[ecrea] CFP: International Journal of Digital Television (IJDT) - theme: “Media and Communication Policies in a Digital World”

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*/International Journal of Digital Television (IJDT)/*

*Special Issue 10.1, March 2019*

*Theme: “Media and Communication Policies in a Digital World”*

*Call for Proposals: The IJDT invites submissions of papers to be 
considered in the Special Issue 10.1 (March 2019), on the occasion of 
the Journal’s 10th year.*

*Deadline for submissions of abstracts: _February 9th, 2018_.*

*Decisions on acceptance of abstracts: _April 9th, 2018_.*

*Deadline for submissions of full papers (6-8,000 words including refs): 
_August 31st, 2018_.*

*Decisions on acceptance of full papers: _November 17th, 2018_. *

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Media industries, media services and companies continue to evolve, 
creating important challenges for policymakers and regulators globally. 
Many traditional media are impacted, and some may be facing a bleak 
economic future. New, online networks are exploring new business models 
for producing news and entertainment. Main drivers for this 
transformation are globalisation, digitalisation and technological 
convergence. Socio-cultural media policy objectives, striving to 
safeguard pluralism, diversity and national culture are battling for 
prominence with the economic and industrial imperatives of a global free 
market and open competition. Free market media systems advocate freedom 
of expression, allowing consumers open market pricing. Critics argue 
that under a free market capitalist system there is concentration of 
power and information asymmetry, while public service content is scarce. 
Is intervention by government policy needed to address these concerns, 
or is media regulation a thing of the past in the converged digital era?

There is certainly a question of regulatory capacity and remit in the 
online world. The initial light-touch ‘network’ governance of the 
internet is under pressure from the tech giants Netflix, Facebook, 
Twitter, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. The size and internet 
presence of these firms has brought issuesof piracy and abuse of 
copyright to public attention. Do these corporations bear any 
responsibility for even inadvertently facilitating the increased ease of 
distribution of terrorist propaganda, hate speech, violence and 
harassment, and online bullying? Should the current regulatory policy 
continue? What new national and supranational policy measures might 
address these issues? Regulating Facebook and Twitter - something 
unthinkable a few years ago - is now openly discussed.Should 
policy-makers perceive these large multi-national conglomerates as 
internet intermediaries or media companies?

We invite works to reflect and critically investigate media policies for 
the future,in relation to both prevailing systems of communication and 
the systems now emerging around the application of online networks, the 
rise of cloud computing, and the internet of things. In exploring the 
implications of media and communication in an interconnected world, we 
also welcome analysis that reassesses and reimagines sustainability in 
relation to media openness, transparency, accessibility, and the 
re-composition of media power. We request submissions focussed on 
current and future policy topics in an open way, and seek many points of 
view.

The future facing theme of this Call for Papers signals the broadened 
scope ofthe /International Journal of Digital Television/that goes 
beyond digital television to incorporate emerging wider socio-cultural, 
technological, regulatory and political questions such as the role of 
‘digital citizens’, the regulatory environment for the new platform 
industry, and the role of state regulation in an increasingly global 
media industry.

We invite you to celebrate the 10^th year of the Journal with us and to 
take a look into the future of media policy.

*_Submissions_*

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*Format*: All proposals must include a title, up to 8 keywords, author 
name(s), institutional affiliation(s) and full contact information 
(mailing address, email address, and telephone number).

Applicants must submit a 300-500 words abstract by *_February 9th, 
2018_*. The full paper of between 6-8,000 words (including references) 
should be submitted by *_August 31st, 2018._*

*Procedure: *All proposals must be submitted through the online system 
of the Journal, or via email to the Journal’s Editor at 
(P.Iosifidis /at/ city.ac.uk) <mailto:(P.Iosifidis /at/ city.ac.uk)>.


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