[ecrea] Media history

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>Call for Papers: Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture
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>What is Media History?
>(Volume 4, Issue 3) Autumn, 2007
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>Over the past three decades the study of media 
>history has emerged from the academic shadows 
>into an interdisciplinary limelight. No longer 
>the sole preserve of subaltern scholars in the 
>fields of history, literary or media studies, 
>the subject has grown in importance and in scope 
>encompassing a wide range of genres across a 
>variety of media forms.  As the discipline of 
>media studies increasingly discovers its 
>historical hinterland, so too historians have 
>come to view the media as much more than simply 
>useful primary sources, but rather as 
>fundamental actors in the historical process and 
>thus worthy of study in their own right.
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>The rise of new media technologies has led to 
>claims of an unprecedented democratisation of 
>the study and recording of the past, while the 
>relationship between the mass media and 
>historical representations, whether 
>fictionalised or factual, is one that often 
>engenders controversial debate in both the film 
>and broadcasting industries. Moreover, in an era 
>of media globalisation there are questions to be 
>asked about how academics approach the study of 
>the historical development of communications 
>that moves beyond national boundaries to engage 
>with global and comparative accounts.
>
>As a consequence Westminster Papers in 
>Communication and Culture invites submissions 
>from a wide range of backgrounds that operate in 
>or seek to problematise the study of media 
>history and the numerous ways in which it is 
>approached.  In addition to theoretical 
>reflections we especially encourage original 
>empirical research that highlights 
>epistemological/methodological issues whilst 
>engaging with actual historical experience.
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>Possible topics include but are not limited to:
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>­          Global Media Histories;
>­          Comparative Media Histories;
>­          History, Media and Memory;
>­          Time, Place and the Media;
>­          Newspaper History;
>­          Broadcasting History;
>­          Film History;
>­          History and New Media.
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>Applicants may submit abstracts of no more than 
>250 words to Daniel Day at 
><mailto:(dayd /at/ wmin.ac.uk)>(dayd /at/ wmin.ac.uk) The 
>deadline for the submission of abstracts is 
>Friday 22nd December 2006. For accepted articles 
>the deadline for submission is Monday 30th April 
>2007. Further details of WPCC are available at 
><http://www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-880>http://www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-880
>
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>Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture 
>(WPCC) is a peer-reviewed journal, published 
>four times a year. WPCC recognises the 
>interdisciplinary nature of the field of Media 
>and Cultural Studies, and therefore deliberately 
>encourages diverse methods, contexts and themes. 
>Particular interests include, but are not 
>limited to, work related to Popular Culture, 
>Media Audiences, Political Economy, Promotional 
>Culture, New Media, Political Communication, Migration and Diasporic Studies.
>A major goal of the WPCC is to help develop a 
>de-westernised and transcultural sphere that 
>engages both young and established scholars from 
>different parts of the world in a critical 
>debate about the relationship between 
>communication, culture and society in the 21st Century.
>WPCC welcomes articles from scholars working in 
>any area of the field. We are particularly keen 
>to publish work by doctoral students and people 
>starting their academic careers. Unsolicited articles are encouraged.
>WPCC is available in printed form, either in the 
>form of annual subscriptions or as single issue 
>purchases. Subscription currently covers the 
>four issues published each year. WPCC is also 
>available on PDF format, free of charge. At 
><http://www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-880>http://www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-880 
>you may read the full text of all articles published in the journal.
>
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Carpentier Nico (Phd)
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