Hi all By popular demand, the deadline for submitting abstracts has now been extended to 26 April 2013. Please see full CFP below. Cheers, gm CALL FOR PAPERS Social Media The fourth international transforming audiences conference making connections | creative cultures | open everything Date: 2 – 3 September 2013 Venue: University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS The previous Transforming Audiences conferences, in 2007, 2009 and 2011, have seen this event become Europe’s major international conference series for audience/user studies, bringing together researchers from all over the world. Now we are delighted to invite you to Social Media, the fourth in the Transforming Audiences series, in central London in September 2013. The Social Media conference is organised by the Centre for Social Media Research at the University of Westminster’s Communication and Media Research Institute. The event will present a rich set of analyses of the current situation and raise important questions about the future. We strongly encourage papers from new scholars as well as more established researchers. Keynote speakers include Stuart Allan (author Citizen Witnessing), Megan Boler (co-editor DIY Citizenship and Critical Making), Larissa Hjorth (co-author Understanding Social Media) and D.E. Wittkower (editor Facebook and Philosophy). We particularly invite papers that connect with the themes making connections, creative cultures and open everything. Making connections — friends | followers | connections | networks | communities | tags | favourites | playlists | channels | emotions | affect | information | knowledge | circulation | movement | share Creative cultures — critical making | memes | do-it-yourself | do-it-with-others | collaboration | participation | read-write | edit | hacking | modding | coding | creativity Open everything — Big Data | data journalism | visualisation | mapping | activism | commons | business models | access | education | MOOCs | private | public | surveillance | visibility SUBMISSION GUIDELINES You can submit proposals for individual papers or for themed panels. Individual papers will each have 15 minutes plus discussion time. Panels should consist of three presentations of 15 minutes each, to be followed by fifteen minutes of discussion for a total session of one hour. For individual papers, please send a 300-word abstract and brief biographical note of up to 70 words. Abstracts should highlight the original theoretical or empirical contribution. They should also include the presenter’s name, institutional affiliation, title of paper, email and work address. Proposals for panels or alternative formats should include a 300-word overview as well as individual abstracts following the guidelines above. All proposals should be sent by 26 April 2013 to TA4@westminster.ac.uk<mailto:TA4@westminster.ac.uk> Electronic submissions only. Successful applicants will be notified by mid-May. REGISTRATION The registration fee for the two days will be £285, for one day will be £180. ICA, AoIR, IAMCR and ECREA members will be given a preferential rate of £245 for the two day event. The special rate for students will be £130 for the two days, or £75 for one day. This covers all conference documentation, refreshments, lunches, wine reception and administration costs. Registration will open mid-May. http://www.transformingaudiences.org.uk http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/events/camri-events-calendar... ----------------------- Professor Graham Meikle Communication and Media Research Institute, School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster, HA1 3TP, UK Twitter: @graham_meikle Phone: +44 (0)20 7911 5000 ext 4755 http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/meikle-graham The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW.