[Commlist] Call for Papers: The Youthification of Television and Screen Culture

    Call for Papers: The Youthification of Television and Screen Culture

	


*Call for Papers*


        The Youthification of Television and Screen Culture

Biannual Conference of the *Television Studies Section of ECREA* 
(European Communication Research and Education Association)

*24-25 October 2019*, University of Groningen, NL

*Confirmed keynote speakers*:

Prof. Jeanette Steemers (King's College London)

Dr. Vilde Schanke Sundet (Inland Norway University, Lillehammer)

Television is constantly testing its definitional boundaries. What was 
formerly defined by ways of transmission and screen technology, is more 
and more in dissolution in today's mediated landscape. Young people, 
especially, are turning away from traditional broadcast television - and 
turning towards other screens and formats. This development is forcing 
established structures to react and adapt to this new viewing culture. 
Novel formats, such as the Norwegian teen drama series 'SKAM' or the 
Spanish talent show 'Operación Trriunfo/Star Academy', proved to be 
extremely successful in overcoming the traditional boundaries of the 
medium, amongst others by including multi-platform technology and 
storytelling via social networks.

How can we understand television today as a 'young' medium and 
audiovisual culture? As a connected screen culture, not constrained 
anymore by a singular screen and fixed location in households, the 
medium continues to play a key role in people's everyday lived 
realities. How is television understood by young audiences as part of 
their wider screen culture? A clear contradiction seems to be a part of 
this trend, with older viewers leading traditional television audiences, 
and younger populations increasingly connected through other audiovisual 
devices and contents.

And how should scholars of audiovisual culture try and make sense of 
television production and use by/for these younger audiences? The 
conference 'The Youthification of Television and Screen Culture' 
therefore also provides a platform to reflect on 'young', contemporary, 
and intersectional approaches to the study of television and connected 
audiovisual media on multiple platforms and screens. The conference has 
as its key goal to overcome 'narrow' definitions of the medium 
television, inviting reflections from wider and intersectional 
perspectives studying the medium's production, reception and/or 
cross-platform programming in different European contexts.

*We invite papers addressing comparative studies of television, 
audiovisual culture and screen culture, international research on new 
and/or multi-platform modes of production, distribution and consumption; 
and related to challenges of television (studies) in Europe, including:*

  * Formats for young audiences
  * Specific challenges that come in connection with 'young TV'
  * New practices of traditional TV channels in platforms, apps and
    social networks
  * 'Young' approaches to studying television and screen culture as
    media in transition
  * Examples of past collaborations, present and future of European
    co-productions for younger audiences
  * Intersectional approaches to studying youth screen culture, platform
    culture, gender and ethnicity
  * New 'young' methods and recent approaches to the medium, including
    digital humanities, in order to clarify the medium's relevance among
    the youngest audiences
  * Storytelling across media and mobility of screens for younger viewers
  * Media literacy: tech skills of youngsters and adults
  * TV and education in the era of streaming and cross-platform culture

*Beyond the thematic specific contributions we invite papers that deal 
with:*

  * Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of European
    television, especially devoted to the new era of audiovisual 
consumption
  * Production Studies, specifically how television content creators
    currently do audience studies, and broadcasters and content creators
    are at present part of academic research
  * Reflections on the future of television

*Special panel hosted by ECREA Film Studies:*

The conference will also host a special panel organized by the ECREA 
Film Studies section. The section invites paper proposals devoted to 
explore new film-TV hybrid forms boosted by young people. The section 
welcomes submissions that explore theoretical explorations, comparisons 
of case studies and innovative approaches, in order to shed light on the 
future of film and cinema in its merging with TV platforms and the new 
cultural practices emerging within the new generations.

Proposals for individual papers or panels can be submitted to the ECREA 
Television Studies Vice Chair, dr. Berber Hagedoorn at 
(b.hagedoorn /at/ rug.nl) <mailto:(b.hagedoorn /at/ rug.nl)> until 13 May 2019. 
Abstracts should be written in English and contain a main 
question/argument, theoretical framework, methodology, results and 
reflection on key conference question(s). The length of individual 
abstracts should be between 300 and 500 words maximum plus key 
references, institutional affiliation and a short bio (max 150 words). A 
panel proposal should include a panel presentation (max 300 words) along 
with four or five individual abstracts and a short biographical note of 
each author.

*Key dates*

/CFP/: 11 February 2019

/Deadline for submissions/: 13 May 2019

/Notification of acceptance/: 2 July 2019

/Registration/: until 15 September 2019

/ECREA TV Studies Section Conference/: 24-25 October 2019

For more information visit our conference website at 
https://ecreatelevisionstudies2019.wordpress.com

Conference organizers: Berber Hagedoorn (University of Groningen, the 
Netherlands), Juan Francisco Gutiérrez Lozano (University of Málaga, 
Spain), Susanne Eichner (Aarhus University, Denmark).



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