[ecrea] CFO - Bridging Gaps: Where is the Critic in Television Journalism? + keynotes

*_CFP deadline_*/: April 15, 2017


We are thrilled to announce Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies 
(CMCS) conference keynote talks by professors Andrew Mendelson and P. 
David Marshall at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (August 
31-September 1, 2017). Conference details are available here: 
_http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/nyc2017/_ 
<http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/nyc2017/>


*Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS)
5th International Conference*

*Bridging Gaps: /Where is the Critic in Television Journalism?/*
*CUNY Graduate School of Journalism*
*New York City, USA*
*August 31 – September 1, 2017*

*_Keynote Speakers_*:

/*Andrew Mendelson*/
Associate Dean & Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (New York 
City, USA)

/Everyone’s a critic: The role of the media scholar in in the age of 
instant and pervasive commenting/

In an era, of Twitter, Medium, Facebook, YouTube and other platforms, 
everyone can and does comment in real-time about everything they are 
reading, watching and hearing. Our social media feeds flow with 
observations, both banal and insightful, mild and snarky, measured at 
thousands of observations per minute. The effect is multiplied by 
reposts, retweets and shares, to the point that it is impossible to keep 
up. So, where in this avalanche of annotation do media scholars fit? 
Does their expertise matter when everyone feels they are media literate?

_More_: _http://cmc-centre.com/keynotes/andrew-mendelson/ 
<http://cmc-centre.com/keynotes/andrew-mendelson/>_

/*P. David Marshall* /
Professor and Personal Chair, DEAKIN University (Melbourne, Australia)

/Pandemic Mediatized Identity: Professional Personas as Public 
Intellectuals in the social media and “presentational media” era/

One of the most major transformations in contemporary culture is the 
mediatization of the self. Across an array of social media platforms – 
from Twitter and Facebook to Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Pinterest and 
YouTube (and this list could be extended to games use and even fitness 
sharing) – we have had a proliferation of ways and means to present 
oneself publicly. This pandemic change is having repercussions across 
the social (Marshall, 2016), political (Marshall and Henderson, 2016) 
and cultural world (Marshall, 2015b) as a /presentational media and 
cultural regime/ continues to be on ascendance.  This new regime is 
replacing what I have called the /representational media and cultural 
regime/ – which identifies the incomplete breakdown and transformation 
of what could be described as legacy media.

_More_: http://cmc-centre.com/keynotes/davidmarshall2017/ 
<http://cmc-centre.com/keynotes/davidmarshall2017/>

*_CALL FOR PAPERS_*

In broadcast journalism, the notion of the ‘TV academic’ is rare but 
important with the origins related to the Fourth Estate’s veritable 
position as critical government watchdogs. Similar in nature to 
questions on conflating the journalist with celebrity in popular 
discourse are those surrounding the academic and celebrity. In his case, 
Birmingham City University professor and broadcaster David Wilson 
discovered, “The greatest tension is the growing perception by some 
members of the public that I am a celebrity, rather than an academic.” 
At the same time, he notes that the benefits of being a public scholar 
greatly outweigh the downsides.

Mainstream TV uses social media to augment its reach, facilitating 
dialogues between actors and viewers. These dominant tactics further 
engage by mitigating the role of perceived mediators between celebrities 
and their on-screen personas. In an analogous way, more conversations 
that include academics are crucial in mainstream TV. Without them, 
redefining or redesigning efforts that stimulate critical faculties in 
the collective mind and make for good citizenry become lost amidst the 
noise of what postmodern French philosopher Jean Baudrillard once 
characterized as an era of “more and more information, and less and less 
meaning”.

So how can an academic produce a TV show or offer television appearances 
while disregarding stereotypical trappings associated with the 
‘celebrity academic’? How can these efforts be accomplished in ways that 
preserve the integrity of the academe yet also cater to mass audience 
within one’s area of scholarship? What are some ethical tactics and key 
platforms in which these voices are best and most widely heard?

The Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) /Bridging Gaps/ 
conference, in association with CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, 
Centre for Ecological, Social, and Informatics Cognitive Research 
(ESI.CORE) and WaterHill Publishing, invites academics, journalists, 
publicists, producers and guests to attend, speak and collaborate at the 
international conference /Bridging Gaps: Where is the Critic in 
Television Journalism/? Join us in NYC where the conference will 
uniquely combine vibrant roundtable and workshop panels with a CMCS TV 
proposal in a collaborative network.

The format of the conference aims at being open and inclusive ranging 
from interdisciplinary academic scholars to practitioners involved in 
all areas of television journalism, including tactics related to 
engagement capitalizing on existing public and private television 
channels and evolving forms of social media—from YouTube to Vimeo, Zoom 
to Jing, Periscope to Google Hangout. Working papers and media 
productions will be considered for the conference.

Extended versions of selected best papers will be published in an edited 
book.

*_Registration includes_*: Your printed package for the complete 
conference, professional development workshop, access to evening 
receptions, complimentary evening drinks, consideration for publication, 
and the CMCS $100 best paper and $100 best screen awards.

*_Submission guidelines:_*

  *
      o 250-word abstract or workshop / roundtable proposal
      o Include a title, your name, e-mail address, and affiliation if
        applicable
      o Submit to conference Chairs Andrea Marshall, Josh Nathan, and
        William Huddy at email address: *(celeb.studies2017 /at/ gmail.com)*
        <mailto:(celeb.studies2017 /at/ gmail.com)>
      o Deadline for abstract submission: *April 15, 2017*
      o Notification of acceptance:*May 15, 2017*
      o Early bird registration deadline: *June 15, 2017*
      o Conference reception and presentations:*August 31 – September 1,
        2017*

*/_Celebrity Chat_/**_ Video Submissions:_*

  * Video length should be 10-20 minutes
  * Include a title, your name, e-mail address, and affiliation if
    applicable
  * Submit to /Celebrity Chat /producer Jackie Raphael at email address:
    *(celeb.studies2017 /at/ gmail.com)*

<http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/losangeles/(celeb.studies2017 /at/ gmail.com)>
  * Deadline for abstract submission: *April 15, 2017*
  * Notification of acceptance:*May 15, 2017*
  * Early bird registration deadline: *June 15, 2017*
  * Conference reception and presentations: *August 31 – September 1, 2017*

/Topics include but are not limited to:/

  * Television Studies
  * TV Celebrity
  * Celebrity Academic
  * Onscreen Persona
  * Fandom
  * Audience
  * Publicity
  * News
  * Interviews
  * Social Media
  * Online Video
  * Fiction
  * Genre
  * Biography
  * Literature
  * Fashion
  * Photography
  * Performance
  * Life Writings
  * Theory and Methods
  * Research Agenda
  * Business Models
  * Ethics and Morality
  * Media Literacy
  * Education and Advocacy
  * International Relations
  * Community Building
  * Business and Community Partnerships

*Conference URL*: _http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/nyc2017/_ 
<http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/nyc2017/>*Twitter*: @celeb_studies 
<http://www.twitter.com/celeb_studies>

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