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TAMIU 2017 Latin American Communication Research in Transnational Settings

MARCH 24-25, 2017

The Graduate Program in Communication at Texas A&M International University seeks submissions for its second annual research conference in March 2017. Leveraging the university’s location on the US-Mexico border and faculty expertise in international and intercultural communication, this program aims to strengthen research on the cultural, political, and economic factors shaping the globalization of communication processes in Latin America. As an integral component of this new endeavor, we invite submissions for paper presentations from faculty, scholars, and graduate students working in any area of communication research concerning Latin America or the US/Mexico border.

The conference will be introduced by a keynote panel addressing major contemporary debates and new directions within contemporary Latin American media and communication studies through presentations from leading researchers in Mexico and in the US. Building on this panel, we welcome paper proposals on topics including but not limited to:

  • The relationship between consumption, neoliberalism, and citizenship in contemporary Latin America
  •  The impact of media representations on cultural identity in the US-Mexico Border region
  •  Portrayals and/or audience perceptions of Latina/os and/or Latin Americans in television, film, or news
  •  New research on popular Latin American genres (e.g. telenovelas, series, reality shows, comedies, sports, news programs)
  •  The exportation of Latin American television formats and the importation of foreign formats to Latin America
  •  The role of digital media in creating and expanding activist networks in Latin America
  •  Alternative or activist media histories in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, or other areas
  •  Media and human rights issues (including public security and violence against journalists)
  •  The political economic relationship between national governments and cultural industries
  •  Novel interrogations or re-readings of older theories of international communication including modernization, media imperialism, and cultural proximity
  •  New directions in audience research and analysis

Please send paper proposals with titles, name of author, institutional affiliation and category (Faculty, Graduate Student, Senior Undergraduate student) and 300-word abstracts to mcotamiu@gmail.com by February 27, 2017 for consideration for inclusion in the conference.