DIGITAL CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION (DCC) SECTION - CALL FOR PANELS AND PAPERS European Communication Research and Education Association - ECREA 2nd ECREA CONFERENCE, Barcelona, 25-28 November 2008 Hosted by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) http:// www.ecrea2008barcelona.org PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15th February 2008 The 'Digital Culture and Communication' section invites everyone who works on these issues, within the broad theme of ECREA's 2nd international conference, 'Communication policies and culture in Europe' to submit proposals. The section 'Digital Culture and Communication' aims to further exchange and develop research at the European level in the field of digital media and informational culture as this is broadly defined. We welcome work that crosses disciplines and that operates at the boundaries of what might generally be allowed to constitute media/ communication systems. The section actively seeks both empirical and theoretical/critical work. Digital media technologies allow us to rethink existing media and communication theories and approaches (as well as research methods). They also force us to redefine traditional boundaries and to explore new forms of interaction. We therefore encourage work based on interdisciplinary approaches that address the broad theme of the conference call, and the section's interests. We welcome proposals which reflect both theoretical and methodological challenges in digital culture and communication research as well as those exploring new boundaries within the field. For further information about the section please visit our (relative stable) blog at: www.digitalcultureandcommunication.blogspot.com/ or email Maren Hartmann: hartmann@udk-berlin.de and/or Caroline Bassett: C.Bassett@sussex.ac.uk, Kate ORiordan: K.ORiordan@sussex.ac.uk This invitation is for proposals of pre-organized panels, posters, and individual papers from established academics, young scholars, practitioners and postgraduate research students. Individual paper proposals, individual poster proposals and panel proposals can be submitted at the official conference website: www.ecrea2008barcelona.org PAPER PROPOSALS: http://www.ecrea2008barcelona.org/eng/callfor_pa.asp POSTER PROPOSALS: http://www.ecrea2008barcelona.org/eng/callfor_po.asp PANEL PROPOSALS: http://www.ecrea2008barcelona.org/eng/callfor_pn.asp Notifications of acceptance will be sent out in mid-April 2008, Paper-presenters and panellists will be asked to confirm their intention to attend by registering before October 24, 2008. Please note that, as a policy, ECREA Candidates can submit "one proposal as first author, and more as co-author (second, ...), chair or respondent of a panel - but a participant will be allowed only one paper presentation. The length of the individual abstracts is preferably 400 and maximum 500 words. A panel proposal combines a panel abstract with the individual abstracts, of each 400-500 words. Participants will indicate their preference for a specific section (where they want to present their paper / poster / panel)". __________ Dr Kate O'Riordan Department of Media and Film EDB University of Sussex Falmer Brighton UK BN1 9RG Tel: 00 44 (0) 1273 876730 http://www.sussex.ac.uk/mediastudies/profile30746.html