BEA2025 invites media related research papers from academics, students and professionals for presentation 

DEADLINE: December 2, 2024

BEA2025, co-located with NAB Show, is a hybrid academic media convention with over 250 virtual and on-site sessions on media pedagogy, collaborative networking events, hands-on technology workshops, research and creative scholarship and the Festival of Media Arts.  BEA2025 will be an in-person convention with limited virtual participation opportunities for presenters and attendees.   

Membership & Convention Attendance — To enter a paper competition, you do NOT need to be a current member, but at least one (1) author of an accepted competitive paper MUST attend the BEA2025 convention to present.  Winners will be notified by late January 2025. If you have questions regarding the submission process, please email the appropriate Interest Division paper chair. 

BEA Members can submit papers to BEA’s convention site through All Academic with their BEA membership login and password.   If you know your BEA login information login to your All Academic account.  If you forgot your BEA membership password, click here to reset. 

If you ARE NOT a BEA member, create an account in BEA’s database BEFORE you visit All Academic by clicking here. After you create an account, login to All Academic and follow the directions below.  If you have trouble, please email help@BEAweb.org.  

FEW THINGS TO NOTE: 

-Blind Review… Do NOT include a cover page with author and contact information and remove ALL author information from internal pages. Judges need to blindly review your papers. Papers are linked to your profile on the backend.
– Editing Abilities… You can edit and/or re-submit papers up until the deadline.
– Length & Style… The paper is not to exceed 30 double-spaced pages, including references & tables, and use of APA style or a style suited to the discipline is expected. 

Submissions are accepted for peer review on the understanding of the following conditions:
-The research can only be submitted to ONE BEA interest division.
-It must not be currently under review for other conventions and conferences.|
-It should not have been presented at other conventions and conferences.
-It should not have been published in print or online prior to BEA’s convention.

Categories & Competitions – Submit your research to the relevant BEA interest division as a “Debut” or an “Open” paper. “Debut” is open only to those who have never presented a paper at a BEA convention, and “Open” if you have previously presented a paper at BEA.  To help defray costs, 1st and 2nd place “Debut” winners receive $200 and $100 respectively.  Regardless of the number of authors, BEA will award one check to the individual who submitted the paper.  

Co-Sponsored Papers are encouraged. No more than two (2) Interest Divisions will be listed for co-sponsorship on a particular paper.  Authors must indicate the division being proposed as a co-sponsor.  Go to the bottom of the page and click on the green link that says “Add a co-Sponsor.”   

Paper Submission Process — Once you login with your BEA login and password, follow the steps below: 

1. Submit a paper… Click on the link for “Submit or Edit a Paper or Program Proposal.”
   2. Select an Interest Division… Read the division descriptions and select the division to which you will submit your research. NOTE: A paper may NOT be submitted to more than one division in the same year.  Authors can submit one paper per division – but not multiple papers to the same division.
   3. Submit the title & abstract… Follow the guidelines to add a title and abstract
   4. Adding co-authors… At the prompt, add any co-authors to the paper.  Note: If your co-author(s) aren’t BEA members, have them create All Academic accounts first so you can easily search and link them to the paper. 
2. Review & Upload… Review your information and upload your paper.

The BEA2025 Convention Spotlight is….. BEA at 70: Foundations and Futures 

As we celebrate BEA’s 70th anniversary, let’s take the opportunity to both look back and stride forward. The spotlight for BEA 2025 is BEA at 70: Foundations and Futures. Whether you’re a historian, a social scientist, a critical/cultural scholar, or a documentarian; whether your daily efforts focus on teaching, service, or research (in whatever combination); whether you identify primarily with media production or traditional academic research; whether this is your first BEA or your 50th, let’s celebrate all we have done and all we can become. This spotlight concludes the multi-year exploration and consideration of the past and the future. We welcome scholarship that helps us understand the historical foundations of media content, audiences, production, regulation, and more. We welcome scholarship outlining the actual and potential roles each of us play in creating our futures, as individuals, media creators, teachers, scholars, citizens, and more. Finally, we welcome scholarship that ponders the current and potential state of our rapidly evolving media ecosystem, including technological developments, algorithmic cultures, AI, and more. 
BEA at 70! Come celebrate our foundations, and our futures, in Las Vegas. 

BEA at 70: Foundations and Futures serves as a spotlight for the convention, but program proposals are not limited to this area of research and presentation.  All sessions must adhere to the goals and objectives of the interest division(s) to which they are submitted (descriptions are listed on the submission site).   

Questions? Visit www.beaweb.org or email Help@BEAweb.org.