Abstract MUST be submitted electronically via the online submission system by the abstract submission deadline: 15 January 2020. 

Abstracts received via fax, e-mail or received after the deadline will not be accepted and therefore will not be considered for the programme or publication. Abstract submission will open on 15 october 2019.

Abstract can be submitted to the following ECREA sections, networks and temporary working groups (click on the section, networks or temporary working groups for more information):

Sections

Audience and reception studies

Children, youth and media

Communication and democracy

Communication history

Communication law and policy

Crisis communication

Diaspora, migration and the media

Digital culture and communication

Digital games research

Film studies

Gender and communication

International and intercultural communication

Interpersonal communication and social interaction

Journalism studies
 

Media, cities and space
 

Media industries and cultural production

Mediatization

Organisational and strategic communication

Philosophy of communication

Political Communication

Radio research

Science and environment communication

Television studies

Visual cultures

Network descriptions and calls 

Central and East-European network

Women’s network

YECREA (Young Scholars Network)

TWGs descriptions and calls 

Journalism and communication education

Ethics of Mediated Suffering

Health communication

Communication and sport

Abstracts can be amended in the online submission system until the deadline. After the deadline, all abstracts will be locked for further editing.

All successfully submitted abstracts will advance to the peer review process. The ECREA 2020 Scientific Committee members will consider its formal aspects and the content during the evaluation procedures. They will decide which abstracts will be accepted and may reconsider the final presentation type.

Accepted abstracts will form part of the final scientific programme and as such will be presented onsite. Abstracts not suitable for display will be rejected. Please have your abstract checked for correct spelling, punctuation, grammar and formal structure. The organisers reserves the right to edit abstracts if necessary prior to the publication.

All presenting authors will receive an acceptance/rejection notification via e-mail by 25 March 2020.

All accepted presenting authors are obliged to confirm their participation in the conference programme until 15 April 2020 and early bird register by 15 July 2020. Those presenting authors who do not confirm their participation, do not register for the Conference or have not paid the registration fee by the deadline will be automatically withdrawn from the final programme.

During the submission a preferred session type must be selected for each submitted abstract. Please note that the ECREA 2020 Scientific Committee holds the right to change the final session type if considered accordingly.

Individual paper submission

Submission for single abstracts will be presented (if accepted and selected) within one session together with different abstracts from different authors. They will be selected and grouped thematically by the Scientific Committee.

Individual papers must fulfil the abstract formatting requirements mention below.

Panel submission

Panel convenors may directly submit a whole session (panel), which consists of a panel rationale and 5 individual panel sub-abstracts.

To submit a panel, the panel rationale must be submitted first (submitted, not just saved as draft). Once the rationale is submitted, 5 slots for individual panel paper abstracts (A,B,C,D,E) will be opened. Panel convenors can then submit and edit each individual panel paper abstract.

The whole panel (rationale as well as the individual panel paper abstracts) must fulfil the abstract formatting requirements mentioned below.

The panel convenors are expected to submit the panel rationale as well as all individual panel paper abstracts and to list all responsible panel paper authors. Panel submitter is also considered to be the contact person for the whole panel.

Abstract Formatting Requirements

All abstracts must be written in English;

When submitting your abstract, consider and choose the corresponding ECREA section and Temporary working groups;

The abstract title is limited to 30 words and must be submitted using the Sentence case (e.g. This is the title of my abstract);

Up to 10 authors can be mentioned under one abstract (including the presenting author). The presenting author is selected first; other authors can be added only when the presenting author has been inserted. However, the authors order can be changed if needed by swopping the names in the list of co-authors. The first name is considered to be the main author. Please note that participants can be nominated as the first (presenting) author in one accepted submission only. If more than one contribution with the same first (presenting) author is accepted, the participant stated as the first (presenting) author will be asked to decide which paper he/she wants to present. There is no restriction on the number of presentations where a conference participant is listed as co-author and participants can still act as chairs or respondents of a panel;

Maximum abstract length is 500 words;

No pictures/tables/charts are allowed within the abstract text;

No additional files can be uploaded;

Number of submitted abstracts per submitter/author is limited to two proposals.