Call for Papers: #comunicambio 2015

Universitat Jaume I in Castellón, Spain, is organizing an international congress under the name #comunicambio on 20–22 May 2015. The congress targets research in communication for social change, and particularly the communicative trends of social movements that have been springing up in recent years. Ørecomm participant Thomas Tufte is one of the many interesting speakers that already have been confirmed for the event.

Online submission of papers is open, and the organizers encourage contributions that address the following topics:

• Communication and social change: epistemologies and indicators
• From victims to indignants: discourses, representations and empowerment
• Journalism, media and social change
• Commercial communication, organizations and social change
• Social mobilization and emotions
• Cyberactivism, social change and social movements
• Education, civil society and social change
• Transmedia narratives, artivism and social change

Papers should be submitted in Spanish or English, no later than 12 October 2014.

For more information, check the conference website.