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ECA 2018 - Updated Second Call for Papers: Philosophy of Communication Interest Group
ECA 2018 – Second Call for Papers
Philosophy of Communication Interest Group
109th Annual Eastern Communication Association Convention
Building Bridges
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
April 25-29, 2018
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15, 2017
Submission Email: sayraki@duq.edu
Pittsburgh, also known as the city of bridges, will be home to the 2018 Eastern Communication Association Convention. Pittsburgh has a unique topography, being situated at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela, which forms the Ohio River. When a city is located on water, bridges span the horizon.
The bridges of Pittsburgh play an important role in the city's infrastructure. Without the 446 bridges interlacing the city, Pittsburgh would be a region of isolated communities. Just as the bridges in the city connect communities, communication has the opportunity to build bridges within and outside of our discipline, creating countless opportunities for research, teaching, and service.
The 2018 theme, Building Bridges, invites the exploration of cross-disciplinary research and encourages finding possibilities for connecting our research to theory and practice, creating new approaches to teaching, and collaborating with communities for service and civic engagement opportunities. The Convention theme signals several important questions that encourage philosophical reflection:
- How can we build bridges within our discipline?
- How do we communicate and engage others when the bridges are broken?
- What are ways in which communication creates opportunities for new connections and for building new bridges?
- What can we gain by fostering communication among our many communities in order to further promote connection?
With these questions to consider, this Call for Papers welcomes completed papers and panel sessions that encourage public consideration of philosophical ideas or debate the merit and direction of our philosophy of communication scholarship and pedagogy.
The convention features panels, round tables, short courses, and programming on the convention theme. In addition, the Eighth Annual James C. McCroskey and Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference (USC) will run concurrently with the ECA convention on Friday and Saturday (April 27-April 28). USC papers (including undergraduate posters) and graduate poster submissions are due on December 8, 2017, to enable scholarly student papers from the fall semester to be submitted.
Submission of Completed Papers
Individual submissions of complete papers should include the following elements:
- A detachable title page with the title of the paper and the author’s affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, and email **
- The word “Debut” marked on all papers written by authors who have not presented previously at a regional or national
- A one-page abstract on the second
- A statement of professional responsibility on the second
** If the paper has multiple authors, please indicate who will be presenting at the convention.
Submission of Program/Panel Proposals
Submission of program/panel proposals should include the following elements:
- A thematic title for the A thematic title for the program.
- Names of the chair and respondents (if any). Chairs should not also be designated as respondents.
- Names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and institutional affiliations of all participants.
- Titles and abstracts for each paper or
- A program copy (no more than a 75-word description) as it should appear in the final program.
- A detailed rationale for the program/panel.
- A statement of professional responsibility.
Please include the Statement of Professional Responsibility on all submissions:
In submitting the attached paper or proposal, I/We recognize that this submission is considered a professional responsibility. If this submission is accepted and programmed, I/We agree to register for the 2018 ECA Convention, pay fees, and present in Pittsburgh. I/We understand that presenters with last minute emergencies must make arrangements as possible for an alternate presenter as well as communicate their absences to both the Interest Group Planner and ECA VP; no shows will be removed from the official program.
NOTE: A single paper or panel should only be submitted to a single interest group or affiliate organization for consideration.
Please submit materials electronically by midnight on Thursday, October 15, 2017 to:
Inci Ozum Sayrak, Ph.D.
sayraki@duq.edu
Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Convention Acceptance Notifications: Friday, January 15, 2018
