CFP: #SCREENTIME: Technological Affordances and Constraints

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 21:05:33 -0400

Deadline for Abstracts: May 1, 2016
Conference Date: June 23, 2016
Boston University
College of Communication
9am - 5pm

#SCREENTIME: Technological Affordances and Constraints in Mediated Life
GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE

The graduate students of Boston University’s Division of Emerging MediaStudies are calling for abstracts for their second annual Conference on Emerging Media.

#Screentime aims to explore the social, emotional, and civic implications of today’s media landscape. Social forces and technological elements are driving changes in this developing field of study. This conference is an opportunity to bridge diverse perspectives on the roles of users and technology in new media, and will lay the groundwork for future research.

Emerging Media Studies is an inherently interdisciplinary field, and as such we welcome abstracts from a variety of perspectives and disciplines on a range of topics, including but not limited to:

Civility, sub-cultures, and online discourse

Uses and effects of mobile communication technologies

Digital distribution and industry disruptionData mining of social networksEmerging technologies’ effects on users

Video games and virtual worldsDigital communication and public health

The conference is free of charge to both presenters and attendees. This conference is aimed at graduate students to showcase their research, and as an opportunity to network with peers.

Deadline for Abstracts: May 1, 2016. Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words. Papers will be peer reviewed. To submit, please send an e-mail of your abstract to demsconf@bu.edu. Include your name and institutional affiliation (department/university), program and year of study, research focus/interests, and contact information (email and phone number) with all submissions. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance on a rolling basis no later than June 1, 2016.

For additional information, visit, http://sites.bu.edu/demsconference/ (website will be updated with details in the coming weeks).