Please send any response to this email directly to Wendy Mee: <w.mee@latrobe.edu.au> TASA '04 Conference 'Communication, Media and Cyberspace' Panel Latrobe University Beechworth, Victoria Australia 8-11 December 2004 Please see TASA Conference website for further information: http://www.tasa.org.au/conference/index.php 'Communication, Media and Cyberspace' This is a general invitation to researchers investigating social issues relating to communication, media and cyberspace. This panel seeks to engage with a diversity of approaches to the study of visual, text-based and audio technologies. We encourage papers which explore issues as wide-ranging as representation and identity; memory and visual culture; globalization and digital divides; the use of the Internet and other media in the delivery of healthcare and education; (dis)embodiment and emotion, and the media in nationalist and postcolonial politics. Postgraduate scholars and early career academics are particularly encouraged to apply. Please note the following: Full Papers Refereed - 3000 words, 200 word abstract, submitted by 31 July 2004 Authors of papers accepted for inclusion in the Refereed Conference Proceedings will be allotted 20 minutes in the conference session, plus 10 minutes for questions. (Alternatively, authors can submit a long abstract of between 500-750 words by 31 July and the full paper by August 15) Full Papers General - 200 word abstract by 15 October 2004 You may if you wish submit a 200 word abstract by 15 October 2004 of a paper for acceptance in this section of the conference even if you do not wish to be included in the CD. Papers of this length will be allotted 20 minutes in the conference session, plus 10 minutes for questions. Work in Progress Paper - 200 word abstract by 15 October 2004 The third option is that you may submit an abstract of 200 words by 15 October 2004 for a work in progress paper. These papers will be allotted 10 minutes in the conference session, plus 5 minutes for questions. Please direct all enquiries to Wendy Mee w.mee@latrobe.edu.au Thanks! TASA Office School of Social Science The University of Queensland ST LUCIA QLD 4072 Ph: 07 3365 7516 Fax: 07 3365 1544 Email: admin@tasa.org.au ABN: 17 398 473 186 Dr Marjorie Kibby, Senior Lecturer in Communication & Culture The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia Marj.Kibby@newcastle.edu.au +61 2 49216604