[ecrea] Binge-Watching and the Future of Television Research: A Workshop

*_Binge-Watching and the Future of Television Research: A Workshop_*

Keynotes:

Dr Lisa Glebatis Perks, Merrimack College

Dr Tanya Horeck, Anglia Ruskin University

Binge-watching is a term that, by now, encompasses a number of shifts in 
contemporary television culture, from changing modes of viewing, to 
variations in the way television on streaming platforms organises 
itself, to developments of narrative structures in ‘bingeable’ series. 
This workshop aims to explore the ongoing significance of binge-watching 
to contemporary television studies, with a view to expanding current 
research on viewing behaviour, textual structures, and transnational and 
national broadcasting. As a field, television studies is exploring these 
shifts from different angles, but inevitably has to realign itself to 
conceptualise these new understandings. This workshop aims to develop 
broader frameworks to deal with some of these issues for contemporary 
television studies.

This workshop will bring together different research questions linked to 
binge-watching and contemporary television. _As a workshop, it is 
deliberately designed as an event to develop ideas in collaboration 
rather than the traditional conference format_. Because of this, *only 
20 spaces* are available to participate in this workshop. All academics 
are welcome, but preferential treatment in the selection process will be 
given to Early Career Researchers (defined as within the first three 
years of the first substantial appointment) and late stage PhD students. 
Ideally, the ratio between ECRs and more senior academics will be 2/3 to 
1/3.

The initial workshop will take place on *13-14^th of September 2018* for 
two days to share poster presentations on existing research and develop 
plans for collaborative research in various research strands, to be 
written up within the next year. The second part of the workshop will be 
a one-day symposium in September 2019 (date to be announced), at which 
different research strands share their work. Results will be published 
in the format of an edited collection.

Themes of the workshop can be, but are not limited to:

-Binge-watching and narrative structures

-Binge-watching and algorithmic culture

-Binge-watching and issues of representation

-Binge-watching and platforms

-Binge-watching audiences

-Binge-watching and Public Service Broadcasting

-Binge-watching and genre

-Binge-watching historical television

-Binge-watching and transnational television

-Binge-watching and ephemeral television

Please send proposals for position papers on research you are conducting 
on a specific area of binge-watching to (bingewatching.workshop /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(bingewatching.workshop /at/ gmail.com)>. Proposals should be *300 
words* in length and include biographical information (particularly 
highlighting ECR status). Proposals will be used as a basis to organise 
participants in groups of specific research strands in which 
collaborative research will be conducted. The deadline for proposals is: 
31^st May 2018.


This workshop is organised by Dr Mareike Jenner and will be held at 
Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. The workshop is funded by the 
British Academy and attendance is free of charge.



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