50 Years in Agenda Setting Research: Past and Future Perspectives Conference University of Colorado Boulder July 18- 21, 2018 Deadline to submit abstracts: March 1, 2018 More information can be found at: http://www.cvent.com/events/50-years-in-agenda-setting-resea rch-past-and-future-perspectives-conference/event-summary-ad 9c9dbed5fd4abf8ae2bd3c11e15f37.aspx 2018 marks the 50-year anniversary of the hallmark 1968 Chapel Hill study where agenda-setting research as we know it was born. This initial study, a collaboration between Max McCombs and Donald Shaw, has given birth to thousands of subsequent inquiries spanning a wide array of academic disciplines and media contexts. To celebrate agenda setting’s important role in mass communication theory, the College of Media, Communication and Information <http://colorado.edu/cmci> at the University of Colorado Boulder <http://colorado.edu> invites junior and senior scholars alike to attend a three-day conference focused on past, present, and future applications of the theory. Join us as we celebrate the original theorists and trace the development of agenda setting. All scholars conducting contemporary research rooted in agenda setting are encouraged to attend. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: need for orientation, network agenda setting, agenda building and agendamelding. New media applications of agenda setting, such as studies of fake news and computational propaganda, are also encouraged. Honored guests include the seminal theorists: Dr. Maxwell McCombs, Dr. Donald Shaw and Dr. David Weaver. In addition, the conference will be chronicled by *The Agenda-Setting Journal*, with editor Dr. Salma Ghanem attending. All presenters will be encouraged to complete their work and submit it to a special issue of *The Agenda Setting Journal* dedicated to the conference. Top work from the conference will receive expedited consideration for publication in the journal. The conference will be highlighted by a plenary panel led by McCombs, Shaw, Weaver and Ghanem. The conference will include a refereed paper session. To be considered, authors should submit an extended abstract of no more than 750 words (not including references) detailing the proposed study. Works in progress will be considered, but preference will be given to abstracts with a clear path to completion (e.g., data, clear research questions, initial analyses). Abstracts should include background information on the author(s), including an abbreviated bio that describes research that relates to agenda setting. Please submit your proposal as a PDF to Christopher J. Vargo <christopher.vargo@colorado.edu> Christopher.Vargo@colorado.edu no later than Monday, March 1, 2018. Drs. McCombs, Shaw and Weaver will review the submitted abstracts. Notification of acceptance will come on March 15.