There is still time to apply for our ICA pre-conference in Paris.
ICA Pre-Conference Paris 2022, co-organized with UNESCO (Free Flow of Information Division), Paris
Comparative Communication Research in a Globalized Risk Arena:
Paradigms – Methods – Critique
Time: Wednesday May 25, 2022, 8.30AM to 5.00PM
Venue: UNESCO Headquarter, Paris
on-site / online participation possible
Registration fee: USD 85.00
Call for Papers
Numerous debates have shaped the parameters of international comparative research over the last decade. Nevertheless, a new dimension of globalized crisis interaction is emerging from the COVID pandemic. The pandemic, as a globalized risk reveals new forms of inequality while increasing existing inequities and situations of high uncertainty for citizens across the globe. Communications during the pandemic, it follows, have been characterized by an amalgamation of all kinds of communicative actors: ranging from journalists, governments, citizens, to scientists who engage with each other on digital platforms beyond national borders. The communicative interactions to which they contribute reveal a sphere of ‘reflective interdependence’ unfolding across continents, rather than nationally bound connections establishing ‘networked subjectivities.’ Of interest, therefore, is to what extent do we really live in ‘one world, one network’?
In response, this ICA preconference, co-organized with UNESCO’s Free Flow of Information division, will provide a platform for the discussion of new dimensions of comparative communication research. It will address cosmopolitan approaches, assess globalized ontologies, and explore, overall, those inclusive frameworks which characterize today’s globalized risk arena. In turn, the preconference will outline the key challenges to existing paradigms and methodological approaches and seek to establish a critical dialogue in the field. Overall, this preconference will provide a platform for the discussion of new approaches to post- pandemic comparative communication research!
The preconference will begin with remarks from the UNESCO's Chief of the section for Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists, alongside a podium discussion with key stakeholders. Following the preconference, selected contributions will be published in an edited volume.
Generally, paper submissions could focus on (but are not restricted to):
conceptualizing comparison
comparative methods
approaches for inclusion
digital analysis
Global South crisis communication
engage with potential challenges to existing paradigms and methodological approaches.
Abstracts of max. 300 words should be submitted here by February 18, 2022. We will notify all authors of acceptance/rejections by March 4, 2022.
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by February 18, 2022. We will notify all authors of acceptance/rejections by March 4, 2022.
For questions regarding the pre-conference and/or abstract submission, please email Ingrid Volkmer, University of Melbourne: ivolkmer@unimelb.edu.au.
Conference chair: Ingrid Volkmer, University of Melbourne
Co-Chairs:
Ansgard Heinrich, University of Groningen, The Netherlands,
Lea Hellmueller, City, University of London, UK
Conference team (in alphabetical order):
Hanan Badr, Gulf University of Science and Technology, Kuwait
Saba Bebawi, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Rasha El-Ibiray, Future University, Egypt
Julian Matthews, University of Leicester, UK