[ecrea] CFP for Convergence: special issue on connected viewing

CFP: Convergence: Special themed issue
Vol 22, no 3 (August 2016)

Connected Viewing: Multi-Platform Media in the Digital Era
Guest Editors: Jennifer Holt and Karen Petruska

This special issue aims to bring together researchers from film, 
television, internet, and game studies to examine evolving trends in 
connected viewing, an evolution in how screen media is created, 
circulated, and consumed. Specifically referring to a multi-platform 
entertainment experience, connected viewing also relates to a larger 
trend across the media industries to integrate digital technology and 
socially networked communication with traditional screen media 
practices. This special issue will explore connected viewing as a 
crucial frame through which we can understand contemporary media in the 
digital era.

Connected viewing is more than digital distribution, for it encapsulates 
the broader ecosystem in which digital distribution is rendered possible 
and new forms of user engagement take shape. Connected viewing is as 
much about the aesthetic and social experience of second-screen media as 
it is about the intermediaries that deliver content to mobile devices 
and the gatekeepers that regulate access. It also extends to those firms 
and individuals operating “outside” of the mainstream who are looking to 
create innovative connections to the digital, global, and mobile audience.

This call for papers invites contributions that focus on the evolving 
economics, technologies, regulations, texts, and audience practices of 
connected viewing. Possible topics may include digital distribution 
technologies and platforms; global markets and audiences; the economics 
of connected viewing; web series and transmedia content; data collection 
and privacy; cloud technologies and internet infrastructure; network 
neutrality, internet governance, and other regulatory issues; audience 
engagement and fandom.

Contributions on the following questions are welcome, but we are open to 
any substantive inquiry:

**What are the historical continuities that limit or expand the 
landscape for digital media innovations?

**Legacy companies today compete not only with each other but also with 
new entrants like Netflix and Amazon. How is the struggle between these 
companies transforming traditional media practices?

**What innovations has connected viewing brought to the production and 
circulation of content, especially across platforms? How has this 
affected creative labor?

**What are the emerging business models driving connected viewing, and 
how might these impact audience practices and priorities (i.e. in terms 
of digital divides, affordable content, privacy protections, etc.)?

**What are the most dynamic connected viewing developments in Latin 
American, Asian, European, or emerging economic markets?

**Do “independent” companies have a competitive advantage in the 
connected viewing market for either film, TV, or games?

**What audiences have the advances of connected viewing left behind, 
particularly considering racial, gender, class, and age differences? 
Alternatively, how have audiences pushed connected viewing practices 
forward in ways media companies have not?

**How is connected viewing transforming ideals of the public sphere and 
community life?

Research articles will be in the range of 6,000-8,000 words and all 
submissions should be formatted in the SAGE Harvard reference style.

We are also interested in publishing interviews of 3,000-5,000 words 
with connected viewing creators, intermediaries, distributors, etc. If 
you are interested in conducting an interview for this issue, please 
email the editors with a brief description to determine suitability.

Please send submissions of full papers to the editors by 31 July 2015. 
All correspondence and submissions to Karen Petruska ((k.petruska /at/ gmail.com)).

You can read more about Convergence: The International Journal of 
Research into New Media Technologies here: http://con.sagepub.com/.



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Karen Petruska, Ph.D.
Project Lead, Connected Viewing Initiative
Media Industries Project, Carsey-Wolf Center
4439 Social Sciences & Media Studies Bldg (SSMS)
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020
Ph: 805-893-2631
(petruska /at/ carseywolf.ucsb.edu)
http://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu

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