[Air-L] CFP: Standards, Disruptions and Values in Digital Culture and Communication

[Gemma San Cornelio Esquerdo]

Standards, Disruptions and Values in Digital Culture and Communication
*** Deadline extended until May 25, 2015 *** Workshop organised by the
Digital Culture and Communication Section of ECREA (DCC), and the
Department of Communication Studies (ICT&S Center), University of
Salzburg, *26-28
November 2015*



Keynote speakers:

Prof Charles Ess (University of Oslo)

Prof Helen Kennedy (University of Sheffield)



*Venue:* ICT&S Center, University of Salzburg


*Call for Papers*

In digital culture and communication, with the pervasiveness that
characterises online media, standards and values are contested, whereas
well-established paths in the production and circulation of information
have been newly arranged or abandoned altogether. Technical and social
standards are consistent, formal and informal norms, values or conventions
of doing, operating, producing, and/or performing. As the basis of
technical transmission, standards in media allow transferability and
interoperability, reduce complexity, and facilitate communication across
formats, platforms and boundaries. As a consequence of transformations and
re-orientations that continuously happen in almost all fields of the media,
new technological standards, ethical codes, narrative and visual tropes are
being produced.

It is therefore crucial to critically evaluate the relationship between
standards and values in their social, political, technological and creative
dimensions. Who has the power to define, develop and implement standards?
Which values are attached to standardisation processes in creative
industries and how are they related to copyright and patents in
technological development? Are peer-production, open-access publishing and
free-culture movements different kinds of markets or disruptions to
existing models of markets? What is the relationship between technological
standardisation and cultural diversity?

This workshop aims to address such questions. We welcome papers on the
following issues and topics:

   -

   Technical and social standards in digital media: How do technical
   standards evolve in the media industry and how are they implemented? What
   kind of values shape this process? What modes of interventions exist (e.g.
   between players like platform operators and users?)
   -

   Visual and narrative standards and disruptions in digital culture: How
   are visual standards and codes built and how do they influence the
   comprehension of data? How do visual media and narratives introduce new
   canons in forms such such as remix, memes or selfies?
   -

   Professional and ethical standards in digital contexts: Who is
   responsible of implementing professional ethical standards? Are there
   emerging frameworks? How do ethical codes inform digital culture research?
   How do big data contribute or condition these developments?





Please send abstracts (max 400 words) by May 25, 2015 to
ecreadigitalculture at gmail.com
Conference website: http://dcc.icts.sbg.ac.at/   See also:
http://wp.me/p2XXkX <http://wp.me/p2XXkX-6v>
-- 
*Gemma San Cornelio Esquerdo*
Estudis de Ciències de la Informació i de la Comunicació - Professora
Directora Acadèmica del Postgrau en Tendències de Disseny i Creació
Audiovisual
<http://estudis.uoc.edu/ca/masters-postgraus-especialitzacions/diploma-postgrau/comunicacio-informacio/tendencies-disseny-creacio-audiovisual/presentacio>
*Universitat Oberta de Catalunya*

93 326 (3431) | gsan_cornelio at uoc.edu
22@ (Rambla Poblenou, 156)

http://uoc.academia.edu/GemmaSanCornelio|
@gsancornelio



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