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CFP: International Communication Association 2019 Pre-conference

CALL FOR PAPERS – #CommunicationSoWhite: Discipline, Scholarship, and the Media Call for Submissions: International Communication Association 2019 Pre-conference #CommunicationSoWhite: Discipline, Scholarship, and the Media Friday, May 24, 2019Washington D.C., USA DESCRIPTION As part of an ongoing movement to decenter white masculinity as the normative core of scholarly inquiry, the recent article, “#CommunicationSoWhite” by Chakravartty et …

CALL FOR PAPERS: African Communication Research

AFRICAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH – ISSN 1821 – 6544 We are pleased to inform you that the African Communication Research (ACR) is now inviting submissions for its 22nd issue scheduled for May 2019. The Deadline for all manuscript submissions is December 16th, 2018.    ABOUT ACR African Communication Research is a peer-reviewed publication published three times a year: May, September and December. ACR is …

CALL FOR PAPERS: Communication for Change Conference

The Communication for Change Conference welcomes the submission of abstracts for the Building evidence track. Track description: Drawing from a diverse interdisciplinary pool of evidence and best practices in social and economic development, behavioural research and public health interventions, this conference track will offer a repertoire of new and emerging trends in communication for change …

CALL FOR CHAPTERS: African language media development and sustainability

Salawu (2006a) notes that the story of indigenous language newspapers rising and dying is the same across most parts of Africa. In 1930, there were 19 registered African language newspapers in South Africa. They included the isiXhosa Imvo Zabantsundu and Inkundla ya Bantu. Today, most of those newspapers are non-existent. As recently as 1990s, there …

CALL FOR CHAPTERS: Social Media and Electoral Democracy in Africa

The new digital environment has ushered social media as an increasingly significant factor in electoral processes across Africa, with Kenya and Zimbabwe as key recent examples. Electoral crises and squabbles between contestants have assumed new dimensions due to the influence of social media. Enhanced sharing and connecting has resulted in new cultures and behaviours involving …

CALL FOR PAPERS: JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH

JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH ISSN 2141 – 5277   ABOUT JCMR The Journal of Communication and Media Research is a research-based and peer-reviewed journal published twice-yearly in the months of April and October by the Association of Media and Communication Researchers of Nigeria (CAC/IT/NO 111018). The journal is addressed to the African and …

CALL FOR PAPERS: ICAfrica 2nd Biennial, 2018

The Africa Regional Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA)   Theme: African Digital Cultures: Emerging Research, Practices and Innovations Date:7-9 November, 2018 Organisers: School of Information and Communication Studies, University of Ghana, Legon Digital technology has become an inherent part of contemporary African life. Fueled by increasing internet penetration, changes have occurred to accommodate …

CALL FOR PAPERS: Mundu: A journal of Emerging African Communication

Open Call for Papers – Marginality Overview: The women, and ultimately movement, that exposed top Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein, was named 2017 Time Magazine person of the year. This recognition is by no means a barometer of the progress that has been made in terms of gender equality. It is only an indication of “the …