[ecrea] call for chapters: Lifestyle Journalism: New Media, Experience and Design (Routledge 2019)

*_Lifestyle Journalism: Social Media, Experience and Design_*

/This collection is in a book contract with Routledge. We are looking 
for one or two additional contributions with a very tight deadline. We 
are particularly interested in innovative and theoretically robust 
chapters, and/or contributions based on substantial empirical research./

ABSTRACTS: 300 words max by October 31^st , 2018 can be emailed to 
(l.vodanovic /at/ lcc.arts.ac.uk)

New websites, new applications, new publications – the lifestyle genre 
has continued to expand since Hanusch’s 2013 work examining lifestyle 
journalism appeared. Encompassing aspects of consumerism, entertainment, 
cosmopolitanism, as well as traditional journalistic practices, 
lifestyle journalists continue to work in an ever-evolving media 
environment. Fashion, food, travel, cinema, and other cultural and 
consumer topics are arguably more pervasive now than ever as 
professional media clamors to attract readers and as current event 
reporting succumbs to increased tabloidization. As newspapers gravitate 
increasingly towards the Internet, where new information outlets and 
user-generated content compete for views, lifestyle journalism remains 
marginalized among academics.

This book seeks to further Hanusch’s work, taking another look at how 
the lifestyle genre is developing across multiple types of lifestyle 
subgenres. This book proposes articles related to three axes to study 
the genre, looking first at evolving theories related to the practices 
of journalists and consumers alike, and emerging roles of arts and 
lifestyle journalism. A second axis explores how lifestyle journalism is 
adapting to new media, including review sites like TripAdvisor, 
smartphone applications, and other internet-era innovations. The third 
axis delves into the design aspect of lifestyle media (including the 
design of ‘experiences’), to explore how publications are changing their 
approach to traditional journalism, opting for new forms of storytelling 
or information sharing both online and offline.

Chapter proposals should focus on, but are not limited to, one of the 
following themes:


New theories of lifestyle journalism

Journalistic practice in lifestyle media

New media and lifestyle journalism

Review sites and consumerism

Bloggers and alternative media

Independent publications and lifestyle

New online platforms

Innovative storytelling related to culture/lifestyle

New tools for lifestyle journalists

Challenges for lifestyle journalism


New actors, new voices


Cultural reporting: fashion, travel, food, arts, video games, cinema, etc.

Niche audiences and special interests

Legacy media vs. new media comparisons

Lifestyle journalism case studies

EDITORS

Dr. Lucia Vodanovic completed both her MA and PhD in Cultural Studies at 
Goldsmiths College (UK). She is currently Senior Lecturer and Course 
Leader of the MA in Arts and Lifestyle Journalism at LCC, University of 
the Arts London. Her research, framed on the field of social aesthetics, 
explores topics such as amateurism, knowledge production, art writing 
and the everyday, and has been featured in publications such as /Journal 
of Visual Art Practice/, /Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies: 
Travesia/ and /Journal of Romance Studies/, amongst others, and in the 
edited collection /Materiality and Popular Culture: the Popular Life of 
Things /(Routledge, 2016). She is also the co-editor of /Disturbios 
Culturales /(Ediciones UDP, 2012).

Dr. Bryan Pirolli is a researcher affiliated with the Sorbonne Nouvelle 
in Paris. Author of Travel Journalism (Routledge, 2018), his research 
interests include lifestyle and travel media as well as online 
journalism, participatory media, authenticity and social networks. He 
has published in /Journalism Practice/ as well as in /Travel Journalism: 
Exploring Production, Impact and Culture/ (Palgrave, 2014).



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