[ecrea] Popular Media Cultures Symposium

*Popular Media Cultures: Writing in the Margins and Reading Between the 
Lines*

A One Day Symposium to be held at the Odeon Cinema, Covent Garden, London

Saturday 19^th May 2012

*Keynote Address by:*

**Prof. Henry Jenkins, University of Southern California

/Popular Media Cultures /seeks to explore the relationship between 
audiences and media texts, their paratexts and interconnected ephemera, 
and the related cultural practices that add to and expand the narrative 
worlds with which fans engage. How audiences make meaning out of 
established media texts will be discussed in connection with the new 
texts produced by fans. The symposium will focus on the cultural work 
done by media audiences, how they engage with new technologies and how 
convergence culture impacts on the strategies and activities of popular 
media fans.

*With papers by: *Stacey Abbott, Joanne Garde-Hansen & Kristyn Gorton, 
Matt Hills, Mark Jancovich, Roberta E. Pearson and Cornel Sandvoss.

*Fees (including lunch and refreshments)*:*

*£50 Full rate*

*£25 Student reduced rate*

*Delegates on the day will receive a 10% discount on purchases made at 
the Forbidden Planet Megastore on presentation of their symposium name 
badge.

*For further details of how to register and attend the event go to the 
our website at: http://popularmediacultures.port.ac.uk/*

The Symposium is supported by the Centre for Cultural and Creative 
Research at the University of Portsmouth. See: 
http://www.port.ac.uk/research/cccr/

Dr Lincoln Geraghty
Reader in Popular Media Cultures
Director of the Centre for Cultural and Creative Research
School of Creative Arts, Film and Media
University of Portsmouth
CCCR Website: http://www.port.ac.uk/research/cccr/
Coordinator, Popular Media Cultures Symposium: 
www.popularmediacultures.port.ac.uk 
<http://www.popularmediacultures.port.ac.uk/>
Editor, Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood, Intellect Books
http://www.worldcinemadirectory.org/
Profile:
http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/scafm/staff/title,22309,en.html
Mail:
3.30 St George's Building, 141 High Street, Old Portsmouth, PO1 2HY, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 239 284 5754
Fax: +44 (0) 239 284 5372
E-mail: (Lincoln.Geraghty /at/ port.ac.uk) <mailto:(Lincoln.Geraghty /at/ port.ac.uk)>