The programme of the third European Communication Conference, which will take place from 12 to 15 October 2010, has just been published on the conference website. It promises to become a very exciting conference.

 

The conference website URL is http://www.ecrea2010hamburg.eu/

On this website, you will now find information about:

-General Schedule (Overview)

-Plenary Sessions

-Section Panels

-"Panel 18" series of workshops

-ECREA Section and Network Business Meetings -Social Events

 

Please note that this is a first version, there might be changes in the future, which will be uploaded later.

To give you already a sneak preview, below you will find the overview of the three plenary panels.

For all inquiries, please send an email to info@ecrea2010hamburg.eu.

 

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Plenary Session I:

Opening / Transcultural Communication - Intercultural Comparisons

Opening: Francois Heinderyckx, Uwe Hasebrink,& Dieter Lenzen Keynote 1:

Kevin Robins: Transcultural communication:

achievements and challenges of a research field Keynote 2:

Paolo Mancini: Intercultural comparisons in

communications: achievements and challenges of a research field

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Plenary Session II:

Building European research networks.

Promises and pitfalls of collaborative research

Keynote: Peter Golding (tbc)

Roundtable with representatives of research networks within FP6/7

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Plenary Session III:

European Media, European Public Spheres, European Identities Keynote 1: Ruth Wodak: European Media, European identities Keynote 2: Beata Klimkiewicz: Communication and communication research inCEE ECC 2012 - Invitation

Closing: Francois Heinderyckx

 

The film studies section presents 6 exciting panels and 1 poster session.

We hope to see you in Hamburg!

 

Philippe Meers, chair and program coordinator Film Studies section

Vinzenz Hediger & Mark Jancovich, vice-chairs Film Studies section

 

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ECREA Film Studies section FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

 

!Deadline: 28 February 2010!

 

ECREA 2010 -- 3rd European Communication Conference

Transcultural Communication -- Intercultural Comparisons

Hamburg, Germany, 12-15 October 2010 www.ecrea2010hamburg.eu.

 

The Film Studies section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) invites paper, panel and poster proposals within the broad area of film studies for the forthcoming conference in collaboration with the Hans Bredow Institute, and the University of Hamburg and the Hamburg Media School in Hamburg, Germany from 12 to 15 October 2010. The general theme of the conference is 'Transcultural Communication -- Intercultural Comparisons'.

 

Ranging from early cinema experiences in European metropolis, to the contemporary blockbuster multiplexes, film has always been at the forefront of European popular culture. The film studies section invites contributions that deal with film in a broad variety of aspects: film as content, as cultural artefact, as commercial product, as lived experience, as cultural and economic institution, as symbolic field of cultural production, as media technology, etc. We strive towards methodological openness and multilevel approaches on the study of historical and contemporary cinema: film text, context, production, representation and reception. Cultural studies perspectives, historical approaches, political economy, textual analysis, audience research all find its place within the section.

 

We hope to see you in Hamburg!

 

Philippe Meers, chair and program coordinator Film Studies section

Vinzenz Hediger & Mark Jancovich, vice-chairs Film Studies section

 

 

GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS AND PROPOSALS We accept proposals for individual papers, panels as well as poster presentations. All proposals must be submitted through the conference website: www.ecrea2010hamburg.eu.

 

Abstracts should be written in English and should contain a clear outline of the argument, the theoretical framework, and where applicable methodology and results. The preferred length of the individual abstracts is between 400 and 500 words (the maximum is 500 words).

 

Panel proposals --which should consist of five individual contributions-- combine a panel abstract with five individual abstracts, each of which are between 400 and 500 words.

Participants may submit more than one proposal, but only one paper or poster by the same first author will be accepted and programmed. First authors can still be second (or third, etc.) author of other papers or posters, and can still act as chair or respondent of a panel.

 

All proposals should be submitted through the website no later than 28 February 2010. Please note that this submission deadline will not be extended!

 

Proposals should be submitted through the conference website. Please go to: www.ecrea2010hamburg.eu.

 

Timeline

28 February 2010: Deadline for online submission

End of April 2010: Notification of acceptance

15 September 2010: Deadline for submission of full papers (for online publication)

 

For more information, please visit the website:

www.ecrea2010hamburg.eu

 

 

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PAST CONFERENCE

 

Media, Communication and the Spectacle
Rotterdam, 26-27 November 2009
Venue: Erasmus University Rotterdam
www.fhk.eur.nl/english/ermecc/ecrea

 

Call for abstracts - CLOSED

The conference registration is now open. For more information, see www.fhk.eur.nl/english/ermecc/ecrea.

 

Viewing the notion of the spectacle in broad terms, this colloquium seeks to bring together scholarly work from academic fields such as democracy and (new) media, as well as journalism and film studies. The spectacle provides a powerful concept able to initiate a new "wind" in media and communication studies. It relates to theories on 'hyperreality', the 'gaze', 'performance' and the 'scopic' as well as to theories on active popular media consumption, the social meanings and impacts of
communication, representation, and the relationship between media and culture, even extending to media and cultural policies. The cultural, economic, technological, social, and political conditions underpinning the society of the spectacle provide insights into the study and analysis of media production, representation and reception. This colloquium aims to provide a broad overview of recent theories and empirical work engaging with the phenomenon of the spectacle by focussing on media and
communication in relation to film studies, gender and democracy. This conference is intended to discuss a diversity of perspectives and reflections on the media as a spectacle from a wide range of approaches.

 

Paper and panel proposals related to the central theme of the conference, include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

-       The notion of society of the spectacle.
-       Culture as spectacle in the media.
-       The use of performance and spectacle by protest movements,
creating or being part of media events
-       Infotainment as spectacle
-       Hollywood and spectacular images: blockbusters, CGI, etc.
-       Consuming the spectacle: historical and contemporary
practices of cinema going.
-       Behind the screens of the spectacle: the political economy
of cultural industries
-       Screening the (un)spectacular? World cinemas and/as
alternative screen cultures
-       Fandom, cult media/film and performative consumption
-       Youtube and citizens' spectacularised self-presentation
-       The hyperreality of the spectacle of 'truth' (linked to
information, news, representations, visual culture as such, etc.).
-       The materiality of information production as commodity
fetishism (commodities become images and the other way around).
-       Private/public debate and the spectacle of bodies, gendered
bodies, politics, etc.
-       The imaginary and media performativity.
-       Vision and Voyeurism: The Politics of Surveillance Post-9/11

Organised by ERMeCC (Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and
Culture) and ECREA's Gender and Communication section, Communication and
Democracy section, Film Studies section and the Young Scholars' Network.
See URL for full abstract: www.fhk.eur.nl/english/ermecc/ecrea