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[ecrea] CFP: Discourse of the Middle East

Wed Oct 28 06:07:19 GMT 2009



Call for Papers: Special Issue of Communication Studies
Discourse of the Middle East: Communication, Culture, Media

Special issue editor: Mehdi Semati (Northern Illinois University)

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2010

Submissions are invited for a special issue of Communication Studies offering a communicative inquiry into the (re)emergence of 'the Middle East' in the Western/Northern political and cultural imaginaries. Among the factors that have contributed to this (re)emergence are the following:

ï??     the end of the Cold War and its bipolar geopolitical framework
ï??     the role of the regionâ??s energy resources in the world economy
ï??     the possibility of a new nuclear arms race in the Middle East
ï??     regional conflicts and Euro-American involvements therein
ï??     the Euro-American Middle East foreign policies
ï??     the terrorism complex
ï??     immigration and population movements
ï??     globalization
ï??     the proliferation of media in the Middle East
ï?? the flow and contra-flow of media and cultural forms to and from the region ï?? the explosion of communication technologies and digital networks worldwide
ï??     growing middle classes and their demands in the region
ï??     domestic cultures and global youth cultures
ï?? the proliferation of Western media outlasts with insatiable appetite for content in the form of commentary, analysis, op-eds and controversies
ï??     the rise of religious fundamentalisms worldwide
ï??     the expansion of social movements and their global audiences
ï?? a more vociferous local and global constituency for issues in gender and human rights

On the one hand, communication media and cultures, and communication technologies have played their role in these developments and their respective political, cultural and ideological frameworks. On the other, these developments have contributed to the formation of the Western political and cultural imaginaries in which â??the Middle Eastâ?? is an intelligible and constructed object in various discourses.

This special issue is devoted to the exploration of these discourses, their epistemological and ontological formations and histories, the politics of their formations and the functions they might perform in a variety of domains. Here the concept of â??discourseâ?? is deployed broadly, inviting contributions from diverse intellectual, methodological and disciplinary affiliations and orientations that have contributed to communication and cultural studies. Regardless of their orientations, the contributions are expected to address the literatures and problematics of concern to communication, media and cultural studies. The aforementioned list of developments, as they relate to such problematics, suggests a range of topics of interest to this special issue.

Queries regarding the special issue may be directed to guest editor Mehdi Semati ((msemati /at/ niu.edu)) or journal editor Kimberly Powell ((commstudies /at/ luther.edu)).

Submission guidelines:

Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association or the Chicago Manual of Style. Submissions should contain no more than 7500 words total (including tables, references, endnotes, and appendices). Send an electronic file of the manuscript prepared for blind review in MWord or rtf and a separate file with author contact information, title of the manuscript, and brief author bio to (commstudies /at/ luther.edu). Additional journal guidelines are available at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10510974.asp.


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