*CFP* 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION & MEDIA STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF BONN

Fourth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies

Communication and Media Studies Research Network

University of Bonn

Common Ground Research Networks

Bonn, GermanY

26–28 September 2019

An interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of communication and media, and the role these take in society.

We are inviting proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, virtual lightning talks, virtual posters, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes:

Theme 1: Media Cultures. On the cultures of media and the media of culture.

• Mass versus niche media 
• ‘Audience’ and practices of participation in media 
• Cultural representation and power in media 
• Popular culture in the media 
• Feminist analyses of media 
• (In)equities in access, and digital divide 
• Politics of media and media in politics 
• Censorship, affront and censoriousness in media 
• Bodily presence and embodiment in media 
• Multicultural media 
• Media identities, from stars to selfies

Theme 2: Media Theory. On the theories of media and communication.

• Communications theory 
• Telepresence and time-space compressions 
• Psychology of media and communications 
• The idea of the virtual 
• Cybernetics 
• Mediation and remediation 
• Media discourses: vicarious and participatory 
• Ideologies in media, manipulation and propaganda 
• Information theory 
• Media analytics

Theme 3: Media Technologies and Processes. On the technologies of media and communication.

• Mass media and broadcast media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines 
• Cinema and documentary 
• Typographic media, from print to postscript 
• Photography, from film to digital 
• Hypermedia and multimedia 
• Internet and online media 
• Social media 
• Informatics: code and data in media

Theme 4: Media Business. On the business of communication media.

• Political economy of media 
• Media management 
• Advertising and marketing 
• News media and journalism: changing dimensions of a profession 
• Public relations as text and profession 
• The changing publishing industry 
• Intellectual property, between copyright and commons 
• Reputational economies 
• Globalization of media

Theme 5: Media Literacies. On the languages and learning of media.

• Media education 
• Media training and workforce development 
• From learning management systems to MOOCs: e-learning environments as educational media 
• Self-instructing media and informal learning 
• Over-the-shoulder learning

For more information.

We welcome the submission of proposals at any time of the year. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission.

Advance Registration Deadline: 26 December 2018

Early Registration Deadline: 26 March 2019

Regular Registration Deadline: 26 August 2019

Late Registration Deadline: 26 September 2019