About us

The conference theme, 'From mainstream to margins: Capturing developing practices, publics and persuasion,' explores the evolving media landscape. It addresses media developments, the changing situation of institutions and practitioners, evolving publics, media persuasion (including disinformation and propaganda), and the context of hybrid media systems within global and domestic politics, economics, and policy.

Important Dates

Thu, Mar 26, 2026

Final submission deadline

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Cultural Studies

Communication

Media studies

Film, television and screen

Media pasts, presents and futures

Media developments within, and outside, the nation

Technologies and evolving cultural practices/content

Cultural work, professional cultures and (the value of) human ‘creativity’

Media presence and evolution in the mainstream and margins

Publics / audiences and everyday interactions

Representations and issues, crises and conflicts

Media hybridity and the interconnectedness of media forms and flows

Cultural policy, regulation and change

Mediated interactions between institutions, groups and individuals

Call for Papers Description

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Categories include Full papers (max 250 words), Practice as research, and Panel proposals (short description/rationale 200 words + 3-4 abstracts of 150-200 words). Submissions are via EasyChair.