Call for Papers
The 25th Annual Media Ecology Association Convention
June 6???9, 2024
Daemen University, Amherst, New York, USA
???Cultivating Community: A Celebration of MEA???s 25th Anniversary???
THE MEDIA ECOLOGY ASSOCIATION (MEA) invites the submission of abstracts
of papers and proposals for panels for presentation at its 25th Annual
Convention, which will be held from June 6???9, 2024 at Daemen University
in Amherst, New York (a suburb of Buffalo). The deadline for submissions
is February 1, 2024.
In recognition of the Media Ecology???s 25th anniversary and convention
setting, the theme of the 2024 conference is community.?? The conference
will take place on the Daemen University campus in Amherst, NY.?? Amherst
is consistently ranked as one of the safest cities in America due to a
community focus and investment in outlets for cultivating ???relationally
modern??? young adults who are able to withstand and navigate intricacies
of contemporary life in a digital landscape (Singer, 2014).?? The Daemen
campus is just minutes from Buffalo, colloquially referred to as The
City of Good Neighbors ??? a moniker evidenced by citizen responses to
public tragedy and remarkable weather events.
Media ecology has roots in, borrows from, and advances notions pertinent
to the intersection of community, democracy, culture, and the nature of
cities.?? Many principal figures in the tradition of media ecology
scholarship have worked closely in these areas, from Mumford???s attention
to life in urban environments, to Carey???s concerns about democratic
participation, as well as Gumpert and Drucker???s many talks and
publications dealing with the intersection of said themes.
The annual meeting of the MEA provides an opportunity for our community
of scholars, educators, professionals, artists, and practitioners to
exchange experiences and ideas in a friendly environment.?? Participants
at MEA conventions address a wide diversity of topics in our program.??
We encourage submissions that explore media ecological approaches from
any number of different disciplines and fields of knowledge and social
practice.?? We are interested in papers, thematic panels, roundtable
discussion panels, creative projects, performance sessions, and other
proposals of interest to media ecologists.
While we are open to explorations on any topic of interest to media
ecologists, we also include a convention theme with the aim of
generating further discussion and probes involving multiple
perspectives.?? Submissions do not need to address the theme, but are
invited to do so.
Guidelines for Submission
Please submit paper and panel proposals, in English, by February 1, 2024
to
MEA2024@daemen.edu.?? A maximum of two submissions per author will be
accepted.?? Authors who wish to be considered for the Top Paper or Top
Student Paper award must indicate this on their submission(s).
Submission Guidelines for paper and panel proposals:
1. Include title(s), abstract(s) (maximum 250 words), and contact
information for each participant.
2. Outline, as relevant, how your paper or panel will fit with the
convention theme.
3. Authors with papers submitted as part of a panel proposal or as a
paper proposal who wish to be considered for Top Paper or Top Student
Paper (see our Awards page for more details) must send the completed
manuscript (see guidelines below) to the convention planners before the
convention.
Submission guidelines for manuscripts for authors who wish to be
considered for the Top Paper or Top Student Paper award:
1. Manuscripts should be 4,000???6,000 words (approximately 15 to 25
double-spaced pages)
2. Include a cover page with your institutional affiliation and other
contact information.
3. Include an abstract (maximum 150 words).
For those interested in submitting a paper for award contention, the
full paper is due to the convention planner by May 1, 2024. We also ask
that you submit your initial abstract by the February 1, 2024 deadline.
Registration
Early registration prices are as follows:
????????? Regular member: $130 (includes our annual awards banquet dinner)
????????? Student member: $70 with the banquet or $40 without it
????????? Non-member: $255 (includes the banquet)
????????? Non-member student: $90 (includes the banquet)
Early registration prices are good until May 6, 2024.?? After that,
regular member registration is $155 (includes the banquet) and student
member registration is $80 with the banquet and $50 without it.
Convention registration entitles you to attend all convention panels,
plenaries, and special sessions.?? All prices are listed in U.S.
dollars.?? Sustaining and Institutional members don???t have to pay for the
convention separately, but they still must register for it.
Registration will open in early 2024 on our website:
https://www.media-ecology.org/All convention participants and attendees are encouraged to join the MEA.
On-Campus Housing Information
Accommodations are available for those wishing to stay on Daemen
University???s campus in the Campus Village Apartments from June 5???9.
An interactive campus map can be found at
https://daemen.university-tour.com/A tour of the apartments can be found at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfbaMWUckLYEach guest will have a private bedroom in a four-bedroom, two-bathroom
apartment with common kitchenette and living room space.?? Daemen will
make every effort to honor roommate preferences based on dates of stay.
Accommodations include:
????????? Breakfast and lunch on the day following an overnight stay (Note:
Only breakfast will be served on Sunday.)
????????? Linens: sheets, blanket, towels, and pillows
????????? Free on-campus parking
Cost of $110.00 USD per person, per day (plus Eventbrite fees).
All rooms must be booked by Wednesday, May 1, 2024.?? Housing sign-ups
will begin in January 2024.
Off-Campus Accommodations
There are several hotels only a short drive from the Daemen University
campus.?? The closest hotel to campus is Hyatt Place (a 4-minute drive to
campus).?? Guests staying off-campus may pre-purchase on-campus meals:
$10 for breakfast and $13 for lunch.
Hyatt Place Amherst/Buffalo
5020 Main Street
Amherst, NY 14226
Phone: (716) 839-4040
Please stay tuned for more information. Questions? Reach out to the
convention coordinators at
MEA2024@daemen.edu