Complete Story
06/07/2016
ECA 2017 - Call for Papers - Philosophy of Communication Interest Group
Call for Papers
Philosophy of Communication Interest Group
108th Eastern Communication Association Convention
Freedom To…Freedom From…
Submission Deadline: October 15, 2016
Submission Email: amckendree@nd.edu
The 108th Annual ECA Convention will be held in Boston, Massachusetts at the Omni Parker House from March 29th –April 2rd, 2017.
No city in the United States is associated more with the tensions inherent in the concept of freedom than Boston, the site of our 2017 convention. Our presence in Boston invites us to consider how the tensions in freedom are also present in our discipline.
The Convention theme signals several important questions that encourage philosophical reflection.
- What does communication give us the freedom to do?
- What does it give us freedom from?
- How can philosophy of communication help us to understand and frame the uses and abuses of free communication?
- When have others used their freedom to communicate to prevent freedom from other forces?
- When have we used the freedom to communicate to gain freedom from these forces?
- What is the potential role of careful thought related to the immediacy of public action?
- How does the life of the mind influence civic and social life?
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 Seventh Annual James C. McCroskey and Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference (USC) will run concurrently with the ECA convention on Friday and Saturday (March 31-April 1). USC papers are due on December 10, 2016, 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 address.**
- The word “Debut” marked on all papers written by authors who have not presented previously at a regional or national convention.
- A one-page abstract on the second page.
- A statement of professional responsibility on the second page.
** If the paper has multiple authors, please indicate who will be presenting at the convention.
Submissions should come in two attachments – a title page with full contact information and the remainder of the paper with no identifying author, school, faculty, or contact information; submissions format should be either. docx or .pdf
Submission of Program/Panel Proposals
Submission of program/panel proposals should include the following elements:
- 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 presentation.
- 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.
Statement of Professional Responsibility
The following statement MUST be included with every submission of a paper or panel in order for it to be eligible for review.
In submitting the attached paper or proposal, I/We recognize that this submission is considered a professional responsibility. I/We agree to present this panel or paper if it is accepted and programmed. I/We further recognize that all who attend and present at ECA’s annual meeting must register and pay required fees.
Please submit materials electronically by midnight on Thursday, October 15, 2016 to:
Amanda G. McKendree, Ph.D.
amckendree@nd.edu
Fanning Center for Business Communication
Mendoza College of Business
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
