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{Disarmed} [ecrea] Call for Papers, Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, 1/2010

Fri Dec 18 13:28:06 GMT 2009



2nd Call for Papers, Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, 1/2010



?AMBIGUITIES of CENSORSHIP?



Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark, without the need for any official ban. (George Orwell)



Censorship can be defined as the suppression of information exerted through any technique that prevents the public from being informed about what happens in the world. More than fifty years ago, in his lucid critique of media practices in Britain, George Orwell was already warning about the impact of less obvious forms of censorship on the flows of information. However, many academic studies have been focused on deliberate forms of censorships exerted by official means, for example by the state in totalitarian or anti-democratic regimes. Nevertheless, censorship has always been present in democratic countries as well, more subtle in nature and very often self-imposed.

This new issue of Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture is specifically dedicated to an international perspective from a range of disciplinary backgrounds on various practices of censorship that go beyond official forms of censorship.

Topics may include, but are not restricted to, the following:

-         Self-censorship

-         Bias

-         Omission

-         Under-reporting

-         Corporate pressures

-         Professional pressures

-         Cultural and religious pressures

-         Embedded journalism

-         Security-related pressures

Together, these practices have a bearing on the failure of the media to cover crucial and sometimes controversial issues, therefore abridging freedom of expression.



Manuscripts should be prepared in English in Microsoft Word, should adhere to the Manuscript Submission Guidelines (<https://webmail.wmin.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/media/camri/publications/manuscript-submission-guideliens>http://www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/media/camri/publications/manuscript-submission-guideliens) and should not exceed 8,000 words including notes and references. Manuscripts should be accompanied by an abstract of 100?150 words and up to six keywords. The manuscript must contain a separate title page that should include: the title of the manuscript; the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s); full contact details of the author(s); the author?s brief biographical information. All submissions are subject to peer review. Please send the manuscript as an email attachment to Benedetta Brevini (<mailto:(B.Brevini1 /at/ westminster.ac.uk)>(B.Brevini1 /at/ westminster.ac.uk)) and Katharina Noetzold <mailto:(k.noetzold /at/ westminster.ac.uk)>(k.noetzold /at/ westminster.ac.uk) no later than 15 January 2010.





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