Dear friends and colleagues, Happy New Year! 2018 is the 30th anniversary of the section! I would like to bring your attention to · three CITAMAS’ section sessions <https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/asa/asa18/index.php?&obf_var=3169897&PHPSESSID=kv4nnfha9894ak9sarfm85rv10> at ASA Annual Meeting 2018 (see details below), and · two regular sessions CITAMS members may find relevant: o Internet and Society <https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/asa/asa18/index.php?cmd=asa18_direct_link&sub_action=view_call&sub_unit__key=18R059> o Media Sociology <https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/asa/asa18/index.php?cmd=asa18_direct_link&sub_action=view_call&sub_unit__key=18R071> *Section on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology* *CITAMS@30: Perspectives, Purposes, and Promises* Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the section, the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS) welcomes papers on the history, present and future of Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology, its place and role in sociology, the academe and the society. Each paper presented at this session is also invited to be considered in the yearly CITAMS special issue of the Journal of Information, Communication and Society. *Wenhong Chen* (University of Texas at Austin) wenchen2006@gmail.com *Media and Power* CITAMS session on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association welcomes papers that focus on any aspect of power and media writ large. Papers may examine any form of power and/or power inequalities in any form of media. Each paper presented at this session is also invited to be considered in the yearly CITAMS special issue of the Journal of Information, Communication and Society. *Laura Robinson* (Santa Clara University) laura@laurarobinson.org *Section on Communication, Information Technologies and Media Sociology Refereed Roundtables (1 hour)* The CITAMS roundtable sessions are open to any paper falling under the topics present in our section's name: Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS) Thematically similar papers are grouped together into an average of 10-12 groups after submissions are closed. At the table, presenters are invited to discuss their research with authors who share similarly themed submissions. Generally, each presenter is given 5-10 minutes to give an overview of their work to the other CITAMS members sitting at the table with them. Discussion about the table’s corpus of knowledge is pursued until the end of the session. The goal of these roundtables is to foster community among the CITAMS members as well as offering an opportunity for previously disconnected researchers to meet each other. Previous table themes include: Media Sociology and Social Movements, Games and Play through Media and Communication Technology, Inequality and Communication; Communication Technology and Organizations; Communication and Social Construction, Representations and Resistance, Collective Meaning, Media Sociology and Issues of Access, and nearly every other configuration of media sociology and communication technologies can consider. Each paper presented at the roundtable is also invited to be considered for the yearly CITAMS special issue of the Journal of Information Communication and Society. *Sarah Sobieraj* (Tufts University) sarah.sobieraj@tufts.edu Cheers, *Wenhong 文泓* Wenhong Chen Associate Professor of Media Studies and Sociology University of Texas at Austin *Chair, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology sectionAmerican Sociological Association* T: 512-471-4952 <(512)%20471-4952> F: 512-471-4077 <(512)%20471-4077> wenhong.chen@austin.utexas.edu http://utexas.academia.edu/wenhongchen New edited book: Networked China http://www.routledge.com/9781138840027/ Office hour signup http://bit.ly/1xpHy1c 1 University Station A0800, CMA 5.142 University of Texas at Austin <https://maps.google.com/?q=University+of+Texas+at+Austin+2504+Whitis+Ave&entry=gmail&source=g> 2504 Whitis Ave <https://maps.google.com/?q=University+of+Texas+at+Austin+2504+Whitis+Ave&entry=gmail&source=g> Stop A0800 Austin, TX 78712-1067 _______________________________________________ CITAMS mailing list CITAMS@list.citams.org http://list.citams.org/mailman/listinfo/citams_list.citams.org Cheers, *Wenhong 文泓* Wenhong Chen Associate Professor of Media Studies and Sociology University of Texas at Austin * Chair, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section American Sociological Association* T: 512-471-4952 F: 512-471-4077 wenhong.chen@austin.utexas.edu http://utexas.academia.edu/wenhongchen New edited book: Networked China http://www.routledge.com/9781138840027/ Office hour signup http://bit.ly/1xpHy1c 1 University Station A0800, CMA 5.142 University of Texas at Austin 2504 Whitis Ave Stop A0800 Austin, TX 78712-1067