Target participants: Members of the Audience and Reception Studies Section (but open to all)
Affiliation: University of Westminster, in association with the ECREA Audience and Reception Studies Section, the Popular Communication Division of the International Communication Association (ICA), and the Audience Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Venue: University of Westminster, London, UK
Date: Sep 03 - Sep 04, 2009
Contact: e.spindler@wmin.ac.uk
Call for papers: http://www.transformingaudiences.org.uk/transforming-audiences-2-cfp.pdf
Website: http://www.transformingaudiences.org.uk
The first Transforming Audiences conference, in September 2007, featured over 100 presentations by audience researchers from around the world. Transforming Audiences 2 signals its development as Europe's major recurring international conference for audience/user studies.
There has never been a more exciting time for researchers interested in the place of media in people's lives. The growth of diverse online offerings and easy-to-use creative tools, coupled with the global economic downturn, has made traditional media and conventional broadcasters increasingly uncomfortable. Some critics are concerned about the future of 'quality' media for audiences to enjoy, but others celebrate this flourishing of non-elite, grassroots media.
Transforming Audiences 2 - organised by the Audiences Group at the University of Westminster Communications and Media Research Institute, and run in association with the ECREA Audience and Reception Studies Section, the Popular Communication Division of ICA, and the Audience Section of IAMCR - will present a rich and fascinating set of analyses of the current situation and raise important questions about the future. We strongly encourage papers from interesting new scholars as well as more established researchers.
Invited speakers include Liz Bird, Nick Couldry, Natalie Fenton, Christine Hine, Peter Lunt, and Shaun Moores.
Conference organised by David Gauntlett, Caroline Dover, Fatimah Awan and Annette Hill.
See full details at the conference website
