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Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research: Applying Communication Theory to Practice

June 12-June 16, 2025

Massey University, Palmerston North, Aotearoa New Zealand

Oceania Hub: Aotearoa New Zealand

Hosted by:

Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)

Communication and Media Studies at Massey University

Organizers: Debalina Dutta, Sy Taffel, Sean Phelan, & Mohan Dutta

Call for Submissions Due Date: March 7, 2025, 11:59 pm NZST

The Oceania Hub of the International Communication Association (ICA) 2025 conference, hosted at Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University in Aotearoa New Zealand, explores questions surrounding disrupting Communication Research through the lens of Te Tiriti and Social Justice. Drawing on communication scholarship organized around the various registers of social justice, the Hub examines the intersections of communication theorizing and practice, mobilized toward disruptions and consolidation. The hub will be held in hybrid form, with both in-person and virtual sessions. Selected panels, papers, and interventions will be considered for waiver of conference registration fees.

We invite disciplinary and interdisciplinary submissions and multimedia communication interventions (video stories, film, performances, art forms, photographic images, sound productions) from the broader Asia-Pacific, focusing on the representation of the scholarship of communication practice from the Islands of the Pacific. The salience of Pacific participation is constituted around the global sustainability challenges of climate change, rising water levels, extreme inequality etc. We see the hub as offering an opening for disrupting what counts as communication scholarship through the engagement with practices of communication for social change.

The ICA Regional Hub at CARE will comprise a one-day hybrid workshop on “Connecting theory and practice as disruptions.” The workshop will bring in scholars from across the Asia-Pacific in both virtual and face-to-face sessions, focusing on key questions exploring the intersections of theory and practice in the context of addressing complex global challenges at a time when reactionary forces are on the rise. Aligned with the ICA 2025 conference theme of “Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research,” the workshop will center the questions of disruptions from the context of the Pacific, anchoring the conversations in the struggles for justice and/or sustainability among others in communities across the Pacific. Sessions will connect with local organizers and activists in generating conversations on key questions on decolonizing knowledge. Centering the principles of Kaupapa Māori and indigenous methods across Asia and the Pacific, the workshop will explore the role of community as an organizing space for building knowledge.

The Hub will operate in a hybrid model, with face-to-face participation complementing virtual participation. We welcome paper or panel submissions on the following topics and beyond:

  • The futures of struggles around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)
  • Decolonizing communication scholarship
  • Sustainable communicative futures
  • ‘Disruptive innovation’ and social justice
  • AI and/as disruption
  • Disruptive alternatives to corporate platforms and infrastructures
  • Indigenous data sovereignty
  • Internationalization of the culture wars
  • Communication theory and mutant neoliberalism
  • The normalization of reactionary politics
  • Cultures of political resistance
  • Climate justice
  • Communication theory, transdisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity
  • Media cultures and ecologies
  • Imperialism, geopolitics and multipolarity

We extend a special invitation to postgraduate students, activists and scholars from the Global South, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+ and those living with disabilities.

We invite submissions from the region addressing the theme “Disrupting and consolidating Communication Research.” The submissions can take the form of academic papers as well as multimedia forms beyond the text such as photos, audio, video stories, film, performance etc.

Please submit a title and an abstract no longer than 250 words. If you are submitting a multimedia intervention, please describe the interventions in the abstract. Please email your submission to Debalina Dutta at D.Dutta@massey.ac.nz by March 7, 2025, 11:59 pm NZST.

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    1st MUSLIMS in ASIA PACIFIC (MAP) CONFERENCE

    Conference Theme:  Experiences and challenges of Muslims in Asia Pacific

    Time To follow

    INVITATION AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

    Abstracts are invited for submission to the 1st Muslims in Asia Pacific (MAP) Conference to be jointly hosted by the Centre for Culture-centred Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) Massey University in collaboration with Muslim Diversity Study and University of Otago, funded by Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ). The conference seeks to build an opportunity for scholars focusing on topics related to Islam and Muslims living in the context of Asia Pacific to connect, share and discuss the challenges that we have ahead. Our aim is to better understand the scope of research being done in Asia Pacific and Aotearoa NZ in topics related to Muslims and Islam, and to develop our community of researchers, practitioners and advocates, building a sustainable network for research, theorising, and advocacy centred on the experiences of Muslims in the region.

    We welcome practitioners, academics, and postgraduate students working on topics directly in, or related to: Muslims, Muslim studies, Critical Muslim studies, Islamophobia, Muslim identity and Muslimness. We would like this event to be inclusive. A range of papers will be accepted that fit under the term “research”, including but not limited to, conceptual papers, empirical studies, reports, and interesting cases.

    Please click this link for the call for papers or go this page https://easychair.org/cfp/MAP1_MuslimConferenceNZ

    For submission go here or click on this page https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=map1

    Deadline: Feb 25th 2025

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    CARE Activist in Residence Programme Dr. Vijay Prashad | 25 October 2024

    Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research & Evaluation (CARE), Massey University is excited to announce the Activist in Residence Programme featuring a world-renowned historian and journalist Dr. Vijay Prashad.

    This highly anticipated CARE event called Third World Futures – A Dialogue with Vijay Prashad and Professor Mohan Dutta will take place on 25th October 2024 at the Sir Geoffrey Peren Auditorium (SGP2.01) on the Manawatū Campus, Massey University at 10.30 am NZDT.

    About Dr. Vijay Prashad

    Dr. Vijay Prashad is a distinguished Indian historian, journalist, and author, widely recognized for his influential work on global history and politics. He has authored forty books, including prominent titles such as Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World, The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World, and The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power, co-written with Noam Chomsky.

    In addition to his literary contributions, Dr. Prashad serves as the executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, the chief correspondent for Globetrotter, and the chief editor of LeftWord Books in New Delhi. He has also appeared in the films Shadow World (2016) and Two Meetings (2017), which further amplify his critique of global power dynamics.

    The CARE Activist in Residence Programme offers a unique opportunity to engage with Dr. Prashad’s extensive research and activism, spanning topics from the history of the Global South to the fragility of U.S. power in the 21st century. Attendees will gain insights into current global political challenges and the transformative role of activism and scholarship.

    This event is free to attend and open to all. We look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be an enlightening and inspiring discussion.

    Watch the full event recorded on the CARE YouTube and CARE Facebook channels:

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sLGQtHdFF8

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1399316128140020

    Facebook events page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1237882210738575

    RSVP here: https://forms.office.com/r/GVXSdq2Sh1

    Event Details:

    – Date: Friday, 25th October 2024 

    – Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM NZDT 

    – Venue: Sir Geoffrey Peren Auditorium (SGP2.01), Manawatū Campus, Massey University (Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/uiPcVek6LbFRCxB2A)

    Read more: https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/care-to-host-renowned-intellectual-for-activist-in-residence-programme/

    #CAREConversations#MasseyUniversity #CAREMassey #Aotearoa #NewZealand #ThirdWorldFutures #GlobalSouthVoices#Anticolonialism #SustainableFutures #MasseyEvents #CAREActivistInResidence #TransformingTheSouth

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    The Fifth Lecture: On The Future of Applied Communication Research: Theory/Practice and Pragmatic Utopianism in a Time of Crises

    CARE | Future Directions Of Applied Communication Research Lecture Series

    We are pleased to announce the Fifth Lecture in the Future Directions Of Applied Communication Research Lecture Series, by Professor Heather Zoller, University of Cincinnati on “The Future of Applied Communication Research: Theory/Practice and Pragmatic Utopianism in a Time of Crises.”

    Event Details:

    Date: October 22, 2024

    Time: 10 am NZST

    Watch Live on Facebook & YouTube via Zoom

    Facebook LIVE: https://www.facebook.com/share/J3vssuXuJ5NyozLd/

    YouTube LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/live/KsGu8shkcyE?si=05u-4FqPHaGFfgHs

    About the Lecturer:

    Professor. Heather Zoller, discusses continued challenges in conceptualizing applied communication research from her vantage point as Editor of the Journal of Applied Communication Research and a critical health and organizational communication scholar. She outlines an agenda for developing communication theories and practices that meet the major sociopolitical and economic crises of our time. She then describes critical pragmatism as one avenue for developing applied research, and discusses “pragmatic utopianism” as an exemplar of applying communication insights to challenge the status quo and foster equitable and democratic social change.  

    Bio: 

    Heather M. Zoller is a Professor of Communication at the University of Cincinnati where she directs the Communicating Health, Science, Environment, and Risk Certificate. She is the Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of Applied Communication Research and former Senior Editor at Health Communication and Management Communication Research. Her research investigating organizing for healthy work in sustainable and equitable economic systems is published in outlets such as Communication Monographs, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Human Relations, and the Handbook of Organizational Communication Theory and Research. She co-edited the volume “Emerging Perspectives in Health Communication” with Mohan Dutta. She is a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine NIOSH committee on PPE, and served as Board President for Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund. (See https://www.heatherzoller.com/.)

    #CommunicationResearch #HeatherZoller #AppliedCommunication #CAREMassey #MasseyUni #AcademicTalk #PragmaticUtopianism #HealthCommunication #OrganizationalCommunication #SociopoliticalCrises #EquitableChange #Aotearoa #NewZealand

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    Prof Mohan Dutta, CARE, Massey University presenting at Philippine Association for Communication and Media Research, Inc (PACMRI) Masterclass 2024

    Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) is proud to share that Prof. Mohan Dutta, Massey University will be featuring at the PACMRI Masterclass 2024 on 11 October 2024 | 3PM Philippine Time on Zoom and Facebook LIVE with renowned scholars.

    Date: 11 October 2024 | 3 PM Philippine Time via Zoom and Facebook Live

    Discover the Culture-Centered Approach to Communication and Media Studies!

    Are you passionate about amplifying marginalized voices and challenging dominant narratives? Join us for the fourth Philippine Association for Communication and Media Research, Inc. PACMRI Masterclass to explore a transformative framework that centers these communities in media and communication featuring renowned scholars Prof. Mohan Dutta from Massey University , Dr. Sudeshna Roy from Marquette University and Dr. Dazzelyn Baltazar Zapata from the University of the Philippines

    Register for the Zoom session here: https://bit.ly/2024Masterclass3

    #CultureCenteredApproach #CommunicationStudies #MediaStudies #SocialChange #RadicalDemocracy #PACMRIMasterclass #MohanDutta #SudeshnaRoy #DazzelynBaltazarZapata #UPLBCommunication #MasseyUniversity #MarquetteUniversity #UPDiliman #EmpowermentThroughMedia #AmplifyVoices #InclusiveCommunication

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    The Fourth Lecture: Beyond Binary Thinking in Applied Communication Research with Professor Debbie S. Dougherty | University of Missouri

    CARE | Future Directions Of Applied Communication Research Lecture Series

    Lecture 4 | Beyond Binary Thinking in Applied Communication Research

    Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024
    Time: 10 AM NZDT
    Location: LIVE ON Facebook & YouTube via Zoom

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2552960281564393

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/jJYA9Ap3amY

    About the Speaker:

     Debbie S. Dougherty (Ph.D. University of Nebraska, 2000) is Professor of Communication at University of Missouri. Her research focuses on power and organizing, particularly as it relates to sexual harassment, social class, and emotions. with publications in places such as Harvard Business Review, Human Relations, Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, Communication Monographs, Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Applied Communication Research, and Sex Roles.

    She has also provided organizational communication training and development in a number of organizations and has been extensively utilized as a resource for news sources such as the New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, and the Oprah Magazine.

    Prof. Dougherty has received a number of awards, including the Organizational Communication Book of the Year and Textbook of the Year, NCA Applied Communication Scholar Award, The Jack Kay Award for Engaged Research, the Management Communication Quarterly Article of the Year Award, the Norman K. Denzin Qualitative Research Award, the Excellence in Education Award, and the Gold Chalk Award for graduate student mentoring.   

    #CAREMassey #CARECCA #CARELectureSeries #MasseyUniversity #ClemsonUniversity #AppliedCommunication #DebbieSDougherty #BinaryThinking #CommunicationResearch

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    Professor Mohan J Dutta features on Ayaan Institute’s podcast on Global Hindutva: Communicative Strategies and Impact on Leicester Disorder 2022

    CARE: Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation is excited to share the podcast by Prof. Mohan Dutta, Massey University with Mr Jahangir Mohammed, Ayaan Institute on #GlobalHindutva

    The latest Ayaan Institute podcast episode features an insightful discussion with Professor Mohan J Dutta from Massey University. Dive into his groundbreaking research on Global Hindutva and its impact on the #Leicester disorder in September 2022. This episode also explores the connections between #Hindutva, far-right narratives, and violence.

    This podcast was streamed LIVE and recorded on 2nd October.

    Don’t miss out! Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/live/5TPK7dDs_Lk

    Read more about Ayaan Institute here: http://www.ayaaninstitute.com/

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    CARE | Future Directions Of Applied Communication Research Lecture Series | Before Crisis: The Ongoing Process of Instructing and Engaging Publics

    The Third Lecture

    Lecture 3 | Before Crisis: The Ongoing Process of Instructing and Engaging Publics

    Before Crisis: The Ongoing Process of Instructing and Engaging Publics with Prof. Deanna Sellnow & Prof. Timothy Sellnow | Clemson University

    Date: Tuesday, October 1st, 2024
    Time: 10 AM NZDT
    Location: LIVE ON Facebook & YouTube via Zoom

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/891598706215859

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO1M61EPgY8

    Brief description of the lecture:

    We argue that engaging diverse publics in ongoing instructional communication is critical to effectively managing risks, mitigating harms, and responding to crises in a complex global risk society. Communication theory becomes meaningful for achieving these goals only when it is applied directly to and with the risk-bearers it is intended to serve.  Moreover, engaging stakeholders in the co-construction of meaning and decision-making inherent in effective instructional communication must be ongoing. In this presentation, we explore strategies for doing so effectively using the IDEA model for effective instructional risk and crisis communication as a framework.

    About the Speakers:

    Prof. Deanna D. Sellnow, Ph.D., Clemson University

    Deanna D. Sellnow (Ph.D.) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at Clemson University. Dr. Sellnow’s research focuses on strategic instructional communication in the contexts of health, risk, safety, and crisis communication (e.g., natural disasters, health, food safety, pandemics, biosecurity, terrorism, biotechnology). She has conducted funded research for the United States Geological Survey (USGS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Department of Education (DOE), United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), and the German Research Foundation (DFG). She is former President of the Central States Communication Association where she was inducted into the Fall of Fame in 2018. She currently serves as the founding Executive Director of the International Crisis and Risk Communication Association (ICRCA) and has been co-host of the International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference (ICRCC) since 2016.  She is also past editor of the Journal of Communication Pedagogy, Communication Teacher, and the Basic Communication Course Annual. She has authored or co-authored numerous books, book chapters, and refereed national and international journal articles. She has conducted and/or presented research in a variety of countries around the world. Her most recent book, co-authored with Dr. Timothy Sellnow, is Before Crisis: The Practice of Effective Risk Communication.

    Prof. Timothy L. Sellnow, Ph.D., Clemson University

    Timothy L. Sellnow is a professor of communication at Clemson University. His research focuses on risk and crisis communication. He has conducted funded research for the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Geological Survey, and the World Health Organization. He has also served in an advisory role for the National Academy of Sciences, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the International Food and Information Council, and the Food and Drug Administration. He is past winner of the National Communication Association’s Gerald Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship and past editor or Journal of Applied Communication Research. He has co-authored seven books on risk and crisis communication and has published many refereed journal articles. His most recent book, co-authored with Dr. Deanna Sellnow, is Before Crisis: Strategies for Effective Risk Communication.

    #CAREMassey #CARECCA #CARELectureSeries #MasseyUniversity #ClemsonUniversity #AppliedCommunication #DeannaSellnow #TimothySellnow #RiskCommunication #CrisisManagement #InstructionalCommunication #IDEAModel #PublicEngagement #CommunicationResearch

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    World-renowned academic to join CARE on Fulbright Scholarship

    Massey’s Center for Culture-Centered Approach for Research and Evaluation (CARE) is pleased to share that Professor Angela Cooke-Jackson will be joining them on a Fulbright US Scholar in 2025.

    Professor Angela Cooke-Jackson is an acclaimed scholar of health communication, exploring the intersections of race, gender and reproductive health justice. She is a Professor within the Communication Studies Department at California State University, Los Angeles.

    Professor Cooke-Jackson’s cross-disciplinary scholarship and applied approach incorporates digital platforms, media literacy and civic engagement to unpack health issues among at-risk urban youth and women of colour. She has worked extensively to construct theory and build research that addresses sexual health, sexuality and sexual health literacy. 

    Director of the Center for Culture-Centered Approach for Research and Evaluation (CARE) Professor Mohan Dutta says Professor Cooke-Jackson is a long-time interlocutor on the intersections of culture and health communication.

    “I am looking forward to this opportunity for us to explore together the various threads of communication and anti-racist organising that weave across global spaces in challenging the entrenched health disparities we witness globally today. That health communication work is fundamentally anti-racist work is a concept I am looking forward to further exploring with Professor Cooke-Jackson.”

    During her time at CARE, Professor Cooke-Jackson will be collaborating with Professor Dutta on a framework for anti-racist solidarities as the basis for securing health justice. 

    She will be conducting a series of workshops, delivering public lectures and collaborating with Professor Dutta on writing white papers, policy briefs and journal articles on the futures of anti-racist solidarities as the basis for addressing health disparities.

    Professor Cooke-Jackson will be hosted on Massey’s Manawatū campus in early 2025. 

    Earlier, CARE had hosted the health communication scholar Professor Barbara Sharf as a Fulbright Scholar.

    Article Source: Massey News

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