The Communication and Digital Culture Area hosts presentations and panels that explore human communication in an increasingly digital landscape. This area hosts a wide spectrum of presentations that interrogate how rhetorics and communication practices obtain, evolve, and emerge in relationship to contemporary exigencies, such as developments in social media, digitized workplaces, electronic consumerism, entertainment, etc. The Communication and Digital Culture Area is an inclusive, transdisciplinary group that has regularly featured scholars from the arts, new media, technology, communication, and rhetorical studies.
“You Are Here: The State of Digital Culture”
In 1995, new media evangelist Kevin Kelly placed a bet with neo-Luddite author Kirkpatrick Sale on whether technology would destroy civilization by the year 2020. This bet represents the tension between the promise and the pitfalls of living in a highly technologized culture.
While the appointed judge declared Kelly the winner of the bet, he added “it’s a squeaker and not much cause for celebration.” (See Jan 5, 2021 issue of WIRED for the story
Where do we stand in 2022? What is the State of Digital Culture?
The Communication and Digital Culture Area of Popular Culture Association is seeking submissions for presentations dealing with “The State of Digital Culture” for the 2022 National PCAACA Conference. Submissions should thoughtfully address contemporary issues in Digital Culture and related accomplishments, trends, failures, promises, dangers, histories, and (projected) futures.
Topics for presentations and panels might include:
- Commercial (e.g., shopping, streaming, small business.)
- Social (e.g., race, religion, education, online communities.)
- Communication (e.g. news, governmental communication, disinformation.)
- Political (e.g., campaigns, voting, misinformation.)
- Personal (e.g., physical and mental health, enrichment, lifestyle.)
Submissions: Submit a 250-word proposal via the PCA interface.
For additional information, contact the Communication and Digital Culture Area Chair:
Randy D. Nichols, PhD
Limestone University
Gaffney, SC 29340
rnichols@limestone.edu