[eccr] Media and Public Sphere Volume

>Call for Papers:  Media and the Public Sphere, Richard Butsch, editor
>
>  I am seeking contributors for a volume tentatively entitled Media and 
> the Public Sphere, which will explore how movies, radio, television and 
> internet, or specific media genre do or do not constitute a public 
> sphere, and how audiences do or do not respond to these as public sphere.
>
>  Since Habermas' classic study of the public sphere was translated into 
> English in the early 1990s, it has revived the concept of public and 
> stimulated scholarship concerning political participation and democracy 
> across a broad spectrum of disciplines. During the same time, there has 
> been a remarkable growth in scholarship on media industry, audiences and 
> history. Given that news media traditionally have been associated with 
> the public sphere, it is not surprising that these two developments would 
> come together. Over the past two to three years there has emerged a 
> broadening range of studies involving media and the public sphere. This 
> work is growing rapidly and would benefit from a presentation that allows 
> for comparisons across media and genres, and across approaches and issues.
>
>  It seems timely to bring this work together in one book in order to 
> identify common threads and differences in scholarship on media and the 
> public sphere. I am open to authors taking any positions, pro and con 
> concerning the existence or significance of public spheres, so that as a 
> whole the book constitutes not simply separate studies on a shared topic 
> but a "conversation" among the studies that raises questions of substance 
> and approach for future research.
>
>
>Topics that would be valuable for the book include but are not limited to 
>contemporary or historical approaches to:
>
>How have legislative/regulatory environments sustained or undermined 
>media's role as public sphere? Do public media such as BBC fill this 
>function?
>
>Do documentaries or dramatic films (e.g. "Wag the Dog") constitute a 
>public sphere discourse?
>
>Are radio or television talk shows a public sphere? Is community radio a 
>viable alternative public sphere?
>
>Was television in the broadcast network era a public sphere? Do 
>televisions in public spaces create a public sphere?
>
>Is the internet a public sphere? Are the internet and globalization 
>creating an international public sphere?
>
>Do audiences for any media respond as consumers in a marketplace or 
>citizens in a public sphere?
>
>A new and innovative analysis of the history of newspapers as the 
>prototypical public sphere medium might provide a background for the rest.
>
>
>Send your proposal or inquiries to <mailto:(butsch /at/ rider.edu)>(butsch /at/ rider.edu).
>
>  Richard Butsch,
>author of The Making of American Audiences and editor of For Fun and Profit.

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