Dear AoIRists, - please cross-post and distribute as appropriate - And please note that our very own Steve Jones will provide the academic (emphasis) keynote! On behalf of the Planning Committee, we are very pleased to call your attention to the third annual International Symposium on Media Innovations, to be held at the University of Oslo, April 24-25, 2014. The Media Innovations Symposium explores how changing technologies, and changing modes of usage and engagement with media bring about innovation and transformation of the media sector.  The Symposium invites participation from scholars, editors, producers, and executives across the globe. The Symposium offers a small and thereby very intense conference that examines the state of media innovations from a wide range of industry and academic perspectives. Sponsors include: the Centre for Research on Media Innovations (CeRMI) and the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. Keynote speakers Thor Gjermund Eriksen,  Director General of NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago Distinguished Professor Provisional keynote title: ³Living the Good Life: IT Innovations and the Quantified Self² Submissions are invited that address the themes listed below.  Submissions will be peer-reviewed.  Extended abstracts of proposed papers ­ 750 word maximum ­ should be send to <symposium@mediainnovations.no>. Deadlines and Dates November 22, 2013: extended abstracts due December 20, 2013: acceptance notices due March 14, 2014: full papers due April 14, 2014: best paper award announced Special issue, Journal of Media Innovations.  Submitted papers will be further reviewed for inclusion in a special issue of The Journal of Media Innovations, Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall, 2014. Themes for paper and panel presentations (For the complete call, including accommodation information, please see <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/events/I SMI14_cfp.html>) Industry emphases We invite both paper and panel proposals designed to encourage practitioner involvement.  The following are example themes of interest: Best-case / worst-case examples of innovation: ³Break-through² examples that may serve as models for others? ³Learning from our failures² ­ how not to pursue innovation? Taxing matters: how tax policies foster/hinder media innovations Beta mentality: How are newsrooms dealing with constant change? Additional possible themes, topics: media entrepreneurs and small media firms as innovators innovation in media content (focus on ways of describing and comparing content innovation in entertainment media) innovation in NPD routines and practices in media industries ICTs and innovation in media production tools innovation, accessibility, and customer service Academic Emphasis We invite both paper and panel proposals having to do with any aspect of media innovation, including the following: Normative analyses We no longer have a way of living together ­ of conducting any domain of life ­ without media but we don¹t yet know how to live well with media. (Couldry 2013: 15; emphasis in the original) We invite papers that offer normative analyses of media innovations, e.g.: Do innovative forms of journalism ­ including so-called ³citizen journalism² ­ indeed contribute to greater diversity of viewpoints, tolerance, debate, and healthier democratic processes, and/or to (anti-democratic) fragmentation (as through the ³Daily Me² effect of filtering news content to suit one¹s own tastes and views in the first place), ³herd mentality² and polarization, etc.? Does the speed of innovation and change in the media industry represent any risk to society? Papers can take still broader perspectives ­ e.g., what does it mean to live good lives in a mediated age? ­ but should be firmly connected with concrete and focused examples of media innovation practices and products. Additional themes, topics.  Scholars are invited to submit papers that address additional aspects of media innovation ­ for example: mapping innovation in the media industries; media innovation and journalistic practices; innovation in children's media; genre innovation, including new genres and styles in e-books, social media and mobile media; gender and media innovation; innovation vis-à-vis media economics and media and cultural policy; humanistic approaches to innovation in media design; media innovations and political communication; mobile media, apps, and innovation; media innovation and cultural institutions (museums, libraries, etc.); Accommodations: We strongly urge potentially interested participants to explore the resource lists on the conference website <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/events/a ccommodation.html> of recommended accommodations and book as early as possible.  Notifications of acceptance will be issued sufficiently early (December 20, 2013) so as to allow cost-free reservation cancellation if need be. Planning Committee: Jens Barland, Gjøvik University College Niamh Ní Bhroin, University of Olso Charles Davis, Ryerson University Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk, University of Olso Bente Kalsnes, University of Olso Arne Håskjold Krumsvik, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences Philippe Ross, University of Ottowa Knut Kvale, Telenor  Many thanks, charles ess Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/> My latest book, Digital Media Ethics, is now available from Polity: http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745656056 University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess@media.uio.no