[Commlist] Call for Papers: The Poster

Call for Papers: The Poster

For more information about the journal, click here >> 
https://www.intellectbooks.com/the-poster

The Poster stands as a vehicle for the ideas of media theorists; 
scholars of cultural studies and cultural materialism; for social 
psychologists of visual communication, for architects and designers of 
wayfinding schemes; for philosophers of aesthetics and politics, society 
and linguistics; for social scientists, anthropologists and 
ethnographers; for political campaigners and artist activists; for 
communications researchers and visual communications practitioners.

Areas of interest for studies of visual-political communication include 
(but are not limited to):

  * Is there a social disconnect with the normative narratives that mass
    communication depends on, rendering propaganda speechless?
  * Is the rise of the Digital Public Sphere killing consensus politics,
    or saving us from a weight of overbearing myth?
  * Does the disruption of large-scale monocultures by online
    communities mark an end for 20th century models of mass propaganda?
  * Are the subalterns taking control?
  * What happens to informed democratic systems when the rulers and the
    ruled fundamentally inhabit different worlds, shaped by different 
ideas?
  * Universal translators: Are there communication methods that can
    speak across the divides?
  * Can we ‘mass customise' political communication to speak the same
    truth, in different tongues, to all audiences at once?

The relationship between culture and technology has shaped political 
communication since the time of the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda 
Fide, and now emergent communications tools have widened the grasp and 
increased the reach of a political message. The rise of the Net has 
given individuals and small groups the same grasp and reach as the 
largest power-block, and the possibilities for technically mediated 
political communication keep expanding.More than timely, it has become 
imperative for researchers to examine the complex interplay between the 
means and methods of political communication and the possibility of a 
normative consensus in the political world.

Multimodality is a key element to understanding the use of images in 
combination with other forms of mediated communication. We therefore 
encourage scholars from both social and political science, as well as 
cultural studies, arts, and communication studies, to submit proposals 
for work for publication. The journal is looking for:

  * Full papers of 7,000-9,000 words, plus illustrations on the issue's
    theme (for double blind peer review). Rich illustration of the text
    is welcomed. Theoretical papers as well as methodological discussion
    are welcomed, but preferably in combination with empirical analysis
    of imagery. Case studies, comparisons across culture, or historical
    studies are invited.
  * Artist/designer monographs: Extended scholarly pieces addressing the
    issue's theme (for double blind peer review). 10,000 – 25,000 words,
    plus extensive illustrations.
  * Image and photo essays composed of illustrations, photographs,
    diagrams or schematics that use visual languages to communicate
    their stance on this edition's themes. Textual support may be added,
    if necessary.
  * Reviews of relevant books, exhibitions and political gatherings (the
    editors would be more than happy to publish a good review of the US
    Republican or Democratic party conferences, a Congressional
    investigation or a demonstration).

Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work 
upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by 
contributors at half price.


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