travel grant of 1500 USD, for both scholars, to attend one (1) main IAMCR conference, in order to present their collaborative work. When peace fellows are demonstrably in the impossibility of traveling to IAMCR conferences, the funds can be used, pending IAMCR approval, for a different channel of communication to the IAMCR community.

An individual membership for both scholars, for two years. 

Opportunities to present their work at online or face-to-face IAMCR fora, to be decided in consultation with both scholars.

Should you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact Mazlum Kemal Dagdelen at mazlum@iamcr.org.

Also, we would be grateful if you could share this call with those you think might be interested.

Deadline: January 15, 2024

EDITORS:

Mar Chicharro-Merayo (Universidad de Burgos)

Javier Mateos-Pérez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Lorena Antezana (Universidad de Chile)

IMPORTANT DATES:

Article submission deadline: January 15, 2024

Editors’ decision: May 2024

Expected publication date: May/June, 2024

The history of journalism was first captured on celluloid with the Lumières’ 1895 moving image of a train steaming into a station. The brothers wished to open "their objectives to the world", to reflect the reality of the planet, to inform. It is well established that audiovisual journalism was born and developed within the framework of cinema. The seventh art fostered and popularized journalism through documentaries and newsreels from around the globe which, together with fiction, were the genres most beloved and followed by the public.

Audiovisual journalism was to later establish itself on television, where it spread as informative content, consolidating its place on programming schedules and creating its own audiovisual language. At the same time, journalism was carving out a space for itself in audiovisual fiction through stories showing the profession in practice, events based on real life, or stories featuring journalists themselves -or others from the communication industry-, that have configured a subgenre of journalistic fiction, an area which in recent times has produced some outstanding work, and which has been broadcast on the many different screen formats that make up the audiovisual industry.

Thus, films like Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941); Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951); All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976); The Year of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir, 1982); The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998); The insider (Michael Mann, 1999); Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney, 2005); State of Play (Kevin Macdonald, 2009); Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015); The Post (Steven Spielberg, 2017); etcetera, make up a solid legacy of work about journalism and the media, which have been joined by another small contingent of programs conceived, produced and broadcast on television, such as Lou Grant(CBS, 1977); Murphy Brown (CBS, 1988); Periodistas (Tele5, 1998); State of Play (BBC, 2003); The Hour(Prime, 2011); The Newsroom (HBO, 2012); Secret City (Foxtel, 2016); Crónica de sucesos (TVE1, 2016); Press (BBC, 2018); The Morning Show (AppleTV, 2019); Blinded (TV4, Sweden, 2019); Bala loca (Netflix, 2016); July 22 (NRK, 2020); among others.

Apart from being represented in film and television fiction, journalism is also capable of presenting its work in feature film format. Documentaries are the most common genre for this perspective, though in recent times narratives typical of fiction have been appearing and have shifted to the setting of journalistic genres to give greater appeal to the author’s message, to make it touch the audience. In the same way, techniques such as storytelling, proposals such as docudramas, or more heterodox formats such as docuseries or audiovisual essays have become more commonplace. They propose mixtures of codes that broaden the horizons and blur the boundaries between information and entertainment.

Starting from these initial coordinates, the monograph proposed for Media & Journalismo aims to contribute to debate, to research, and to reflection, setting out the academic implications. Researchers are encouraged to submit papers that address approaches such as representations of journalism in the audiovisual world; the relations between information and fiction; or the new hybrid formats that are being used to showcase journalists’ work.

Contributions to the monograph may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• The relationship between news genres and fiction formats: general issues.
  
• The creation, dissemination, and consumption of products in which information and fiction are connected.
  
• Uses of genres and strategies that hybridize information and fiction: docudrama,
  
• docuseries, reality television.
  
• Professional deontology and ethics in the face of the hybridization of content and codes.
  
• Information and fiction narratives: synergies and contagion.
  
• Fiction as a source of information. The case of historical fiction and memorial processes.
  
• Television fiction and journalistic imaginaries. Representations of journalism through fiction. The female journalist in fiction.
  
• Film journalism. Case Studies. The adaptation of journalism to fiction.
  
• Representing reality. The documentary and the audiovisual essay.
  
• Reception processes: audiences face confusion between reality and fiction.
  

Revista Media & Jornalismo (RMJ) is an open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal that operates in a double-blind review process and is indexed in Scopus. Each submitted work will be distributed to two reviewers previously invited to evaluate it, according to academic quality, originality, and relevance to the objectives and scope of the theme of this edition of the journal.

Articles can be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.

Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal's website (https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/mj). When accessing RMJ for the first time, you must register to be able to submit your article and accompany it throughout the editorial process. Consult the Instructions for Authors and Conditions for Submission.

For more information, contact: patriciacontreiras@fcsh.unl.pt

July 16-18, 2024

London, UK

Deadline: January 21/February 11/March 1, 2024

2024 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety)

Submission Dates:

• Papers (Extended Abstracts) Due: January 21, 2024
  
• Panels Due: February 11, 2024
  
• Workshops & Tutorials Due: February 11, 2024
  
• Posters Due: March 1, 2024
  

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 2024 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety)! For 2024, #SMSociety will return as an in-person event. It will take place in London, UK from July 16th to 18th. It is co-organized by the Social Media Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University and the Digital Cultures and Economies Research Hub at the University of the Arts London. The conference’s three-day program will feature panels and paper presentations, tutorials, networking events and a poster session.

In keeping with the conference’s inter- and transdisciplinary focus, we welcome both quantitative and qualitative scholarly and original submissions that crosses disciplinary boundaries and expands our understanding of current and future trends in social media research across many fields including (but not limited to): Communication, Computer Science, Critical Data Studies, Education, Journalism, Information Science, Law, Management, Political Science, Psychology, Public Policy, Public Administration, Science and Technology, and Sociology.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

#SMSociety is a biennial gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. It is the premier venue for sharing and discovering new peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research on how social media affects society. #SMSociety provides participants with opportunities to exchange ideas, present original research, learn about recent and ongoing studies, and network with peers.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

1.    AI and Algorithms

2.    Cyberbullying, Trolling and Antisocial Behavior

3.    Digital and Data Methods

4.    Discourse and Public Opinion

5.    Health and Wellbeing

6.    Marketing and Outreach

7.    Misinformation and Disinformation

8.    Online and Offline Communities

9.    Platform Governance and Regulation

10.  Emerging and established social technologies, apps and platforms

11.  Politics and Policy

12.  Privacy, Security and Trust

13.  Use and Users

14.  Social Media Cultures and Everyday Life

SUBMISSION DETAILS

https://socialmediaandsociety.org/submit/

PUBLICATIONS:

• Publication of Pre-prints and Datasets: To promote your work during and after the conference, authors of accepted papers (extended abstracts) are encouraged to share their work as a pre-print via a public repository of your choice. Preprint will be accessible via the conference online program and other channels. If you have a dataset to share, you can also upload it to one of many data repositories such as Dataverse or figshare. Authors of accepted papers will have an opportunity to provide a link to their pre-print and/or dataset for inclusion in the conference program.
  
• Journal Publications: We hope that feedback received from other scholars during the review process and the Q&A part of your presentation will help you refine your ideas and develop your work into a full paper after the conference. Once ready, you are encouraged to submit your full paper to a journal of your choice.
  
• All #SMSociety conference presenters will receive an exclusive invitation to submit their work as an expanded full paper in a special journal issue (venue TBA).
  

Organizing Executive Committee:

·         Anatoliy Gruzd (Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University)

·         Phillip Mai (Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University)

·         Zoetanya Sujon (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London)

·         Felipe Soares (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London)

·         Jackie Raphael-Luu (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London)

·         Harry Dyer (School of Education & Lifelong Learning, University of East Anglia)

·         Mark Wong (School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow)

Professional Wrestling Studies Journal (Special Issue)

Deadline: End of December 2023/May 31, 2025

Anticipated Publication: Volume 5, April 2025

Guest Editors: CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Christopher J. Olson, and Hannah Steele

Purpose: Articles that explore the intersection of queer studies and professional wrestling studies to address a scholarship gap on the application of queer theory to explore professional wrestling individuals, texts, practices, and fandoms.

Submissions: Seeking empirical articles aligned with purpose that may include, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Queer representation
  
• Queer narratives
  
• Queer fans and fanworks 
  
• Queer performance
  
• Queer form
  
• Queer identity
  
• Corporate social responsibility and queer communities
  
• Professional wrestling as a queer space

Deadlines: Two possibilities with this topic. First, we are seeking completed articles by the end of December, 2023, that could be included in the upcoming Volume 4, April 2024. These articles could be empirical or shorter theoretical and thesis articles on the topic. This volume would contain a special subsection on this topic. Completed articles would undergo double-blind peer review before being accepted for the subsection.

For the special issue in Volume 5, we would want first drafts of articles by May 31, 2025. All articles should be sent to prowrestlingstudies@gmail.com with the subject header “Special Issue: Queer Pro Wrestling.” All submissions would be reviewed by the guest editors for appropriateness and alignment with the special issue topic. This would be followed by a peer-review process, a revision process, and final copyediting to prepare for publication. Thus, submission is not a guarantee of acceptance: the guest editors will work with the contributors to decide if the article could be included in the special issue or should be considered for the general journal.

Contact: Please contact CarrieLynn D. Reinhard (creinhard@dom.edu) with any questions.

June 18, 2024

Sydney, Australia

Deadline: January 18, 2024

This is a 1-day ICA pre-conference to be held Tues, 18 June at the Australian Centre for Public History, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AU. Submissions addressing the Global South are especially encouraged. Please see the CFP for more information: 2024-cfp-goingglobal.pdf (ymaws.com).

May 21-24, 2024

Stuttgart (Germany)

Deadline: February 15, 2024

16th International ACM Conference on Web Science in 2024

We invite submissions to the poster session of the 16th International ACM Conference on Web Science in 2024 (WebSci’24). The poster session is an opportunity to present shorter, early results, and for researchers from different disciplines to share both unpublished and previously published work with one another and with the Web Science community.

Posters submitted will have an opportunity to be archived by the ACM Digital Library and included in the ACM proceedings as adjunct companion if they present original work that has not been previously published and in English. Additionally, to support a greater audience, this year we are encouraging authors who would like to present their posters but opt-out of proceedings to take part in conferences. All posters submitted go through the same review process regardless of their opt-in/out of proceeding status.

In addition to the topics listed for Web Science paper submissions, additional possible topics appropriate for posters submissions include (but are not limited to) the following:

●  Qualitative study of community

●  Theorizing Web behavior, content, and structures

●  Artwork providing challenges to and imaginings around the Web

●  Emerging legal frontiers around Web Science

●  Practitioner perspectives from industry

Important Dates

February 15, 2024 Deadline for poster submission

April 1, 2024 Notification of acceptance. Acceptances and rejections of posters are sent out. 

May 1, 2024 Final publication version due. Presenters who do not opt out of having their contribution appear in the ACM proceedings must upload the camera-ready copy of their paper to EasyChair by this date.

*All deadlines are with respect to Anywhere on Earth time (AoE)

The review process and publication information are the same as for the WebSci’24 paper track, while considering shorter contributions.

Submission instructions

Posters must not exceed 2 pages in ACM SIG Conference Proceedings format, including references. See http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template (from the zip files provided, please select the SIGCONF version.) Submissions that opt-in to be included in the ACM proceedings must present original, unpublished work.

Please upload your submissions via EasyChair by selecting the ACM-WebSci24 Posters track at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmwebsci24

Review Process

Posters receive 2 reviews and one Meta review from the senior PC committee. While the review process is lighter than main track papers we encourage the authors to state the contribution and originality of your work clearly and explicitly: What is the problem? How does your approach help? Why is it better than other available approaches? Focus on the contribution of your work rather than the background, including just enough background to make clear how your work differs from significant prior research.

Post-Acceptance

Authors of accepted posters are required to submit their final camera-ready by 1st of May 2024 for inclusion in the ACM Digital Library. Additionally, authors will be asked to prepare a 1-page poster.

As WebSci 2024 is fully in-person, we expect at least one author for each accepted poster to attend and present their work. Poster authors will need to bring a physical poster that can be displayed during the poster session at the conference. The space allocated for each poster is 48 inches by 48 inches (121 x 121 cm). Posters are recommended to be no longer or wider than 45 inches (114 cm) in either dimension; however, up to 47 inches (119 cm) is allowable. Smaller posters are acceptable. For example, either A0 (vertical format) or A1 is an acceptable size for the poster.

Posters should be affixed to the poster boards with push pins, not tape. The conference will provide push pins. Each board will have a label indicating where your poster should be placed; please allow time to find your board and set up your poster.

University of Stirling

Communications, Media & Culture (CMC) wishes to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced candidate at Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor Grade 9 (Teaching and Research) with specialist interests in Media Production Studies to expand the Division’s research, teaching, and knowledge exchange activities and in this area. The successful candidate will join our award-winning production team and will contribute to the strategic direction of production studies in CMC through leadership in research and external funding initiatives, excellent teaching and impact activities, including public engagement and short-course opportunities, and will serve as a liaison between practice-based media production modules and theoretical approaches.

The post holder will have an established profile as a researcher in media production studies, for example in digital storytelling, audio and video production, digital, creative, media and cultural industries, production policy, and media/digital audiences. As a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, they will play a crucial role in providing leadership in media production research in liaison with our practice-strong production team. This will include managing our home and international partnership programmes in Digital Media, ensuring the delivery of innovative, research-based and industry-relevant education to our students and expanding our strategic research partnerships with external stakeholders across media production and creative industries.

The candidate will be an excellent communicator who is able to lead research and teaching teams, effectively liaise with our practice-based work and teach, motivate and mentor undergraduate and postgraduate students. They will lead and deliver teaching principally on MSc in Digital Media and Communications and BA Hons in Digital Media, but also contribute across the CMC undergraduate and postgraduate portfolio. Post holders may be required to travel abroad as part of their duties.

Applicants with specialist knowledge, skills or interests in one or more of the following areas are invited to apply:

• Digital storytelling and content creation
  
• Video and audio production
  
• Contemporary television studies
  
• Factual television and video documentary
  
• Audio documentary and podcasting
  
• Production for online platforms
  
• Interactive media
  
• Media/digital audiences
  
• Screen industries
  
• Digital, creative, cultural and media industries
  
• New directions in digital media and communication
  
• Cultural and (social) media policies and regulation
  
• Digital media research methods
  

The post holder will be a researcher who has an established research profile in media production studies at Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor level, evidenced by published research, peer reviewed scholarly activity, research leadership and record of attracting research funding. They will have a strong understanding of various new forms of video, audio and digital production and the processes behind these in the 21st century digital age, in relation to complex social issues (e.g. social justice, environmental sustainability, circular economy, smart cities, human rights, health and wellbeing, creative futures). They will engage effectively with internal departments within the University and external stakeholders to pursue opportunities for collaboration, income generation and enhancing CMC’s regional, national, and international profile.

Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Alenka Jelen, Head of the Division of Communications, Media and Culture: alenka.jelen@stir.ac.uk

Applications are due 4 December 2023.

Pay scale: Grade9 £56,021-£64,914 p.a.

For a full list of duties, detailed job description, and online application portal, please visit https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-stirling/list/details/?jobId=3875&jobTitle=Senior%20Lecturer/Associate%20Professor%20in%20Media%20Production

University of Vienna

Apply HERE

The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts more than 7,500 academics from all disciplines. This breadth of expertise offers unique opportunities to address the complex challenges of modern society, to develop comprehensive new approaches, and educate the problem-solvers of tomorrow from a multidisciplinary perspective.

At the Faculty of Social Sciences, the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a

Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Media Literacy

The position

The focus of the tenure track professorship is on media literacy. Applicants should be internationally established and cover the dimensions, antecedents, processes and/or consequences of media literacy. The position is open for excellent candidates of various specializations informed by and/or focused on communication science and open to all epistemological and methodological approaches within the area of media literacy research.

Your academic profile:

• Doctoral degree/PhD
  
• Two years of international research experience during or after doctoral studies
  
• Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
  
• Experience in designing of and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups and acquire third-party funding
  
• Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level

We expect the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor’s programmes and for participation in university committees.

We offer:

• the opportunity to obtain a permanent position and eventual promotion to full professor; the initial contract as Assistant Professor is limited to six years, after positive evaluation of a qualification agreement the contract becomes permanent as Associate Professor; Associate Professors can be promoted to Full Professor through an internal competitive procedure.
  
• a dynamic research environment
  
• a wide range of research and teaching support services
  
• attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life
  
• an attractive salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (level A2) and an organisational retirement plan
  

Application documents (in English):

Letter of motivation
Academic curriculum vitae

• education and training (PhD Certificate, PDF)
  
• positions held to date
  
• parental, family or other care leaves as applicable
  
• awards and honors
  
• commissions of trust
  
• previous and current cooperation partners
  
• complete list of acquired third-party funding and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
  
• list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
  
• teaching and mentoring
  
• supervision experience (Master and PhD), if applicable

List of publications

• link to your own publicly accessible ORCID record, with a complete and current publication list
  
• three key publications as electronic full text version (PDF, max 30 MB)
  

Research statement

• most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
  
• synopsis of three key publications with relevance to the position advertised
  
• publication strategy
  

Teaching and supervision statement

• teaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)
  
• teaching evaluations (if available, PDF)

If you have any questions, please contact:

tenuretrack.personal@univie.ac.at

Only applications submitted through the link below will be considered.

We look forward to new personalities in our team! 

The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

University of Vienna. Space for personalities. Since 1365.

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​Application deadline: 01/15/2024

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