ICA 2023 Toronto

Upcoming Conferences of the International Communication Association

ICA Annual Meeting

Toronto, Canada May 25-29, 2023
General Conference Information

Political Communication Division Call for Papers: Call 2023 Political Communication Division

ICA PolCom Division 2023 TRAVEL FUND APPLICATION

The Political Communication Division is offering travel grants for attendees without (sufficient) funding for the conference. These grants are especially directed at scholars from Tier B/C countries as well as junior scholars without own funding.

The call for the travel grants usually goes out shortly after the acceptance notifications from ICA have been made.

If multiple authors of one paper want to apply for funding, all who want funding will need to submit an application. Otherwise, the grant will only be awarded to the presenting author.

The travel grants do not cover all the costs for traveling and accommodation. Please also consider applying for the ICA-wide travel grants: https://www.icahdq.org/page/TravelGrant.

If you have any questions about the travel grants, please do not hesitate to direct them to the secretary of the Political Communication Division, Lukas Otto ().

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Popular Media & Culture accepts the following submission formats:

  • Full papers: Full papers should not exceed 8,000 words (+/- 25 pages) in length; tables, images, appendices, and reference do not count toward this limit. Papers should be in 12-point type, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins and with all identifying marks removed (i.e., blinded manuscript). Please note that accepted full papers may be scheduled either on panels or in an interactive (“poster”) session.

  • Panel proposals: Panels may include four or five papers, or four papers with a respondent.

  • Roundtable proposals: Roundtable sessions involve more speakers/session leaders (6-10) who give shorter, more informal presentations of their work. Roundtables are intended to provide more time for audience interaction/discussion. Submissions should articulate specifically why a roundtable format is optimal and provide a clear rationale for how audience interactivity will enhance these sessions.

  • Extended abstracts (2,500-3,500 words) with a full paper submitted at least 6 weeks prior to the conference in May. Extended abstracts are intended for work in progress, offering the opportunity to present ongoing research. Extended abstracts should present in a concise way the purpose of the paper, main theoretical framework/ assumptions and, if applicable, research methods and preliminary and/or expected results. Extended abstracts should clearly state the contribution of the paper to popular media and culture. Submitters must delete all identifying information before submitting an extended abstract.

We are open to proposals for alternative formats; but these should be discussed with the division’s Chair before being submitted for review. Popular Media & Culture does not accept paper abstracts or extended paper abstracts in lieu of paper submissions.

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The Global Communication and Social Change Division promotes research and critical analysis of the production, distribution, content and reception of communications media and digital media at the global, transnational, transcultural, international and regional levels. Within this purview it encompasses research across a wide variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, concerning issues of media/ mediated communication in local, national, regional and global cultural, economic, political and social contexts. This can include studies of strategic mediated communication for development, social justice and social change, as well as critiques of development communication strategies. Please note that it is not sufficient for submissions to simply proclaim a “global” status by addressing communications in non-U.S contexts. Where papers and panels are based on empirical case studies, they must relate relevant empirical cases to the broader field of global communication, which also includes the field of development communication. We encourage authors to employ a comparative or multi-nation perspective in accordance with the global nature of our division.

The Division is seeking three types of submissions:

1) Scholarly Papers (Submit as an individual submission)

Scholarly papers should be original and innovative, including the main area of inquiry relating to the 2023 conference theme and the GCSC division research interests. Submitted papers can be either theoretical in focus or employ empirical methods (quantitative, qualitative, mixed, computational, etc.) at an advanced level. ICA requires that papers be no longer than 8,000 words maximum, not including references, tables, figures, charts, etc. Work already published or accepted for publication or work already submitted to or presented at another conference, may not be submitted to ICA.

Paper authors are expected to conceal their identity from reviewers (e.g., no names on title page, no names in file properties, and appropriate concealment in the text). Submissions that are not appropriately anonymized for blind review may be rejected. If citing your own work, be sure to use the third person to keep the paper anonymous, or, where necessary, replace paper author names with “AUTHOR” in the text and in the bibliography.

2) Panels (Submit as a session)

Panel proposals should include information on the overall rationale of the session, including the main area of inquiry connected to GSCS division interests and the 2023 conference theme. Submitters should also provide the names and affiliations of each participant. The intent of panel sessions is to allow participants to present completed papers in a specific area of research. Panel proposals require a 400-word rationale for the panel and a 150-word abstract from each panel participant.

Panel proposals should:

·       include contributions from at least two different countries, 

·       feature gender balance,

·       include not more than one contributor from a single faculty, department or school.

Please be aware that we receive many more panel proposals that we can accept; proposals which neglect any of these guidelines will not be sent for review.

3) Extended Abstracts (Submit as an individual submission)

The GCSC also accepts extended abstracts addressing works in progress, including the main area of inquiry relating to the 2023 conference theme and the GCSC division research interests. Extended abstracts should be no more than 1,000 words in length, not including references. Extended abstracts should describe a study that, in terms of its timing and progression, would benefit from feedback at the conference. Extended abstracts should clearly set forth the study purpose, conceptual framework, and research questions, as well as provide sufficient methodological detail by which to evaluate the study’s design and its likely findings. If applicable, abstracts may also include preliminary findings.

Please note that in submitting to the Global Communication and Social Change (GCSC) division, you are agreeing to review papers for the division.  When asked to register on scholarone, please scroll down to the Global Communication and Social Change Division and indicate it as your first choice to review, and please provide specific interest areas to help us direct the right papers to you.

Saba Bebawi, Vice Chair

School of Communication

U of Technology Sydney (UTS)

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