LAUNCH OF VOL. 1, PLATFORM: JOURNAL OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Volume 1 (July 2009) of PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication
is now published:
http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform/
This inaugural volume 'Mediated Mobilities: Negotiating Identities'
includes the following contents:
1. Editorial.
By Esther Chin, Amira Firdaus, Gin Chee Tong and Blaise Murphet.
University of Melbourne, Australia
2. Articles
* Reconceptualising 'Time' and 'Space' in the Era of Electronic Media
and Communications.
By Panayiota Tsatsou. London School of Economics and Political Science
and Swansea University, United Kingdom
* Cultural Deterritorialisation: Communications Technology, Provenance
and Place.
By Aleksandra Bida. Ryerson University and York University, Canada
* Presumed Innocent: The Paradox of 'Coming of Age' and the Problem of
Youth Sexuality in Lolita and Thirteen.
By Fleur Gabriel. Monash University, Australia
* When the 'Other' Becomes 'Us': Mediated Representations,'Terrorism'
and the 'War on Terror'.
By Rut M. Sanz Sabido. De Montfort University, United Kingdom
* Constructing European Identity through Mediated Difference: A
Content Analysis of Turkey's EU Accession Process in the British
Press.
By Agnes I. Schneeberger. University Of Leeds, United Kingdom
3. Power, Mobility and Diaspora in the Global City: An Interview with
Saskia Sassen.
By Dale Leorke. University of Melbourne, Australia
PLATFORM is a new international peer-review graduate journal,
available online through open-access. It will be published biannually
- Vol. 2 is planned for publication in January 2010.
PLATFORM is refereed by an international board of established and
emerging scholars working across diverse paradigms in Media and
Communication. It is edited by graduate students at the University of
Melbourne, and published by the School of Culture and Communication,
University of Melbourne.
The aims of PLATFORM include:
* To provide a platform for media and communications graduate student
researchers to showcase, share, and support the work of one another
through publication, peer-review, and comments;
* To provide a platform for emerging media and communications scholars
to build a publication record and to contribute subsequently to other
academic publications;
* To increase scholarly appreciation of media and communications
research across diverse theoretical, methodological, and empirical
interests; and
* To encourage international awareness and collaboration through the
discussion of issues associated with the rising significance of
multiple media and communications platforms for societies and
individuals in and across various globalised and localised environments.
EDITORS:
Esther Chin (Editor-in-Chief, Vol. 1)
Amira Firdaus (Editor-in-Chief, Vol. 2)
Gin Chee Tong
Blaise Murphet
Dale Leorke
Elias Mokua Nyatete
WEBSITE, DESIGN & CREATIVE EDITOR
Gin Chee Tong
JOURNAL MANAGER:
Akina Mikami
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Ingrid Volkmer, University of Melbourne, Australia
Sean Cubitt, University of Melbourne, Australia
Jenny Lee, University of Melbourne, Australia
Tamara Witschge, Young Scholars Network, ECREA
Benjamin De Cleen, Young Scholars Network, ECREA
Stefania Milan, Emerging Scholars Network, IAMCR
Mikaela Marlow, Student Board, ICA
Michele Cheng Hoon Khoo, Student Board, ICA
Diana Bossio, ANZCA
CALL FOR PAPERS (VOLUME 2, JANUARY 2010)
Submissions are invited for Vol. 2, to be published in January 2010.
Early submission is highly encouraged as the review process will
commence on submission. For more information and full submission
guidelines, please visit
http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform.
APPLY TO PEER REVIEW:
PLATFORM also invites early career and graduate student researchers to
peer-review its scholarly submissions. If you would like to apply,
please submit to (platformjmc /at/ gmail.com) a 150 word bio as well as a CV
highlighting research projects, publications and paper presentations.
--
Esther Chin
PhD Candidate
Media & Communications
School of Culture and Communication
Faculty of Arts
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria 3010
Australia
Tel.: +61-3-8344-3657
Mob.: +61-423-905-713
Email: (y.chin4 /at/ pgrad.unimelb.edu.au)
PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication
http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform/
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