MeCCSA 2023: MeCCSA Annual Conference 2023 Falmouth University Penryn, UK, September 6-8, 2023 |
Conference website | https://meccsa2023falmouth.wordpress.com/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=meccsa2023 |
Abstract registration deadline | January 13, 2023 |
Submission deadline | January 13, 2023 |
MeCCSA Conference 2023, Falmouth. CONFERENCE THEME: BEYOND THE EDGE
Cornwall’s distinctive location, on the far coast of the UK, the margins of Europe, and the brink of the Atlantic lends itself to contemplation of edges, and that which lies beyond them.
There is always something beyond a notional edge, whether conceived in terms of: the line between disciplines or subject areas; the edge of innovation in a technical, theoretical or artistic sense; cultural and social transitions and liminality; the line between truth and falsehood; notions of geographic and social borders, internationalism and transnationalism; the spaces and boundaries between labour and leisure; the limits and possibilities of communication technologies and practices; ‘edgy’ culture and the digital world; or the boundaries of ‘the acceptable’.
We invite proposals for individual papers and panels across the full range of interests represented by MeCCSA and its networks including but not limited to these topics:
- The centre and the margins: rethinking mass media through decolonisation;
- The implications of new and future media technologies and ubiquitous mediation, including AI and machine learning, locative media, immersive and augmented reality media and the internet of things;
- Transformations in media workplaces, digital labour and data colonialism;
- Podcasting - from innovation to maturity;
- Futures of media funding - including citizen and hyper-local journalism, crowd-funding, public service media, subscription and innovations in advertising;
- Information and disinformation - solutions to the collapse of trust in media truthfulness
- Not all bad news: The rise of solutions journalism;
- The end of the global internet? Digital borders, ‘walled gardens’ of social media platforms, experiments with the ‘Solid’ web;
- The beginning of the wall-less metaverse and its implications for individuals, communities, worklife and collapsing distances;
- Identity in crisis: living beyond the edges of “normativity” and the reconciliation of pluralities and fluidities in identity representation;
- Beyond the museum and the archive: how will we respond to defunct formats, the crisis of accumulation posed by the proliferation of digital artefacts?
- After radio - who still values broadcast radio, how do they use it? What will happen when the transmitters are finally switched off?
We welcome abstracts from early career and postgraduate researchers.
Submitting your proposal for an individual presentation:
Please submit abstracts for individual papers (max 250 words) with presentation title, up to 5 key words, your name, affiliation and email address.
Submitting your proposal for a panel:
For panel proposals please submit a short description and rationale in the abstract box (200 words), the name and contact details of the panel proposer with up to 5 key words. Please also upload a Word document with that same panel abstract plus abstracts for each of the 3-4 papers (150-200 words each including details of the contributor). Please note that the panel proposer should coordinate the submissions for that panel as a single proposal in this way, rather than individual panel members also uploading their abstracts separately.