Not unlike other media, television is undergoing major changes. The Internet, as well as the possibilities of digitisation and storage, has contributed to the transnational circulation of content and, most importantly, the development of over-the-top (OTT) media services.
Guest editors: Sarah Atkinson (Kings College London), Olof Hedling (Lund University), Mette Hjort (Hong Kong Baptist University) and Pietari Kaapa (University of Warwick). Production studies has emerged as a vibrant field in contemporary media studies.
NECSUS Autumn 2019_#Gesture Guest editor: Miriam de Rosa (Coventry University) A visible action working as utterance, according to Giorgio Agamben gesture is ‘the exhibition of mediality’. It unveils a process and crystallises a meaning into a temporary form, making visible and yet relying upon a sense of deep tactility and materiality, especially when it is performed by the hands.
In December 2016, in an international conference entitled “50 years of Greek Television” that took place in Thessaloniki, organized by the Laboratory of Cultural and Visual Studies of the Department of Journalism and Mass Media Communication, both well-established and emerging scholars came together to discuss the past, present, and future of (the academic study of) Greek television.
CALL FOR PAPERS: Nordicom Review Special Issue (open access) Title: ‘Dark Screens: The Geopolitics of Nordic Television Drama’ Guest Editors: Robert A. Saunders (State University of New York); Pei Sze Chow (Aarhus University); and Anne Marit Waade (Aarhus University) Journal: Nordicom Review Nordic Europe’s dramatic television series – from Borgen to The Bridge to Occupied– currently serve as a model for […]
Call for Papers: Journal of Digital Media and Policy (Formerly International Journal of Digital Television) Special Issue 10.3 (Autumn 2019): ‘Interfacing public communications in the digital economy’ Guest edited by Michael Klontzas (University of Huddersfield) and Maria Sourbati (University of Brighton) Deadline for proposals : 30 November 2018 Public organizations tasked with the delivery of universal service in
Back to the Future: Telling and Taming Anticipatory Media Visions and Technologies Special Issue of “Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies” Guest-editors: Christian Pentzold (University of Bremen, Germany), Anne Kaun (Södertörn University, Sweden), and Christine Lohmeier (University of Bremen, Germany) Digital media, networked services, and aggregate data are beacons
Issue 15 Call for Papers DEADLINE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 Special Issue: Twin Peaks: Season Three Guest Editors: Matt Miller and Matthew Lau This special issue of NANO will explore the significance of the recently released third season of the seminal television show, Twin Peaks.
SERIES. International Journal of TV Serial Narratives” (https://series.unibo.it) is an open access and peer-reviewed journal, with ISSN and indexed in major international databases. It publishes 2 issues per year, and is mainly devoted to television seriality.
The Velvet Light Trap is proud to present the CFP for its 85th issue: Bad Objects! The concept of a “bad object” has long been a moving target in media studies. Although the term is rarely defined with any specificity, a “bad object” is typically a text that is used in critical analysis with the implicit or explicit acknowledgement of its perceived violations of “good” taste.
