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Political Communication is concerned with the interplay of communication
and politics, including the transactions that occur among citizens,
between citizens and their governments, and among officials within governments.
The plurality of this substantive focus is similarly reflected in the
rich variance of theoretical perspectives and methodological orientations
of Division members. These research interests are pursued, moreover,
within individual political communities and across communities comparatively.
The Division regularly publishes the journal Political Communication and the newsletter Political Communication Report. ICA members can access the journal directly through the Members Only section of the ICA web site.
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Call for Papers: “Science Journalism in a Digital Age”
Special Issue of Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism
Guest Editor: Stuart Allan, Bournemouth University, UK
In taking science journalism as its focus, this special issue of Journalism will seek to contribute to current debates about the ways in which this important genre of reporting is being transformed by the changes ushered in by digital media.
Today it is readily apparent that precisely what counts as “science
News” is undergoing dramatic redefinition as the convergence of “old” and “new” media continues apace. The challenges facing the science journalist have always been formidable, of course, but the internet and associated digital technologies are bringing to bear new pressures and constraints ¬ as well as creating fresh opportunities for innovation ¬ deserving of our close attention. While the very future of science journalism is being called into question by some, others point to alternative approaches to science reporting that are flourishing online.
In exploring these concerns, this special issue’s agenda is informed by a sense of urgency. At a time when many news organizations are under intense financial pressure to trim or reduce expenditure on specialist, investigative reporting, it is all too often the case that science news is regarded as expendable. In the eyes of some, it is a luxury increasingly difficult to justify when other types of news will be more popular with audiences (and thus advertisers). CNN’s decision to cut its entire science, technology and environment news staff, for example, provoked widespread alarm when it was announced in 2008. Few commentators failed to note the irony that science issues ¬ such as climate change, stem cell research, evolution and bio-terrorism ¬ were proving sufficiently controversial to attract intense news coverage at the time.
Accordingly, a guiding theme of the special issue is that current assessments of the news media’s public responsibilities in a democracy can be enriched by inquiries into the changing nature of science journalism. Possible topics to be examined may include:
• The political economy of science journalism
• Journalists’ uses of digital technologies in science reporting
• Rethinking the news values of science coverage
• Scientists as news sources and the politics of expertise
• The framing of controversy in science stories
• The impact of blogging on science news
• Audience perceptions of science news on the web
• Science journalism and social networking
Prospective authors should submit an abstract of approximately 250 words by email to Stuart Allan (sallan@bournemouth.ac.uk). A selection of authors will be invited to submit a full paper according to the journal’s Notes for Contributors. Acceptance of the abstract does not guarantee publication, given that all papers will be subjected to peer-review.
Timeline
Deadline for abstracts: 1 October, 2010; deadline for submission of articles: 31 December, 2010. Final revised papers due: March, 2011.
Publication: Volume 12, No. 7
Stuart Allan’s science-related publications include Environmental Risks and the Media (co-edited, 2000), Media, Risk and Science (2002), and Nanotechnology, Risk and Communication (co-authored, 2009). Recent co-written journal articles have appeared in New Genetics and Society (2005), Science Communication (2005), Health, Risk & Society (2007), Public Understanding of Science (2009), and Journal of Risk Research(2010).
Professor Stuart Allan
The Media School
Bournemouth University
Talbot Campus
Poole, Dorset
BH12 5BB
UK
sallan@bournemouth.ac.uk
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CALL FOR PAPERS
GRADUATE CONFERENCE: QUESTIONING TRANSNATIONALISM: CULTURE, POLITICS & MEDIA
17 December 2010
Royal Holloway College, University of London
The Departments of Media Arts and Politics and International Relations (PIR)
Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Thomas Diez -Political Science, University of Tübingen
Prof. Deniz Göktürk -Department of German, University of California, Berkeley
Prof. Randall Halle -Department of German, University of Pittsburgh
This interdisciplinary postgraduate conference focuses on transnationalism
and securitisation, issues of increasing relevance in both Politics and
International Relations, and Media and Film Studies. In both disciplines,
there is currently a prevailing tendency to conceive of borders as ever
increasingly permeable elements in a globalising world. The new communication
technologies have certainly reinforced the image that the world becomes a
single place. However, a ‘borderless world’ proves to be illusionary as
witnessed in the global rise of securitization practices after the September
11 terrorist attacks. Since then, even a bottle of water -at the airport- has
started to be perceived as a potential security threat. ‘Transnationalism'
thereby becomes a useful lens through which issues such as securitization,
borders, legitimacy, citizenship, memory and solidarity can be re-examined
from a fresh theoretical perspective.
Within this framework, the major aims of this international conference are
threefold: to question the extent and limitations of transnationalism; to
analyse the cultural and political functions of transnational actors and the
impact of new communication technologies such as the internet in the
contemporary world; and finally to encourage interdisciplinary approaches and
critical perspectives in the studies of transnationalism.
This conference will be organised by and run for postgraduate students from
various disciplinary backgrounds. It aims to give all participants the
opportunity to develop and broaden our knowledge in this area of research. In
this respect, the Departments of Media Arts and Politics and International
Relations would like to collaborate to highlight the interdisciplinary
character of transnationalism as a phenomenon within a context whereby a
diverse range of techniques such as paper presentations, poster exhibitions
and plenary discussions are combined.
In order to disseminate the research findings, selected papers will be
considered for publication in the Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies,
a fully peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal published by Royal
Holloway, University of London.
The topics include but are not limited to:
· Current restrictions over the free movement of people, goods and
ideas
· Border policies
· Communication policies
· Political freedoms and cultural diversity
· National, religious, ethnic and gender issues
· The role of media in framing transnational terrorism, conflicts and
humanitarian crises
· Power of transnational media
· Power of transnational non-governmental actors
· Soft/hard power
· Multiculturalism, pluralism, cultural diversity
· Cosmopolitanism
· Post-colonial or post-national; centres versus margins/periphery
· Hybridity
· Glocalisation
· Representation of transnational identities
· Transnational cinema
· Diasporas and diasporic cinema
Submission of abstracts: by 10 September 2010
Official Acceptance: by 1 October
Early registration: by 15 October 2010
For submission guidelines, registration and further details please see: [
http://royalhollowayconference.wordpress.com/
]http://royalhollowayconference.wordpress.com/
Dr. Ben O'Loughlin
Reader in International Relations
Royal Holloway University of London
Department of Politics and International Relations
Egham
Surrey TW20 0EX
Tel: +44 (0)1784 443153
Email: [ mailto:Ben.OLoughlin@rhul.ac.uk ]Ben.OLoughlin@rhul.ac.uk
Homepage: [ http://www.rhul.ac.uk/politics-and-IR/About-Us/OLoughlin/
]http://www.rhul.ac.uk/politics-and-IR/About-Us/OLoughlin/
Blog: [ http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/npcu-blog/
]http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/npcu-blog/
Journal: Media, War & Conflict at [ http://www.sagepub.co.uk/mwc
]www.sagepub.co.uk/mwc
Latest book: War and Media: [ http://amzn.to/9HQfWE ]http://amzn.to/9HQfWE
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Call for Editor
The Political Communication Report, the online newsletter jointly sponsored by ICA's Political Communication Division and APSA's Political Communication Section, is seeking an editor to replace Richard Stanton, whose term ends this autumn. The newsletter, which traditionally has been housed at the editor's home institution, is now part of our divisions'
website www.politicalcommunication.org.
The editor, appointed for a three-year term, is responsible for creating three newsletters a year. The newsletter includes essays and commentaries from various members, sections on recently published books, upcoming conferences, and calls for paper. With changing technologies, we welcome new ways of thinking about the newsletter. Some editors have had graduate student support for this position; the divisions can provide modest financial assistance.
If you are interested in taking on this position, please forward - by 27 August 2010 - a statement of interest and your visions of the Political Communication Report to the ICA-APSA Joint Publications Committee Chair, Patricia Moy, at pmoy@uw.edu. The Committee will review the applications and announce the new editor in early September.
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Call for Papers:
Aadvertising and Reality: A Global Look on Life in Commercials
Under Contract with: Continuum (Expected Publication Date – Fall 2012)
Editor: Amir Hetsroni (School of Communication – Ariel University Center, Israel).
This book, under contract with Continuum, aims to offer an extensive peak at the way our life is represented in advertising. For that purpose, a call is made here to mass media scholars, advertising researchers, marketing experts and social science academics from all over the world to offer contributions that shed light on the way human life is represented in commercials and the potential effects of this representation.
The approach of this collection is social-scientific. This means that empirical studies, literature reviews and theoretical entries are all welcome - as long as they are positivistic in the manner of knowledge pursual. Purely polemic-critical articles and manuscripts that purportedly "prove" claims by relying on non-representative samples will not be considered. However, the examination of any advertising channel (broadcast, print, digital etc.) is welcome, and cross-cultural studies are particularly encouraged, as one of the book's objectives is portraying the way modern life looks like in the most popular form of marketing communication worldwide.
Contributions can be of two types: (a) direct examination of the representation of reality in advertising; (b) related effects and theories.
Contributions of the first type are, in most cases, expected to be content analyses, or extensive reviews of existing research, or a combination of the two. Preference will be given to submissions that analyze new data. Here are some suggested topics. Authors are welcome to come up with additional ideas:
• Families in advertising
• Children in advertising
• Work and leisure in advertising
• Gender roles in advertising
• Objectionable content in advertising (sex and violence)
• Minorities in advertising
• Risky behavior in advertising (e.g. drunk driving)
• Health, diseases and death in advertising
• Eating and drinking and their aftermath: Food and body figure in advertisements
• Age and ageing in advertising
• Physical and man-made scenery in advertising
• Love and romance in advertising
Contributions of the second type are expected be surveys/experiments, or extensive reviews of existing research, or a combination of the two (with preference given to submissions that analyze new data). Content wise, the papers should engage in:
• Cross-Cultural differences in presenting everyday life in advertising
• Immediate and non-immediate effects of reality representation in advertising (emphasizing in particular non-commercial effects)
• Theoretical accounts of reality representation in advertising: Application of schools such as cultivation, priming etc.
The deadline for extended abstract submission (three to four pages long) is: October 1st, 2010.
The abstract should consist of a purpose statement for the proposed paper, theoretical framework(s), method(s) of analysis, major findings (of previous studies) and expected results (for new studies), scholarly contribution, public appeal/applied implications (if existing) and a short biographical sketch of the author(s). Please note that – as in almost any academic collection – acceptance is a based on merit, editorial needs and submissions supply. Since some of the suggested topics would likely yield a larger number of submissions – the chances of having a paper on one of the more popular topics accepted are lower. Authors are welcome to send in more than one abstract, but no more than one chapter per author will be included in the book.
Notification of acceptance/rejection and invitations to submit complete papers (5,000 to 12,000 words, APA style) will be made on or before November 15th , 2010.
The complete papers’ due date is March 1st , 2011.
The book will go to print towards the end of the summer of 2011. Rigorous review will be performed and revisions are likely to be required throughout the process.
Please send submissions, inquires and proposals to:
Professor Amir Hetsroni
School of Communication
Ariel University Center, Israel
Tel. 972-54-4975048 ; Fax. 972-8-9286602
Email: amirhe@ariel.ac.il; amirhetsroni@gmail.com
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CALL FOR PAPERS ABSTRACTS
Panel: "Digital politics: Collective action born in and from the Internet"
Section Internet & Politics - ECPR General Conference in Reykjavik in
2011
Deadline first round of call for papers abstracts: 30st August 2010
Send papers proposal to: mayo.fuster(at)eui.eu
Panel abstract: So far, political science research has focused on the
use of the Internet by collective political actors that had their main
operational base in the offline realm. First studies on the Internet
and politics mainly concentrated mostly on well-established and
traditional actors such public administration and political parties.
Then the cope of research widened to include interest groups, NGOs and
social movements looking at the impact of the Internet and the type of
Internet use carried out by those groups. In particular, given the
growing importance of political campaigns and other forms of collective
action that are launched and carried out by networks of political
actors, that mainly, if not completely operate and mobilize for their
issues online, the debate on the Internet and politics could benefit
further from considering actors who mainly operation with an online
base. Interestingly, the emergence of collective action in online
environments apparently follows new forms of "networked" forms of
action and collaboration that are said to be different from political
actors with a mainly offline base. The panel "Digital politics" aims to
iniciate a discussion on the main organizational and democratic logic
of the collective action born in and from the Internet addressing
questions such as: What are the main characteristics of participation
in online base collective action? How are boundaries drawn between the
individual and the collective in such forms? How can we deal with the
dialectics of individualization on one hand and the effects of
de-personalization on the other hand that are inscribed in online
spaces? How is the online space governed and how does its architecture
structure online interaction? Finally, which methods are best suited to
analyze the practices and dynamics of collective action online
adequately?
Co-chairs: Mayo Fuster Morell (European University Institute) and
Johanna Niesyto (University of Siegen)
Discussant: Sigrid Baringhorst (University of Siegen)
Mayo Fuster Morell
E-mail: lilaroja@gmx.net
Skype: mayoneti
http://www.onlinecreation.info
http://www.openelibrary.info
http://www.openesf.net
http://www.networked-politics.info
http://www.euromovements.info
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Invitation to Reuters Institute Symposium on Charitable and Trust
Ownership of News Organisations
Magdalen College Oxford, 13th September 2010, 09.30-17.30
The contemporary strategic and financial crises facing newspapers have
produced concerns about how to fund journalism in the twenty-first
century and how to ensure that citizens have the necessary information
to participate in a democracy.
This Symposium is being held at a time when changes in markets, technologies, and the effectiveness of the commercial business model have produced challenges that are prompting renewed interest in trusts and other forms of not-for-profit ownership.
Despite the potential benefits of small community news start-ups, professional journalism and news organizations are widely seen as
necessary to provide the broad, regular coverage necessary for
functioning society. However, it is also clear that there is a need for
renewal and reformation of existing organizations and practices and
that this creates significant contemporary policy issues because of
issues associated with existing charitable and trust laws and
regulations.
This symposium will explore the benefits and challenges of charitable
and trust ownership of news organizations amidst growing calls for establishment of more charitable and not-for-profit media.
It is designed to examine the inner workings of these forms of
ownership to gain a fuller perspective on the conditions under which
they work best, unique challenges they encounter, and their
sustainability in the face of difficult economic conditions.
It will address questions such as whether charitable and trust
ownership make a difference in perception of the roles of journalistic
enterprises, in the editorial behaviour, and in the commercial
behaviour of firms.
The symposium will include presentations by executives from
trust/charitable news organisations owners, legal specialists, and
scholars from the UK, North America and Western Europe.
It will be of interest to all those who are interested in the future of
news organisations and in finding innovative solutions to sustaining
them in turbulent times.
Confirmed Speakers
Karen Dunlap, President, Poynter Institute, Owner of the St. Petersburg
Times, FloridaJohn Honderich, Chair of the Board, Torstar Corp, Owners
of Toronto Star, Canada Charles Lewis, Center for Public Integrity/Fund
for Investigative Journalism, Washington DCFrançois Régis Hutin,
President of Ouest-France, Rennes, France Neil Fowler, Guardian
Research Fellow, Nuffield CollegeAndrew Phillips, charity lawyer
(TBC)Maleiha Malik, Director, Scott Trust Organisers Prof Robert G.
Picard, Visiting Fellow, Reuters Institute and Professor, Jönköping
International Business School & Dr David Levy, Director, Reuters
Institute Details This one day symposium will be held at Magdalen
College, Oxford.
Attendance at the Symposium including refreshments and conference
lunch: £150 GBP
Attendance at Symposium as above, with dinner at Magdalen College: £180
GBP To register for the Symposium, please visit the University of
Oxford Online Store by clicking on the link below and going to Reuters
Institute on the left hand tool bar:
https://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/courses/
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Call for Papers
PLATFORM: VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1 (MARCH 2011)
Media coverage and the election =91race=92
30 August 2010: Abstracts/Proposals due (500-800 words)
11 October 2010: Full Papers due (6,000-8,000 words, including 200 word abstracts and six keywords)
Election campaigns are a constant feature of political and democratic
debate. They are also a time when political communication reaches
extraordinary levels as political leaders and organisations (formal and informal) try to influence voters to align with their positions and
values. This issue of PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication
invites papers that challenge and explore the visibility (and
invisibility) of race and racism in media coverage of political
communication and election campaigns.
Issues of race and racism have been prominent in headlines around the
world over the past decade. The role of the state has been highlighted
in relation to policies such as the proposed banning of Islamic face
veiling in France, Belgium and Quebec; immigration and asylum-seeker
policy; land reform and intertribal conflict in parts of Africa; and
anti-terrorism initiatives such as racial profiling and an increased
scrutiny of Muslim bodies post 9/11 (see for example Goldberg, 2002;
Amin, 2010; Lentin, 2004). Over the same period, US President Barack
Obama=92s 2008 election victory was described as signifying a
=91post-racial=92 era, drawing attent= ion to the role of these
discourses of =91post-racism=92 within political communications (Edge,
2010).
This issue of PLATFORM is seeking papers that expand or critique our
understanding of the interplay between media and race and racisms in
election campaigns and political debates. How (in)visible is race as a
factor in political discourse or practice, as reflected in media
analyses and challenges? How is this influenced by the increasing
mediatisation of democracy? How do issues such as the rise of citizen
journalism and the increasingly fragmented and cultural ways in which
people utilise media impact or mediate against issues of race?
In addition to submissions to our general section, PLATFORM: Journal of
Media and Communication welcomes thematic submissions by current
graduate students working in the field of media and communications
which critically examine issues of race and racism in media coverage
and analysis of elections and online deliberations around the world.
Submissions can explore any of the intersections between race,
identity, class, culture and history, but should explicitly focus on
these in relation to media and new communication technologies.
Suggested topics could include, but are by no means limited to:
- The interplay between race and mediatised democracy and online
deliberation, including campaigning technologies, such as opinion
polls, focus groups and televised debates
- Race and the political economy of media
- Race and identity in political discourse and campaign rhetoric
- Race in policy and policy debates (for example immigration and
refugee
policy; national security; land ownership; surveillance)
- Race in neoliberal discourses and policy (Goldberg, 2002)
We would also like to hear from any early career, PhD and master
researchers who are interested in peer-reviewing submissions for this
issue. Please refer to our contact details below.
Submissions to: platformjmc@gmail.com
- All submissions to PLATFORM must be from current graduate students
(no more than 6 months after graduation) undertaking their Masters,
Ph.D. or international equivalent. We recommend that prospective
authors submit abstracts for approval by PLATFORM editors well before
this deadline to allow for feedback and suggestions, so that we receive
full papers by 11 October 2010.
- All eligible submissions will be sent for double-blind peer-review.
Early submission is highly encouraged as the review process will
commence on submission.
Note: Please read the Submission Guidelines before submitting work.
Submissions not in house style will not be accepted and authors will be
asked resubmit their work with the correct formatting before it is sent
for review.
For more information contact:
Sandy Watson (s.watson7@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au), Editor-in-Chief of
PLATFORM Volume 3, Issue 1
*** Apply to Peer-Review ***
PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication invites early career, PhD
and Masters researchers to peer-review its scholarly submissions. If
you would like to apply, please submit a 150-word bio as well as a CV
highlighting research projects, publications and paper presentations.
References
Amin, A. (2010). The Remainders of Race. Theory, Culture and Society,
27, 1-23.
Edge, T. (2010). Southern Strategy 2.0: Conservatives, White Voters,
and the Election of Barack Obama. Journal of Black Studies, 40, 426-444.
Goldberg, D. T. (2002). The Racial State, Oxford and Malden, Blackwell
Publishers.
Lentin, A. (2004). Racial States, Anti-Racist Responses: Picking Holes
in 'Culture' and 'Human Rights'. European Journal of Social Theory, 7,
427-443.
Mazzoleni, G. and Schulz, W. (2001). Political Communication, 16, 247-261.
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