[ecrea] CFP - Widening the Lens: Developments in Research on Journalism and Environmental Issues

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Widening the Lens: Developments in Research on Journalism and 
Environmental issues



Joint event organised by the British Sociological Association Media 
Study Group and
the News and Journalism Group, University of Leicester.



University of Leicester, Wednesday, 17th September, 2014 9.30-4pm



Academic concern with the mediation of climate change has dominated 
discussions about the reporting of environmental issues recently. 
Responding to this trend, this event seeks to widen the research lens to 
discuss other ongoing work in this field. It will provide a platform to 
introduce research in established areas of journalism and environmental 
issues and welcome discussion on emerging themes (such the production of 
energy, food and issues related to mobility). The presence of these and 
other prominent subject matter will be examined together with 
developments that new research offers to our established understanding 
of: (i) news sources/ claim makers and rhetoric; (ii) news institutions 
and journalists’ work; (iii) news framing and representations; (iv) news 
audiences; and (v) developments online. In short, this event offers an 
exciting opportunity to think about the connections between journalism 
and the construction and understanding of environmental issues. We 
welcome papers from ongoing research, already published studies or 
theoretical discussion on this topic. Suggestions include, but are not 
limited to:



· Historical development of environmental representations in the news media

· Environmental agenda setting, within and across, the old and new media 
ecologies

· Media frames, representations and the mediation of competing issues 
and viewpoints on the environment

· News sources and public relations

· Events, environmental groups and news visibility

· News images and the visualisation of the environment

· News work, news cultures and journalistic production of environmental 
representations

· News media, the environment and the everyday practices of audiences

· The environment, new media and participation.



Please send 250 word abstracts for 20 minute papers to, Dr Julian 
Matthews at: (jpm29 /at/ leicester.ac.uk)



Deadline for abstract submission: Friday 25th July 2014.



The BSA Media Study Group: http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/Media.htm

News and Journalism Group: http://tinyurl.com/kuc7efx

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Dr Julian Matthews
Department of Media and Communication
3.08 Bankfield House, 132 New Walk
University of Leicester
Leicester, LE1 7JA
T: +44(0)116 2522582
F: +44(0)116 2525276
E: (jpm29 /at/ leicester.ac.uk)
W: 
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/media/people/julian-matthews/julian-matthews-profile

Editor, Sociology Compass
http://sociology-compass.com/

Convenor, BSA Media Study Group
http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/Media.htm

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