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[ecrea] Serial Culture Conference in Potsdam

Wed Nov 04 19:23:54 GMT 2009





CfP â??Contemporary Serial Culture: Quality TV Series in New Media Environmentâ??



International Conference, January 14 - 16, 2010, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany



Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

Toby Miller (University of California, Riverside)

Robin Nelson (Manchester Metropolitan University)

Hugh Oâ??Donnell (Glasgow Caledonian University)





The first decade of the 21st century saw an increase in the popularity of serial forms in television. Series like Alias, CSI, Fringe, Greyâ??s Anatomy, Six Feet Under, Heroes, Lost, Private Practice, The Shield, The Sopranos, Dexter, True Blood, 24, Ugly Betty, The Wire and several others gained significant success with audiences all over the world. They are very often characterised as â??Quality TVâ?? because their narrative structure, representation of characters and aesthetic form are perceived to be more complex and sophisticated than older series. In part they are not only successful because they appear on TV screens, but also because they are available on DVD, they generate spin-offs for mobile devices, and they can rely on an active fan community on the internet and on the convergence of different media.





Unfortunately during the past ten years scholars in media studies, cultural studies and television studies have given increased attention to TV forms like reality TV, docudramas and documentaries. TV fiction has lost some of its academic currency, except in some popular book series like â??Philosophy and â?? and â??Reading Contemporary TV" which focus on popular TV series like CSI, Lost, Sopranos or 24. These and other books highlight several important aspects of the series, but further work needs to be done that considers the series form in relation to their specific economic, cultural and (media) historical context, analyzing the series in the context of TV theories, narrative theories, theories of media economics, theories of global media communication, and audience studies.





The aim of the conference is to take a closer look at the series in question from a variety of perspectives. Therefore we are looking for papers dealing with the following issues:




* Series in the context of economy, the global media market and production
   * Narrative innovation and narrative complexity of quality series
* Audience studies of series (series, identity, internet and everyday life)
   * Comparative studies of international series adaptations
   * Studies of convergence culture (TV, Internet, digital games)
* Serial storytelling in new media environments (i.e. Web-Series, Series for mobile devices etc.)
   * Patterns of violence, pornography and new serial aesthetics
   * Series and the contemporary culture and society





Papers are welcome from a broad range of academic disciplines. Please send abstracts of no more than 400 words and a short biographical note to one of the organisers of the conference:



Lothar Mikos (<mailto:(l.mikos /at/ hff-potsdam.de))

Rainer Winter (<mailto:(rainer.winter /at/ uni-klu.ac.at))

and a copy to Susanne Eichner (<mailto:(s.eichner /at/ hff-potsdam.de))







Deadline for submissions: November 15, 2009







The conference will take place at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen (University of Film and Television) in Potsdam-Babelsberg, close to Berlin. It is organized in cooperation with the Institute of Media and Communications of Klagenfurt University (Austria), the Popular Communication Division of the ICA, the Popular Culture Working Group of the IAMCR, the Media and Communication Section and the Section of Cultural Sociology of the German Sociological Association.






Dr. Lothar Mikos
Professor of Television Studies
Medienwissenschaft
Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf"
Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
D-14482 Potsdam
Phone: 0049(0)331 6202 210 (-211 Secr.)
Mail: (l.mikos /at/ hff-potsdam.de)



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