Possible topic areas include, but are not limited to, theoretical and practical studies of:
- Communication Policy: Implications of telecommunications, Internet and media policies and regulations for consumers; assessment of media policy performance; national broadband network developments; the mediatisation of policy-making processes, its implications for social policy and effects on everyday life.
- Media: Changing news media production, distribution and consumption practices; the future of public and community media; the impact of changing media processes on public interest and democracy; multiple media use by industry, government and communities; discursive construction of issues across different media platforms.
- Consumers / Citizens: Consumers' changing media practices, understandings and choices; the digital divide, literacy, inclusion and engagement; changing conceptions of audiences and publics; perspectives on consumer/audience and end-user experiences; new mechanisms for public discourse and political/social/cultural practices.
