[ecrea] MedieKultur: Call for papers

>MedieKultur. Journal of media and communication research
>
>Challenging Genre =96 Genre Challenges
>- new media, new boundaries, new formations
>
>Special theme. Editors: Anne Jerslev (guest), Mette Mortensen, Line Nybro P=
>etersen
>=20
>Submission deadline: February 1, 2011
>Publication date: Fall, 2011
>
>Today=92s intensified blurring of boundaries between media, and between med=
>ia and their audiences is challenging our traditional understanding of genr=
>e. New genres surface at the same rapid pace as old ones are contested or s=
>imply deemed out of date. Even though terms such as genre hybridity and cro=
>ss genres have pointed to generic instabilities and experiments for a coupl=
>e of decades now, the altered modes of media production and distribution ra=
>ise a number of topical questions: How might we understand genre today? In =
>which ways might genre be a productive term for conceptualising and compreh=
>ending the new digital media landscape? And not least, do we need to change=
>  our notions of traditional genre expressions, for example in film and tele=
>vision?
>
>While the scholarly literature on genre is substantial in film studies, tel=
>evision studies and literary studies, the concept of genre remains largely =
>underdeveloped theoretically as well as methodologically in our present era=
>  of digital transformation. Genre has traditionally been defined as a horiz=
>on of expectations and a contractual relationship between audiences and med=
>ia formats. However, this definition hardly seems adequate in relation to c=
>ontemporary media characterised, on the one hand, by new genres constantly =
>emerging and evolving, and, on the other hand, by persistent renegotiations=
>  of the relationship between author, audience and media product.
>
>This special issue of MedieKultur consequently sets out to rethink genre ac=
>ross a wide range of media offerings, including, but not limited to, online=
>  social media, television entertainment and news, film and film culture and=
>  video games. We thus invite contributions on:
>=B7      Media convergence and genre
>=B7      Genre, interaction, participatory practices and aesthetics
>=B7      Genre and digitalisation
>=B7      Genre and media production
>=B7      Genre and audiences
>=B7      Conceptualising genre =96 now and then
>
>http://www.mediekultur.dk
>Please note: Although we organize some of our articles into special issues,=
>  we encourage your contributions and will happily find a place for articles=
>  of high quality regardless of topic.
>
>
>--=20
>Ditte Laursen
>Forsker i medier, ph.d. / Media researcher, Ph.D.
>
>STATSBIBLIOTEKET / STATE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
>Universitetsparken
>Dk - 8000 =C5rhus C
>Tlf. / Phone +45 89462060 CVR / SE / VAT No. DK 10100682 - EAN 579800079108=
>4
>http://statsbiblioteket.dk
>http://www.dittelaursen.dk=

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