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 and Patricia Routh, 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.