The Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites proposals for IAMCR 2023, to be held in Lyon, France, from 9 to 13 July (Lyon23) with an Online Conference Papers (OCP23) component from 26 June to 5 July.
The deadline for submission of proposals is 9 February 2023 at 23h59 UTC.
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Conference themes
IAMCR conferences have a main conference theme that is explored from multiple perspectives throughout the conference in plenaries and other moments, including the programmes of the thematic sections and working groups. Additionally, each section and working group also defines some of its own themes, which are described in their individual calls for proposals. Proposals for contributions to the conference are submitted to the sections and working groups and may focus on an aspect of the main conference theme as it relates to the concerns of the section or working group, or address a theme identified by the section or working group.
Main theme – Inhabiting the planet: Challenges for media, communication and beyond
The main theme for IAMCR 2023, “Inhabiting the planet: Challenges for media, communication and beyond”, is concerned with possibilities for rethinking communication research agendas at a time when the irreversible effects of climate change is compounded by stark geopolitical, sociocultural and religious tensions in human communities. At this juncture, urgent reflection and research is needed on how we can hope to flourish today and in the future, and also how media and communication tools and environments can be positive forces and spaces for change.
Five sub-themes of this central theme have been identified: Humanity and progress; democracy; media, information and communication; cities and territories; and environmental accountability.
Consult a detailed description of the main theme and its sub-themes
The Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group provides a forum for scholars researching the ways in which political, social, and economic crises, wars and conflicts, security matters, disasters and emergencies, risks and acts of terrorism are communicated, represented, and mediated, combining global and local perspectives. We therefore adopt a broad understanding of communication in the context of crisis, security, and conflict with theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions from a range of perspectives and disciplines. The aim is to stimulate diverse and fruitful discussions across disciplines and specialisation. To do so, we adopt an interactive approach where we ensure that each submitted paper will have an assigned discussant.
Key themes include:
- Media and Communication related to Security and Insecurity.
- Media and Communication related to Conflicts and Wars.
- Media and Communication related to Immigration, Mobility, Ethnicity and Race.
- Media and Communication related to Economic and Financial Crisis.
- Media and Communication related to Disasters, Pandemics, and Climate Change.
- Media and Communication related to Political Crisis.
Contributing to the conference: Lyon23 and OCP23
There will be two ways of joining IAMCR2023:
- If you are not able to or don’t want to join the face-to-face conference in Lyon but do want to submit an online-only paper, submit your abstract to OCP23 only. If accepted, you’ll later submit your full paper to the online platform, which will be open for discussion from 26 June to 5 July.
- If you do want to join the face-to-face event, submit your abstract to Lyon23 and OCP23. If accepted you’ll submit your paper to the online platform and present it at the face-to-face conference.
Guidelines for abstracts
Abstracts submitted to the Crisis, Security, and Conflict Communication Working Group should have between 300 and 500 words and must be submitted online here. Abstracts submitted by email will not be accepted.
It is expected that authors will submit only one (1) abstract. However, under no circumstances should an author submit more than two abstracts as a single author or as the lead author of a co-authored paper and no author will submit more than one abstract to the Crisis, Security, and Conflict Communication Working Group. The same abstract or another version with minor variations in title or content must not be submitted to more than one section or working group. Any such submissions will be deemed to be in breach of the conference guidelines and will be rejected.
In addition to individual papers, we would like to encourage panels aimed at exploring the communication of crisis, security, and conflict in different areas and regions across cultural and disciplinary boundaries.
Proposals for panels can only be submitted to Lyon23 and OCP23. Panel submissions must include an abstract for each paper submitted here and a description & supplemental information submitted via this form on the conference website
The deadline to submit abstracts is 9 February 2022 at 23h59 UTC.
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Languages
The Crisis, Security, and Conflict Communication Working Group accepts abstracts in English and Spanish. Note that the conference papers should be in English only.
For further information about the Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group, its themes, submissions, and panels please contact:
Virpi Salojärvi virpi.salojarvi [at] helsinki.fi and/or Paul Reilly paul.reilly [at] glasgow.ac.uk.
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