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.




Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Call for Abstracts: #SCREENTIME: Technological Affordances and Constraints in Mediated Life

Call for Abstracts

#SCREENTIME: Technological Affordances and Constraints in Mediated Life
GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE
Boston University
College of Communication

9am - 5pm
June 23, 2016
http://sites.bu.edu/demsconference/16-2/

The graduate students of Boston University’s Division of Emerging Media Studies are calling for abstracts for their second annual Conference on Emerging Media.

#Screentime aims to explore the social, emotional, and civic implications of today’s media landscape. Social forces and technological elements are driving changes in this developing field of study. This conference is an opportunity to bridge diverse perspectives on the roles of users and technology in new media, and will lay the groundwork for future research.

Emerging Media Studies is an inherently interdisciplinary field, and as such we welcome abstracts from a variety of perspectives and disciplines on a range of topics, including but not limited to:
  • Civility, sub-cultures, and online discourse
  • Uses and effects of mobile communication technologies
  • Digital distribution and industry disruption
  • Data mining of social networks
  • Emerging technologies’ effects on users
  • Video games and virtual worlds
  • Digital communication and public health

The conference is free of charge to both presenters and attendees. This conference is aimed at graduate students to showcase their research, and as an opportunity to network with peers.

Deadline for Abstracts: May 1, 2016. Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words. Papers will be peer reviewed. To submit, please send an e-mail of your abstract todemsconf@bu.edu. Include your name and institutional affiliation (department/university), program and year of study, research focus/interests, and contact information (email and phone number) with all submissions. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance on a rolling basis no later than June 1, 2016.

For additional information, visit, http://sites.bu.edu/demsconference/ (website will be updated with additional details in the coming weeks).
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