The conference will explore a wide array of themes, ranging from art and culture, education, environment, health and the spiritual, media, information, and communication to social movements and activism, and sports. These themes are designed to encourage multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches and foster discussions on the intersections of media and communication with various aspects of contemporary society.
We invite empirical, conceptual and critical research from various perspectives on communication and media studies in contemporary society.
Inter/multidisciplinary approaches to theoretical, methodological and philosophical inquiries with new and alternative imaginaries of sustainability, peace, hope and resilience are welcome.
The call for papers encourages explorations into the socio-cultural transformations evolving alongside media and communication practices and concepts.
We live in an increasingly individual-centred era marked by an existential fragility that affects all aspects of our lives and invites us to strongly rethink our agency, representations, affiliations, capacities, and horizons.
In addition to the military conflicts that are proliferating and the concerns about the economic, cultural and community fragmentation of hyper-modern societies and emerging continents, the rampant presence of micro-compromises due to the absence of meaningful and ethical communication is an area that this conference strives to highlight through creative and innovative as well as path-breaking work of scholars.
Our societies are to a large extent organised as production machines, whereas human beings are spiritual and creative beings, thereby creating a mismatch. This conference, therefore, also wants to explore how we can organise communities in ways that make people thrive by rethinking our direction towards sustainability, our connection to nature, our new orientations imbued with the old, and changing global politics, communities and societies, governance and economies.
At the heart of these transitions, the practices, methods, theories and philosophies of media and communication play a crucial role in the discourse of sustainability, and in how individuals, societies, cultures, media and the state intersect.
Further, the prevalence of intrapersonal and interpersonal communication and its expression through mass media has not received much attention in the media and communication academic community.
A thorough investigation and discourse on this means the possibility of rethinking our lifestyles, our new orientations imbued with the old, and changing global politics, communities and societies, governance and economies.
● Body, affect and embodiment
● Technology transforming artistic practices
● Aesthetic hybrids
● Cultural industries/creative industries
● Transmedia
● Digital art
● Communication in education
● Globalization of education
● Interculturality
● Inclusivity
● E-learning
● MOOCs and online education
● Rethinking nature, culture and the environment
● Circular economy and communication strategies
● Blockchain for environmental accountability
● Green technologies and communication
● Climate change communication
● Smart solutions for sustainable cities
● Environmental monitoring and big data analytics
● Political economy of health, welfare and development
● Patient engagement and empowerment through digital communication tools
● Art and creativity as expressions of spiritual healing
● Integrating spirituality with health and human development
● Sustainable healthcare environmental ethics and spiritual values
● Integrating technology into public health communication
● Media literacy in the digital age
● "Post-truth" and its impact on public trust
● Political economy of media and communication
● Blockchain in combating misinformation and fake news
● Digital cultures and transitions
● Cultural politics of information
● Cybersecurity in media
● Media in the age of AI and automation
● Data journalism and information visualization
● Conflict resolution and interpersonal communication
● Mindfulness and communication practices
● Emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication
● Self-reflection and intrapersonal communication
● (Un)mediating social change
● Citizens, participation and representation
● New forms of activism
● Feminism and communication
● Queer, queerness and alternative sexualities
● Race, ethnicity, colonialism and coloniality
● Governance and sustainable societies
● Blockchain for sports integrity
● Global accessibility and inclusivity
● Impact of 5G technology on sports communication
● Integration of the Internet of Things (IoT)
● Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) for immersive fan experiences
