| The Seventh International Conference on Communication and Media Studies - A conference organized by the Communication and Media Studies Research Network, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland. Founded in 2015, the Communication and Media Studies Research Network offers an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of the role of the media and communications in society. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. https://oncommunicationmedia.com/about -------- CALL FOR PAPERS https://oncommunicationmedia.com/2022-conference/call-for-papers Place: Online + National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland Format: A mix of live, pre-recorded, and in-person (at a scale that's allowed) presentations and social interaction spaces. Dates: 25-26 August 2022 The Seventh International Conference on Communication and Media Studies calls for research addressing the following conference themes and special focus: Special Focus - Democratic Disorder: Disinformation, the Media and Crisis in a Time of Change Globalised society is battling with multiple crises including a global pandemic, climate change and increasing democratic unrest driven by inequality and rise in populism. Misinformation and disinformation, often spread on social media networks and by top-down influencers, are fuelling the crises, as antivaxxers, climate deniers and populists protest against public health measures, moves to protect the environment, and election results. The news media, too, is facing multiple existential crises: crises of confidence as trust in media drops; crises of legitimacy as they struggle to maintain impartiality in the face of populism; and financial crises as the business model to support news, hammered by a perfect storm of changing consumer behaviour, a digital advertising duopoly by tech titans, and a failure to innovate, threatens their future. These two interlinked crises threaten democracy itself: without independent, trusted media there can be no democracy. Without trusted media, the world faces a dystopian future information it becomes 'weaponised' in the fight for supremacy. These issues will be debated by a host of speakers in a two-day international Communication and Media Studies conference (25 and 26 August 2022) taking place at the National University of Ireland Galway, hosted by the Discipline of Journalism and Communication. This special international interdisciplinary conference brings together researchers, practitioners, and scholars from a wide range of disciplines who have a shared interest in the themes and concerns of this research network. As a result, topics are broached from a variety of perspectives, interdisciplinary methods are applauded, and mutual respect and collaboration are encouraged. The conference committee welcomes initial proposals for papers and panels. Conference Themes Theme One - Media Cultures Theme Two - Media Theory Theme Three - Media Technologies and Processes Theme Four - Media Business Theme Five - Media Literacies -------- A BLENDED FUTURE For over 30 years, Common Ground has been invested in developing technologies that seek to break down barriers of access in scholarly communication. In each phase, we've built media platforms to support spaces for interdisciplinary dialogue, before such approaches were in vogue; connected international voices, when disciplines were too often isolated in national silos; and supported an agenda of access and equality, by offering pathways and opportunities for diverse voices. We now propose another kind of intervention - to build a scholarly communication infrastructure for a blended future. Our blended model seeks to transcend physical boundaries by offering a platform to extend in-person conference content online, while ensuring online-only delegates are afforded equal participatory and experiential spaces within the platform. At the same time, the model offers participants a legacy resource to which they can return in the Event application, with access to a social space in our Community application where fellow participants can keep connected long after the conference ends. Our blended conference experience is delivered on the CGScholar platform - developed by the Common Ground Media Lab, the research and technology arm of Common Ground Research Networks. https://oncommunicationmedia.com/2022-conference -------- RELATED CONFERENCES We understand travel is difficult in the current climate. For this reason, we also offer related thematic events in our sister Research Networks that you might be able to attend in-person. This way we build for our Research Network Members flexible, and at the same time resilient, spaces for communication, engagement, and participation. View other Common Ground Research Networks conferences: https://cgnetworks.org/conferences/conference-calendar |
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