CfP COST Conference: New Media and Participation

NEW MEDIA AND PARTICIPATION
http://nmp.bahcesehir.edu.tr/NMP/New_Media_And_Participation.html

A conference co-organised by the Faculty of Communications, Bahcesehir University, Galata / Karakoy, Istanbul, and the COST Action IS0906, ‘Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies’

22-23 November 2013

Levels of political participation through the mainstream media, and participation of the public via media production, have been historically low due to the oligopolic structures of the media markets and their centralized models of governance and decision-making.

Although new media have been formed within the very same policy process and capitalistic structure, their accessibility and user-friendliness has opened up new ways of interaction and participation in the mainstream media, as well as the development of community-based and alternative media

Instead of focusing only on the dark sides of the new structures of national, international and global media markets, namely the issues related to the global political economy and the digital divide, the ‘New Media and Participation’ conference aims to provide a space to discuss the opportunities and the challenges of audience’s involvement, and citizen’s engagement, with media and politics.

More specifically, the main subjects of the conference will include, but are by no means limited to the following:

- political theory, old Media, new Media and participation

- audience research and new media: new methodological horizons

- networked journalism and public involvement

- cross-media production and ‘produsers’

- private and public spheres and civic engagement

- citizenship, civil society and participation

- public-private axis and civic engagement

- media literacy and democratic agency

- citizens’ voice, citizens’ media

Keynote Speakers:

-Peter Dahlgren, Lund University

-Nico Carpentier, Free University of Brussels

Organising Committee

-Prof. Haluk Gurgen (Dean, Faculty of Communication, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul)

-Asst. Prof. Burce Celik (Vice Dean, Faculty of Communication, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul

-Asst. Prof. Tolga Hepdincler (Faculty of Communication, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul)

-Asst. Prof. Salvatore Scifo (Faculty of Communication, Maltepe University, Istanbul)

-D. Beybin Kejanlioglu (independent researcher)

Submission guidelines

Abstracts of 250 words for papers and panels ONLY should be submitted for peer review via e-mail to newmediaandparticipation@gmail.com

by Friday 23 August 2013

Panel proposals --which should consist of five individual contributions--, combine a panel abstract with five individual abstracts, each of which are approximately 250 words.

Publications

Full papers submitted by the 8 November deadline will be considered for a special issue on the conference theme to by published by a peer-reviewed international journal, to be released in Spring/Summer 2014, and for an edited collection to be released as a book in late 2014/early 2015.

Contact

For any further information about the submission of abstracts, registration, transport, administrative and any enquiry related to the conference team, please contact the Conference Team at newmediaandparticipation@gmail.com