[ecrea] reframing media/cultural studies in the age of global crisis

REFRAMING MEDIA/CULTURAL STUDIES IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL CRISIS

Date:


19 June 2015
Time:

9.00am - 6.00pm
Location:

35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS - View map

19 - 20 June 2015
Call for Papers
Conference organised by the Communication and Media Research Institute, 
CAMRI, University of Westminster in association with Fluminense Federal 
University, Brazil
In an age of ongoing global protest, an economy in crisis and systems of 
governance and democracy in question, a re-assessment of the disciplines 
of media and cultural studies is called for. Traditional paradigms for 
conceptualizing the media are further challenged by shifts in the media 
environment resulting from the growth of digital and mobile media. This 
is a defining moment for the field and a time for reflection and 
re-evaluation.
The production of academic knowledge and the development of fields of 
enquiry into the media, culture and society have always been linked to 
both intellectual formations within the academe and historical events 
taking place outside it. Critical theory and much later cultural studies 
and media studies were not only a reaction to the pathologies of modern 
times, but played an active role in naming and identifying them, thus 
serving as the harbingers of changing times. Conceptual and 
methodological frameworks used within these disciplines have also 
changed through time as international scholars attempted to grasp 
broader shifts in historical, cultural and social processes, showing 
that the analysis of media in different parts of the world may require 
different frameworks.
This conference thus invites us to reframe and rethink media/cultural 
studies in light of recent waves of global crises and new media 
developments. As such, it offers a space that transcends false binaries 
– between cultural studies and political economy, or new and old media, 
or global north and south – allowing us to reflect on the concepts and 
methods that can help us address the important issues of our time.
Some of the questions we will be considering include:
§ What are the questions that media studies and cultural studies should 
be asking to respond to a world in crisis?
§ What are the new concepts, theories and methodologies emerging from 
the field’s response to current challenges?
§ How have global protests and people’s everyday responses to a world in 
crisis challenged current theories and methodologies in media and 
cultural studies?
§ How have changes in media technologies altered the questions that 
media and cultural studies scholars are asking or the methodologies that 
they use? What is it that remains the same?
§ How are developments in media/cultural research and theorizing around 
the world enriching and challenging the field?
The conference will be organized around 4 key themes, each headed by a 
plenary discussion:
Panel 1: Reframing Media Studies/Cultural Studies in the Age of Global 
Crisis: What are the questions?

Plenary Discussion 1:
Paddy Scannell, Dave Morley, Annabelle Sreberny, David Gauntlett

Panel 2: Global Crisis and Media Theory

Plenary Discussion 2:
Paolo Gerbaudo, Anastasia Kavada, Jeremy Gilbert, Colin Sparks

Panel 3: Rethinking Internationalizing Media Studies/Cultural Studies

Plenary Discussion 3:
Daya Thussu, Fernando Resende, Jaeho Kang, Tarik Sabry

Panel 4: New/Old Theory in Media Studies/Cultural Studies

Plenary Discussion 4:
Joanna Zylinska, Christian Fuchs and Kaarle Nordenstreng
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 12 February 2015. Successful 
applicants will be notified within 1 month. Abstracts should not be more 
than 250 words long summarizing your contribution to the conference and 
a short biography. They must include the title of the conference, 
presenter's name, affiliation, email and postal address, together with 
the title of the paper. Please ensure when saving your abstract that 
your name is part of the file name and it is a word document. Please 
email your abstract to Helen Cohen, Events Administrator at: 
((journalism /at/ westminster.ac.uk))
PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION
This two-day conference will take place on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 
June 2015.
The fee for registration (which applies to all participants, including 
presenters) is £285 and for one day £180. ICA, IAMCR, AoIR, EMMA and 
ECREA members will be given a preferential rate of £245 if registering 
for the two-day event. The special rate for students is £130 for the two 
days, or £75 for one day. Registration fees cover all conference 
documentation, refreshments, lunches, wine reception and administration 
costs. Registration will open in March 2015.



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