{"id":1259,"date":"2016-05-11T10:47:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T10:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkiv.mediekom.se\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2016-05-11T10:47:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T10:47:47","slug":"rethinking-power-in-communicative-capitalism-critical-perspectives-on-media-culture-and-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arkiv.mediekom.se\/?p=1259","title":{"rendered":"Rethinking Power in Communicative Capitalism. Critical Perspectives on Media, Culture and Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rethinking Power in Communicative Capitalism. Critical Perspectives on
\nMedia, Culture and Society
\nEuropean Sociological Association Research Network 18: Sociology of
\nCommunications and Media Research RN18 Mid-Term Conference
\nVenue: ISCTE \u2013 Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
\nSeptember 8-10, 2016
\nhttp:\/\/esarn18.tumblr.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Keynote Speakers:
\nJodi Dean (Hobart and William Smith Colleges, NY, USA): Communicative
\ncapitalism and class struggle
\nChristian Fuchs (University of Westminster, UK): Karl Marx and
\ncommunicative capitalism<\/p>\n

Abstract submission deadline: May, 15, 2016
\nNotification of selected abstracts: June, 10, 2016
\nConference dates: September 8-10, 2016<\/p>\n

Please send your 250-400 words abstract to Romina Surugiu (University of
\nBucharest) romina.surugiu@fjsc.ro<\/a>, Roy Panagiotopoulou (University of
\nAthens) rpanag@media.uoa.gr<\/a>, and Marisol Sandoval (City University
\nLondon) marisol.sandoval.1@city.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

The proliferation of digital media in the 21st century has once again
\nshown the deeply ambivalent and contradictory potentials of
\ntechnological development.
\nDigital technologies have been celebrated for enabling new levels of
\ndemocratic communication, participatory media production, community
\nbuilding and media activism. From Wikipedia, to open source programming,
\nopen access publishing, and peer-to-peer file sharing, we have witnessed
\nthe rise of a range of alternative forms of communication and media
\nproduction that seemed to challenge established media business models
\nand momentarily contested corporate power.
\nHowever, far from decreasing the dominance of corporate media, the
\nexpansion of digital culture, the Internet and social media further
\nstrengthened the power of multinational corporations over media culture
\nand human communication. Despite the rhetoric of \u2018social\u2019 media,
\nsharing, community and collaboration, the majority of the digital media
\nsphere remains privately owned and controlled. In this corporate media
\nsystem, multinational corporations maintain almost exclusive control
\nover large parts of the media and communication technology,
\ninfrastructure and content.
\nPower in communicative capitalism is uneven and corporate control
\nconfronts us with a range of problems such as the systematic
\nsurveillance of Internet users, an increasingly commercialised online
\nenvironment, devastating environmental impacts of the production and
\nusage of media technologies and the global exploitation of digital
\nlabour. (Digital) media technologies are deeply entangled with the
\non-going economic, social, environmental and political crises.
\nMobilising the empowering qualities of digital technologies and their
\npotential to contribute to progressive social change requires an
\neffective critique of corporate dominance, challenging power
\ninequalities and strengthening radical alternatives.
\nThis conference invites contributions that offer a critical analysis of
\ncorporate media culture and alternatives to it and thus contribute to
\nrethinking power in communicative capitalism.<\/p>\n

Conference fees
\n80 Euro for ESA RN18 members \/ 100 Euros for non ESA RN18 members
\n(conference dinner included)
\n60 Euro for ESA RN18 members \/ 80 Euros for non ESA RN18 members
\n(without conference dinner)
\n25 Euro for students (Bachelor and Master) (without conference dinner) \/
\n45 Euros (conference dinner included)<\/p>\n

The registration details, including the registration form, will be
\navailable on the DIN\u00c2MIA\u2019CET-IUL website
\n(http:\/\/dinamiacet.iscte-iul.pt\/<\/a>) on June 1, 2016.
\nYou can become a member of ESA RN18 by joining the ESA and subscribing
\nto the network. The network needs material support, so we encourage you
\nto join or renew your membership. The network subscription fee is only
\n10 Euros:
\nhttp:\/\/www.europeansociology.org\/member\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Participation support for 4 PhD students and\/or independent researchers
\nwill be available. This will not cover all costs, but part of them
\n(accommodation and full conference fee). Preference will be given to
\npresentations that suit the overall conference topic.
\nIf you want to apply for participation support, please indicate this in
\nyour abstract submission by adding the sentence \u201cI want to apply for
\nparticipation support for PhD students \/ independent researchers\u201d. The
\nnotifications about participation support will be sent out together with
\nthe notifications of acceptance or rejection of presentations.
\nAdditional information to prove your condition as PhD student or
\nindependent researcher will be requested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rethinking Power in Communicative Capitalism. Critical Perspectives on Media, Culture and Society European Sociological Association Research Network 18: Sociology of Communications and Media Research RN18 Mid-Term Conference Venue: ISCTE \u2013 Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal September 8-10, 2016 http:\/\/esarn18.tumblr.com … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkiv.mediekom.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkiv.mediekom.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkiv.mediekom.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkiv.mediekom.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkiv.mediekom.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arkiv.mediekom.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1260,"href":"https:\/\/arkiv.mediekom.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions\/1260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkiv.mediekom.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkiv.mediekom.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkiv.mediekom.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}