Second International Conference on
Communication & Media Studies
Rethinking the Mediascape - The Future of Media and
Communication
16–17 NOVEMBER 2017 | UBC ROBSON SQUARE | VANCOUVER, CANADA ONCOMMUNICATIONMEDIA.COM
Second International Conference on
Communication & Media Studies
“Rethinking the Mediascape - The Future of Media
and Communication”
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Communication & Media Studies
Dear Communication & Media Studies Delegates,
Welcome to Vancouver and to the Second International Conference on Communication & Media Studies. The Communication & Media Studies Research Network—its conference, journal, and book imprint—was created to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of the role of the media and communications in society.
Founded in 2016, the Inaugural Communication & Media Studies Conference was held at the University Center Chicago, Chicago, USA, in September of 2016. Next year, we are honored to hold the conference at the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA, from 18–19 October.
Conferences can be ephemeral spaces. We talk, learn, get inspired, but these conversations fade with time. This Research Network supports a range of publishing modes in order to capture these conversations and formalize them as knowledge artifacts. We encourage you to submit your research to The Journal of
Communication & Media Studies. We also encourage you to submit a book proposal to the Communication
& Media Studies Book Imprint.
In partnership with our Editors and Network Partners the Communication & Media Studies Research Network is curated by Common Ground Research Networks. Founded in 1984, Common Ground Research Networks is committed to building new kinds of knowledge communities, innovative in their media and forward thinking in their messages. Common Ground Research Networks takes some of the pivotal challenges of our time and builds research networks which cut horizontally across legacy knowledge structures. Sustainability, diversity, learning, the future of humanities, the nature of interdisciplinarity, the place of the arts in society, technology’s connections with knowledge, the changing role of the university—these are deeply important questions of our time which require interdisciplinary thinking, global conversations, and cross-institutional intellectual collaborations. Common Ground is a meeting place for people, ideas, and dialogue. However, the strength of ideas does not come from finding common denominators. Rather, the power and resilience of these ideas is that they are presented and tested in a shared space where differences can meet and safely connect—differences of perspective, experience, knowledge base, methodology, geographical or cultural origins, and institutional affiliation. These are the kinds of vigorous and sympathetic academic milieus in which the most productive deliberations about the future can be held. We strive to create places of intellectual interaction and imagination that our future deserves.
I’d like to thank my Communication & Media Studies Research Network colleagues, Rachael Arcario, Jessica Wienhold-Brokish, and Jeremy Boehme, who have put such a significant amount of work into this conference.
We wish you all the best for this conference, and we hope it will provide you every opportunity for dialogue with colleagues from around the corner and around the globe.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Phillip Kalantzis-Cope
Chief Social Scientist, Common Ground Research Networks
Our Mission
Common Ground Research Networks aims to enable all people to participate in creating collaborative knowledge and to share that knowledge with the greater world. Through our academic conferences, peer-reviewed journals and books, and innovative software, we build transformative research networks and provide platforms for meaningful interactions across diverse media.
Our Message
Heritage knowledge systems are characterized by vertical separations—of discipline, professional association, institution, and country. Common Ground identifies some of the pivotal ideas and challenges of our time and builds research networks that cut horizontally across legacy knowledge structures. Sustainability, diversity, learning, the future of the humanities, the nature of interdisciplinarity, the place of the arts in society, technology’s connections with knowledge, the changing role of the university—these are deeply important questions of our time which require interdisciplinary thinking, global conversations, and cross-institutional intellectual collaborations. Common Ground is a meeting place for these conversations, shared spaces in which differences can meet and safely connect—differences of perspective, experience, knowledge base, methodology, geographical or cultural origins, and institutional affiliation. We strive to create the places of intellectual interaction and imagination that our future deserves.
Our Media
Common Ground creates and supports research networks through a number of mechanisms and media. Annual conferences are held around the world to connect the global (the international delegates) with the local (academics, practitioners, and community leaders from the host research network). Conference sessions include as many ways of speaking as possible to encourage each and every participant to engage, interact, and contribute. The journals and book imprint offer fully-refereed academic outlets for formalized knowledge, developed through innovative approaches to the processes of submission, peer review, and production. The Research Network also maintains an online presence—through presentations on our YouTube channel, quarterly email newsletters, as well as Facebook and Twitter feeds. And Common Ground’s own software, Scholar, offers a path-breaking platform for online discussions and networking, as well as for creating, reviewing, and disseminating text and multi-media works.
Communication & Media Studies
Research Network
Offering an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of
the role of the media and communications in society
Communication & Media Studies
The Communication & Media Studies Research Network offers an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of the role of the media and communications in society. The research network interacts through an innovative, annual face-to-face conference, as well as a peer reviewed journal and book imprint.
Conference
The conference is built upon four key principles: internationalism, interdisciplinarity, inclusiveness, and interaction. Conference delegates include leaders in the field, as well as emerging scholars and practitioners, who travel to the conference from all corners of the globe and represent a broad range of disciplinary and thematic and perspectives. A variety of presentation options and session types offer delegates multiple opportunities to engage, to discuss key issues in the field, and to build relationships with scholars from other cultures and disciplines.
Publishing
The Communication & Media Studies Research Network enables members to publish through two media. First, research network members can enter a process of journal publication that is grounded in traditional scholarly publishing practices of peer review, but which is more responsive and inclusive—a result of the constructive nature of the conference presentation and peer review process. The Journal of Communication
& Media Studies provides a framework for double-blind peer review, enabling authors to publish into an
academic journal of the highest standard. The second publication medium is through the book imprint, Communication & Media Studies, publishing cutting edge books in print and electronic formats. Publication proposal and manuscript submissions are welcome.
Community
The Communication & Media Studies Research Network offers several opportunities for ongoing
communication among its members. Any member may upload video presentations based on scholarly work to the research network YouTube channel. Quarterly email newsletters contain updates on conference and publishing activities as well as broader news of interest. Join the conversations on Facebook and Twitter. Or explore our social media platform, Scholar.
Communication & Media Studies
Theme 1: Media Cultures
• Mass versus niche media
• ‘Audience’ and practices of participation in media • Cultural representation and power in media • Popular culture in the media
• Feminist analyses of media
• (In)equities in access and digital divide • Politics of media and media in politics
• Censorship, affront, and censoriousness in media • Bodily presence and embodiment in media • Multicultural media
• Media identities, from stars to selfies
Theme 2: Media Theory
• Communications theory
• Telepresence and time-space compressions • Psychology of media and communications • The idea of the virtual
• Cybernetics
• Mediation and remediation
• Media discourses: vicarious and participatory • Ideologies in media, manipulation, and propaganda • Information theory
• Media analytics
Theme 3: Media Technologies and Processes
• Mass media and broadcast media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines • Cinema and documentary
• Typographic media, from print to postscript • Photography, from film to digital
• Hypermedia and multimedia
• Internet, online media, and social media • Informatics: code and data in media On the cultures of media
and the media of culture
On the theories of media and communication
On the technologies of media and communication
Communication & Media Studies
Theme 4: Media Business
• Political economy of media • Media management • Advertising and marketing
• News media and journalism: changing dimensions of a profession • Public relations as text and profession
• The changing publishing industry
• Intellectual property, between copyright and commons • Reputational economies
• Globalization of media
Theme 5: Media Literacies
• Media education
• Media training and workforce development
• From learning management systems to MOOCs: e-learning environments as educational media
• Self-instructing media and informal learning • Over-the-shoulder learning
On the business of communication media
On the languages and learning of media
Communication & Media Studies 2017 Special Focus
Rethinking the Mediascape - The Future of Media and Communication
The established mediascape, and its mediums, has been a central point of debate within the recent political landscape. As one of the traditional roles of the media is to be a counterbalance to political or economic power, recent events, for many, mark an entry into a new and unsettling mediascape. In this mediascape we face a new set of realities:
• Where content can legitimately be “post-truth”
• An intensifying cult of personality in online communication • A fluidness between media, content, and medium
• New kinds of commercial motivation directing the production and dissemination of content in the digital attention economy
• The use of a digital network by shadowy private and state actors hiding behind anonymity
In this new context, what is the role of the media as a counterweight to political or economic power? Who, now, is “the media,” and what are the principles of this new mediascape?
Communication & Media Studies Network Membership
About
The Communication & Media Studies Research Network is dedicated to the concept of independent, peer-led groups of scholars, researchers, and practitioners working together to build bodies of knowpeer-ledge related to topics of critical importance to society at large. Focusing on the intersection of academia and social impact, the Communication & Media Studies Research Network brings an interdisciplinary, international perspective to discussions of new developments in the field, including research, practice, policy, and teaching.
Membership Benefits
As a Communication & Media Studies Research Network member you have access to a broad range of tools and resources to use in your own work:
• Digital subscription to The Journal of Communication and Media Studies for one year. • Digital subscription to the book imprint for one year.
• One article publication per year (pending peer review).
• Participation as a reviewer in the peer review process, with the opportunity to be listed as a Reviewer. • Subscription to the research network e-newsletter, providing access to news and announcements for
and from the Research Network.
• Option to add a video presentation to the research network YouTube channel. • Free access to the Scholar social knowledge platform, including:
◊ Personal profile and publication portfolio page;
◊ Ability to interact and form communities with peers away from the clutter and commercialism of other social media;
◊ Optional feeds to Facebook and Twitter;
◊ Complimentary use of Scholar in your classes—for class interactions in its Community space, multimodal student writing in its Creator space, and managing student peer review, assessment, and sharing of published work.
Communication & Media Studies Engage in the Network
Present and Participate in the Conference
You have already begun your engagement in the research network by attending the conference, presenting your work, and interacting face-to-face with other members. We hope this experience provides a valuable source of feedback for your current work and the possible seeds for future individual and collaborative projects, as well as the start of a conversation with research network colleagues that will continue well into the future.
Publish Journal Articles or Books
We encourage you to submit an article for review and possible publication in the journal. In this way, you may share the finished outcome of your presentation with other participants and members of the research network. As a member of the network, you will also be invited to review others’ work and contribute to the development of the research network knowledge base as a Reviewer. As part of your active membership in the network, you also have online access to the complete works (current and previous volumes) of journal and to the book imprint. We also invite you to consider submitting a proposal for the book imprint.
Engage through Social Media
There are several ways to connect and network with research network colleagues:
Email Newsletters: Published quarterly, these contain information on the conference and publishing, along with news of interest to the research network. Contribute news or links with a subject line ‘Email Newsletter Suggestion’ to support@oncommunicationmedia.com.
Scholar: Common Ground’s path-breaking platform that connects academic peers from around the world in a space that is modulated for serious discourse and the presentation of knowledge works.
Facebook: Comment on current news, view photos from the conference, and take advantage of special benefits for research network members at: http://www.facebook.com/CommunicationMediaStudies.
Twitter: Follow the research network @onmediastudies and talk about the conference with #ICCMS17
YouTube Channel: View online presentations or contribute your own at http://cgnetworks.org/support/uploading-your-presentation-to-youtube. www.facebook.com/ CommunicationMedia Studies @onmediastudies #ICCMS17
Communication & Media Studies Advisory Board
The principal role of the Advisory Board is to drive the overall intellectual direction of the Communication & Media Studies Research Network and to consult on our foundational themes as they evolve along with the currents of the field. Board members are invited to attend the annual conference and provide important insights on conference development, including suggestions for speakers, venues, and special themes. We also encourage board members to submit articles for publication consideration to The Journal of
Communication and Media Studies as well as proposals or completed manuscripts to the Communication &
Media Studies Book Imprint.
We are grateful for the continued service and support of these world-class scholars and practitioners.
• Bruce Berryman, Program Director, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
• Marcus Breen, Director of the Media Lab, Boston University, Boston, USA
• Jo Davies, Associate Professor of Illustration, Arts, and Media, Plymouth University, Devon, UK • Tamsyn Gilbert, The New School for Social Research, New York, USA
• Kerric Harvey, Associate Director, Center for Innovative Media, George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA
• Linda Herrera, Professor, Education, Policy, Organization, and Leadership; Director, Global Studies in Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, USA
• Brad King, Ball State University, Muncie, USA
• Alan Male, Professor Emeritus, Illustration, Falmouth University, Cornwall, UK • Mario Minichiello, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
• Christian Morgner, Director, International Communication and Culture, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
• Fiona Peterson, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia • John Potts, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
• Andrew Selby, School of the Arts, English, and Drama, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK • Shujen Wang, Emerson College, Boston, USA
• Paul Wells, Director, School of Arts, English, and Drama, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK
A Social Knowledge Platform
Create Your Academic Profile and Connect to Peers
Developed by our brilliant Common Ground software team, Scholar connects academic peers from around the world in a space that is modulated for serious discourse and the presentation of knowledge works.
Utilize Your Free Scholar Membership Today through • Building your academic profile and list of published works. • Joining a community with a thematic or disciplinary focus. • Establishing a new Research Network relevant to your field. • Creating new academic work in our innovative publishing space. • Building a peer review network around your work or courses.
Scholar Quick Start Guide
1. Navigate to http://cgscholar.com. Select [Sign Up] below ‘Create an Account’. 2. Enter a “blip” (a very brief one-sentence description of yourself).
3. Click on the “Find and join communities” link located under the YOUR COMMUNITIES heading (On the left hand navigation bar).
4. Search for a community to join or create your own.
Scholar Next Steps – Build Your Academic Profile
• About: Include information about yourself, including a linked CV in the top, dark blue bar. • Interests: Create searchable information so others with similar interests can locate you. • Peers: Invite others to connect as a peer and keep up with their work.
• Shares: Make your page a comprehensive portfolio of your work by adding publications in the Shares area - be these full text copies of works in cases where you have permission, or a link to a bookstore, library or publisher listing. If you choose Common Ground’s hybrid open access option, you may post the final version of your work here, available to anyone on the web if you select the ‘make my site public’ option.
• Image: Add a photograph of yourself to this page; hover over the avatar and click the pencil/edit icon to select.
• Publisher: All Common Ground community members have free access to our peer review space for their courses. Here they can arrange for students to write multimodal essays or reports in the Creator space (including image, video, audio, dataset or any other file), manage student peer review, co-ordinate assessments, and share students’ works by publishing them to the Community space.
A Digital Learning Platform
Use Scholar to Support Your Teaching
Scholar is a social knowledge platform that transforms the patterns of interaction in learning by putting
students first, positioning them as knowledge producers instead of passive knowledge consumers. Scholar
provides scaffolding to encourage making and sharing knowledge drawing from multiple sources rather than memorizing knowledge that has been presented to them.
Scholar also answers one of the most fundamental questions students and instructors have of their performance, “How am I doing?” Typical modes of assessment often answer this question either too late to matter or in a way that is not clear or comprehensive enough to meaningfully contribute to better performance.
A collaborative research and development project between Common Ground and the College of Education at the University of Illinois, Scholar contains a Research Network space, a multimedia web writing space, a formative assessment environment that facilitates peer review, and a dashboard with aggregated machine and human formative and summative writing assessment data.
The following Scholar features are only available to Common Ground Research Network members as part of their membership. Please email us at support@cgscholar.com if you would like the complimentary educator account that comes with participation in a Common Ground conference.
• Create projects for groups of students, involving draft, peer review, revision and publication. • Publish student works to each student’s personal portfolio space, accessible through the web for class
discussion.
• Create and distribute surveys.
• Evaluate student work using a variety of measures in the assessment dashboard.
Scholar is a generation beyond learning management systems. It is what we term a Digital Learning
Platform—it transforms learning by engaging students in powerfully horizontal “social knowledge”
Communication & Media Studies
Journal
Exploring the role of media, mediation and
communications in society
Communication & Media Studies
About
The Journal of Communication and Media Studies offers an interdisciplinary
forum for the discussion of the role of the media and communications in society. The journal explores everyday experiences of media cultures, the forms and effects of technologies of media and communications, and the dynamics of media business. It also addresses media literacies, including capacities to ‘read’ and ‘use’ the media, and the role of media as a key component in formal and informal learning. Contributions to the journal range from broad, theoretical conceptualizations of media, to detailed empirical examinations and case studies of media practices.
The Journal of Communication and Media Studies is peer-reviewed, supported
by rigorous processes of criterion-referenced article ranking and qualitative commentary, ensuring that only intellectual work of the greatest substance and highest significance is published.
Editor
Mario Minichiello, School of Design, Communication and Information Technology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
Reviewers
Articles published in The Journal of Communication and Media Studies are peer reviewed by scholars who are active members of the Communication & Media Studies Research Network. Reviewers may be past or present conference delegates, fellow submitters to the journal, or scholars who have volunteered to review papers (and have been screened by Common Ground’s editorial team). This engagement with the Research Network, as well as Common Ground’s synergistic and criterion-based evaluation system, distinguishes the peer review process from journals that have a more top-down approach to refereeing. Reviewers are assigned to papers based on their academic interests and scholarly expertise. In recognition of the valuable feedback and publication recommendations that they provide, reviewers are acknowledged as Reviewers in the volume that includes the paper(s) they reviewed. Thus, in addition to The
Journal of Communication and Media Studies’ Editors and Advisory Board, the
Reviewers contribute significantly to the overall editorial quality and content of the journal.
Indexing:
China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI Scholar)
DOI:
10.18848/2470-9247/CGP
Founded:
2015
Publication Frequency:
Quarterly (March, June, September, December) Acceptance Rate: 21% (2016) ISSN: 2470-9247 (Print) 2470-9255 (Online) Network Website: oncommunicationmedia. com Bookstore: ijp.cgpublisher.com
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Communication & Media Studies Submission Process
Journal Submission Process and Timeline
Below, please find step-by-step instructions on the journal article submission process: 1. Submit a conference presentation proposal.
2. Once your conference presentation proposal has been accepted, you may submit your article by clicking the “Add a Paper” button on the right side of your proposal page. You may upload your article anytime between the first and the final submission deadlines. (See dates below)
3. Once your article is received, it is verified against template and submission requirements. If your article satisfies these requirements, your identity and contact details are then removed, and the article is matched to two appropriate referees and sent for review. You can view the status of your article at any time by logging into your CGPublisher account at www.CGPublisher.com.
4. When both referee reports are uploaded, and after the referees’ identities have been removed, you will be notified by email and provided with a link to view the reports.
5. If your article has been accepted, you will be asked to accept the Publishing Agreement and submit a final copy of your article. If your paper is accepted with revisions, you will be required to submit a change note with your final submission, explaining how you revised your article in light of the referees’ comments. If your article is rejected, you may resubmit it once, with a detailed change note, for review by new referees.
6. Once we have received the final submission of your article, which was accepted or accepted with revisions, our Publishing Department will give your article a final review. This final review will verify that you have complied with the Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition), and will check any edits you have made while considering the feedback of your referees. After this review has been satisfactorily completed, your paper will be typeset and a proof will be sent to you for approval before publication. 7. Individual articles may be published “Web First” with a full citation. Full issues follow at regular,
quarterly intervals. All issues are published 4 times per volume (except the annual review, which is published once per volume).
Submission Timeline
You may submit your article for publication to the journal at any time throughout the year. The rolling submission deadlines are as follows:
• Submission Round 1 – 15 January • Submission Round 2 – 15 April • Submission Round 3 – 15 July
• Submission Round 4 (final) – 15 October
Note: If your article is submitted after the final deadline for the volume, it will be considered for the following year’s volume. The sooner you submit, the sooner your article will begin the peer review process. Also, because we publish “Web First,” early submission means that your article may be published with a full citation as soon as it is ready, even if that is before the full issue is published.
Communication & Media Studies Common Ground Open
Hybrid Open Access
All Common Ground Journals are Hybrid Open Access. Hybrid Open Access is an option increasingly offered by both university presses and well-known commercial publishers.
Hybrid Open Access means some articles are available only to subscribers, while others are made available at no charge to anyone searching the web. Authors pay an additional fee for the open access option. Authors may do this because open access is a requirement of their research-funding agency, or they may do this so non-subscribers can access their article for free.
Common Ground’s open access charge is $250 per article –a very reasonable price compared to our hybrid open access competitors and purely open access journals resourced with an author publication fee. Digital articles are normally only available through individual or institutional subscriptions or for purchase at $5 per article. However, if you choose to make your article Open Access, this means anyone on the web may download it for free.
Paying subscribers still receive considerable benefits with access to all articles in the journal, from both current and past volumes, without any restrictions. However, making your paper available at no charge through Open Access increases its visibility, accessibility, potential readership, and citation counts. Open Access articles also generate higher citation counts.
Institutional Open Access
Common Ground is proud to announce an exciting new model of scholarly publishing called Institutional Open Access.
Institutional Open Access allows faculty and graduate students to submit articles to Common Ground journals for unrestricted open access publication. These articles will be freely and publicly available to the whole world through our hybrid open access infrastructure. With Institutional Open Access, instead of the author paying a per-article open access fee, institutions pay a set annual fee that entitles their students and faculty to publish a given number of open access articles each year.
The rights to the articles remain with the subscribing institution. Both the author and the institution can also share the final typeset version of the article in any place they wish, including institutional repositories, personal websites, and privately or publicly accessible course materials. We support the highest Sherpa/ Romeo access level—Green.
For more information on how to make your article Open Access, or information on Institutional Open Access, please contact us at support@cgnetworks.org.
Communication & Media Studies Subscriptions and Access
Network Membership and Personal Subscriptions
As part of each conference registration, all conference participants (both virtual and in-person) have a one-year digital subscription to The Journal of Communication and Media Studies. This complimentary personal subscription grants access to both the current volume of the collection as well as the entire backlist. The period of complimentary access begins at the time of registration and ends one year after the close of the conference. After that time, delegates may purchase a personal subscription.
To view articles, go to https://cgscholar.com/bookstore and select the “Sign in” option. An account in CG Scholar has already been made on your behalf; the username/email and password are identical to your CG Publisher account. After logging into your account, you should have free access to download electronic articles in the bookstore. If you need assistance, select the “help” button in the top-right corner, or contact support@cgscholar.com.
Journal Subscriptions
Common Ground offers print and digital subscriptions to all of its journals. Subscriptions are available to The Journal of Communication and Media Studies and to custom suites based on a given institution’s unique content needs. Subscription prices are based on a tiered scale that corresponds to the full-time enrollment (FTE) of the subscribing institution.
For more information, please visit:
• http://oncommunicationmedia.com/journal/hybrid-open-access • Or contact us at subscriptions@cgnetworks.org
Library Recommendations
Download the Library Recommendation form from our website to recommend that your institution subscribe to The Journal of Communication and Media Studies: http://cgnetworks.org/support/ recommend-a-subscription-to-your-library.
Communication & Media Studies
Book Imprint
Aiming to set new standards in participatory
knowledge creation and scholars publication
Communication & Media Studies
Call for Books
Common Ground is setting new standards of rigorous academic knowledge creation and scholarly publication. Unlike other publishers, we’re not interested in the size of potential markets or competition from other books. We’re only interested in the intellectual quality of the work. If your book is a brilliant contribution to a specialist area of knowledge that only serves a small intellectual community, we still want to publish it. If it is expansive and has a broad appeal, we want to publish it too, but only if it is of the highest intellectual quality.
We welcome proposals or completed manuscript submissions of: • Individually and jointly authored books
• Edited collections addressing a clear, intellectually challenging theme • Collections of articles published in our journals
• Out-of-copyright books, including important books that have gone out of print and classics with new introductions
Book Proposal Guidelines
Books should be between 30,000 and 150,000 words in length. They are published simultaneously in print and electronic formats and are available through Amazon and as Kindle editions. To publish a book, please send us a proposal including:
• Title
• Author(s)/editor(s) • Draft back-cover blurb • Author bio note(s) • Table of contents
• Intended audience and significance of contribution • Sample chapters or complete manuscript • Manuscript submission date
Proposals can be submitted by email to books@cgnetworks.org. Please note the book imprint to which you are submitting in the subject line.
Communication & Media Studies
Call for Book Reviewers
Common Ground Research Networks is seeking distinguished peer reviewers to evaluate book manuscripts.
As part of our commitment to intellectual excellence and a rigorous review process, Common Ground sends book manuscripts that have received initial editorial approval to peer reviewers to further evaluate and provide constructive feedback. The comments and guidance that these reviewers supply is invaluable to our authors and an essential part of the publication process.
Common Ground recognizes the important role of reviewers by acknowledging book reviewers as members of the Editorial Review Board for a period of at least one year. The list of members of the Editorial Review Board will be posted on our website.
If you would like to review book manuscripts, please send an email to books@cgnetworks.org with: • A brief description of your professional credentials
• A list of your areas of interest and expertise • A copy of your CV with current contact details
If we feel that you are qualified and we require refereeing for manuscripts within your purview, we will contact you.
Communication & Media Studies
Conference
Discussing and curating global interdisciplinary
spaces, supporting professionally rewarding
relationships
Communication & Media Studies About the Conference
Conference Principles and Features
The structure of the conference is based on four core principles that pervade all aspects of the Research Network:
International
This conference travels around the world to provide opportunities for delegates to see and experience different countries and locations. But more importantly, the Communication & Media Studies Conference offers a tangible and meaningful opportunity to engage with scholars from a diversity of cultures and perspectives. This year, delegates from over 30 countries are in attendance, offering a unique and unparalleled opportunity to engage directly with colleagues from all corners of the globe.
Interdisciplinary
Unlike association conferences attended by delegates with similar backgrounds and specialties, this conference brings together researchers, practitioners, and scholars from a wide range of disciplines who have a shared interest in the themes and concerns of this research network. As a result, topics are broached from a variety of perspectives, interdisciplinary methods are applauded, and mutual respect and collaboration are encouraged.
Inclusive
Anyone whose scholarly work is sound and relevant is welcome to participate in this research network and conference, regardless of discipline, culture, institution, or career path. Whether an emeritus professor, graduate student, researcher, teacher, policymaker, practitioner, or administrator, your work and your voice can contribute to the collective body of knowledge that is created and shared by this research network.
Interactive
To take full advantage of the rich diversity of cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives represented at the conference, there must be ample opportunities to speak, listen, engage, and interact. A variety of session formats, from more to less structured, are offered throughout the conference to provide these opportunities.
Communication & Media Studies
Plenary
Plenary speakers, chosen from among the world’s leading thinkers, offer formal presentations on topics of broad interest to the community and conference delegation. One or more speakers are scheduled into a plenary session, most often the first session of the day. As a general rule, there are no questions or discussion during these sessions. Instead, plenary speakers answer questions and participate in informal, extended discussions during their Garden Conversation.
Garden Conversation
Garden Conversations are informal, unstructured sessions that allow delegates a chance to meet plenary speakers and talk with them at length about the issues arising from their presentation. When the venue and weather allow, we try to arrange for a circle of chairs to be placed outdoors.
Talking Circles
Held on the first day of the conference, Talking Circles offer an early opportunity to meet other delegates with similar interests and concerns. Delegates self-select into groups based on broad thematic areas and then engage in extended discussion about the issues and concerns they feel are of utmost importance to that segment of the community. Questions like “Who are we?”, ”What is our common ground?”, “What are the current challenges facing society in this area?”, “What challenges do we face in constructing knowledge and effecting meaningful change in this area?” may guide the conversation. When possible, a second Talking Circle is held on the final day of the conference, for the original group to reconvene and discuss changes in their perspectives and understandings as a result of the conference experience. Reports from the Talking Circles provide a framework for the delegates’ final discussions during the Closing Session.
Themed Paper Presentations
Paper presentations are grouped by general themes or topics into sessions comprised of three or four presentations followed by group discussion. Each presenter in the session makes a formal twenty-minute presentation of their work; Q&A and group discussion follow after all have presented. Session Chairs introduce the speakers, keep time on the presentations, and facilitate the discussion. Each presenter’s formal, written paper will be available to participants if accepted to the journal.
Colloquium
Colloquium sessions are organized by a group of colleagues who wish to present various dimensions of a project or perspectives on an issue. Four or five short formal presentations are followed by a moderator. A single article or multiple articles may be submitted to the journal based on the content of a colloquium session.
Communication & Media Studies
Focused Discussion
For work that is best discussed or debated, rather than reported on through a formal presentation, these sessions provide a forum for an extended “roundtable” conversation between an author and a small group of interested colleagues. Several such discussions occur simultaneously in a specified area, with each author’s table designated by a number corresponding to the title and topic listed in the program schedule. Summaries of the author’s key ideas, or points of discussion, are used to stimulate and guide the discourse. A single article, based on the scholarly work and informed by the focused discussion as appropriate, may be submitted to the journal.
Workshop/Interactive Session
Workshop sessions involve extensive interaction between presenters and participants around an idea or hands-on experience of a practice. These sessions may also take the form of a crafted panel, staged conversation, dialogue or debate—all involving substantial interaction with the audience. A single article (jointly authored, if appropriate) may be submitted to the journal based on a workshop session.
Poster Sessions
Poster sessions present preliminary results of works in progress or projects that lend themselves to visual displays and representations. These sessions allow for engagement in informal discussions about the work with interested delegates throughout the session.
Virtual Lightning Talk
Lightning talks are 5-minute “flash” video presentations. Authors present summaries or overviews of their work, describing the essential features (related to purpose, procedures, outcomes, or product). Like Paper Presentations, Lightning Talks are grouped according to topic or perspective into themed sessions. Authors are welcome to submit traditional “lecture style” videos or videos that use visual supports like PowerPoint. Final videos must be submitted at least one month prior to the conference start date. After the conference, videos are then presented on the research network YouTube channel. Full papers can based in the virtual poster can also be submitted for consideration in the journal.
Virtual Poster
This format is ideal for presenting preliminary results of work in progress or for projects that lend themselves to visual displays and representations. Each poster should include a brief abstract of the purpose and procedures of the work. After acceptance, presenters are provided with a template, and Virtual Posters are submitted as a PDF or in PowerPoint. Final posters must be submitted at least one month prior to the conference start date. Full papers can based in the virtual poster can also be submitted for consideration in the journal.
Communication & Media Studies Daily Schedule
Thursday, 16 November
8:00–8:30 Conference Registration Desk Open
8:30–9:00 Conference Opening—Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Chief Social Scientist, Common Ground Research Networks, USA
9:00–9:35
Plenary Session—Caja Thimm, Chair, Media Studies and Intermediality, University of Bonn, Germany
“Mediatization of the Public Sphere – Fragmentation and Radicalisation on the Rise?” 9:35–10:05 Garden Conversation 10:05–10:15 Transition Break 10:15–11:00 Talking Circles 11:00–11:45 Lunch 11:45–13:25 Parallel Sessions 13:25–13:40 Break 13:40–15:20 Parallel Sessions 15:20–15:35 Break 15:35–16:50 Parallel Sessions
16:50–18:00 Conference Welcome Reception
Friday, 17 November
8:30–9:00 Conference Registration Desk Open 9:00–9:20 Daily Update
9:20–9:50
Plenary Session—Mario Minichiello, School of Design, Communication and Information Technology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
“Media and Visual Culture in the Post Truth Political Landscape”
9:50–10:20 Garden Conversation 10:20–12:00 Parallel Sessions
12:00–12:50 Lunch and Publishing Your Work with Common Ground Research Networks 12:50–13:35 Parallel Sessions
13:35–13:50 Break
13:50–15:30 Parallel Sessions 15:30–15:45 Break
15:45–17:00 Parallel Sessions
Communication & Media Studies Conference Highlights
Featured Sessions
Publishing Your Article or Book with Common Ground Research Networks
Friday, 18 November | 12:00–12:50
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Chief Social Scientist, Common Ground Research Networks
In this session the Chief Social Scientist of The Communication & Media Studies Journal and the Communication & Media Studies Book Imprint will present an overview of Common Ground’s publishing philosophy and practices. He will offer tips for turning conference papers into journal articles, present an overview of journal publishing procedures, introduce The Communication & Media Studies Journal, and provide information on Common Ground’s journal article submission process. Please feel free to bring questions—the second half of the session will be devoted to Q&A.
Special Events
Pre-Conference Tour: Gastown Walking Food Tour
Wednesday, 15 November | 2:00 PM | Cost: US$50.00
Join fellow conference delegates for this 2.5 hour walking food tour through the cobblestones of historic Gastown. This tour is a great way to meet fellow delegates before the conference as well as experience the savory tastes, sights, and sounds of eateries and shops of Vancouver’s oldest neighborhood.
Laugh and learn about Vancouver’s colorful history as you are taken on a tasting adventure to 10 unique restaurants, shops, and pubs. Discover local food and beverage specialties, while meeting some of the city’s most passionate restaurateurs and merchants. Delight your taste buds with fresh Atlantic lobster mac n’ cheese, a handcrafted microbrewery ale, creamy cheesecake, Italian tortellini, Steak and Guinness Pie, beer-battered fish and chips with hand cut fries, homemade chocolates, exotic specialty teas, a latte and melt-in your-mouth pastry. Come and tantalize your taste buds and enjoy mouth-watering cuisine on one of the most popular food tours in the city!
Conference Welcome Reception
Common Ground Research Networks and the Communication & Media Studies Conference will be hosting a welcome reception at the University of British Columbia Robson Square. The reception will be held directly following the last parallel session of the first day, Thursday, 16 November 2017. Join other conference delegates and plenary speakers for drinks, light hor d’oeuvres, and a chance to converse. We look forward to hosting you!
Communication & Media Studies
Mario Minichiello
Media and Visual Culture in the Post Truth Political Landscape
Mario Minichiello completed his undergraduate at Leicester Polytechnic and as a postgraduate at Loughborough University, England. Minichiello is currently the Professor of Design and Human Behaviour for the School of Creative Industries at the University of Newcastle, NSW. He is also Director of the Hunter Creative Industries and Technology Institute (HCIT) and the International Research Network “SmartDesign.” He has over thirty years of experience in industry and academia including lead roles in the academy at Leicester DMU University, Birmingham City University, Loughborough University in the UK, and the University of Newcastle in NSW.
Minichiello has the rare distinction of working closely with Birmingham Children’s Hospital, a world leading teaching hospital, and with the Hunter Medical Research Institute, one of the foremost medical research centres in the world. His industry background includes working for the BBC, working for leading design agencies, and working as the political artist for the Guardian Newspaper, among many industry other roles. As both an original practitioner and disruptive thinker, Mario Minichiello also has many years of experience as a journal editor and as a chair of external research and teaching review teams in the UK and AU.
Caja Thimm
Mediatization of the Public Sphere – Fragmentation and Radicalisation on the Rise?
Caja Thimm (PhD) holds a chair in ‘Media Studies and Intermediality’ at the University of Bonn, Germany. She has done extensive research on social communication on the web, e-learning and e-democracy and taught as a visiting scholar at UC Santa Barbara (USA), University of Cardiff (UK), and as a professeur invité at the Université de Bourgogne Dijon (France). She also served as a member of various political committees, such as the State Enquete Commission on “New Media and State Responsibility” and “Trust in Digital Media”.
Caja Thimm was head of the research program “Deliberation Online” (2010–2016) and is now coordinator and principal investigator of the collaborative research program on “Digital Society” (2017–2022). Her publications include: “Political Campaigning During the EU Elections 2014”, “Digital Public Sphere and Mini-Publics”, “Hate Speech as Destructive Online Culture”, and “Digital Society, Datafication and Online Participation.”
Communication & Media Studies Emerging Scholars
Tomas Borsa
Tomas Borsa is an independent researcher currently living and working in London, UK. Tomas holds a Double BA (Hons) in Political Studies & Psychology from the University of Saskatchewan, and an MSc in Politics & Communication (with Distinction) from the London School of
Economics. His interests lie mostly in the domains of Indigenous (self) representation, public spheres, and the mediation of social movements. Prior to London, he lived in Vancouver and Saskatoon, where he was at various points a documentary film-maker, journalist, and Research Consultant at Emily Carr University.
Tatiana Gonçalves
Tatiana Gonçalves is an assistant professor in the department of Communication and Arts at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal. She received her Masters degree at the University of Aveiro, Portugal and her PhD at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Her research interests span media and new technologies, with particular focus on the fields of audiovisual, news media, online journalism and human-computer interaction. She also worked inthe private sector from 2001 to 2008 at the Brazilian television network’s Rede Globo, where she acquired formal experience in news broadcasting as editor, producer, reporter and news presenter.
Nancy Brian Mbaya
Nancy Brian Mbaya is an indigene of Borno state, North East Nigeria. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication and Master Degree in Public Administration from the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. In her career as a journalist, spanning 27 years, she became Principal News Editor, Controller of News and Current Affairs, Director of News and Current Affairs all in the Borno Radio Television Corporation (BRTV). Nancy is currently a volunteer with the West Cheshire Foodband in Chester, UK. Nancy is studying news media representation of women in conflicts: The Boko Haram Insurgency in Borno, Northeast Nigeria (2012–2015). Her work draws on postcolonial/feminist theories and argues that women representation in journalistic discourse is a reflection of patriarchal values fed by colonialism, religion, culture, and tradition. She is also involved in teaching activities at the Department of Media studies.
Adepate Mustapha-Koiki
Adepate Mustapha-Koiki is a PhD student in Media and Communication at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Her research interest is in Conflict Communication, specifically looking at Journalism and Risk in Nigeria - the challenges of reporting on Boko Haram and the impacts of the risks on reporting. As an alumnus of the States Department, International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) USA, coupled with her lecturing and research experiences, she aims to provide resources to journalists, public institutions, and government agencies on effective methods of peace reporting and communication - all that was garnered through practical and global standards in research.
Communication & Media Studies Emerging Scholars
Chiemezie Nwosu
With a background in Communications, Chiemezie started her career in industry and worked her way into the lecture room. Her PhD research originates from both her industry and academic experiences, and is thoroughly interdisciplinary; juxtaposing communication, media, politics, and sociology studies, with anthropological methods. Chiemezie’s research interests include social media, political communication, African politics, and elections, and her current work examines the role of social media in elections. When she is not doing research, talking about research, or teaching, she enjoys travelling, exploring cuisines (with a rule to try any food at least once), and engaging in diverse musical pursuits.
Ayesha Sadiqa
Ayesha Sadiqa is working as lecturer at School of Media and Communication Studies, University of the Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. She is also a PhD scholar from Punjab University (PU), Lahore. Both universities are the prominent and leading private and Public sector Universities respectively in Pakistan. She has earned her M.Phil. in mass communication with the specialization of research from PU. She got first division throughout her academic career including professional degrees of B.Ed., M.Ed., and TEFL. She has vast experience of teaching at private and public college and universities. She has expertise in research, communication theory, development
communication, and women’s studies in Media. She has participated in both conferences and seminars. She also conducted workshops as a moderator.
Madison Snider
Madison Snider is a graduate student at the University of Denver in International and Intercultural Communication. Her research interests are in the power of public discourse through street art, performance, and demonstrations. She is particularly interested in how unsanctioned communication in public space is of particular relevance to the ways in which this space is contested. Through ethnography of communication and critical theory, she explores the ways in which these actions are highly localized and grounded in a space and place, but simultaneously employ digital and social media to traverse space and the implications of this mode of dissemination.
Menychle Mesreet
Menychle M. Abebe is lecturer of journalism at the University of Gondar in Ethiopia. He recently finished his second master’s degree in Global Journalism at NLA University College in Norway. He is passionate about studying the relationships between media and politics in developing democracies. Previously, Menychle hold his M.A in Journalism and Communications and B.A degree in Print Journalism both at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
THURSDAY, 16 NOVEMBER
8:00-8:30CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DESK OPEN 8:30-9:00CONFERENCE OPENING
9:00-9:35PLENARY SESSION - CAJA THIMM, CHAIR, MEDIA STUDIESAND INTERMEDIALITY,
UNIVERSITYOF BONN, GERMANY
Mediatization of the Public Sphere – Fragmentation and Radicalisation on the Rise?
9:35-10:05 GARDEN CONVERSATIONAND COFFEE BREAK
10:05-10:15TRANSITION BREAK
10:15-11:00TALKING CIRCLES
Room 1: Media Cultures Room 2: Media Theory
Room 3: Media Technologies and Processes / Media Business Room 4: Media Literacies
Plenary Room: 2017 Special Focus - Rethinking the Mediascape - The Future of Media and Communication
11:00-11:45 LUNCH
11:45-13:25PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 1 Media as Counterweight
Worked to Death: Networked Advocacy-Activist Response to the Rana Plaza Tragedy, Bangladesh
Dr. Leslie Reynard, Communication Studies, Washburn University, Lawrence, USA
Overview: This study chronicles an advocacy network that evolved from physical protests in Bangladesh
into an effective worldwide virtual campaign via electronic media following the Rana Plaza factory tragedy in 2013.
Theme: Special Theme 2017: Rethinking the "Mediascape"
Journalism and Risk: Action and Agency in Boko Haram News Reports
Adepate Rahmat Mustapha-Koiki, Department of Media and Communication, University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand
Overview: This paper addresses the new risks and challenges facing journalists reporting in a post-terror
world, specifically on Boko-Haram in Nigeria, and how the risks influence the language of reporting.
Theme: Special Theme 2017: Rethinking the "Mediascape"
New Media and Indigenous Public Spheres: A Tactical Resistance to Exclusive Public Spheres in Third World Countries
Dilli Bikram Edingo, York University, York, Canada
Overview: Indigenous online public spheres conditioned and controlled by corporate cultures are
tactically used to resist the hegemonic mainstream public spheres.
Theme: Media Theory
Taking Taboo Topics Public: How HIV/AIDS Health Activism Reshaped Mass Communication and Civic Discourse
Dr. Ruth Massingill, Department of Mass Communication, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville,
USA
Overview: HIV/AIDS has been a powerful catalyst for changes in society. Using formerly taboo topics to
inform, persuade, and even entertain about HIV/AIDS has dramatically reshaped public communication.
Theme: Media Cultures
11:45-13:25 PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 2 Identity Creation, Expression, and Exploration
Black Girl Podcasting: Platforms, Pop Culture, and African-American Rhetoric
Lauren Malone, English Department, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
Overview: This paper explores how Black women’s identities are expressed through podcasts. What is
unique about this type of media as a space for multicultural identities?
Theme: Media Cultures
Symbolic Exemplars and Unpacking the Transman in "Transparent"
Dr. Kathy Petitte Novak, University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, USA
Overview: The "Transparent" episode, “Symbolic Exemplar,” is analyzed using critical discourse analysis
to examine the transman in media, positing that stories about transmen challenge patriarchal societal fears of losing one’s masculinity.
Theme: Media Cultures
Probing Media Identities: Searching for the Self in Our Current Digital Age
Dr. Jenna Brooke, Book and Media Studies Department, University of St. Michael's College, University
of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Overview: This paper is an exploration of selfhood in the digital age at the intersections of technology,
history, power, and identity.
Theme: Media Cultures
Millennial Discourses in Microblogs
Victoria Holec, Department of Sociology, Department of Anthropology, University of Lethbridge,
Lethbridge, Canada
Overview: This paper explores the differences and similarities in how Millennial identities are
represented, challenged, and enacted in selected social media microblogs.
Theme: Media Cultures
11:45-13:25PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 3 Multiplatform Storytelling Practices "The War Room" as Transmedia Mythology
Dr. Janet McMullen, Department of Communications, University of North Alabama, Florence, USA Dr. Patricia Sanders, Department of Communiations, University of North Alabama, Florence, USA
Overview: This paper explores how "The War Room" (2015) and associated texts use transmedia texts
and classic mythological narrative structure to depict cultural, moral, and spiritual values.
Theme: Media Cultures
Transmedia Storytelling and the Authorial Subjectivity of Fictional Characters on Social Media
Dr. Philippe Gauthier, Department of Film and Media, Queen's University, Montreal, Canada Luka Stojanovic, Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Overview: Using Siapera’s conception of social media as technology of the self, we examine the way in
which official accounts of fictional characters develop online identities based on autonomy and self-definition.
Theme: Media Cultures
When It's Worth Remembering: Refreshing Our Memory Studies to Account for Multimodal Practice in the Digital Landscape
Dr. Brant Burkey, Department of Communications, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Seal
Beach, USA
Overview: This study proposes it is time to refresh our media-memory studies to consider how
multimodal-digital practices promise insight into the process of collective remembering in the new media ecology.
Theme: Media Cultures
Bite-sized Audience Expectations: Media Snacking Culture in the United Arab Emirates
Dr. Puja Mahesh, School of Media and Communication, Manipal University, Dubai, United Arab
Emirates
Overview: This research explores the factors responsible for a media snacking culture among Generation
Z in the United Arab Emirates.
Theme: Special Theme 2017: Rethinking the "Mediascape"
Room 4 Media Ecologies
A Review of Media and Intercultural Communication Studies: Seven Perspectives on Cultures of "Orality," "Typography," and "Media"
Dr. Jon Bouknight, Department of Fine Arts and Communication, Central Oregon Community College,
Bend, USA
Overview: This literature review examines the use of media ecology concepts in intercultural research
over the last seventeen years and analyzes seven perspectives that the research represents.
Theme: Media Cultures
The Role of Associative Series in Advertising Messages
Viktoriia Kanafeva, Faculty of Management and Mediacommunication, St. Petersburg State Institute of
Film and Television, Saint Peterburg, Russian Federation
Natalia Kornienko, Postgraduate Department, St. Petersburg Juridical Academy, Saint Peterburg,
Russian Federation
Overview: The authors research the influence of associative series on the perception of advertising
messages.
Theme: Media Cultures
13:25-13:40COFFEE BREAK
13:40-15:20PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 1 Gender and Media
News Media Representation of Abduction of 276 Chibok School Girls in Borno, North East Nigeria: Analysis of "Daily Trust," "Leadership," and "Daily Sun" Newspapers
Nancy Brian Mbaya, Department of Media Studies, University of Chester, Chester, UK
Overview: This study examines news media representation of the mass abduction of female students in a
Nigerian school by the Boko Haram sect in April 2014.
Theme: Media Cultures
Taiwan High School Girls’ Everyday Life Aesthetic Practices on Instagram: The Affordance Approach
Prof. Hsiaomei Wu, College of Communication, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan Jou-Chun Su, College of Communication, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
Overview: This study explores Taiwan high school girls' everyday life aesthetic practices on Instagram
and discusses how these practices impact their views on real lives.
Theme: Media Technologies and Processes
Room 2 Media, the Government, and the Public
Utilization of Social Media as a Relationship Cultivation Tool by Municipalities in Turkey
Dr. Tugce Ertem-Eray, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA Pinar Aslan, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Overview: Social media tools can build positive relationships between governments and their public. This
is valuable for public relations. Therefore, this study investigates government communication in the relationship cultivation process.
Theme: Media Technologies and Processes
His Master's Voice: Cultural Appropriation and "Modi"-fication of Indian Media
Dr. Percy Fernandez, School of Media and Communication, Manipal University, Dubai, United Arab
Emirates
Elsa Thomas, School of Media and Communication, Manipal University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Overview: This study explores the continuing use of state and mass media machinery that led to the
victory of Narendra Modi and systematic fragmentation of media and its messaging.
Theme: Media Cultures
Grab Them by the Public: Trump, Sophistry, and Our Affective Politics
Dr. Murray Skees, Department of Humanities, University of South Carolina Beaufort, Beaufort, USA
Overview: I explain how the notion of a “brand public” can help us to see how Donald Trump's sophistry
effectively drove his message in the "age of social media."
Theme: Media Cultures
The Evolution of Media in Africa
Chude Jideonwo, RED, Lagos, Nigeria
Overview: This study discusses the evolution of media in Africa and how they are being used as a tool for
nation building and kick-starting socio-political movements in Africa.
Theme: Media Cultures
13:40-15:20PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 3 Post-truth Media
The Media, Balance, and Unintended Skepticism
Pierre Le Morvan, Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Classical Studies, College of New Jersey,
Ewing, USA
Overview: I explore the influence of the media on public reasoning, in particular some surprising parallels
and instructive differences between what we may call “journalistic balance” and “skeptical balance.”
Theme: Media Theory
Propaganda in Newscasts: Framing the Story
Dina Abdel-Maksoud, Roger Williams University, Bristol, USA
Dr. Amiee Shelton, Communication and Graphic Design Department, Roger Williams University,
Bristol, USA
Overview: This longitudinal study investigates propaganda methods in local newscasts. Two different
markets are sampled (2014 and 2017), to determine propaganda in news coverage since the advent of "Fake News."
Theme: Media Cultures
Room 4 Media Business
Factors That Determine Efficiency in the Design of the Mexican Government’s Communication Policy
Osiris Soledad González Galván, Institute of Economic and Business Research, Michoacan University of
Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico
Dr. Odette Virginia Delfín Ortega, Institute of Economic and Business Research, Michoacan University of
Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico
Overview: This investigation shows an analysis of the global technical efficiency in the design of the
Mexican government’s communication policy in 2017, through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).
Theme: Media Business
The Influence of Candidate-generated Videos in Interior Design Hiring Decisions
Amy M. Huber, Interior Architecture and Design Department, Florida State University, Tallahassee,
USA
Dr. Jill B. Pable, Department of Interior Design, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
Overview: This study explores how videos might be successfully leveraged in design candidate screening,
and how they might shape reviewers’ perception of job candidates.
Theme: Media Business
Media, Advertiser, and Population Network: A Social Media Platform for Local Media Development
Luis Henrique Bei, Faculty of Education, Federal University of Uberlândia, Patos de Minas, Brazil Rafael Duarte Oliveira Venâncio, Faculty of Education, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia,
Brazil
Overview: The proposed platform consists of a social media website that provides room for interaction of
different audiences, such as advertisers, communication vehicles, communication professionals, and population.
Theme: Media Business
Developing Research Approaches for a Media Migration Strategy
Prof. Stuart N. Brotman, College of Communication and Information, School of Journalism and
Electronic Media, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Overview: Technology planning for new versions is done systematically, yet little is known about the
current cycle for new digital versions launched by media companies. Scholarly research would be especially useful.
Theme: Media Business
15:20-15:35BREAK
