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[ecrea] CFP 'Chinese media studies: the state of the field' -- MIA special issue

Sat Nov 14 09:50:12 GMT 2009



Call for Papers for special issue of Media International Australia:

Chinese media studies: The state of the field



This special issue invites papers to reflect on the state, scope, and prospects of a still relatively young and interdisciplinary field that we call 'Chinese Media Studies'. The special issue will: (1) provide a snapshot of the state of the field from the perspective of both well established and emerging scholars; (2) define the meaning and scope of area studies in media and cultural research; (3) evaluate the value of work done to date by global scholars; and (4) suggest new directions and productive foci for future research.



We seek contributors from all areas in humanities and social sciences, who interrogate media and communications where Chinese language is dominant or relevant (China PRC, Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan, and Chinese migrant 'mediaspheres' or Chinese-speaking communities). We are interested in, among other issues, the following topics:



1. the interrogation of 'Chinese media studies' as a field within the broader context of media studies as a discipline in the Western academia and its relation with area studies (most obviously, Asian studies and Chinese studies); 2. the changing status of Chinese media studies and its contingency with non-traditional forms of media and communications, in both thematic matters and methodological concerns; 3. the implications of the evolving field of Chinese media studies for higher education, and its relationship with training, industry and government; 4. the reflection of researchers on the role of China in contemporary media and communications research, whether or not they have the prefix of 'Chinese' in media studies, on their roles as educators and experts, individually and collectively.


Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent to the editors by January 31, 2010 for advice on whether a full paper is required for the reviewing process. Full contributions of 4000-6000 words, prepared in MIA style, will then be required. Please contact the joint editors, Stephanie Hemelryk Donald and Haiqing Yu ((h.yu /at/ unsw.edu.au)), by 30 April 2010.



Please note that MIA has a rigorous reviewing system and we would expect that only a small proportion of papers sent for review will be published.

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Dr Haiqing YU
Lecturer in contemporary Chinese media and culture
School of Languages and Linguistics, University of New South Wales
#234 Morven Brown Building, Kensington Campus, UNSW
NSW 2052 Australia
Tel: +61 2 9385 2349; +61 42 991 3053
Fax: +61 2 9385 2666


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