[eccr] Social Semiotics - Michael Jackson Trial - call for articles

>Call for articles about The Michael Jackson Trial
>
>*       How does Michael Jackson's trial, and the associated media 
>spectacle, mobilises ideas about gender, race, class, the body, queer, 
>sexuality, power, childhood/adulthood, fandom and celebrity?
>*       What does the reporting tell us about phenomena such as 'trial by 
>television', the media event, the use of chat shows or dramatic 
>reconstructions and the role of personal testimony?
>*       How is the story resonating across cultural and national borders?
>*       What are the socio-political contexts and implications of this 
>major media spectacle?
>
>Jenny Kitzinger and Sujata Moorti are editing a special issue of the 
>international journal 'Social Semiotics' and are inviting contributions 
>around these and related questions.
>
>If you are interested please send us a brief outline (no more than one 
>page) by ** 16th May 2005 ** (with all your contact details). We will then 
>select from these abstracts to invite submission of full articles.
>
>The deadline for submission of complete articles is July 30th 2005 (with 
>the opportunity to revise articles after peer review by October). This 
>will allow for timely publication in 2006.
>
>If you have any queries please contact Jenny Kitzinger on 
>(kitzingerj /at/ cardiff.ac.uk). Alternatively, telephone Jenny in the UK on 
>02920 874571 (or Sujata Moorti, in the US, on 802-443-5674.)
>
>
>Please send abstracts by email to (kitzingerj /at/ cardiff.ac.uk) (or, if you 
>prefer to post your abstract - please send it to me at the address below).
>Thank you.
>
>Professor Jenny Kitzinger
>Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies
>Cardiff University
>King Edward VII Avenue
>Cardiff CF10 3NB
>Wales, U.K.
>Tel: 02920 874571
>email: (kitzingerj /at/ cardiff.ac.uk)
>web: www.cardiff.ac.uk/jomec/

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