[ecrea] CfP: Special issue of CM Communication Management Quarterly on "Histories of Media(ted) Participation"

[apologies for cross-posting]

Call for Papers for a
Special Issue of CM Communication Management Quarterly
on Histories of Media(ted) Participation

A major angle of vision on the history of democracy is to look at how it 
has been shaped by participation – as well as how the struggles for 
participation against various obstacles in different contexts has 
impacted on democracy. Over time, participation takes many forms and has 
many contingencies; the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion are many 
and complex. We can conceptualise participation very broadly – for 
example involvement in the (democratic) culture of everyday life in a 
particular time and place. Alternatively, participation can be seen as 
engagement that touches base in some way with the sharing of power and 
has relevance for decision-making.

From our horizons in the TATS COST Action(*), the media understandably 
loom very large, and we imagine that there are countless ways in which 
one can formulate histories of democratic participation both in the 
media as well as through the media – having political import in equally 
different ways.

In this issue we envision a collection of high-quality articles that can 
address important historical contexts and moments, ie. decisive 
developments that have had lasting consequences, but also in-depth case 
studies into specific histories of media(ted) participation. The main 
focus is on histories of participation in and through the media. We 
envision both empirical studies as well as theoretic/conceptual 
articles. Issues of ownership, control, access, interaction, technology, 
legal parameters, political circumstances, and subjective and 
empowerment are some of the many possible relevant themes. How might we 
theorise participation in the non-democratic contexts from the past? 
What factors may have enhanced or hindered participation in particular 
historical settings? How do these histories show the practical, 
logistical, or even normative limits to participation? Is there a 
starting point of these forms of participation? Aren't the modernist 
conceptions of ownership and authorship necessary components to 
understand media participation (see Hamilton, 2003)? Even for 
engagement, was there political engagement in the feudal system, before 
democracy? Do we need to have conceived democracy to be able to speak of 
political engagement?

We are aiming for a good thematic mix of high quality articles. 
Especially TATS Cost Action members are invited to participate, but the 
call is open to non-TATS Cost Action members. Submissions – and 
inquiries – can be addressed to the editors (see below). 300 words 
abstracts should be submitted before 15 April 2013. The deadline for 
submitting the first draft version of the article is 1 September 2013, 
so that these draft versions can be presented at the COST Belgrade 
meeting on 18-20 September 2013. The final version should be submitted 
on 15 November 2013.

Hoping you will participate!

Nico Carpentier: nico.carpentier @ vub.ac.be
Peter Dahlgren: Peter.Dahlgren @ kom.lu.se

(*) The Cost TATS Action is the Cost Action IS0906 “Transforming 
Audiences, Transforming Societies”, see 
http://www.cost-transforming-audiences.eu/ for more information.

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