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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: Announcement and call for papers TRANSFORMING AUDIENCES Identity | Creativity | Everyday Life 6–7 September 2007, University of Westminster http://www.transformingaudiences.org.uk in association with the Audience and Reception Studies section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), and the Popular Communication Division of the International Communication Association (ICA). 'Audience' is now widely recognised as a concept in crisis. The traditional notion of families gathered around the television set has crumbled, to be replaced by much more complex models of dispersed and fragmented audiences, 'users', or 'participants', who may take the role of producer as well as audience, and who use traditional and new technologies in a mix of communication, consumption and creativity. At the same time, audiences survive. Today's diverse range of media forms continue to have audiences, and media theorists continue to produce important work about the connections between media and identities, everyday life, and responses to current and global affairs. The approach of this conference is one which understands audiences as engaged in dynamic and creative practices. Such an approach is not located around any particular paradigm, or method, but is rather multidisciplinary and multimethod in its understanding of audience research. Through looking at dynamic practices we can understand how audiences engage with and reflect on the changing nature of contemporary media. Plenary speakers will include Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics) and Joke Hermes (Inholland University and University of Amsterdam). Confirmed speakers include Martin Barker, Göran Bolin, John Corner, Knut Lundby, Peter Lunt, and Maire Messenger Davies. Conference organisers: Caroline Dover, David Gauntlett, Annette Hill, and Roza Tsagarousianou (CAMRI, School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster), with Geoffroy Patriarche, Chair, ECREA Audience and Reception Studies section, and Lynn Schofield Clark, Chair, ICA Popular Communication Division. CALL FOR PAPERS See full details at www.transformingaudiences.org.uk Deadline for proposals: 20 April 2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -