[ecrea] Call for Papers 'Comparing Media Systems in the Iberian Peninsula'

Call for papers - Comparing Media Systems in the Iberian Peninsula

Special issue of the International Journal of Iberian Studies
(Intellect).

In the last years, comparative studies have quickly developed in the
field of communication studies. Specifically, the publication of
Hallin and Manciniís Comparing Media Systems has been a turning point
of cross-national research into the structure, politics and
performing of media systems. In this work, Spain and Portugal appear,
alongside other countries, under the umbrella of the Polarized
Pluralist or Mediterranean model. However, not all the literature
agrees on these similarities between Spain and Portugal. Equally,
areas like those of journalism, policies, texts and audiences, just
to name a few, remain largely unexplored from this comparative
perspective.

The aim of this special issue is to stimulate the debate on cross-
national media research between Spain and Portugal. The Iberian
perspective on media studies is hardly developed. However, in the
context of increasing comparative research, it seems a logical step
forward. Among others, relevant questions include:
- Is there space for an Iberian dimension in Portuguese and Spanish
media systems?
- What are the difficulties faced by researchers when comparing the
Spanish and Portuguese media systems?
- Whatís the research agenda for an Iberian perspective on media
systems and its relation to political, economic or cultural systems?
- What is the theoretical and empirical justification for Iberian
research?
- How do researchers interpret similarities and differences found
when studying both countries and media production, distribution and
consumption?
- Do media texts reflect the Iberian perspective? How do they reflect
it?
- How the different languages spoken in the Iberian Peninsula affect
this Iberian dimension?
- Whatís the role of nations and regions within these systems and
among them?
- Whatís the relationship and position of the Iberian media and
communication space with other systems in the context of globalization?

To that end, possible topics include (but are not limited to):
journalism practices and cultures, structure of national broadcasting
systems, transborder texts, experiences and practices, audience
analysis, international communication, political communication,
communication and cultural policies, and media theory and sociology.

Cross-national studies will be privileged. Only articles written in
English will be sent out for review. Articles should be between 6,000
and 8,000 words including notes and references. The submission
guidelines can be downloaded from http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/
MediaManager/File/IJIS%20Notes%20for%20Contributors.pdf.

The deadline for submissions is 20 September 2011. This special issue
will be published in 2012.

For further information and submissions, please contact the guest
editors at:

David Fern·ndez-Quijada
Departament de ComunicaciÛ Audiovisual i Publicitat I, Universitat
AutÚnoma de Barcelona
(david.fernandez /at/ uab.es)

JosÈ Luis GarcÌa
Instituto de CiÍncias Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa
(jlgarcia /at/ ics.ul.pt)


>  José Luís Garcia
>  Research Fellow
>  Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon
>  Av. Professor Aníbal de Bettencourt, 9
>  1600-189 Lisboa, Portugal
>  (+351) 21 780 47 00
>  (jlgarcia /at/ ics.ul.pt)

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