[ecrea] Call For Papers MIA no. 164 (August 2017) Television Now

*Theme Editors: Amanda Lotz, Marion McCucheon and Sue Turnbull*

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*Overview*

This theme issue of /MIA/ will explore the state of television in the 
age of the internet - its audiences, its distributors and its content 
creators. Papers are invited that will explore both the continuities 
with the past and the changes that are taking place in a current global 
TV landscape that is characterized by a proliferation of modes of 
delivery and access, different kinds of content and changes to the ways 
in which audiences watch television.  Topics that might be considered 
include:

*Regulation.*

What are the constraints of regulation, existing infrastructure and 
entrenched interests?  To what extent will the future of television to 
be determined by what has gone before? Will rule-makers and gatekeepers 
breaking with the past, allowing a shift to a future where content can 
be accessed across technologies and borders?  What are the roles of 
local content and local content quotas in an increasingly globalized 
industry?

*Economics*

How are the old “rules” of global and domestic television businesses 
being challenged? For example, does easier access to global mass markets 
mean an increasing dominance of the ‘blockbuster’ in television as well 
as film? And if audiences are gravitating to global hit content, how do 
content creators adapt? Is increased competition for content from 
digitised broadcast channels and internet-enabled streaming services 
opening new opportunities for content creators?

*Content and Reception*

We would also like to invite submissions that consider issues of content 
and audience practices. How do today's audiences consume television? How 
does internet-distributed television enables new ways to monetize 
content? How do changing distribution windows affect the type of content 
that is being produced and the ways in which it is being consumed?

Full articles (5000 words maximum) will need to be submitted by 9 
January 2017 via the /MIA/ website submission system.

Queries should be sent to Sue Turnbull at: (sturnbul /at/ uow.edu.au) 
<mailto:(sturnbul /at/ uow.edu.au)>


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