Society for the Social Study of Mobile Communications


The Society for the Social Study of Mobile Communication (SSSMC) is intended to facilitate the international advancement of cross-disciplinary mobile communication studies. It is intended to serve as a resource and to support a network of scholarly research as to the social consequences of mobile communication.




Monday, June 9, 2014

CFP: GeoMedia 2015

GeoMedia 2015 " Spaces and Mobilities in Mediatized Worlds
An Interdisciplinary International Conference
Karlstad, SWEDEN, 5-8 May 2015
GeoMedia 2015 provides a genuinely interdisciplinary arena for research carried out at the crossroads of Geography, Media and Film Studies. The aim of the conference is to map out the current terrain of communication geographical research, pinpointing its main areas of debate and assessing the prospects of communication geography as a more formalized academic field.   GeoMedia 2015 welcomes scholars of all disciplines who address questions pertaining to the space-mobility-media-communication nexus and want to take part in current epistemological discussions regarding communication geography and its future(s).
Confirmed keynote speakers:   
  • Mustafa Dikec – Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
  • Mimi Sheller – Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
  • John Tomlinson – Nottingham Trent University, UK 
Confirmed plenary panel:
  • Paul C. Adams (chair) – University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Julie Cupples – University of Edinburgh, UK 
  • Dana Diminescu – Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, France
  • Hille Koskela – University of Turku, Finland
Confirmed films & directors:    
  • “The Forgotten Space” – Noël Burch (director)
  • “Cosmopolitanism” – Erik Gandini (director) 
 Abstract submissions:
GeoMedia 2015 welcomes proposals for individual papers as well as thematic panels in English through www.geomedia.se
Individual paper proposals: The author submits an abstract of 200-250 words. Accepted papers are grouped by the organizers into sessions of 5 papers according to thematic area.
Thematic panel proposals: The chair of the panel submits a proposal consisting of 4-5 individual paper abstracts (200-250 words) along with a general panel presentation of 200-250 words.
Suggested themes include, but are not limited to:
  • Communication geographies
  • Mobilities and locative media
  • Power geometries of/in motion
  • “Newsworthy” spaces
  • Mobilities, flows and new media
  • Material geographies of media
  • Policy mobilities and power
  • Media ecologies
  • Lifestyle and tourism mobilities
  • Pervasive media
  • Cinematic geographies
  • Mobility and governance
  • New media and the productions of place/space
  • Urban and rural media spaces
  • Geographies of media and culture industries
  • Art and event spaces
We plan to put together an anthology (not a proceedings) of selected papers and publish it with an established international scholarly press. Information will be provided to conference participants.
Conference Timeline
  • August 16: Submission system opens
  • October 10 2014: Deadline for thematic panel proposals
  • December 1 2014: Deadline for individual paper proposals
  • December 15: Registration opens
  • January 16 2015: Notes of acceptance
  • March 31 2015: Last day of registration
Conference website:
Information about the registration, conference program, venue, social events and practical arrangements, will be posted continuously at the conference website: www.geomedia.se
 Contact: you can reach us at info@geomedia.se
Organizers and venue:
GeoMedia 2015 is hosted by the Department of Geography, Media and Communication at Karlstad University, Sweden.
Mekonnen Tesfahuney, Conference General
Linda Ryan Bengtsson, GeoMedia Co-ordinator

André Jansson, Director of GeoMedia
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Location: Karlstad, Sweden