[Air-L] CfP: Consumer Identities and Digital Culture

Candice Roberts candice.d.roberts at gmail.com
Fri Nov 11 12:48:23 PST 2016


Hi Everyone,

Please see the CfP below for a new symposium series that I'm happy be
hosting at St. John's this spring. Please circulate widely!

*CFP: Consumer Identities and Digital Culture Symposium*

*SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 20, 2016*

The Division of Mass Communication at St. John’s University is now
accepting submissions for paper presentations at an upcoming one-day
symposium, Consumer Identities and Digital Culture. We seek
transdisciplinary interpretations and critical analyses of consumption and
consumer identity, broadly defined across emerging media and digital
landscapes. This symposium is the first in a planned series of events
interrogating various aspects of consumer identity, using fans as one
exemplar and catalyst for discussion. Panelists will also be invited to
participate in the development of an edited volume.

POTENTIAL TOPICS (including but not limited to):

— Fans and fandom

— Aspirational consumption

— Anti-consumerism/consumer activism

— Brand communities

— Makers, crafters and prosumers

— Target markets and subcultural identities

— Cultural marketing and consumer relationships

We welcome scholarly submissions that address audience, industry, and
critical/cultural perspectives and are particularly interested in the
intersections thereof.

LOCATION: St. John’s University, Queens Campus

DATE: March 28, 2017

KEYNOTE:

Dr. Paul Booth, associate professor of Media and Cinema studies at DePaul
University and author of several books including Digital Fandom 2.0: New
Media Studies (Peter Lang, 2016), Game Play: Paratextuality in Contemporary
Board Games (Bloomsbury, 2015) and Playing Fans: Negotiating Fandom and
Media in the Digital Age (University of Iowa Press, 2015)

SUBMISSIONS:

350-word abstract and brief biographical note by 12/20/2016 to
consumer.identities at gmail.com

Accepted panelists will be notified in mid-January.

Please address any questions to:

Candice D. Roberts

Assistant Professor of Communication

St. John’s University

robertsc at stjohns.edu <robertsd at stjohns.edu>


Myles Ethan Lascity

Assistant Professor of Communication

Chestnut Hill College

lascitym at chc.edu

Website: http://www.consumeridentities.com


-- 
Candice D. Roberts, PhD
Director of Communication Arts
Assistant Professor
St. John's University
candice.d.roberts at gmail.com



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