*The 2016 International Communication Association (ICA) Post-Conference* *and 14th Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC)* *Mediatization: Digital Revolution and the Chinese Setting* *Call for Papers* The 2016 International Communication Association Post-Conference and 14th Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC), with the theme of “Mediatization: Digital Revolution and the Chinese Setting”, will be held on June 14 to 15, 2016, in the Journalism School of Fudan University. *Theme and Content* The convergence of digital technologies, including the Internet and mobile media, has reconfigured communications and social relationships, resulting in the dramatic transformation of Chinese society. This trend started initially at a macro social level, reforming and recombining social relationships, but has created a ripple effect with profound consequences, changing people’s daily lives and bringing about mediatized lifestyles. New media have changed every aspect of Chinese society. The Chinese government has actively promoted its most recent technology campaigns in new and traditional economic sectors, through slogans such as “Internet thinking” and programs such as “Internet plus”. Digital media have become a priority in China’s grand strategy and policymaking. Stimulated by such forces, the further rise of new media and the deepening of social transformation are foreseeable with tremendous consequences for China, Asia, and the world. From sociological and cultural studies perspectives, we understand media as more than technologies or particular modes of organizing and/or presenting content. They also constitute a vital social institution and space for interactions. As media technologies and mediated communication embed themselves deeper and deeper into people’s daily lives, and involve themselves more with the holistic construction of a society and a culture, the mediatization processes emerges. Mediatization not only re-structures the past but also introduces a novel social form, instigating new social cultural imagination in various aspects of modern life, in politics, culture, religion, education, and other institutionalized social practices. More than applying or testing the existing mediatization theories, this conference is designed to re-construct mediatization theory. In China, the latest development of digital technologies affords a unique real-life setting. On one hand, as we look across the world, the social changes in China brought by new media are some of the most rapid, drastic and thorough around the globe. On the other hand, the digital revolution prevailing in China has produced a lot of new aspects which present western theories have not covered, where new critical facets of mediatization theory still wait to be explored. New media research rooted in Chinese experience presents precious opportunities to broaden our conceptual scope and spur fresh theoretical conversations. For instance, WeChat, a mobile application that has attracted over 400 million active users, integrates mass communication, Internet and interpersonal communication, while embedding itself deeply in Chinese social networks. WeChat brings Chinese from all over the world closer to each other and creates a unique mode of mediated communication. Novel communication forms such as WeChat not only drive a new round of digital transformation for traditional media, they also push governments, businesses, academic institutions, civic and grassroots organizations to create their own WeChat presence. Exciting scenarios unfold in China's new media contexts, where mediatization involves much more than media organizations and the communication processes they initiate. Personal and mobile communication tools are equally important, if not more. So is the convergence of various social processes and modes of communication. The communication practices through new media constitute new ways of everyday life, new modes of being, reconfiguring time-space. We intend to enrich and expand the theoretical meaning of mediatization theory, accentuate communication as mediating practices that connect humans to the world, and thereby promote a new “communication turn” that enables communication – including all acts of communication by all communicators– rather than the exclusive category of media organizations to become the cornerstone of Chinese society and humanity. Therefore, we set the theme of this conference as: "Mediatization: Digital revolution and the Chinese context". We welcome submissions from different theoretical and methodological traditions that address a wide range of topics in various Chinese contexts including, but not limited to, the following: 1) Mediatization: New media and the governance of Chinese society 2) Mediatization: New media and the convergence of news industry 3) Mediatization: New media and urban communication in China 4) Mediatization: New media, public opinion and discursive competition 5) Mediatization: New media and public communication 6) Mediatization: Global network and China’s interactions with the world 7) Mediatization: New media and everyday life *Organizer* Journalism School, Fudan University Center for Information and Communication Studies, Fudan University *Organizing Committee* Minghua Yin, Professor and Dean, Journalism School of Fudan University Wei Sun, Professor and Deputy Dean, Journalism School of Fudan University Dan Huang, Professor and Director, Center for Information and Communication Studies, Fudan University Shuanglong Li, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean, Journalism School of Fudan University Baohua Zhou, Professor and Assistant Dean, Journalism School of Fudan University Jack Linchuan Qiu, Associate Professor of Chinese University of Hong Kong and steering committee member, Chinese Internet Research Conference *Venue*: Journalism School, Fudan University, Shanghai, China *Time*: June 14 to June 15, 2016 *Language*: The official conference languages are English and Chinese *Fees**: *There is no registration fee for this conference. The host will sponsor participants’ meals and hotels during the conference. Participants will cover their own travel costs. *Best Student Paper Award**: *Following a CIRC tradition, Best Student Paper Awards will be presented at the conference. To be eligible, all authors of the paper must be students. Winning papers will be selected by the CIRC steering committee. *Abstract Submissions* Scholars and graduate students of journalism and communication, humanities and social sciences, computer science and other relevant disciplines are welcome to submit a paper abstract (500 words in English or 1000 words in Chinese) or panel proposal (1000 words in English or 2000 words in Chinese) in Word format to ica2016@163.com. To facilitate the double-blind review process, please write a separate cover sheet with the paper title and author(s) information and omit the personal information in the abstracts and proposals. *Deadlines* · Submission of abstracts: February 1st 2016 · Notification of acceptance: March 10th 2016 · Final paper submission: June 1st 2016 *2016**年国际传播学会年会后会（**ICA Post-Conference**）* *暨第十四届中国互联网研究年会（**14th CIRC**）* *媒介化：数字革命与中国场景* *征稿启**事* “媒介化：数字革命与中国场景” 2016年国际传播学会年会后会（ICA Post-Conference）暨第十四届中国互联网研究年会（14th CIRC），将于2016年6月14-15日在复旦大学新闻学院举行。 *一、会议主旨及内容* 数字技 术、互联网和移动终端等新媒体的互联和融合，导致传播方式和关系的重组，从而激起中国社会发生急剧变化。如果说这种变化在前几年主要表现在社会关系的变革和重组，那么，近些年则进一步波及到人们的日常生活及其方式。可以这样说，新媒体已经全面介入并改变着中国社会的方方面面。中国政府新近提出的 “互联网思维”、“互联网+”等口号，不 仅表明新媒体的影响已经使之上升为国家战略和政策层面，而且在这样的推动下，新媒体的兴盛和中国社会进一步发生深远而全面的变革，完全是可以预料的。 从媒介社会学和文化学的角度，媒介不仅是一种技术，一种内容组织和呈现方式，也是一种社会制度和交往互动的空间。由此，随着媒介及其传播实践越来越卷入人们的 日常生活，介入一个总体的社会和文化的建构，就必然会产生一个“媒介化”的 过程，一方面使原有的一切发生变革和重构，另一方面，会逐渐形成一种新的社会形态，形成新的社会文化想象和理解，产生新的文明（Krotz, 2009），展 现出媒介形式如何“介入”当代生活的不同层面，特别是诸如政治、文化、宗教、教育等建制化的社会实践（唐士哲，2014）。 但是，我们的会议设想以“媒介化”为视角，并不是要来验证被欧美传播学界视为近六十年来对于“媒介理论”一个主要翻修的“媒介化”理 论，而是因为，互联网在中国社会的状况，为考察“媒介化”理 论提供了别具一格的现实场景。首先，至少从全球范围看，新媒介所带来的社会变化之迅速之明显之激烈之全面，中国即便不能说是一个唯一的特例，但至少可以说是其中最为显著的。其次，更进一步地，是因为中国当前发生的数字革命，显露出欧美现有 “媒介化”理论未能触碰的重要方面。因此，扎根中国本土经验的新媒体研究，有望拓展欧美现有的“媒介化”理 论，在这个层面展开中国传播研究与欧美理论的对话、交锋。例如，有四亿活跃用户的“微信”，整合了大众 传播、网络传播、人际传播等各种传播方式，深深植根于中国文化支撑的社会关系网络中，聚合了以中国大陆为主体的全世界华人，创造了新媒体传播的中国模式。“微信” 、“移动客户端”模式不 仅激发了最新一轮的中国传统大众媒介的新媒体转型，更带动了各种社会机构如政府、企事业单位、学术机构以及公民个人等建立微信公众号的浪潮，形成了新媒介环境中蔚为壮观的中国社会场景。基于此， “媒介化”理论在中国经验中，关注重点不再仅仅是媒介机构，“中介”也不再 仅仅被理解为媒介机构引发的动态传播过程，我们更希望重点关注嵌入日常生活的个人移动终端应用，及其对所有类型的传播方式、传播过程的整合。新媒体支撑的传播构成了中国人的存在方式，以及整合各种时空的社会场景。中国场景中的这种互联网实践，不但区别于传统媒体的 “媒介化”，也不同于欧美世界互联网时代的“媒介化”。我们希望借此丰富和拓展“媒介化”理 论的内涵，进而突显传播作为连接主客体（人与世界）的中介化实践，推动着人类正在经历的由本体论到认识论转向之后的“交流转向”（延森，2012）， 这一转向致使传播（不是媒介机构）成为当前中国乃至人类社会的基础要素。 藉此，我们将这次会议的主题定为：“*媒介化：数字革命与中国**场景”**。* 为了方便与会者，同时也是根据我们对于新媒体与中国社会现实状况的了解，提出以下一些思路，以供参考： 1、媒介化：新媒体与中国社会治理 2、媒介化：新媒体与中国新闻业的“媒体融合” 3、媒介化：新媒体与中国城市的沟通 4、媒介化：新媒体、社会舆情与话语意义的竞争 5、媒介化：新媒体与中国公共传播 6、媒介化：全球网络与中国社会的对外交往 7、媒介化：新媒体与民众日常生活 *二、会议基本情况* *主**办机构*： 复旦大学新闻学院 复旦大学信息与传播研究中心 *组织委员会*： 尹明华教授 复旦大学新闻学院院长 孙玮教授 复旦大学新闻学院副院长 黄旦教授 复旦大学信息与传播研究中心主任 李双龙博士 复旦大学新闻学院副院长 周葆华教授 复旦大学新闻学院院长助理 邱林川博士 中国互联网研究年会（CIRC）常务理事 *时间与地点*： 2016年6月14-15日，中国上海，复旦大学新闻学院。 *语言*： 会议工作语言为英文和中文两种。 *费用*： 本次会议不收取会务费，会议期间的食宿由主办方提供，往返交通自理。 *学生**论文奖*： 依据中国互联网研究年会（CIRC）的传统，本次会议设立学生论文奖（如是合作论文，要求所有作者均为在校学生），经CIRC委员会评定后颁发奖励。 *三、论文提交与日程* 欢迎新闻传播、人文社科和计算机等相关学科学者、学生参与本次会议，投稿形式与日程安排如下： 2016年2月1日，提交论文摘要（英文500字，中文1000字）或Panel计划（英文1000字，中文2000字）至会议邮箱 ica2016@163.com，请采用Word格式（文件名及内文不得出现个人信息资料，个人资料请另文保存）； 2016年3月10日，完成匿名评审，陆续发出录用通知； 2016年6月1日，提交论文摘要者递交全文。