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Dear colleagues *** Deadline extended to 1 December *** *** Apologies for cross-posting *** "Discourse / Conversation / Communication", International conference, Loughborough University, UK, 21-23 March 2012 Confirmed plenary speakers: Michael Billig, David Buckingham, David Deacon, Paul Drew, Derek Edwards, Peter Golding, Jim McGuigan, Angela McRobbie, Graham Murdock, Michael Pickering, Jonathan Potter, Teun A. Van Dijk, Liesbet Van Zoonen. CALL FOR PAPERS We invite submissions for individual papers that engage with empirical and theoretical topics in communication studies, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, media studies, social interaction, or cultural studies. Preference will be given to papers that address in original ways the promises and challenges or research in these areas. Possible topics include: * cultural economies and media industries * popular culture and cultural history * identity, difference and communication * political communication * communication and social exclusion * media and religion * memory and media * comparative media research * political and nationalist discourse * discursive psychology * membership categorization analysis * conversation analysis Abstracts should be up to 350 words in length and written in English. Only one abstract as single / first author will be accepted from any one individual. Please submit your Abstract via Loughborough University's Conference Administration page: http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~ssca1/DCconf2012/DC2012home.html. Deadline for Abstracts: 1st December, 2011. Looking forward to meeting you in Loughborough! -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------