ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

Convergências (ISSN 2764-8435) has an open call for its issue in continuous flow. Master’s degree students, masters, doctoral students and doctors can submit articles. Undergraduate or specialization students, graduates and specialists can submit articles accompanied by an advisor professor who has a doctorate degree. For submissions, visit: https://revistas.unasp.edu.br/convergencias/about/submissions 

In addition to the continuous flow issue, Convergências publishes editions based on thematic dossiers related to its editorial proposal. The articles sent for publication in this category must be in line with the proposal suggested by the guest editors of the dossier and undergo the evaluation defined by our editorial policies. Dossiers can be proposed by researchers with a PhD and by PhD candidates in collaboration with PhDs, with a maximum of three people per dossier. To propose a dossier, fill in the form: https://forms.office.com/r/sN4fDrhu1y.

Convergências is an annual online publication focused on the academic field of Communication studies linked to the Adventist University of Sao Paulo (UNASP). Our editorial proposal welcomes contributions that address the communicational field and its relations with other social fields, such as religion, health, arts, politics, culture and the economy. Works that present empirical analysis, theoretical and methodological discussions are appreciated. The journal aims to contribute with the consolidation of research in Communications while dialoguing across the Humanities. The target audience is made up of students and professors from Brazil and abroad. Convergências does not charge submission or publication fees and offers its content for free, receiving scientific articles in Portuguese, Spanish, English and French in a continuous flow.

For more information, contact the journal's assistant editor, Thamires Mattos: mattos.thamires@acad.unasp.edu.br

November 24-26, 2022

Reykjavík, Iceland

Deadline: October 10, 2022

The Nordic Intercultural Communication Conference (NIC) 2022 will be held at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík on November 24-26, 2022.  

The deadline for proposals is October 10, 2022.  

Contributions from seasoned scholars as well as from students and practitioners interested in the various aspects of culture and communication are encouraged. The three keynotes speakers will adress the suggested conference themes, which are listed on the conference website. However, the conference themes are by no means limited to the suggested themes and the conference committee welcomes all proposals related to intercultural communication.   

Further information about applications and other practical information can be found on the NIC conference website:

https://vigdis.hi.is/en/events/nordic-intercultural-communication-conference-2022/ 

Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS)

Are you researching the social, political, media-related or cultural effects of digitalization? Do you want more freedom for your project and are interested in interdisciplinary exchange? A fellowship at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) releases you from your regular work obligations and opens up new perspectives.  

As a fellow, you can spend either six or three months in Bochum, Germany. During this period, we will finance your sabbatical leave from work through compensation (e.g. for a substitute). Alternatively, we will pay grants of up to 2.000 € per month. You can invite guests for collaboration and will receive financial support for research expenses. Individual offices and meeting rooms with modern facilities offer optimal working conditions. In addition, we will provide comfortable apartments free of charge.

Become a member of the vibrant interdisciplinary research community at CAIS.

Apply until 31 October 2022 for fellowships starting from October 2023.

The funding program is open to excellent scholars and practitioners, to all career stages, disciplines and areas of investigation, as well as to pure research and to projects that are more applied in orientation.

Find out more at https://www.cais-research.de/en/cais-college/fellowships/

Further questions? Please contact esther.laufer@cais-research.de.

December 16–18, 2022

University of Belgrade, Serbia

Deadline: October 15, 2022

We invite scholars from diverse fields to evaluate the risks, benefits, and potential outcomes of emerging technologies and to critically examine the ways these technologies affect and shape societies. We welcome submissions examining different aspects of emerging technologies from the perspective of specific disciplines as well as interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary approaches to the topic.

READ MORE: https://emerge.ifdt.bg.ac.rs

Deadline: October 7, 2022

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

The Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), at the School of Human Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, is currently welcoming applications for the position of Post-doctoral Assistant Researcher in the area of Communication Sciences. The deadline for applications is 7 October 2022 (by 5 pm, Lisbon time).

The successful candidate will work at the Lisbon campus of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and their activities will include the following:

• Designing research projects in the area of Media Studies and submitting these for assessment by financing entities in line with CECC's strategic plan for the period of 2022/2028;
  
• Publishing any research results in books and journals with national and international reach;
  
• Organizing scientific events in the area of Media Studies in line with CECC's strategic plan for the period of 2022/2028;
  
• Participating in national and international research networks whose objectives fall within CECC's strategic plan for the period of 2022/2028;
  
• Participating in CECC's internal events aimed at doctoral training and the promotion of scientific debate among peers;
  
• Participating in work meetings and internal reflection forums organised by CECC and its research groups, as well as in meetings that monitor strategic actions and ongoing activities. 
  

Remuneration and length of contract

Gross monthly pay shall be €3,230.21 plus meal allowance, to which will be added annual leave and Christmas allowances. The estimated duration of the contract is 70 months and will not, under any circumstances, be above 72 months.

Admission requirements

The following may apply: any national, foreign, or stateless candidates who hold a PhD in Communication Sciences or related scientific fields and who furthermore hold a scientific and professional CV that reveals a profile appropriate to the activities to be developed.  

Assessment criteria

The assessment criteria are as follows: scientific output and relevance, participation in scientific projects and conferences, student supervision, scientific dissemination activities, knowledge transfer, and other relevant activities and experience. The assessment process additionally includes an interview with the candidates ranked in the top three positions. The weighting of criteria is as follows:

Scientific and curricular path (SP):

a) Scientific and technological output: 80%;

b) Applied or practice-based research activities: 15%;

c) Knowledge extension and dissemination activities: 5%;

d) Interview (I).

An interview (I) will be conducted with the top three placed candidates, intended to clarify aspects related to their research. They will be asked to make a 10-minute presentation (including a PowerPoint presentation), in which they display their contributions to the research field. Interviewed candidates will be awarded a new classification in addition to the one initially indicated, based on the following formula:

• Final classification = 90% SP+ 10% I
  
• Formal application procedure
  
• Applications shall include the following documents:
  
• CV;
  
• PhD completion certificate, with indication of date of completion.
  

Applications are formalized by sending the required documentation to concursos.cecc.fch@ucp.pt. Applications must be submitted in English.

Candidates are advised to consult the full Public Notice for this Call for Applications, available at: https://fch.lisboa.ucp.pt/calls-opportunities-cecc

September 26, September 29, October 10, 2022

Online lecture series

The Future of AI: Social and Cultural Aspects online lecture series will bring international experts to discuss the philosophy of AI, AI and post-digital aesthetics, cultural impacts of AI, AI (in) art, non-human agency, AI-driven social transformations, and, more generally, our coexistence with AI and digital technologies in all aspects of daily life. Lecturers: Helga Nowotny (26th September, 5 pm CET, online),  Armin Grunwald (29th September, 5 pm CET, online), Sanja Bojanic ( 10th October, 5 pm CET, online).

Read more: https://ifdt.bg.ac.rs/index.php/2022/09/12/online-lecture-series-the-future-of-ai-social-and-cultural-aspects/?lang=en

We are an informal collective of academics from different continents. We are launching a network of scholars who are keen to globalise media and communication studies.

This is hardly a new ambition. But we believe that the timing has never been better to make major advances towards a more globalised field. There is already a critical mass of colleagues who have been accumulating the intellectual tools to globalise, dewesternise, and decolonialise how we work. More importantly, there is a much larger constituency of peers who know we have to change, even if uncertain about how exactly to do so.

None of us has all the answers. But we are confident that there’s a lot we can do collectively.

Our first major project is to develop a resource hub for teachers: it will recommend topics and course materials for colleagues who want to globalise their syllabi but are not sure how. 

We are also hoping to stimulate more global research in sub-fields that remain highly western-centric, through new events and publications.

We hope you’ll join us. We are not a department or a research centre. What we achieve depends mostly on your response. So please visit our website, http://globalmediastudies.network/, and fill out the contact form. We look forward to hearing from you.

Call for Book Chapter Contributions

Deadline: October 31, 2022

We are inviting authors to submit a chapter proposal for an edited book exploring interprofessional communication in health care, to be published by Palgrave.

Rationale:  

Interprofessional collaboration is fast becoming a cornerstone of 21st century healthcare systems due to its potential to improve organizational efficiency and safety, clinician and care worker satisfaction with their work, and quality of patient care. Indeed, interprofessional collaboration often implies a patient- or person-centred approach to care (A. Fox & Reeves, 2014; S. Fox, Gaboury, Chioochio, & Vachon, 2019). Communication is considered a key determinant of effective interprofessional collaboration and is described as a core competency for healthcare professionals (IPEC, 2010).

Yet, interprofessional communication remains both under-theorized and under-researched in empirical contexts (Careau, 2015). Much of the interprofessional collaboration literature views communication as the transmission of the right information to the right clinician at the right time. However, the transmission perspective of communication fails to acknowledge that the contexts in which interprofessional collaboration occurs shape the communication that takes place, and, conversely, that these communicative practices inform how interprofessional collaboration will unfold. Documenting interprofessional communication in richer, more complex ways allows us to consider how collaborators’ practices, relationships, and identities emerge through and in communication, and why this matters.

Objective of the Book:  

The purpose of this book is to offer a broadened theoretical understanding and rich empirical examples of interprofessional communication in interprofessional collaboration across a range of healthcare contexts. We envisage that chapters will include perspectives from a variety of disciplines and professions, making the book of interest to interprofessional policy makers and curriculum builders, as well as to health communication and organizational communication scholars. Acknowledging that the contexts of healthcare organizations vary across health systems, we also seek international perspectives on interprofessional communication.

Topics may include but are not limited to the following:

• The communicative enactment of professional hierarchies, workplace (in)visibility, and professional/occupational roles.
  
• How interprofessional collaboration shapes how workplace issues such as burnout, stress, bullying, and professional recognition are experienced.
  
•  How institutional and organizational structures, time constraints, and patient flow pressures impact communicative practices and the outcomes such as patient safety and quality of care.
  
• How organizational culture influences interprofessional communication.
  
• How interprofessional workers’ cultural identities shape interprofessional communication.
  
• How professional identities are communicatively manifested. 
  
• Collaborative failures (e.g., failing to communicate) and their consequences (e.g., turnover, adverse events).
  
•  How healthcare educators and workers teach and learn about interprofessional communication.
  
•  Interprofessional collaboration and resilience during times of crisis.
  

Book Editors:

Stephanie Fox, Department of Communication, Université de Montréal, Canada

Kirstie McAllum, Department of Communication, Université de Montréal, Canada

Leena Mikkola, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Finland

Submission Process:

For consideration, authors should submit two separate documents:

1.     A chapter proposal of 2-3 pages

For theory-building/conceptual chapter proposals, the proposal should (a) identify the communicative process(es) that will be the focus of the chapter; (b) lay out a conceptual framework that helps us better understand the communicative process(es) involved in interprofessional collaboration. 

For empirically grounded chapter proposals, the proposal should (a) identify the communicative process(es) that will be the focus of the chapter; (b) describe and justify the perspective that will be adopted to analyze this communicative process; and (c) provide an overview of the empirical setting and major findings.

2.     A brief half-page biography (name, institutional affiliation and job title, and research interests).

Initial chapter proposals should be forwarded electronically (in .doc or .docx format) to Stephanie Fox at stephanie.fox@umontreal.ca no later than October 31, 2022.   

Decisions about inclusion in the book will be made by December 1st, 2022.  Authors will be expected to produce a full first draft by May 15, 2023, with final submissions incorporating any requested revisions due by August 31, 2023.

Michela Drusian, Paolo Magaudda, Cosimo Marco Scarcelli

• Provides up-to-date knowledge on smartphone research in social sciences
  
• Gives detailed and fascinating insights into the everyday use of smartphones
  
• Questions common-sense vision of practices like shopping, music, photography carried out by youth people
  

In recent years, smartphones and digital platforms have become essential to our lives and are now inextricably interwoven into the everyday practices of millions, especially young people. Focusing on smartphone practices and experiences of youth today, this volume is the result of empirical research based on focus groups and in-depth interviews with young people aged 18-30. Grounded in media theory and analyzed through a blended lens of media and science and technology studies, the book offers detailed and fascinating insights into the everyday use of smartphones. Topics covered include the role of the smartphone as material technology, its use in interpersonal relationships, photographic practices, music and consumer practices, along with the deconstruction of the notion of smartphone ‘addiction’.

September 28-29, 2022

Dear Colleagues,

There’s just under two weeks left to register for the 2022 Policy & Internet Conference, to be held at the University of Sydney, September 28 and 29.

https://internet-policy-meco.sydney.edu.au/datafication-platformization-metaverse-the-state-of-global-internet-policy/

When registering, please indicate if you will be attending the dinner on the first night and the cocktail event at the close of the second night.

The conference theme, Datafication. Platformization. Metaverse. The state of global internet policy, explores how the current developments within digital media spaces has a regulatory impact.

This conference is hybrid, so if you can’t make it to Sydney for the live event, please consider registering for the streaming online alternative.

We also have a preconference, free of charge, on the Tuesday 27 September – more details to come next week. This will have a strong focus on the work of higher degree research students.

The conference will feature the following Keynote presentations:

• Professor Rohan Samarajiva, Chair of LIRNEasia
  
• Associate Professor Tanya Lokot, Dublin City University
  
• Professor John Hartley, A.M., University of Sydney
  
• Associate Professor Crystal Abidin, Curtin University

With a series of specialist panels featuring the work of:

• Dr Damar Juniarto, Executive Director of Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network
  
• Dr Matthew Nguyen, Tony Blair Institute
  
• Dr Jay Daniel Thompson, RMIT University
  
• Professor Terry Flew, University of Sydney
  
• Professor Julian Thomas, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society, RMIT University
  
• Dr Joanne Gray, University of Sydney
  
• Associate Professor Diana Bossio, Swinburne University
  
• Professor Kim Weatherall, University of Sydney
  
• Professor Gerard Goggin, University of Sydney
  
• Professor Katie Ellis, Curtin University
  
• Dr Wayne Hawkins, Director of Inclusion, ACCAN
  
• Dr Natasha Layton, Monash University
  
• Associate Professor Paul Harpur, University of Queensland

Looking forward to seeing you there, and for any further information, please contact Dr Jonathon Hutchinson [jonathon.hutchinson@sydney.edu.au] or Milica Stilinovic [millica.stilinovic@sydney.edu.au].