[ecrea] CALL FOR PAPERS: Othering Race and Ethnicity in Media and Popular Culture

Networking Knowledge special issue



Othering Race and Ethnicity in Media and Popular Culture





DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS (500 words max): 24 September 2012



NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: 1 October 2012



DEADLINE FOR FULL PAPERS (6,000 – 8,000 words): 1 February 2013



Networking Knowledge seeks papers from postgraduate students and early 
career researchers to explore, from a range of theoretical perspectives, 
how race and ethnicity are Othered in terms of media content, production 
and reception.



In their analysis of postcolonial media culture in Britain, Brunt and 
Cere (2011) argue that contemporary media content and production are 
shaped by past circumstances which must be considered to develop a 
comprehensive understanding of the media. The journal therefore 
particularly welcomes original contributions which explore the ways in 
which past – or other – circumstances have shaped contemporary media 
production, content and reception of Others, and how these may be 
theorized. Papers may critically analyse the ‘Othering’ of race and 
ethnicity by engaging with a variety of fields and theories, such as 
critical discourse analysis, postcolonial theory, anthropology, history, 
sociology, globalization, law and civil rights, international relations, 
or multiculturalism. Studies which combine traditional media theories 
with other theories of meaning will be particularly welcome. The journal 
also seeks to interrogate the political implications and wider cultural 
politics involved in the contemporary structures which determine how 
race and ethnicity are ‘Othered’.



Possible topics include, but are not limited to:



- Commercial imperatives and the production of Others

- Historical analyses of Others: a permanent category?

- Others as threats

- The exotic Other

- Postcolonial critiques of ‘Othering’

- Institutional racism in media production

- Islamophobia, terrorism and war

- The ‘Other’ as ‘Us’

- Othering and reporting conflict

- Reporting events about Other countries

- Othering in the Arab and Other ‘springs’

- ‘Radicalisation’ of Others

- Public service broadcasting and Othering

- Lived experiences of Others

- Visibility and invisibility, inclusion and marginalization

- Accessing mainstream discourses

- Diversity initiatives in the media

- Race, ethnicity and subcultural practices

- Anti-racist media activism



Papers may be based on any media genre and format, including news media, 
television, film, music, photography, radio, videogames, and new media, 
including social networking sites. Contributions should be critical, 
rather than descriptive, and engage with theoretical debates. Although 
the journal expects that most contributions will critically focus on 
Western processes of Othering, it would also like to encourage the 
submission of studies which explore this concept based on non-Western 
contexts.



Abstracts and enquiries should be sent to the issue’s guest editor Ruth 
Sanz at (rsanzs /at/ dmu.ac.uk).



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