[Air-L] cfp, Law Section, IAMCR
Sandra Braman
braman at uwm.edu
Fri Feb 3 05:14:05 PST 2012
Folks --
The CFP for the Law Section of the International Association of Media
and Communication Research, meeting this July in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa, follows. Deadline is Feb. 14. Let me know if you have
any questions. This is typically an extraordinarily international
event.
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IAMCR 2012: Law Section Call for Papers
The Law Section of the International Association for Media and
Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the IAMCR 2012
conference to be held from July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College
Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban (South
Africa). The deadline for submissions of abstracts and panel proposals
is February 14, 2012.
The Law Section focuses on communication laws and regulations, policies
and policy-making principles, and decision-making processes and
institutions, and on the social, cultural, economic, and political
dimensions of law-state-society relations. Legal and policy issues of
interest to the Section may arise at the infra-state, state,
supra-state, international or global levels, or out of interactions and
policy transfers within and across levels. The span of issues of
concern ranges from traditional and enduring problems of free speech
and access to information to new problems generated by technological
change. The Section is open to all theoretical and methodological
approaches.
In addition to the open call for papers on any topics of interest, the
Law Section also welcomes papers specific to the conference theme,
'South-North Conversations.' This theme emphasizes the two-way nature
of flows between those who are at the center of power and those who are
marginalized within and across societies. Research illuminating how
those in the North are affected by, or learn from, those in the South
or the margins is of particular interest. Any papers dealing with the
conference theme from a legal or policy perspective are welcome.
Topical areas suggested by the theme that are appropriate for this
section include but are not limited to:
- Flows of legal concepts, institutions, texts, and
practices across national
borders
- Global equity and intellectual property rights
- International trade and free speech
- Patent wars and power
- International arbitrage in speech and privacy rights
- Technologies as global tools for implementing and for
evading the law
Submissions for program collaborations with other sections are also
sought:
- Emerging scholars are encouraged to submit papers to the
section.
- For a joint panel with the Political Communication
Research Section on "Electoral Law and Political Communication" (see
the [1]Joint Session specific CFP), proposals can be submitted to
either section and should be accompanied by a note to the pertinent
section chair regarding your interest in this panel.
- For joint panels with the Communication Policy and
Technology Section on legal issues raised by the Occupy movements and
on developments in European privacy law, proposals can be submitted to
either section and should be accompanied by a note to the pertinent
sectio nchair regarding your interest in these panels.
Finally, the Law Section will be continuing the tradition of offering a
"state of the law" panel with succinct country reports on significant
legal developments from around the world. Please contact Sandra Braman
if you are interested in being a part of this panel.
Submission information
To propose a paper for the Law Section, submit an abstract of 300-500
words. Abstracts should state the title, the methods or approach used,
and briefly introduce the theoretical framework and empirical research
on which the paper will be based. The scholarly presentation of
accepted submissions can take place in several types of sessions: Paper
presentation sessions (i.e. 4-5 presenters each with 12-15 minutes,
requiring full paper submitted on time) and High intensity sessions
(i.e. 6-8 presenters each with 5-7 minutes). While IAMCR accepts
presentations and papers in English, French and Spanish, it is
requested that abstracts and panel proposals, if at all possible, be
submitted in English to facilitate the reviewing process.
Proposals for panels are also welcome. A proposal should have four to
five papers and should provide: (1) a panel title, (2) a framing text
and (3) short abstracts for all the papers with paper titles and
authors. The framing text (maximum 500 words) should contain the
overall idea and goal of the panel as well as how it responds to the
Law Section CFP. A panel chair and a discussant should also be
proposed. The 500 word panel framing text and the individual paper
abstracts need to be submitted separately. They will be reviewed and
based on this review we will accept, accept with revisions, or decline
the panel.
Submission of abstracts, panel proposals and (once accepted) full
papers can only be done online through [2]IAMCR Open Conference System
(OCS). The OCS system at will open on 1 December 2011 and close on 14
February 2012. Submissions via e-mail will not be reviewed.
It is expected that, normally, only one abstract will be submitted per
person for consideration by the Conference. However, under no
circumstances should there be more than three abstracts bearing the
name of the same proposer either individually or as part of any group
of authors. Please note also that the same abstract or another version
with minor variations in title or content must not be submitted to
other IAMCR Sections or Working Groups for consideration, after an
initial submission. Such submissions will be deemed to be in breach of
the conference guidelines and will be automatically rejected by the
Open Conference System (OCS), by the Head of the Section or by the
Conference Programme Referee. Applicants submitting multiple abstracts
for papers risk being removed entirely from the conference programme.
The deadlines are:
* February 14, 2012: Submission of abstracts via OCS (papers and
panel proposals will be assessed by double blind review).
* March 12, 2012: Announcement of acceptances and start of conference
registration.
* June 10, 2012: Full papers due via OCS (around 7,500 words,
excluding notes and references). There is no second round of
reviewing for acceptance.
If a proposal is accepted, the presenter must also register for
conference participation in order to be included in the final
conference programme of the Section.
For additional information about the Law Section in general or Law
Section sessions for the IAMCR 2012 conference, contact Chair Sandra
Braman ([3]braman at uwm.edu).
For further information on the conference (registration, theme,
location, etc.), please contact the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) or
consult the Conference Organizers via the website at:
[4]http://www.iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za or by email at
IAMCR2012[AT]ukzn.ac.za
References
1. http://iamcr.org/s-wg/cctmc/pco/834-iamcr2012pcocfp#js
2. http://iamcr-ocs.org/
3. mailto:braman at uwm.edu
4. http://www.iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za/
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