[Air-L] 2016 Global Fusion call for papers

[Jan Fernback]

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> *C**all for Papers*
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> *Global Fusion 2016: Media and the Global City*
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> A Global Media and Communication Conference
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> Hosted by the School of Media and Communication
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> Temple University
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> Philadelphia, PA
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> October 21-23, 2016
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> Conference begins Friday afternoon October 21, and ends at 2:00 p.m. on
> Sunday, October 23.
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> The purpose of the Global Fusion Conference series, which began in 2000,
> is to promote academic excellence in global media and international
> communication studies.  The conference is sponsored by a consortium of
> universities: the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Ohio
> University, Southern Illinois University, Temple University and the
> University of Virginia.
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> Call for papers:  We invite submissions on any aspect of global media and
> communication.  Paper or panel submissions that reflect the conference
> theme of media and the global city are particularly welcome.  These might
> involve considerations of urban (sub)cultures, patterns of media engagement
> in urban spaces, urban centers as nodes of the global/local nexus,
> narratives of the city, or processes of civic engagement, networking and
> protest in urban communication.
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> *Submission instructions:*
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> Individual papers:  proposals may be submitted in the form of abstracts of
> 300-400 words.  Please include a cover sheet with the paper title, the
> names of all authors, and contact information for the submitter.  The
> title, abstract, and word count should appear on the following page.
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> Panels:  Please submit a panel abstract of 200-300 words, and 50-100 word
> abstracts for all included papers.  The names of all authors along with
> their paper titles, and contact information for the submitter, should
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> *Submission deadline*: May 16, 2016.  Submit to
> global.fusion2016 at temple.edu
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> *Awards*:  The Global Fusion conference offers a graduate student
> competition.  To be considered for an award, a full paper must be submitted
> by July 1, and must be marked on the title page as being a submission for
> the competition.
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>  http://sites.temple.edu/globalfusion/cfp/
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Jan Fernback, PhD
Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Program
Dept of Media Studies & Production
School of Media & Communication
Temple University
2020 N. 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
215.204.3041
New book: Teaching Communication and Media Studies
<http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415886635/>