[ecrea] Call for Papers: A book on Romance and Television

*Call for Papers: _A book on Romance and Television_ *

*Title: /Television and Romance – Studies, Observations and
Interpretations /*

*_Under Contract_**with: _Nova Science Publishers_ (Expected publication
date –_2016_)*

*Editor: _Prof. Amir Hetsroni_ (Department of English, Culture and
Communication  –**Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
<https://www.facebook.com/XJTLU?fref=nf>).*

This book, _under contract with Nova Science Publishers_, aims to
analyze the complex interplay of television and romance. My plan is to
include contributions from communication scholars, cultural analysts and
social scientists whose writing will shed light on the content of
romantic TV programming, note the effects of exposure to such content,
describe the audience, and offer explanations as to the appeal of this
material. Special attention will be paid to international perspectives
and to culture-related aspects.

Quantitative as well as qualitative entries, research reviews and
theoretical essays are all welcome. I want to provide the readers with a
methodological mix and give voice to various approaches to the study of
intimate relationships and romance as reflected on the home screen -
from content analysis to discourse analysis; from in-depth interviews to
controlled experiments; from ethnographic observations to
representative-sample surveys.

A previous call for papers was published and few articles were already
accepted, but now as the publisher wishes to extend the scope of the
book – it is an opportunity to those who do research in the area and its
vicinity to offer their insights. Feasible topics include, but are not
limited to (please feel free to suggest additional themes):

·The tenets of romance on television

·Distinguishing the romantic from the erotic and the erotic from the
pornographic

·The reflection of various stages of intimate relationship on the screen
(courtship, breakup, etc.).

·Long term (e.g. cultivation) and short term (e.g. arousal) effects of
exposure to romantic programming.

·Motivations for watching romantic programming (e.g. uses and
gratifications)

·Para-social relationships with romantic protagonists and transportation
with romantic narrative.

·Comparative content analysis of romantic shows.

·Textual analysis of specific programs.

·Reception studies of romantic TV.

·The representation of deviant and alternative romance on the home
screen (e.g. threesome).

·Discourse analysis of viewers communities centered around romantic
programs.

·Cross-platform examination of romance (television vs. other media).

As editor I am open to any theoretical or methodological approach, but
the book is an academic volume – not a collection of journalistic
reviews or ideological polemic.

**

*The deadline for submission of chapter proposals – consisting of
extended abstracts, four-to-five pages long, is: July 1^st , 2015. *

The abstract should include a purpose statement for the proposed paper,
research questions and hypotheses (where applicable), theoretical frame,
method(s) of analysis, expected results (for empirical studies) or
insights (for qualitative projects), scholarly contribution and public
appeal reference (if relevant).

*Notification of accepted proposals and invitations to submit complete
papers*  (4,500 to 11,000 words, APA style) *will be made on or before
_August 1^st , 2015_. *

*The complete papers’ due date is _November 1^st , 2015_. *

The book will go to print in early 2016. *_No publication fee would be
required_**.*

Please send submissions, inquires and proposals to:

*Prof. Amir Hetsroni, PhD.*

*Department of English, Culture and Communication *

*Xi'an**Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China*

*Email: (amirhetsroni /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(amirhetsroni /at/ gmail.com)>*



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