What, when & where
Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Annual Conference 2020
Tuesday June 2 – Friday June 5, 2020
Western University, London, Ontario
Proposal Submission Deadline: Monday December 16th, 2019
Proposal Decision Notification: First week of February, 2020
“Bridging Divides: Confronting Colonialism and Anti-Black Racism” is the theme of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) 2020 Congress within which the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) will hold its Annual Conference, Tuesday June 2 – Friday June 5, at Western University, London Ontario (https://www.congress2020.ca/). We call for paper proposals that explore and extend this theme and/or contribute to the range and depth of communications, media-culture and digital technology scholarship in Canada, and internationally.
Please identify from the following list a maximum of two topic areas within which your proposal is situated (these topic areas are not prescriptive or restrictive, but helpful for organizing single paper submissions into coherent panels):
Audience Studies and Media Ethnographies
Black Communications and Media Studies
Communication and Media Theory
Communication Ethics
Communications, Community and Creativity
Cultural, ICT and Media Industries
Health Communication
Internet Studies
ICTs, Big Data and Society
Indigenous Media
Journalism and News
LGBTQ communications and media
Media Activism and Social Movements
Media Ecology
Media & Comm History
Media, Cultural and ICT Policy, Law, Regulation and Governance
New and Emerging Media Technologies
Organizational and Professional Communications
Popular Culture
Political Communications and Techno-politics
Public Relations and Advertising
Rhetoric
Representation, Identity and Culture
Race, Ethnicity and Media
Sexuality, Gender and Media
Political Economy of Communications
Social Media and Society
Telecommunications
Visual Communication
Work, Labour and Class in Communication
Youth, Children and Media-Culture
Deadline & how to apply
Proposals may take the form of: single-paper presentations (1 paper), panel presentations or roundtables (maximum of 4 papers).
PAPER PROPOSALS must include:
Author’s name, rank, and affiliation. Please use full first name (not an initial) and properly capitalize all names.
Paper title. Please be brief (longer titles may be truncated during the online submission process).
Maximum of TWO topic areas
An abstract (between 350 to 500 words) outlining: the research object, problem or question; the main argument or inquiry to be developed; the method of analysis and/or theoretical approach used; the significance of what is proposed in relation to existing scholarship in the field. Please ensure there is no self-identifying information contained in the abstract and do not submit a list of bibliographical references.
PANEL PROPOSALS should be submitted by the panel chair, and must include:
Chair’s name, rank/status, and affiliation. Please use full first name (not an initial) and properly capitalize all names.
Panel title. Please be brief (longer titles may be truncated during the online submission process).
Maximum of TWO topic areas
An abstract (between 350 to 500 words) outlining: the research object, problem or question; the main argument or inquiry to be developed; the method of analysis and/or theoretical approach used; the significance of what is proposed in relation to existing scholarship in the field. Please ensure there is no self-identifying information contained in the abstract and do not submit a list of bibliographical references.
Other info, Links & conditions
To present your paper at the conference, you must be a CCA member. To have your paper included in the final program, your CCA membership dues must be paid by Friday March 6, 2019. If you wish to join the CCA, please visit the Membership section of the CCA website: http://acc-cca.ca/index.php/membership-adhesion/
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