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International Communication Association - ICA Conferences - Main

International Communication Association - ICA Conferences - Main 



“COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN”: 21-25 MAY 2015 #ica15



CFP



3 November 2014   Deadline for all conference submissions at 23:00 GMT.



• Intergenerational communication across cultures
• Generational differences in the adoption of communication technologies
• Experiences of inequalities over the life span
• Interpersonal communication within and/ or between life stages
• Social media use and identity development
• “Cradle-to-grave” marketing and consumer identity
• Life stage considerations for health promotion campaign design
• The implications of changing age contours in the workforce
• Appropriate methods, both quantitative and qualitative, needed for capturing change across time
• Questioning the expectation in communication research that life span trajectories
are singular and progressive
• Political interest, engagement and participation across the life span
• The social construction of “childhood,” “middle age” and “the elderly” in popular
culture