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New Directions in Media Research (NDiMR) conference 2016/ University of Leicester/ DEADLINE TONIGHT We would like to invite PhD students and early career researchers to submit an abstract for NDiMR 2016 taking place at the University of Leicester on 3 June 2016. Presentations and papers that relate to the following themes are particularly encouraged: • Media and politics • Research methods in media studies • Media and Journalism • Media audiences • Media and culture • New media and society • Advertising and public relations • Media production, consumption and representation *The above categories are intended only to provide a general direction for what can be discussed. We welcome submissions on any research topic related to Media and Communication; if you have questions about this, please do contact us. Guidelines for Abstracts • Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words in length and in English. • One author should not submit more than one abstract for evaluation unless the second paper is co-authored. • The same abstract or another version with minor variations in title or content must not be submitted to other Sections for consideration. • As all the abstracts will be printed in the conference program, we would suggest the author evaluates their own abstracts before submission. Submission Submission for abstracts closes on 11th April 2016. Please submit to both Christos Kostopoulos<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and Patricia Routh<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, the PhD representatives for the Department of Media and Communication on or before that date. All abstracts will be reviewed by a committee of students and faculty from the department of Media and Communication. Notification of abstract acceptances will be communicated by the 1st May 2016. If there are any questions related to this call for papers, please do contact either representative. We are looking forward to receiving your submissions! Overview The Department of Media and Communication is pleased to announce the 5th annual New Directions in Media Research (NDiMR) Conference which will take place on Friday 3rd June 2016. This one-day academic conference is organised by PhD students from the Department of Media and Communication and provides postgraduate students, PhD students and early career researchers with a platform and opportunity to develop and share their research and critically contribute to discussions of theory and methodology on a variety of Media and Communication issues. The NDiMR conference has been held annually since 2012, each year growing in size and attracting more delegates from across the UK, Europe and Asia. -------------------------------------------------------- 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. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------