CALL FOR PAPERS 7th International Central and East European Communication and Media Conference (CEECOM): Changing Media and Democracy: 25 Years of Media Freedom and Public Sphere in Central and East Europe June 12-14, Wroclaw (Poland) Conference organized by the Polish Communication Association and the University of Wroclaw in collaboration with ECREA CEE-Network and International Communication Association ceecom2014wroclaw.pl BACKGROUND Media, democracy as well as relations between media and politics in Central and East Europe (CEE) have been widely analyzed in several scientific publications and further discussed during international and national conferences. So far many initiatives have made attempts to map the most characteristic features of CEE media systems, journalistic autonomy and the state of media freedom. In addition to this, some of them also indicated problems and challenges related to social and political transformations, the development of public sphere, civil society and the role of media when fostering and improving the level of democracy. The variety of ideas and conceptualizations has been recently challenged due to internationalization of communication, the introduction of participatory platforms, as well as expansion of mobile service providers. Changing nature of media policy and communication, the growing importance of citizen journalism, blurring division between producers and consumers as well as emerging societal practices connected with media making and activism generate a need and plethora of new opportunities for a large-scale re-evaluation of models for media and democracy. Having in mind the 25th anniversary of the collapse of communism in many Central and East European countries and the 10th anniversary of the first CEE countries accession to the EU, we propose to focus on changing approaches to media freedom and the public sphere and we try to stimulate debate about the next phase of media and democracy model going forward. Thus, the aim is not to focus on media history or repeat what went wrong with CEE media and political systems over the last two decades. The emphasis is rather put on opportunities generated by social change and new technologies which might improve the level of media freedom and public sphere, and might further result with the discussion on and development of new approaches and models for media and democracy analysis in the fast-changing information society. CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS Overall, we take the multistakeholder approach to underline the importance of dialogue between scholars of media, political scientists, politics and policy makers, international and national experts, practitioners, as well as representatives of regulatory authorities and civil society organizations. Co-authored proposals are accepted, including those written by master students and their advisors, or any case in which at least one of the authors fulfill the above requirement. The attendees are invited to register and to submit original papers to one of the working groups and panels, with a limit of one proposal in each category. The event is also open to participants who do not plan to submit research proposals. All accepted attendees are asked to register for the Conference. RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND WORKING GROUPS Given the complexity of proposed subjects and approaches the conference will be organized in line with the scheme of both plenary and parallel sessions. During the plenary discussions several subjects by keynote speakers and guests of the conference (names of the keynote speakers will be announced December 2013) will be underlined. Here we expect to have discussions on the future of journalism profession and audience research, the analysis of future scenario for public media development. As for the parallel sessions the main questions we address are: - What is the current state of democracy in Central and East Europe? To what extent traditional models of democracy, public sphere and participation are nowadays being challenged by new media and technologies? What are the perspectives for the future? - What is the current state of media freedom in Central and East Europe? To what extent traditional concepts of media, journalism, ethics and accountability as well as media systems and policy are being challenged in the new mediascape? In which directions will they evolve? - What is the impact of contemporary media on the quality of democracy and political communication? Will the development of participatory platforms and citizen journalism improve the public sphere and citizens’ participation? - And last, but not least, what is the role of the public when developing modern and participation-oriented media? How traditional concepts of mass, the audience and the public are being challenged by those of participants, engagers and prosumers? The Conference will accept only a limited number (60) of presentations and panels upon evaluation of proposed abstracts by the members of the Scientific Committee. In addition to this, 6 panel proposals (each of max. 5 participants) will be accepted. Both individual and panel proposals should be developed and addressed to one of the thematic working groups, namely as: 1) Changing approaches to political transformation and democracy: the new public sphere and models of participation 2) Changing approaches to media and communication: towards convergence and a new notion of media 3) Changing approaches to relations between politics and media: media systems and political communication revised 4) Changing approaches to journalism: (re)defining journalism today 5) Changing publics: from passive audience to media activism 6) Changing business models and media governance: management, ownership, leadership and innovation culture in the era of market competition, internationalization and uncertainty Each session will conclude with 15 minutes of open discussion, where all participants will be encouraged to challenge, raise questions, make comments and offer ideas. These will be documented by chair of the working group who will then give the overview of results of discussions during the final plenary session. The aim of the closing session, entitled “Changing media and communication studies in Central and Eastern Europe” will be to identify subjects for future research and collaboration. SUBMISSION, REGISTRATION AND IMPORTANT DATES Conference language: English. Individual paper proposals should be addressed to one of the working groups and will be evaluated by at least two members of the Scientific Committee (Chair of the Working Section included) on the basis of abstracts (of max. 500 words). Panel proposals (max. 5 abstracts, each of max. 200 words) should include the title of proposed panel, rationale (max. 500 words) and name of Chair/Moderator. Both individual and panel proposals should be sent to [email protected] by December 20, 2013 22:00 CET. It is recommended that submitters avoid sending proposals in the last days before the closing date. Upon the acceptance of paper (or participation without presentation) participants will be asked to complete the registration process and pay the registration fee by April 30, 2014. The acceptance of a paper or panel proposal does not imply the automatic registration as a participant of the conference. The accepted papers will be notified and will then confirm participation through the act of registration and the effectuation of the payment of the registration fee. Please note that there will be no refund of registration fees. All registered attendees will receive certificates, according to their participation. The participant certificate is subject to the presentation at work. The registration site will be open November 4, 2013. Summary of important dates: December 20, 2013 Deadline for submissions of abstracts and panel proposals January 31, 2014 Notification of acceptance April 30, 2014 Registration and conference fee deadline April 30, 2014 Deadline for full paper to be delivered to Chair of the working group June 12, 2014 Opening ceremony of CEECOM 2014 conference CONFERENCE FEE 100 EUR – by April 30, 2014 75 EUR (Ph. D. students) - by April 30, 2014 150 EUR - after May 1, 2014 100 EUR (Ph.D. students) – after May 1, 2014 Please note there will be no fee for scientific (CEECOM) board members, keynote speakers, invited speakers and student volunteers CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS CHAIR OF THE CONFERENCE: Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska (University of Wroclaw, Poland) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (MEMBERS OF CEECOM CONSORTIUM): Chair: Michal Glowacki (University of Warsaw, Poland) Aukse Balcytiene (Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania) Irena Carpentier Reifova (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic) Epp Lauk (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland) Zrinjka Perusko (University of Zagreb, Croatia) Tomas Trampota (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic) Ilija Tomanic-Trivundza (Ljubljana University, Slovenia) COMMITTEE OF ORGANIZERS: Chair: Michal Kus (University of Wroclaw, Poland) Pawel Baranowski (University of Wroclaw, Poland) Paulina Barczyszyn (University of Wroclaw, Poland) Adam Michel (University of Wroclaw, Poland) Anna Paluch (University of Wroclaw, Poland) CONTACT/CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT: Polish Communication Association ul. Koszarowa 3 51-149 Wroclaw, Poland Tel: (+48) 669 614 033 (mobile) or 48 71 375 50 69 (opening hours: Monday-Friday from 9 am to 12 noon) E-mail: [email protected] Website: ceecom2014Wroclaw.pl Facebook: https://facebook/cejcptks Facebook event: https://facebook/events/462452833874437/
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