[ecrea] New journal: Media Theory

I’d like to announce the launch of /Media Theory/: 
http://mediatheoryjournal.org/


The inaugural issue features manifestos from the editorial and advisory 
boards on ‘media’, ‘theory’ and ‘media theory’: 
http://journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt


/Media Theory/is an independent, online and open access journal of 
peer-reviewed, theoretical interventions into all aspects of media and 
communications. Resolutely international and interdisciplinary in scope, 
the editors encourage submissions that critically engage with the 
theoretical frameworks and concepts that tend to be taken for granted in 
national or disciplinary perspectives.


Although the journal privileges an emphasis on theory, the editors are 
not only concerned with theory for theory’s sake. Rather, we are 
interested in how theoretically-informed and -engaged interventions can 
contribute to the interpretation of empirical research and critique, as 
well as to the deprovincialization of theoretical debate – helping us 
understand, rather than dismiss or describe, objects of critique, and 
making us reconsider the validity, efficacy and legitimacy of our own 
particular methodological approaches.


With that in mind, we are keen to stretch the definition of ‘media’, and 
to receive articles that critically debate the necessity of an emphasis 
on ‘theory’, or which prefer to emphasise ‘theories’ or ‘philosophy’ 
instead. As an open access journal, we would also like to provide a 
forum for debates on open access, peer-review and the future of academic 
publishing.


The journal is online only and open access. No fees are charged to 
either readers or authors. All articles are published under a Creative 
Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) licence.

If you would like to propose an article or special issue, please contact 
the editor directly at: (simon.dawes /at/ mediatheoryjournal.org) 
<mailto:(simon.dawes /at/ mediatheoryjournal.org)>



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