CfP: Communications and Media Research - ESA RN 18

ESA RN 18 Communications and Media Research
Interim meeting in Athens 29-30 October 2010

Europe and the Media new developments in social theory and research

Media studies in Europe have mushroomed in the last decades. The globalization
of communications and the enlargement of the European Union have forced media
researchers to constantly broaden their horizons and reassess their
approaches. Our next Network meeting is especially concerned with these
changes.

Abstracts are invited for papers to be given at the next meeting of the
Network on October 29/30 2010 in Athens. Papers are particularly invited where they address the theme of the meeting, and as a network of the European
Sociological Association we remind colleagues that formulation of research
in relation to sociological theory and concepts is especially welcome, as is
empirical work which addresses comparative topics and the major concerns of
European sociology.  This will include work which deals with questions about identity (national, ethnic, European) and how that relates to media
consumption, the development of new media in Europe, the political economy
and social networking, European newspapers in the age of the internet, Google vs.
European publishers, European public sphere after the financial turmoil and
the communication crisis, etc. We do not take =E2=80=98Europe=E2=80=99 as itself an unproblematic concept.  New thinking on all these topics will be very welcome.
It is likely that a publication will arise of the best papers at the meeting.

The meeting will also afford time for general work reflecting the diversity
of research activity among our members.  The first criteria for selection will
be excellence of research and general interest to network members. We are
particularly interested in papers that take a comparative view on
communication practices in Europe. We also encourage critical and
interdisciplinary approaches aiming to create a dialogue between a broad
diversity of methodological and theoretical approaches.

Presentations will be no more than 20 minutes, though fuller papers will be
required for circulation. Work in progress is welcome, and authors should not feel inhibited from presenting work which is still being developed or is
incomplete.

Abstracts, which should be no more than 200 words and include full contact
details for the author(s), should be sent to Prof. Ludes and Prof
Panagiotopoulou by May 31:

Prof. Peter Ludes
Mass Communication/Integrated Social Sciences
Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH
P.O. Box 750 561, 28725 Bremen, Germany
Phone: +49-421-200 3476, Fax: +49-421-2003303
http://www.jacobs-university.de/directory/02762/=20
http://www.keyvisuals.org
email: p.ludes AT jacobs-university.de

Prof. Roy Panagiotopoulou
Department of Communication and Media Studies
University of Athens
5 Stadiou Street
105 62 Athens, Greece
Tel. +30 210 3689415, +30 210 3601917
e-mail: rpanag AT media.uoa.gr

Practical Information
1.Timetable:
a.   Program decisions will be made by July 1st and authors notified
accordingly in July.
b.   Full completed papers should be submitted by Sept. 15, so that they may
be circulated to meeting participants.  Authors should follow the presentation
and format conventions of the ESA journal European Societies (see
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=3D1461-6696&linktype=3D44)

2.Travel and Local Arrangements
a. Participants will be required to pay a nominal registration fee of =E2=
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This will include refreshments and the final dinner. The fee will be paid on site and official receipts will be issued.

b. Members will need to make their own travel arrangements.
c. Details of accommodation will be supplied at a later date. The need for
convenient and low cost accommodation will be given proper consideration

All network members will be kept regularly updated on arrangements as they
proceed.  We look forward very much to meeting you in Athens.

Prof. Peter Golding, Loughborough (Honorary Chair)
Prof. Peter Ludes, Jacobs University Bremen (Co-Chair),
Prof. Roy Panagiotopoulou, Athens (Co-Chair),=20
Jan M=C3=BCller, Jacobs University Bremen (Board Member),
Raluca Petre, Ovidius State University of Constanta, (Board Member),
Prof. Peeter Vihalemm, University of Tartu (Board Member)