I would love to get together with some folks and submit a themed panel on memes for next year's ICA. We'd need to have individuals from different countries and institutions. Please comment here or reach out to me via email (rowenachodkowski{AT}gmail) if you're interested!
Link: ICA 2023 - Calls for Papers
Deadline: (not yet released)
Submission Details: SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR THE ICA 2023 THEME CATEGORY:
All submissions to the theme category must focus on the concept of authenticity;
Work that debates, advances and critiques the concept of authenticity can be submitted as papers so as to allow the theme committee to create panels that discuss and/or showcase open science practices;
Panels for the theme should be cross-divisional (having broad appeal across all units of ICA) and adhere to the diversity considerations highlighted under the general guidelines below;
Innovative (and interactive) and educational formats are encouraged.
Submissions to theme sessions must follow all general guidelines put forward by ICA. Proposals for papers and panels on the conference theme are invited from all sectors of the field, and will be evaluated competitively by anonymous reviewers selected by the theme committee. Submissions deemed to fit only the interests of one division or interest group rather than the conference as a whole will be forwarded to that group for consideration. Papers or panels submitted to the theme must not be submitted simultaneously for consideration to any division or interest group. Panel proposals on the conference theme must include a 400-word rationale explaining how the panel fits the conference theme plus a separate 150-word summary of the rationale to appear in the conference program.
Call Description: The ICA 2023 conference theme of Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication invites communication scholars to examine how authenticity has become a variable, rather than a constant, in public discourses and popular culture across the globe, and with what relational, social, political, and cultural implications.