Hi Everyone, The graduate students at Boston University's Department of Emerging Media are pleased to announce our second annual #Screentime conference <http://sites.bu.edu/demsconference/> on Emerging Media. We're calling for abstracts across multiple fields. Information is below. Please pass along to any interested parties. Cheers, *CALL FOR ABSTRACTS* *#SCREENTIME: Technological Affordances and Constraints in Mediated Life* *GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE* *Deadline for Abstracts* May 1, 2016 *Conference Date* June 23, 2016 Boston University College of Communication 9am - 5pm The graduate students of Boston University’s Division of Emerging Media Studies are calling for abstracts for their second annual Conference on Emerging Media. <http://sites.bu.edu/demsconference/> #Screentime aims to explore the social, emotional, and civic implications of today’s media landscape. Social forces and technological elements are driving changes in this developing field of study. This conference is an opportunity to bridge diverse perspectives on the roles of users and technology in new media, and will lay the groundwork for future research. Emerging Media Studies is an inherently interdisciplinary field, and as such we welcome abstracts from a variety of perspectives and disciplines on a range of topics, including but not limited to: - Civility, sub-cultures, and online discourse - Uses and effects of mobile communication technologies - Digital distribution and industry disruption - Data mining of social networks - Emerging technologies’ effects on users - Video games and virtual worlds - Digital communication and public health The conference is free of charge to both presenters and attendees. This conference is aimed at graduate students to showcase their research, and as an opportunity to network with peers. *Deadline for Abstracts: *May 1, 2016. Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words. Papers will be peer reviewed. To submit, please send an e-mail of your abstract to demsconf@bu.edu. Include your name and institutional affiliation (department/university), program and year of study, research focus/interests, and contact information (email and phone number) with all submissions. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance on a rolling basis no later than June 1, 2016. For additional information, visit, http://sites.bu.edu/demsconference/. -- *Division of Emerging Media Studies* Boston University, College of Communication Twitter: @DEMSatBU <https://twitter.com/DEMSatBU> Website: #Screentime <http://sites.bu.edu/demsconference/> -- *Bonnie Dickson*Division of Emerging Media Studies BU College of Communication cell: 209-915-4695 e-mail: bkd@bu.edu *“Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.” H.S. Thompson*